New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-20
4 TRIUMPH FOR REFORM.'
IT IS CLOSING FOREIGN MARKETS TO
AMERICAN MEAT AND CATTLE.
SECRETARY MoRTuNS ECONOMICAL" POLICY
AFFORDS PRE1EXT FOR GERMANY AND
FRANCE TO ISSUE THEIR PRoHIBG-
TORY DEGREES.
Try TELEGRAPH TO THE TRrBUNE.l

| Uashirg.on March l9-There IL one matter re-
| latng to the recent prohibitions and restrictions
which affect the expectation Of cattle ana meats
| from the United States to Germany. France ana
several other countries Of Europe "hicn mas Hot
| yet attracted the attention 1t deserves especially
| in view OF the probability which some careiu ana
! well-informed observers believe to be imminent
| that such prohibitions and restrictions VIII soon
be extended 20 most 4 not all of the meat proiuctS
| Of the United States. It is an annoying ana as
agreeable fact that the present Administration *
largely responsible for the restrictions ALREADY
placed upon the export trade In American aSrl-
cultural products. and that II will also he largely
| responsible for any future restrictions which may
be Imposed. The Joint responsibility OF the Demo
| cratic Congress and the Democratic Adminstra-
ton on account CT the present and prospective CON
dton OF affairs. through the violation OF t!le rec
| iprocity agreements and the imposition OF an
ferental duty beet sugar for the beneht OF the
Sugar Trust. has already been discussed in these
| dispatches and alluson has also been made 10 the
direct responsibility OF the Administration first
on account Of the neglect or REFUSAL 81 PRESIDENT
| Cleveland to use the authority with which n" wa"
clothed by the meat inspection law OF S% ana sec
ond hy tho performances Of the Secretary OF Agri-
| culture.
| II would seem TO be- incredible to anybody eN-
| cent tn. most confirmed and hopeless 'cuckoo'
! that the President Of the United states shou''
countcnance and approve the course MS SECRETARY
| OF Agriculture has pursued during the last two
| years in regard to the inspection OF catue ana
other live animals and meat products designed Tor
| interstate commerce and expectation. No sooner
dd Secretary Morton place his feet IN the stirrups
! az the official saddle than he began to bioW ms
| trumpet Of economy and REFORM and to dVlde
IA. ,,rculturlsts Of the country into two classes
| n. real farmers" and the farmers who were not
| "rc,l The former class small and select
| one which appaudcd everything h" SAID ana d'd'
and the latter comprised the rest OF the farmers
| ~ tho country Procamations Immediately began
n appear In tho Administration newspapers. and IN
| all other newspapers that would publish them.
sbov,nv the rapld strides Of economy and reform
! In the Department OF Agriculture. one week 40
| many employees hal been dismissed-so many
thousand dollars saved IN certain branch or the
| work: the next week another division had been
| swept with tie Bosom OF econo'"! an" 'c'''"'
| and
| one branch. which above and more than all
others seemed TO excite and spur the energies OF
| "Reformer" Morton. was the ore charged with
| the duty OF executing the provisions OF the meat
! lnspectlon law OF 1880 In the opinion or Presi-
| scn, cleveland's reform Secretary. the opera
| lions OF this branch, which had resulted In the
| reaAmlsson OF American meat products INTO
| nearly a dozen important European markets. from
| which they had been vigorously excluded Tor
years on alleged sanitary grounds. had been need
| lessly expensve. II not wofuly eNtraVagdnt. as
we'll az unnecessary in other respects. The new
| Secretary would this abuse: and he continued
| 10 proclaim his intentions and purposes as OFTEN
| as he could obtain access to the columns OF an
| Administration newspaper The system OF In
spectlon was too rigid and eNacting. ana expenses
| must be reduced The Secretary Of Agriculture
| was nrlvately warned that h. was only placing n
| weapon Ia the hands OF European producers OF
| meat products 10 use against their American
| councillors. but the warning was unheedcH' IL not
| resented
| All these newspaper interviews. were not only
carefully collected by official representatives. OF
| c,r,o,,v France and other countries and trans
mitted to their respective governments out were
| spread broadcast through offclal ana unoniciaI
| publications In those countries SECRETARY MOT
| ton was perhaps unwittihgly. but none the less
| surely laying the foundation for new prohbItory
| edicts against American producers ana exporters
| ~ renlac. the prohibitions Republican Congress
| and Administration had succeeded IN removing
His efforts might not have been crowned with
| success II a Democratic Congress had not deIber-
| ately reinforced them with the tacit approval OF
President Cleveland. but he did the best ne could
| In his own way. lie began to practse "hat ne
| called "econonly'--a word that IL so dear 10 the
Cuckoo heart. and usually so expensive TO the
| country I'm the end. one OF his frst acts was 10
| dismiss the entire force of inspectors ana other
| empoyes that had been engaged In preventing the
| snread NJ l.uro-pneumonia among cattle and in
| erodicotInR that disease. This he deemed IL SAFE
and iudIcIous" to do on April l, before ne ha'
| been I'm Office a month. and ms annual report LOT
1894 does not indicate that he deemed II SAFE ana
| fndfe n
| declared in that report. which was dated NoVem-
| hor % Of that wear that more than two years
| have passed without the development OF pieufo-
| nneun,onia ar other diseases in the United States
| which might be- through our export cattle made
DANGEROUS to the stock interests Oh "re"' nti'"'"
| or other foreign countries. Inc uer"'"" VI r'e"0"
| rival OF the American producer ana exporter
| might we'll Ino,ire: How does the American Sec
rotary OF Agriculture know ms statement 10 DC
true inasmuch as he discharged his force OF In.
| snectors and deprived himself Of all means OF
| accurate or Trustworthy information nearly twen-
| ~ months before his report was written? Ihat
| this question was asked and repeated ana as
! cussed with practical effect Is SHOWN by 'he re-
| cent prohibition OF importations OF America" oa'
| tie and beef into France Germany anu o'"ef
| countries OF Europe. The Democratic secretary
| of Agriculture had furnished the pre'eN' ""'o"
| was SO quickly seized by Germany and france as
| coon "a Congress- had imposed a dinerental duty
| on beet sugar for the benefit OF the sugar trust
| and which has also been seized by several other
| European countries ,,.
In his annual report for lsyS SeSre.aS nnWi
recommended reduction OF toooS ~ ~ ' ne ,hn n
spection OF cattle and meat for exporaton-a Ieeo-
mendation which could not IAN TO al'es oment in
European countries where the opposition to I'm.
Poratons OF cattle and mea, proGsc's IRON S a ne
! nuai report dated November y 1891 the secretary
again stimulated foreign opposition 10 tne lfipora,
| tion ~ American cattle and meat products Dy MS
statement that OF the $4,000 appropriated by Con,
gress for that branch OF the service ior the isca
| YEAR ended June 49, 1894 (Which amount was y9oVW
! more than he had recommended). only Sia 40
/ had been used leaving unexpended <a.57O 7C he
| thus gave to European rivals or American produc-
era and exporters OF cattle and meat products more
than 350O0 additional arguments to employ In their
crusade against mportations OF such products from
! the United States. ..,,,. a
/ In a like un-American and unstatesmanike man
ner has Secretary Morton. with the approval OF
President Cleveland who has Endorsed all his acts