The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-27
THE NEAT EMBARGO.
France Getting Even With Us
for the Havemeyer Tariff.
NEison NORRIS EXPLAINS II.
says tho French Government Wants
the Dfnerrnffal Taken On-A Hard
Blow to America.

lineage Feb x.-SpeakIng OF the de-
s1ss JUST issued by the French rayarn-
pfonfofftns the importation of
ieaG cattle. Nelson Morris. the ueIi
1870 pSeker. said. I'VE shipped SIS a.-
worth OF cattle and produce 20 France
as'hs last year. and this great sDhde Is
1psoiufsiy destroyed by the order of the
french government I knew rnis was
cunning and with the exception OF two or
1hree boat loads not any cattle or any pro.
ohce has been sent to France In the las
seu Gays. The effors Of the German a.d
Belgium embargo has been m ra.suc. ~,
price OF cattle. Of classes shipped 20 these
.oahIsaes, oy Sio head. and this French
wiz even more untuEtiy affect the
Suck Yards. This has been the effect on
pe'esss notwithstanding the fact that the
supply OF cattle has been cut down to
1Mo-shirds on account OF lack of feed.
ne effect on the product is even greater
tnan the effect on the live cattle trade.
especially as far as France IL concerned.
we were shipping 1900 cattle a week. and
as many or more In addition in the form
OF product. France has been taking a
great deal OF lean cattle for SOUPS and
this class viii he very lnjuriousiy affected
By the new edict, while as TO dressed beef
and pork products the result will be even
more far-reaching.
lnree months ago had q proposition
from the French minister OF agriculture
Offering to continue to receive our cattle
II the United States would take OF the
dinersntiai duty on sugar l was asked 10
nring this before the government / went
myself TO Washington City and had Mr..
Dans there for some time, but the govern
ment paid no attention whatever The
agreement had with the French govern
ment was TO expire March /. see they
have already terminated 1T. In view OF the
impossibility of accomplishing anything
more
There is no truth whatever in any of
this talk about the improper condition OF
the cattle shipped. There has not been
one animal rejected In three years by any
foreign country on the ground of i'll
health. not since 1sss. when the Rusk
agreement went into effecS France has
never even questioned any, nor Germany
up 10 six weeks ago. when IL refused one
small shipment of Texas cattle on the
false pretense OF Texas fever Not since
1882 has II rejected pork product.
not include canned goods. but ways are
being found to keep these also out. A
week ago last Saturday arbitrary and ex-
eessivc duties were laid by Germany and
Austria covering all the canned goods
manufactured outside OF those countries.
Those duties have not yet been made pub
lie, but have been brought TO notice by
my German agents. France. too, VIII &C
complish the same thing, but in another
way. There they use little of the canned
goods except for the soldiers. l have a
three years contract with the govern
ment to supply this, which exYoes next
July. Then the government viii not re-
new contract. will never allow Americans
TO bid. but will endeavor 10 supply their
needs from their own colonies. 1t is now
using some brought from Madagascar at
a price double that which Americans re-
ceiye."