The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1895-03-01

Others View 1t More seriousiy-They
Think Thet More Severe Restrictions
will Follow.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 - Mr.. Eustis,
American ambassador to France, will be
instructed to enter "A prompt and vigorous
protest against the French decree just
made excluding American cattle from
France.
AS the decree is ostensibly based on the
existence of pSeuro- pneumonia and Texas
fever in cattle coming from the United
States, the ambassador will call for proof
of the fact.
That will mean long and tedious expert
examinations by veterinarians, and much
correspondence which is not expected to
be of any more avail than that which Mr..
Runyon, our ambassador to Germany
was plunged by the issue of II similar de-
cree by the German government, for it is
fully realized here that the allegation that
American cattle are unhealthy is the
merest pretense in both cases and that
the real reason is fear of American COM
petition.
In the case of France the press cable
dispatches have shown that the ministry
have been urged to the issue of the decree
by delegation after delegation represent
ing the numerous and we'll organized agri-
cultural societies of the republic solely
for their protection against the American
cattle growers.
In order to grant the demand, and yet
at the same time to avoid the charge that
France was violating the most favored
nation clause in it's treaty with the United
States, which would properly lie if the
latter were singled out from other nations
for an attack of this kind 1t was necessary
that recourse should bo had to the device
which had availed Germany, of charging
unhealthfulucsg upon American cattle.
This charge L. al ways hard to rebut, ow-
ing to the eas,' With which expert testf
mony may be had
On Either Side of the Case,
The American trade in cattle with
France had grown to considerable proper
tions, the shipments during the six
months ended Dec. 81 last being 344l |
head, and during the month of January
last sol head
Secretary Morton was careful about ex-
pressing his opinion touching the French |
decree, but it could be seen that he re-
garded it as a mere political manifesto
tion, and felt that it would not be con-
tinued in force for any consi or BILE length
of time, and that the next hange in the
French cabinet would probably be fol-
lowed by the revocation of the decree.
Notwithstanding this, the belief is grow
ing and deepening here that these DEGREES
are but forerunners of other and more Sc
we're restrictions upon American trade,
the next blow, perhaps, being likely to
fall upon wheat
1t is understood here that these are not
adopted as retaliatory measures but are
of the growth of the pro-
tective sentiment in continental Europe.
and grow out of the necessity the govern
ments are under of conceding something
to the great agricultural classes.
A stale ement prepared at the department
of agriculture shows that the total
amount of microscopcally inspected pork
shipped from the United States to Europe
during the months of Novem ber and De-
cember, 1894 and January, 1895, was 49,
4OO,6l5 pounds, gain over the shiplnents
for the corresponding period of 1893 and
1894 of $500 900 pounds