Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-04-08
FIFTEEN CENTS A WEEK.
FREE PORK.


The Former Trade of the United states
with Germany and France,
NEW YORK, April g. The removal of
the pork embargo ly Germany fas been
! eXpec, ed 10, ONE time, and the epOrt
was not, therefore an entire surprise
1hcseneral opinion among dealers in
! pork products was that the removal of
the restrictions on American pork in
France was Il guest on of n short time
only, and the belisf was expressed that,
even with both of these countries
thrown opel once more there would be
no great rise in pr, IS or lmmed ate in
crease i'll exports,
- do not look for any excitement in
the pork market, said memhe' of the
firm of II. q, Armour & Company. 81
do not think, either, that there will be
any great and immediate increase i'll eX-
ports of hog pro iucts. | would not be
suIpri ed, though, if we ev ntually
built up a large market for these I, cd
ucts in both rance and Germany. The
trade with those countries was never of
the inn o. tance imagined by ONE,
some Figures.
Figures Wee quoted by this gentl
man f,r the year 1889, which was, he
said, about the last year of our eXporta-
ton OF log products to Germany and
Fral c., These show that in that year
Germany bought 3, $4,000 POUNDS of
ba on, ont of a total export of 2S, 49,
0J0 pounds, and France bought ,16G,-
0C0 pounds, f hams Germany took
39i, 80 pounds, out of total export OF
$1,000, ,0J0 p unds, and ran took 51s,-
622 pounds Germany purchase l.10J,-
GOO rounds Ct pork acked in barrels,
out of total eNp, 1T of 0,000, ,000
pounds, and France lurchas @j1 600
pounds.
10th countries combined took little
more than Per cent. of the cXl ort Of
aeon, little more than half of lel
cent. o the export of hans an less
than > per cent. Of the export of pork
packed in barrels. he total value. APP
proXima ely Of Anne lean hog products
other than lard bought by Germany and
France in 1882, was somewhat less than
~, ,OO).C COO he total export to all
wa nearly 800, ,OoO.O O0J pounds. and it
did not lise al owe those figures until
1881, when it aplroximated $4,000 OO0
lounds N 1879 it was ~, goo 600
pounds, and in 1890 it was Is 60 900 |
exclusive Of larl, of which the export
was less than 30, COZ pounds.
Whether or not Germany and !
France ct in Ame.i lean FORK con
tinued Mr.. Armour, "the prices Of hog |
projects will lise and lie con ,iderably |
higher during the coming summer than |
at present We have been looking for a
long time for Germany and France TO |
let down the lars. Only a few days |
ago well-informel German, recently |
from the other side, tod me he bel eyed |
Fance would precede Germany in !
wiping out the restrictive legislation. |
"W e are a anxious for American and |
| rance to let in Ameri an 10 k as are |
the pork packers said =. b. Mcmahon, |
of the Chicago lard refining firm of N. |
K. Fairbauk " Company. while Ger |
man p, France and ! e1mark have not |
Prohibited he impoi tatiol o. lard III
rectly, the e portation was Sc inusly af-
fectel 1, being edu ed more than 10 per
cent. This was d e to IA natu III cause.
Being unable TO get Ame lean hgg.. the I
| eopl in Germany and France began
to raise hogs themselves, and from their
own hogs they soon Commen ed TO rem
der lard. arce lard rdinnries have
been erected at Hamburg, and gradual
ly the American lard has cen sup
planted as well ~ the American no"
J soon as the importation res rictiol
are removed we can build up cur trade
again. The hogs they raise over tha
are not as good as our hogs, but still
they are hogs