Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-24
OUR MEATS SHUT OUT
American Packing Interests Will be
Materially Affected by Ger.
many's Meat Bill.
Regarded by Packers as a Serious
Blow to Their Export
Business.
Practically Prohibits All Kinds Of
American Meats In German
Markets.

MARKETS..
Chicago, May e4.-PacEing interests
are materially exercised over the pass
age of the meat bill by the
German reichstas, Tho the meas
ure is not yet law, it is conceded
that it soon Will beunless there arc ac-
tive and strong demonstrations in the
Way of reprisals on the part of our own
government. IL is even conceded that
these might fail, as the measure is re-
garded as a compromise between the
agrarian party and the imperial govern
ment, by which the latter secures the
passage of itss naval appropriations bill
and the agrarians recetle from Their oo-
isition demanding the entire prohibition
OF all American meats.
Germany is Very. good customer of
the United States for all sorts of meats
except fresh beef. and is a particularly
good customer. for the items prohibited
lard and cured meats. The lard inn
ports are not affected by the bill.
Al the office of Armour x Co. the new
measure Was looked upon as a serious
blow to the meat export business of the
United States. The exports of the pro-.
tshibited articles comprised about 20 per
cent OF The Whole quantity taken by
Germany last year, and in the opinion.
of the largest exporters of these and
other products would have comprised
fully 60 per cent Of the German business
this year.
The demands of the agrarians party or
the farming interests We're made in the
face of petitions to the reichstag from
chambers of commerce and commercial
organizations generally from all over
the empire. These petitions We're based
or the idea that the move would be al
blow To Germany's commercial interests
as whole and in this view the emper-
or evidently concuved
Nevertheless. the strength of the
5agraIian party and the strong desire on
the part of the imperial government to-
reinstate its navy 10 the highest modern
OASIS led to the measure being passed
by the rechstag.
Tho the measure has stirred the
packers up to ar unusual extent, the
mode Of procedure 10 recover the lost
ground has not been decided on. and in 4
the nature II things will not be until
the full particulars have beer. ascer-
aimed. It's more than likely. however,
that the government at Washington
VII be called upon 10 take some action
as against German vines and other i'm 81
Sporians products imported from that
country, In wines in particular S Ger
many regarded as vulnerable, for the
reason that these can not stand the
rigid tests which our government inn
POSES on meats designed for export.
Some Of the packers are not as di-
.actly interested as the others for the
reason that they have been doing but
little business with Germany recently
en- account Of the high prices and large
demand that has prevailed in this courl-
TRY In fact, this is a feature of the
business with Germany. In times Of,
low prices in this country. She is usually
9 large buyer of meats of nearly all, de-
scriptions, while hei, purchases on,
strong markets are comparatively
light.
( In the beef line her purchases are Of
co.ned beef. tho the new measure
guards against a shifting of tactics on
i the part of American Exporters by piac-
I ing restrictions against the shipment of
/ beef in less than halfcarcasses a
shape in which it would be Impossible
10 ship them economically in ocean YES
seis of thean present class.
.Gerl.a ny has been n good acustone err
x Of ours IN the way Of lard and canned
a meats, but mas recently been a small
buyer of hams and side meats. said
q Michael Cudahy. In fact. England is
4 and has been our best customer and her
states in the meat lire than all the
world beside. In fact. our trade With
both Germany and France has been
Hight for some time. except in lard and
E.canned stuff. 1T looks very much as tho
hibit cur meats and that they have de.
tveloped considerable strength.
Under the provisions of the act. a!
passed. we are shut. out of selling Ger.
3 many the small hams. homeless ham.
and other small cuts weighing less thar
Height to eight and one-i1alf pounds, al
we'll as of sausage and canned goods
! ssid the representative of the foreign
! department of the Anglo-Amerieal
Provision Company. White ba,
: enough. it is not Nas bad as the agrar
ians attempted to have passed, for the,
f5lritQ 10 ITOlIlDll ali tsHleilEd II sIIltsi
imports. The measure should b
!, fought"
Berlin. May 24.-The reichstag, as re
ported yesterday in these cablegraIns
voting by roll call, adopted the mea
: bill by 163 to 123 votes.
In addition to prohibiting the impor
: Etation of canned or sausage meats, TIL
! bill provides that until December 81
1909. the importation Of fresh mea
shall only be allowed in whole or il
Z Ecertain cases in half carcasses. an
!, that the importation of prepared mea
4 shall only be permitted when it i
. proved to be innocuous, which is re
Z garded as being impossible of proof i
the case of consignments of salt mea
under four Kilograms in weight.
y The bill also provides that after 100
the importation of meat shall either b
' regulated by fresh legislation or tn
3 above mentioned provisions remain i
force.
!, The bill in the compromise form is re
a garded by United States Ambassado
e White as worse in its bearing upon tn
United States than it was originally.
: "In taking this view" said Nj
], White, 81 particularly refer to the vir
z tual exclusion of our corned bee
which I deem unrea sonable after it
liInpc wee hara ~ far tho Tyn;%o