Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-04-08
ROUGH ON HOGS.
How They VIII Suffer When Germany
and France Let Down the Bars.

anu Lei A'O"h eho be@o'
New YORK, April THE removal Of
the pork embargo by Germany has been
expected for some time, and the report
received from Berlin was not, there
fore, an entire surprise.
The general opinion among dealers In
pork products is that the removal OF
the restrictions on American pork In
France is a question Of short time
only, and the belief was expressed that,
even with both OF these countries
thrown open once more, the would be
no great rise in prices or immediate
increase in exported.
Il do not look for any excitement in
the pork market" said member OF the
| firm of Armour & Co. 81 do not think
either, that there will be any great and
| immediate increase in exports OF hog
products. | would not be surprised,
though, If we eventually built up a
large market for those products in both
/ France and Germany. The trade with
those countries was never OF the i'm
pOrtance imagined by some
Figures are quoted by this gentleman
/ for the year 1882, which was, he said,
about the last year of expectation OF
hog products TO Germany and France.
| These show that in that year Germany
bought 3.4S2, 900 pounds Of bacon, out
of a total export Of ten leading countries
Of 42S,43O,00 pounds, and France
bought i.766, 900 pounds. or hams, Ger
many took 397, ,73O pounds, out OF the
total export of 80, 500,0 600 pounds, and
rnnpHG f,arna N
purchased l,lO9, 900 pounds OF pork
packed in barrels, out of a total export
.of 100000 pounds, and France
purchased 3j7, 900 pounds. Both coun-
tries combined took little more than >
per cent Of the export OF bacon, little
more than half of one per cent. Of the
export OF hams, and less than . per
cent. OF the export Of pork packed in
barrels The total export to all coun-
tries OF all hog products in 1852 was
nearly 500, 600, 900 pounds, and it did
not rise above those figures until 1887,
when il approximated S27,000,000
pounds. In 1889 it was 49,, 100000
pounds, and in 1890 it was $4,000, 900,
exclusive of lard, OF which the export
was less than 35O,0 pounds.
Whether or not Germany and France
let in American pork continued Mr..
Armour, "the prices Of hog products
will rise and be considerably higher
during the coming summer than at
present We have been looking for
long time for Germany and France to let
down the bars. Only 4 few days ago "a
well informed German, recently from
the other side, told me he believed
France would precede Germany in wip-
ing out the restrictive legislation"
I'VE are as anxious for Germany and
France TO let in American pork as are
the pork packers" p" said j. Il. Mcmahon.
of the Chicago lard refining firm OF Fair
bank & Co. "While Germany, France
and Denmark have not prohibited the
importation Of lard directly, the i'm
portation was seriously affected, being
reducen more than 10 per cent This
was due 10 a natural cause. Being un-
able to get American hogs, the people
in Germany and France began to raise
hogs themselves, and from their own
hogs they soon commenced TO render
lard. As soon as the importation re-
StrictionS are removed we can build up
our trade again. The hogs they raise
over there are not as good as our hogs,
but they are hogs"