Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-04-05
THE AMERICAN HOG.

The President Comes to His Rescue h,
recommending Legislation to Prevent
the Importation of Products of French
and German Swine on Account of Their
Diseased Condition.
WASHINGTON, March 2S.-The President
has sent to Congress a special message
recommending legislation to exclude hogs
and hog products from France and Ger
many, IN consequence of reports by Min
lister PendletOn and Consul Mason, of the
prevalence OF contagious diseases among
nogs In those countries. The President
transmits the reports of Minister Pendle-
ton and Consul Mason, furnishing official
information of the spread of trichinosis in
Germany and hog cholera in France, and
a letter from the Commissioner of Agri-
culture, recommending the exclusion of
hog products from both countries as a
precautionary measure for the protection
of the public health
The Presidents message and accom-
panying documents follow:
To THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENT.
ATIvES: 1 transmit herewith a report from
Hon. George Fl. Pendleton, our Minister to
Germany. dated January 90 1885, from which it
appears that trichinosis prevails to a consider
able extent in certain parts of Germany, and
that number of persons have already died
from the effects OF eating the meat of diseased
hogs which were grown in that country. also
transmit re~ort from our Consul at Mar
settles. dated February 4, 1888, representing
that for number of months u highly-contagi-
Gus and fatal disease has prevailed among the
swine OF large section of France, which
disease is thought to be similar to
hog cholera by the Commissioner
OF Agriculture, whose statement is
herewith submit ted. 1t IS extremely doubtful
If the law passed April %, 1878, entitled IAN
act TO prevent the introduction of contagious
or infections Diseases TTDitpd Strategy
meets cases OF this description. In view of the
danger to the health and lives of our people,
and the contagion that may spread to to the
live stock of the country by the importation Of
swine or hog products from either of the coun-
tries named, 1 recommend the passage of q
law prohibiting such importation, with proper
regulations to the continuance of such pro-
hibition, and permitting such further prohibit.
ton in future cases of a like character as safe
ty and prudence may require.
(Signedl GROVER CLEVELAND.
Executive Mansion, March %, 1888.
Accompanying the Presidents message
are communications from Minister Pen
dleton enclosing translations of articles
from Berlin newspapers, alleging that 100
person: have been attacked by the disease,
and that there - 20 allegation that the
cause can be attributed otherwise than to
the consumption of domestic pork. Also
one from United States Consul Mason on
the prevailing contagion among swine in
the neighborhood of Marseilles, to the eff
feet that the outbreak has proved ire
sistible and destructive during the past
six months, and has now be-
come a general and serious
epidemic. The disease is described
in detail, and the Intellectual efforts of the
French Government and municipal au-
thorities to check its spread, are recount
ed. The French officials have declared
the disease to be similar to the swine
plague Investigated by Prof. Samson in
the United States. The epidemic is Of a
purely local origin. 1t is impossible to
predict the extent which the disease may
reach before it can be checked. The rem
edies thus far are experimental. 1t is APP
parently necessary to slaughter or Danish
all the swine now in the yards or pens of
the affected parts of France, and to re-
plsnish the stock with clean and healthy
hogs from remote localities.