The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-19
Important Inspection Measure Pre-
pared BY the BundeSrath.
NEW SCHEME PROPOSED
MEAT INSPECTION AT AMERI-
CAN PACKING HOUSES.
Relations Between Germany and the
United States Discussed-Ameri-
cans Had Reason to Doubt Ger
many's NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. In
the Standardization Pardoned.

Copyright. 1899 by the Associated Press
Berlin, Feb. 1S.-The meat inspection
bill prepared by the bundesrath on Feb.
Is provides for an expert inspection in
land before and after slaughtering cat
tie, hogs, sheep, goats and horses, ex-
cepting what are killed for domestic
consumption. This is regarded as only
an agrarian compromise The bill con-
tains many details of home inspection.
1t not only excludes meat, but meat of
insufficient nutritive value Foreign
meats are subject TO a single inspec-
ton, but this does not forbid an adj
dition inspection by the separate states
for special reasons, SUCH as suspicion
that meat has deteriorated since the
date of its inspection. In any case,
however, foreign meats must be treated
the same as domestic meats. The i'm
portation of foreign meats is restricted
to certain ports and frontier stations,
in order to facilitate inspection, the re-
suit of which must be made known in
each case in a uniform 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-
| tanned in the imperial bill.
reichstag, where it is certain TO lead to
stormy debates The center being the
dominant factor, Will propose an
amendment to the effect that Germany
! appoint a corps of its own to go to
! Chicago, Kansas City and other great
meat exporting centers, these inspectors
to examine all meats destined for Ger
many and issue certificates which will
be accepted as conclusive by the home
| government.
The Deutsche Zeitung publishes long
editorial article, in the course of which
| it says: German relations
are difficult to handle. American agri-
culture and German industry must eX-
port, and American industry and Ger
man agriculture need tariff protection.
Thus arise most important economic
differences. The American desire for
expansion and the German need of ez-
pansion produce new frictiOns, yet
neither an economic nor political rup-
ture 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 mas unfortunately had
many reasons to doubt German neutral
ity. We pointed out upon a former Oc-
casion the needlessness Of sending four
German men-of-war TO Manila TO pro-
tect German interests. Other interest
ed powers deemed one vessel enough.
And then the larger part of the press,
the semi-official newspapers included,
gave expression 10 their sympathy for
the brave and severely tried Spanish
people which was necessarily offensive
to the Americans"
SILENCE CONCERNING SAMOA.
Much surprise is expressed in the
~, ires .fsfi
foreign affairs, during the debates, did |
not mention Samoa A high foreign |
official, however, said TO the CORE |
spondent of the Associated Press:
This was solely due 10 the fact that |
an agreement had been reached between |
the three interested governments to re-
frain from important public utterances
on the subject 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 contrary to the custom of the
German foreign office. and was done TO
avoid MISUNDERSTANDING here and in
America. We on this side indeed, have
been much more communicative on the
Samoan trouble than Washington,
rather to our astonishmeut."
CABINET DISCORD.
The discord within the German and
Prussian cabinets has grown more
acute There is no longer any doubt
that the three outspokerly agrarian
members of the Prussian cabinet, Baron
Won Hammerstein-Lexten the minister
Of agriculture; Baron Won der Recke Won
der Horst, the Prussian minister of the
interior. and Count Won PosadowSky-
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
evidence thereof in public speeches in
some cases, fatty contradicting previ-
Gus statements of Baron Won Bulow,
Baron Won Thielmann, secretary Of the
imperial treasury, and DIR. Bosse, min
ister of instruction, and other minis
ters. 1t is not yet plain how 1t viii
all end with the retirement of one fac
ton or with a fresh compromise. Some
IF the newspapers predict the retire
ment of the three agrarians.
Baron Won Bulow, il is understood. |
continues to enjoy the full confidence
If the emperor, who holds that the for
eign office in this must be allowed to :
at any rate for the time
being, in view of the important and del
cate negotiations which are proceeding /
With several of the powers, especially l
With the United States. {
AMERICAN PETROLEUM
The officials of the American embassy
AVE made representations TO the Ger
nan government in behalf of American ,
petroleum interests. About a year ago .
he German government announced
hat there were grave dangers of an
American monopoly in Germany and p
hat the government. therefore. would
acilitate the import Of Russian petro-
cum. Since then the Prussian state n
have begun to use exclusively
russian petroleum. Moreover, by a re-
ent administrative measure, the flash .
est has been raised in Prussia and =
Their German states, which amounts !,
o virtual discrimination against the ,.
american oil. The American embassy >
ook exception TO- these measures. but
/ was fruitless. The German newspa-
ers now assert that the Standard Oil T
and the Russian companies h
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