The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-11-08
BREAKING ITS FORCE.
NJ Morton Disparages Effect
If German Retaliation.
up,SrRES WERE IN GOOD FAITH

r,s Action Not That of Federated Ger
my. But Individual on the Part OF
,rste states-Damage to Our In
.or.sts by this Act Overestimated.
v..u1vGrox, November 1.-The an
cement that the embargo placed
- American cattle by the Senate of
T,,nhuro had been extended to the
I'll Of an exclusion of American cat
land dressed meat from every part OF
many was received with surprise by
5,nortment officials to-day. That Texas
t,ror WAS merely ground which Ger
monv could adopt for enforcing retalia-
.orr measures against the United States
hor,rse of the supposed discrimination
.,.o;ret German interests in the sugar
~sbo5nIe of the tariff bill was the preva-
lent impression.
The German Ambassador, however,
assured the Secretary of State to-day
tbot the measure of exclusion was in
s,irad solely by sanitary reasons and
bod no poIitical motive behind it. Gov
p l'r officials are obliged to take this
view of the case, since any other view
MIGHT seem a reflection upon the Am
bassador. Secretary Morton, who has
INST returned from a trip abroad, had a
consultation with Secretary Gresham
abont the matter to-day, but the strin-
cent measures Just adopted were not
Known. He assured Secretary Gresham
that the expectation of Texas fever into
Germany bv American cattle was alto
gqther improbable, if not impossible, &C
corlng to the opinion of the experts of
tbp DEPARTMENT, who have devoted much
time to investigating the disease during
fine mast wear. and said he was confident
the supposed discovery of Texas fever
was mistake.
When the dispatch from Berlin was
shown the Secretary of Agriculture he
expressed surprise. Exclusion of dressed
meats he was at a loss to understand,
because they are all inspected by compe-
tent officials in this country before they
are shipped. Texas fever, moreover, can
only be carried by live cattle. The live
cattle exported from this country are
also inspected at the ports of shipment
to see that they are not diseased.
Secretary Morton said he had no doubt
that the German officials intended to act
in the interests OF the public health in
excluding American cattle, as the SAM
tary regulations of that country are I'M
usually stringent upon all such matters.
The Secretary thinks that the dam
age to be inflicted upon American inter-
ests by this act is greatly overestimated,
as our exports of meat to Germany are
comparatively light. From his observa-
ton on his recent trip Secretary Morton
is convinced the expectation of live cat
tie cannot be made to pay as we'll as
shipping dressed meats. The establish
ment Of increased facilities for shipping
meats in cold storage, he thinks, will
Rewards in Mail Robbery Cases.
WASHINGTON, November lin view
OF the great number of postoffice burgla-
RES and highway mail robberies the
Postmaster-General to-day issued offers
Of reward as follows: One thousand
dollars for the conviction of any person
In any United States court of the charge
OF robblng the mails while being con-
Veyed to mail car attached to a rail-
way train; $500 for the conviction of any
person IN any United States court on
me charge of robbing the mails while
o,elng conveyed over any post route other
IMAM a railway; $3.50 for conviction of
any person in any United States court
on the charge of attempting to rob the
mails being conveyed over any post
route; $50 for the arrest and conviction
OF any person in any United States court
Gh The charge of breaking into postof-
nee and stealing, and 5000 reward where
the amount exceeds $500.