The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-06

prices and firm, ling strength Of the
local hog market. Prices are daily paid
at this point which the usual allowances
are close 10 the bulk prices OF aKnsas
City. There is every day a strong de-
mand for butcher hogs, and no shipper
canreason any other way Than that It
must of necessity be to his own best in
teests and advantage 10 conssgn 10 this
market The convenience of this point
with the ramifying railroads, the near
ness to the country which raises hogs,
as well as the short trip IN transit, there
by reducing the shrinkage to a minimum,
all these are vital facts which the shipper
wifi do well to consider. This IS not
theory or sentiment, but cold, hard facts
which may at any time be tested by con-
sulting the comparative daily markets,
not one day, but any day.
The roads doing the hauling Yesterday
were as follows: Santa Fe. II, including
cattle receipts; Frisco, 8; Rock Island, 2,
and Missouri Pacific /
The daily comparisons are as follows:
Yesterday. tops. s3.25; bulk. g. 20d3. . ;
average weight, 233; receipts. 529 For Sat
urday. tops, $3.50; bulk. 50. 15Q3. 20; aver
age weight, 239; receipts, 600. For last
week, Monday, tops. $50; bulk, 5000
3.07lz; average weight, 249; receipts. 81.
A Kansas City paper yesterday said
was a heavy snow storm. One Of the
leading officials at Dold's remarked along
that line that it is cheaper to live in
Wichita, as it only costs this city $50
when there is a snow storm.
Yesterday, while not exactly a disap-
pointment to the hog buyers, was never
theless something of a damper On enthu-
siasm. 1t was not materially different
from other Mondays, but at the same
time more hogs could nave been used
and more would readily have been bought
had they come in. This, however, was
partly discounted and the result was not
beyond expectation.
EXCLUSION CUTS BOTH WAYS.
Late advices from Berlin state that the
imperial meat inspection bill. which was
introduced in the reichstag early IN the
session, is now taking a surprising turn.
The Agrarians themselves, for, whom the
bill was introduced. now strongly object
to il, unless as they assert, ii is greatly
altered. They find that the billin its
present form cuts them nearly as much
as it does the American meat importers.
inasmuch as it provides for rigid in
spection OF their own meat and Cor its
confiscation # il is diseased. Therefore,
since there is an enormous amount of
disease in German cattle and swine as
shown by official statistics and the regu-
lar publications Of the Reichsanze.ger, all
this viii hit them very hard unless the
gov eminent agrees 10 reimburse the
owners of confiscated or rejected meats.
Nery strong pressur has been brought to
bar on the impuerial government to in
sert a clause in the bill providing for the
Naturalization OF domestic owners, and
over this clause a wrangle is now pro-
ceeding between the various German gov
Identification. while the other German
states are nearly all against il. In the
meanwhile the Agrarian press continues
its warfare on all American meats. its
main organs, the Deutsche Tag Z5itung
and the Hamburger Nachrichten, advo-
eating the total exclusion OF all Ameri-
can canned meats and sausages. In
strange contrast with this is q memorial
about the meat famine drawn up by The
municipality Of Berlin. which proves that
the German breeders do not raise enough
cattle and pigs to satisfy the needs OF the
nation, and that the system with its ex-
clusion of foreign cattle and swine. has
lowered the quality of the meat brought
TO the market and has heightened the
price to such an extent that horse and
even dog meat has become staple with
the poorer classes in certain districts, and
notably in large cities. The memorial also
proves that the meat consumption Of Ber-
lin has decreased since the rigid insec-
ton Of foreign meats. The German Agra
rian press, on the other hand. publishes
alleged official statistics to show that the
imports Of American pork increased enor-
mously during the current year and may
reach the figures of 1897. One of the larg-
est Berlin wholesale dealers writes 10
the NossiSche Zeitunge, saying that the
statement in the Agrarian press that
much of the imported American -four IS
adulterated is utterly untrue. He adds
that not single case Of adulteration has
been discovered in the Berlin market
German dealers in America have also
TO the imperial hygienic bu-
reau a protest against these prejudicial