Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-15
Mill AID NEAT Trade
Baron Hermann, Agricultural Ex.
pert Of German Embassy, Dis.
ousses New Neat Bill.
Thinks It Will Do Away With
Much Friction and Establish
Firm Basis
And Will Give Consumers in Ger.
many Confidence in the Prod
uct's Purity.

Washington. June 15.-Baron Her
mann, agricultural expert of the Ger
man embassy. has received copies of the
meat inspection bill recently passed by
the reichstag. and, with the authorities
here, has made a careful study of its
and effects. He made the fol-
lowing Statement on the subject yes
terday:
owing to the historical development
of the German empire each one Of the
states and great many of
the larger cities had various special
laws regulating meat Inspection. which
We're carried out in different ways, Sac-
cording to the Importance which ;iu-
thoritjes attached to the protection of
public health
These many different laws and regu-
.lations became more and more All im-
pediment to trade, an6 TO do away With
much diSa gieeable friction in interstate
and foreign commences the confederate
states resolved to abolish all these local
laws and restrictions and 10 create one
law and a uniform system for the Whole
empire.
The new law Will require Two spar
ate Inspections in the German empire.
First. AN inspection of the live stock be-
fore Strengthening. then an inspection OF
the Slaughtered meat, thus giving guar
antee that no meat or meat products
coming from diseased or unwholesome
animals Will go TO the consumer either
in the larger cities or small villages of
the German empire. This has been ur
gently required for long time by all
the boards OF health as an absolutely
fnece s,sary MEASURE for the protection of
public health in country thickly pop
ulated and partly oNercrowded as Ger
many ia today
II all the animals slaughtered in
Germany have 10 pass thru the double
examination which ! have mentioned, 1t
is evident that the meat products of
other countries intended to be imported
into Germany also3must pass Il similar
inspection This will be the case in the
future for all the countries importing
meat and products into Germany.
No discrimination will be made
against any other country. all viii be
treated alike and meat products. wheth-
ser1tley come flom Austria. Denmark.
Australia. Argentine or the Unitsa
States, when found Wholesome at the
port Of entry. after having passed the
sane inspection toswhich all home prod
ucis must be subjected, will enter into
1.-The channels of trade. Without any fur
ther embargo and without finding am
4 ether inspection law and different regu-
\ lations AT the doors Of every single state
q or even township. as it has been the
lease heretofore.
In bringing about th, uniform sys-
iof the measure We're confronted With
1.-The difficulty Of inspecting certain class
Il IS of goods. such as canned goods as
A the opening of the can would PRACTICAL,
ldesfroy the contents. 1t also was fell
Ito be impraeticable to inspect small
ltsbita Of picked meat. and it was decided
Ito exclude a few of these products Bar
Lon Hermann estimates them at or
iper cent of the totai. meat exports from
1.-The United States 10 Germany and IL
r TO . per cent of the entire, trade from
This country TO Germany.
Il e calls attention TO the fact that III,
q bill does not apply TO German colonies
. which take a considerable part of TIL,
: American export of canned goods. Fl
ibelIeves the chief meat exports of III
Et-nifed States Will be facilitated by tn
uniform inspection and the trade in
! lcrea SEED.
q When Baron Hermann was asked j
1.-THE measure was 10. b. considered as on
4 of protection to German goods agains
I competing foreign goods. similar to tn
) American tariff laws. he said the TART
Z dea did not enter into the calculation