The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-02-07

Germany's Blum Proves to Be Based on tn
Poorest Hand In the Suit-Trichina
Found In American Hog Meat Is Show
to Be In Cases Where the Thrifty Ger
man Meat Man Filled the American
Envelope With Diseased Native-GrowI
Meat - General News From Cuba an,
Other Foreign Lands.
copyrighted 1897 by the Associated Press.
Berlin, Feb 6.-The forthcoming gov
eminent report on the cases of trichina'
infected pork offered for sale in Prussi;
during the period from July l, 1896, t
January 1, 1897, and seized by the au
thorities, will be sore disappointment
to the Prussian government, and still
more to the Agrarian party, both o.
which have all along contended that the
United States sends trichinous pork, de-
spite the American official certificates &c
the contrary accompanying each pack
age Of meat. In the Prussian diet, as
well as in the reichstag and in the Ger
man press, and likewise in the official
correspondence between the govern
rlents 1t has for years been emphatical-
ly stated that these American meat GER
tificates testifying 70 the healthy condi-
ton CT tke exportd pork, both canned
and smoked or sailed, are not trust
worthy, and that in many instances
trichinse has been discovered by the
German meat inspectors in such 'certi-
fed meat after delivery here This
claim has never been admitted by the
American government, but TO all de-
mands to substitute it with more than
mere allegation, the Prussian govern
inent has turned a deaf ear, though
restricting the claim itself from time TO
time 4 few cases of alleged American
tficninouSs pork, which were citd by the
Prussian government in support of its
claims, turned out on investigation in
stituted by the American embassy here,
as fictitious, or, at least unproven. In
one single case it was last spring estab-
aished beyond doubt that a lot of pork
sold in American packages did contain
thrichinae, but those packages had been
sent by the American exporters over a
year prior, and the fact that the marks
on the packages had been tempered with
was evident. so that the conclusion that
the German packer had simply used the
up his German pork in was inevitable
In other cases, those former Prussian re-
ports contained such meegre notices as
the three cases Of American trichinous
pork in Cologne" two case ditto in
Salsewedell," etc, etc. but when the at.
tempt was made to identify those cases
by demanding the number of American
packages which accompany each Amer
lean certificate, such could not be pro-
duced. The American embassy in Ber-
lin thereupon insisted that each case OF
alleged American trichinous pork here
after be accompanied in the official
Prussian report, with the number of the
American certificates, ETC., so that the
shipper and the negligent American in
spector could be proceeded against at
home Against this demand, which the
American government hoped would
show the utter groundlessnesS of the
Prussian claims, the Prussian govern
ment made resistance in various forms
for some length of time, but last spring,
ct last. they were induced 10 promise TO
comply with it. Instructions were issued
by the Prussian minister OF the interior
to all the presidents Of the government
districts OF Prussia to add, in every in
stance where trichinae had been found
In American pork, such details, numbers
Of certificates and facts which might en-
able the American government TO tace
the offending shippers and officials at
home. And the forthcoming report is
the result Of this decree. The reports
from the presidents Of the thirty three
government districts comprising the
PruSsian monarchy, have now reached
the Prussian minister for the interior.
In only five of these districts is there
any report OF alleged Amrican trichin-
Gus pork, but these reports, in disregard
10 the instructions issued by the Prus-
sian minister Of the interior, are unac-
companied by the necessary proof which
would establish the fact that the pork
III question was really of American
origin and had heed seized in the orig
inal American packages before others
had had chance TO tamper with it.
Hence, even these cases. of which there
thirteen all told, are worthless, and do
not prove the trichinous character of
American pork, even in a single instance.
These thirteen cases are reported from
Munester. Westphalia, Coeslin. Pomer-
ania, Linden, Hanover, Hadersleben,
Scnleswig, and Altoona, near Hamburg.
Each package of imported pork is ac-
companled by register number and
with certificate from the American
meat inspector at the place of shipment,
bearing the same number In none of
the above cases are these numbers Civ
en- The American embassy. will. there
tOre, dispute that these cases of tricbin-
ous pork are Of American origin. So
lar, therefore, as this government is con-
ceraed, ii amounts 10 a vindication of
American pork. This report, if the
American embassy obtains it. will be
ready Tor publicati ton about March l. or
sooner; meanwhile. il will go through
the hands Of the chiefs of the different
departments. both in the ministry of the
interior and Of the ministry of husban-
dry If the American embassy is able
10 obtain this report it Will be sent to
Washington. 1t is likely. however. that
the report, since il is 80 much more fav-
orable 10 American meat than was sus-
pacted. VIII not be forwarded to the
American embassy at all. as it is sur
missed on the PrusS.an side that II
would only furnish the American gov
eminent the means to disprove the ale
cations made 50 often and so persistent
ly TO the tiiscredit of American pork. A
number OF statements have been made
IN the Prussian diet 10 the effect that
American pork in Prussia was a detri-
ment 10 public health and should be ex-
cluded. II is probable. now that the Of
fetal report utterly disproves these allie
cations, that the Radical and Liberal
factions il the diet and reichstag. who
favor the unrestricted importation OF
American pork as wholesome and
cheap food tor the masses in Germany.
as soon as the facts contained in the re-
port are accessible to them. will inter
peliate the government as 10 the rea-
sons for restricting the importations Of
American pork by veXatious tariff regu-
lations.
FUSION IN THE FATHERLAND.
The predicted consolidation Of the Lib