The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-01-10

/ - - VI A4Nofs lOSSr WHICH SOiN At a
| good. strong bulk price to Dold. Though
| this was the first consignment to this
point of Mr. Reed, it will not be his last,
since his experiment yesterday was so
! very satisfactory to himself
JeH Houston was on the early market
with car Of hogs consigned from Ponca
City. They were medium weights and
went at a good bulk price.
Charlie Stuart of Whitewater had in a
| car of medium weight hogs, selling to
Dold at bulk prices.
w. c. Beckham of Halstead was among
the later arrivals with car of medium
hogs, selling at steady market value.
Ed Weidline Of Augusta was the first
shipper of car hogs to go over the scales,
his car of medium heavies selling without
dock at strong bulk prices.
Chesky & Funk of Nickerson were late
| on the market with a car of medium
weight hogs, selling at bulk prices.
Adam Huffbauer of Mulvane was in
with a car load of heavy hogs which
sold at strong bulk prices.
Seymour Clark Of Benton was in with
car load Of light hogs, which sold at a
good market price.
The Farmers Mil and Elevator COM
pany of North Enid were late corners
with a car of fair mediums which will
be handled early this morning.
The roads contributing to yesterdays
receipts were as follows: Missouri Pa
cific, 4; Santa Fe, 4; Rock Island, 8, and
Frisco, g.
The daily comparisons were as follows:
Yesterday, tops, s.. 3712; bulk, So. 25G3. IS;
average weight 237; receipts, LIP. For
Saturday, tops, $40; bulk, 50. 25a3. 371z !;
average weight, "a; receipts, SCI. For the
do nIl1k
s.. 3212G3. 40; average weight, 226; receipts
702
The DOld shipments yesterday were as
follows: Three cars from the local job
bing division; about 1000 pounds of ex-
press matter; three cars straight contract
mixed produce and a strong line of car
lot orders for immediate delivery.
Other markets yesterday were as fol-
lows: Chicago expected $1,000 hogs, and
received 5000, with 2,75S left over. This
was against 10000 on Saturday, and the
market yesterday was early given out
as slow, but firm. The estimate for today
is $500. Kansas City received 1920,
against $500 on Saturday, and the mar
ket was given as opening active at steady
prices and closing steady to sc higher
st. Louis was cents lower. with 10000
received. against $500 the day before.
Provisions were advanced sharply all
through, and closed with some slight re-
actions, ribs showing SC lower, and lard
PIC up.
MEAT INSPECTION IN GERMANY.
The imperial meat inspection bill is
again one of the foremost subjects dis
cussed by German newspapers. This
measure, early last week was finally
passed by the Prussian cabinet and has
gone to ths bundesrath. which, it is IN
derstood, will make short work of it.
as each of the federal governments has
already considered it and the present
shape Of the bill is virtually the result of
mutual concessions made by the several
governments.
From an authoritative source 1t is
learned that the task of agreeing to its
final form proved very difficult to the
South German governments, especially
Wurtemburg and Bavaria, which origi-
nally opposed any such legislation, since
they, thus far, have not been saddled
with trichinOsis inspection and saw no
reason why the whole empire should be
saddled with an expensive meat inspection
merely because Prussia wished it. 1t was
in Difference to these South German
votes that the Prussan cabinet gradually
cut down the demands and a number of
agrarian features of the original draft
VI lile Uiii were eliminated. TWO I'M
portant notifications are the dropping of
the clause providing for state remuner-
alton for all cattle and meat declared
unfit for sale and the insertion of a clause
enforcing the inspection of all cattle and
swine slaughtered for private consump-
ton.
The correspondent in Berlin of the As
ISOLATED Press has interviewed a high
Prussian official concerning the measure
who said:
For America, the most vital and in
teresting features are that it simpIifies
and unifies the method of inspection and
that there will only be one inspection.
There will be no prohibition against any
class of American meat though very
strong pressure was brought to bear on
the government to exclude certain kinds.
especially sausage, canned meats and
lard. The bundesrath, however. is given
full power under the bill to make. in case
of necessity, a decree declaring against
any and all kinds of foreign meat. But
such action viii not be taken unless there
IS the strongest reason for it. A diff
cult problem IS the treatment of Ameri-
can sausage, which is left to the bundles
rath and reichstag. Nothing in the whole
bill is devised with the view of impeding
or preventing American imports. The
whole bill is fair and its methods cannot
be impugned even in America"
The foregoing statements were substan-
tally corroborated by an American expert
in Berlin, TO whom they were communi-
Gated. He said:
The tenor Of the bill shows that the
imperial government means to treat
American meats fairly and on their mer-
its. The option was given to the bun
deSrath to treat American meats with
greater severity, and corresponds with
similar power resting in the secretary of
agriculture on our side regarding certain
German imports. But the endorsements
Of the option viii require specific proof
that American meats are injurious. and
that is out of the question. The bill will
not be an unmitigated evil for Americans.
Hitherto, in Germany. there has been no
confidence in our meat inspection: but
there is almost sacred confidence in Ger
man imperial inspection. Henceforth.
any American meats exposed for sale
will be known to have been officially ap-
proved, and the result will be a CORE
spending increase in business. proba bly,
doubling our sales. The only paragraph
in the bill which is capable Of mischief.
II unfairly applied, is the one which sets
forth that all imported meats must come
in certain cuts and parts. We cut our
meat differently from the Germans. so
mischief may Turk in that paragraph.
However. I feel confident that the Ger
man government will not apply the bill
unfairly, as it fully realizes thar there
would be no wisdom in such a course.
seeing that We hold trump cards in re-
talation.
An interesting fact IS that the Prus-
san veterinary experts to whom ali sam
pless Of American meats sausages. etc.
suspected OF being affected with trichi-
nosis or other diseases have been sent.
have thus far been unable in any case 20