The San Francisco call., 1895-12-14

to be made careful inspection of all live cattle
the meat OF which, fresh, salted, canned,
corned, packed cured or otherwise prepared,
is intended for expectation to any foreign
country, at such times and places and in such
manner as he may think proper, with view TO
ascertain whether said tile free from dis
ease and their meat sound and wholes some, and
may appoint inspectors who shall be author
lied to give all official certificate clearly
stating the condition in which such
cattle and meat are found, and no
clearance shalt be gwen 70 any vessel
having on board any fresh, sated, canned,
corned or packed beef being the meat of cattle
killed after the passage of this act for exporta-
ton to and sale in a foreign country from any
port in the United States until the owner
shipper shall obtain from inspector ap-
pointed under the provisions of this act q GER
titicate that said cattle were free from disease
and that their meat is sound and wholesome.
1t is ordered, That all beef offered for eX-
portation, whether fresh, salted, corned
packed, shall be accompanied by a certificate
of an inspector of this department showing
that the cattle from which it was produced
were free from disease, and that the meat was
sound and wholesome. And in order that it
may be determined whether all beef exported
has been SO inspected and found free from
disease and VIII olesome, it is further
ordered that the meat OF all other species of
animals which is packed in barrels, eases or
other packages shall be legibly marked in
such manner as to clearly indicate the species
of animals from which the meat was produced.
Meat which is not so marked, and is not ac-
compenied by certificate of inspection, will
be subject to unpacEing in order to ascertain if
it is uninSpected beef
Notice is hereby given to exporters of beef,
whether said beef is fresh, salted. canned,
corned. packed or otherwise prepared, and to
owners and agents of vessels upon which said
beef is exported, that no clearance can be
given TO any vessel having on board said beef
until the provisions OF this order are COM
piled with.
In pursuance of this act check or cer-
tificate, as reproduced below. was designed
by the secretary of the department to be
used on all meats for export. The law
was to have gone into effect the first of
last month, but, on petition from the pack
ers in Chicago, the time was extended
until the 1st of January. While that ex-
tension was satisfactory to the Chicago
packers it worked 4 hardship on the Cali
fornia meat men, as their packing season
comes in the fall. All the California meat
has been packed ready for Eastern ship
ment and export, and, if the law went into
effect before its disposal, q loss of hundreds
of thousands of dollars would be entailed.
Hence the action of the San Francisco
Butchers Board of Trade and it's success
full issue.
The butchers and leading packers of San
Francisco are one in the opinion that the
law is a scheme on the part of the wealthy
Chicago packers to shut them out of the
export trade and curtail their shipments
to the East.
Mr.. McMenomy of the California Market
said yesterday: at is nothing else but
plan of the big Chicago packers to hurt u.s.
They have barrels of money and can get
laws passed in their interest, but | guess
their influence won't extend across. the
water. The French Government. has
passed law, so | understand, against the
sale of any meats, packed or canned, in
that country, which are not put up within
its borders. But that is digression.
'If the Secretary of the department had
not granted the request Of the Butchers
Board of Trade we would have lost thou
sands Those fellows out at Baden had
all the checks, am told, some time ago
and were ready to comply with the law in
cooperation with the Chicago firms. We
could not possibly have helped ourselves.
Inspectors have to pass a civil service ex-
animation and we could not have equipped
ourselves to carry out the law in time to
prevent the great loss to which l refer.
Il also understand that, while this law
prevents the exporting of meat that has
not been inspected, it does not preclude its
local sale. But that cuts no figure. The
blow was aimed at our exporting interests,
but il fell short. and we are still in the
1o nd Of ,,afifion ~