The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-19
A DOUBLE INSPECTION
Meat Must Be Examined Before
and After Slaughter.
.AARE DIFFICULT TO HANDLE
lGerman-America Relations Need Much
Coddling-The German Press Con-
tinues to Snarl-War in
IL the Cabinets
Copyright 1899 by Associated Press.

Copyright 1899 by Associated Press.
Berlin, Feb. 1S.-The meat inspection
bill. prepared by the bundesrath on
4. February 16, provides for an expert in
spection before and after slaughterins
cattle, hogs, sheep, goats and horses.
excepting what are killed for domestic
consumption. This is regarded as only
an agrarian compromise. The bill con-
rains many details Of home inspection.
not only excludes diseased meat, but
uneat of Insufficient nutritive value.
Foreign meats are subject to single
inspection but this does not forbid an
additional inspection by the separate
states for special reasons such as sus-
picion that the meats had deterlorated
since the date of its first inspection.
In any case, however, foreign meats
lnust be treated the same as domestic
meats The importation of foreign
meats is restricted to certain ports and
drontier stations, in order to facilitate
inspection. the result of which must
DE made known in each case in a uni
form manner.
The bill is considered to provide the
minimum meat inspection required
throughout the empire, leaving to the
separate states the question of adding
other features besides what are con-
Stained in the imperial bill.
, The measure has now gone to the
Telchstag, where it is certain to lead to
stormy debates. The center, being the
dominant factor. will propose an
amendment to the effect that Germany
fappofnt a corps of its own to go to Chi
tcago, Kansas City and other great meat
exporting centers. those inspectors to
sexamine all meats destined for Germany
4 tnS h ial, hn
'cepted as conclusive by the home gov
Eernment. Regarding this proposition,
lthe centrist organ, the Cologne Nolks-
tLetung, says:
The American packers cannot object
TO such an arrangement. for such hy-
,Eienic legaliZation will only be a copy
of their present legalization of German
Nexports to the United States by the
American consulars here"
The statements of Baron Won Buelow.
the minister of foreign affairs. and
Count Posadowski-Weh the minis
ter of the interior. regarding the COM
mercial and political relations between
the United States and Germany. and
the debate in the reichstag on the sub
ject, have occupiedsth attention of the
press throughout Nhe sWeek "a nd gave
rise to many notable uttefances
in spite of lthe2clear and unequivocal
declarations of the German government
I'VE SuplpSt tildl Lie NIeEIildll DdlllHS
of the American and English press will
not cease at once. We believe, how
ever, that the frank and honest remarks
of the officials of the government will
prevent this spoisonons seed from con
tinuing to affect the views of the think
ing and influential classes in the United
States
The Deutsche zeitung publishes
long editorial artitks INF the course of
which it says: German American re-
lations are difficult to handle. -Ameri-
can agriculture and German industry
must export and American industry
and German agriculture need tariff pro-
lection. Thus arise most important
economic differences. The American
desire for expansiona nd the German
need of expansion produce new fric-
tons. yet neither an economic nor 4
political rupture will be in the interest
of either nation
The Frankfort Zeitung, reviewing the
proceedings in the reichstag, says: 1T
must be admitted that opinion in the
United States has unfortunately had
many reasons to doubt Germany's neu
trality. We pointed out upon a former
occasion the needlessness of sending
-four German men-of-war to Manila to
protect German interests. Other inter
ested powers deemed one vessel enough.
And the larger part of the press. the
semi-official newspapers included, gave
expression to their sympathy for the
brave and severely tried Spanish peo-
pie which was necessarily offensive to
the Americans"
Much surprise is expressed in the press
at the fact that the minister of foreign
affairs, during the debates did not mem
ton Samoa. A high foreign official
however, said to the correspondent here
of the associated press: This was sole
ly due Ito the fact that an agreement
had been reached between the three in
terested governments to refrain from
important public utterances on the sub
ject until full detailed reports had been
received. In the meanwhile, it may be
said that We have given you what news
we have received. This is rather con-
trary to the custom of the German for
eign office and was done ito avoid mis-
understandings here and in America
We on this side. indeed. have been much
more communicative on the Samoan
trouble than Washington. rather to oul
establishment"
The dscord within the German and
Prussian cabinets has grown more
acute. There is no longer any doubt
that the three outspokenly agrarian
members of the Prussian cabinet, Baron
Won Hammerstein-Le xten, the minis
ter of agriculture; Baron Won der Recke
Won der Horst, the Prussian minister of
the interior, and Count Won Posadowski-
Wehner. the secretary Of state for the
interior. are openly at war with the
rest of their colleagues. During the past
fortnight they have given ample evil
dence thereof in public speeches, in
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