Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-04-22


.,orv Morton was today shown
me charge in the Washington dlspa'en
"A the New York Tribune OF FRIDAY
M ,ot he had inflated the statistics OF
"A All, exported to Germany, as his ns-
=. do not correspond to the official
& .,,res of the bureau of statistics OF
~ ", treasury department, and how
~ .,ch greater aggregate than is given
IN that bureau.
"A socretary Morton said In reply that
6gures of the department of agrl-
~ uIture are just as much official hgures
those of the bureau of statistics. ana
nat concerning the exports of pork TO
y o,rtries requiring certificates of IN
W action the inspectors of the bureau
"A, animal industry have not opportuni-
"A |, IN obtain the exact figures which
Il not shared by any other department
~ the government. Every package or
nork which goes to Germany or France
must be stamped by an inspector OF
"a i. bureau of animal industry. who
: otes its exact weight. and every ship
81 ant of pork to those countries must
- 10 accompanied by a certificate issued
~ an inspector showing that the meats
~ ave been properly Inspected and CIV
he the stamp number OF every pack
E 90 The inspector reports all the GER
{tacates issued with the packages. the
Heights. the destination and the con-
Signees.
~ 81 do not pretend to know" he add
< La chow the figures Of the bureau or
tiatistics are made up, but as some OF
M INSPECTED pork is shipped to Ger
/. ,nnny by way of Holland, Belgium and
6ther countries, 1t is possible that the
3lecrepancy arises from this pork being
credited to those countries instead or
I4he country Of ultimate destination
1he department not only has COM
6lete list OF all the shipments, showing
q fhe shipper in this country and the
3 tonslgnee and covering the amount or
Dork referred to in the statistics given
mi, but 1t now appears that the eN-
y Dorts for March have been larger IMAM
2br any previous month. The total eN>
E oorts OF mlcroscopically inspected pork
<oyered by the certificates issued dur
& hg the month of March is 7,92i,4l2
Mounds, OF which 5,527 ,644 pounds were
l1estined for Germany, as compared
4. nth 5,220,3S6 pounds shinned to that
osountry during February and 4,622,2S4
1durng January.
n "The New York Tribune will find by
*feference to the letter written by Cen
|<ral W. Il. Franklin, commissioner
4. teneral to the Paris exposition, October
ID, 1859, that its editor, Mr.. Whitelaw
Reid stated that the small number OF
fbork rasers in France should not re-
1ulre the whole nation to pay larger
H8rice for so important an article OF
8Ipod as pork, merely for their benefit"
M In regard to the beef question. Mr..
Salmon has reported to the secretary
*<hat there is an undoubted diminution
"a class of cattle from which the beef
(; supply is drawn. Taking the figures of
I3he statistical version, which he be-
*Heyes to be approximately correct, and
H4xcluding dairy cows there were in
'4E92, 3765l239 head of cattle In the
'HInlted States-576 to each 1000 of popu-
lhtlon. In 1895 there were only "a, &c.,
I&l6 OF such cattle, or 493 to each 1000
tpopulation. This shows great dimi-
mutton in beef cattle in the country.
ond also that the increased prices OF
tuch cattle In stock yards is legitimate.
4 tnder such circumstances, however.
+ Die cattle should be strong and readily
disposed of at advanced figures. In
stead Of being weak, as II is constantly
Y Reported to be.
'L The prices of beef in eastern cities
Tnas gone higher than is justified by
pc price OF cattle on account of in
y treased consumption. A letter has lust
1peen received at the department from
promnnt and perfectly reliable gem
N @man In central Illinois. who states
2tnat the beef sold in his town Is shipped
there from Kansas City and some
# Dimes from Chicago. The retail price
.4f full quality meat Is as good as ever
nd for round and rib roast of the best
HQuallty II l-2 cents. AS such meat
{an be shipped from Chicago to New
~ ork for less than three fourths of a
2&ent per pound, It Is difficult for the
E apartment to see why the consumer
IN the eastern cities should now be
4 4orced to pay double prices.