Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-31
WANTS TO STRIKE
BACK AT GERMANY
The National Live Stock Associa-
ton Urges Congress to
RetaIiate.
FAvoRs DISCRIMINATING DUTY
Bill Embodying Its Ideas Intro.
dnced---The General Opinion Is.
However,, That No Further
Legislation Its Necessary.

New York, May Gothic Tribune's
Washington correspondent says:
There is much excitement among
stock raisers and farmers of western
states on account of the meat inspec-
ton bill now pending i'll the German
parliament and it is reflected here in
the solicitude expressed by senators
and representatives of those states,
ms we'll as the officials of the agricul-
turhl department. 1t has also found
expression iii Il bill offered by request
OF the National Live Stock association
in the house of representatives by
Mr.. Bailey, of Kansas, and referred to
the ways and means committee.
The bill provides for the imposition
of discriminating duty of 10 per
cent on all importations from Ger
many OF course there cum be no ac-
ton upon it at this session, and, more
over, the proposition to impose dis
eliminating duties for any object is
not now generally. regarded with ia
vor, or as practicable, in congress. So
far as legislation may be necessary to
from unfricndly legislation or other
action by foreign governments, con
gress has already enacted all that APP
pears needful, i'm the opinion of the
secretary of agriculture and other
members of the administration. by
section S of the act passed in 1890, the
president is authorized TO suspend
the Importation OF articles to be
designated from any country which
should impose unreasonable or unjust
restrictions on importations of prod
ucts of the United States.
This was ten. years ago, and the au-
thority has never been invoked. The
act has proved effective and beneficial
in indirect ways, however, especially as
an aid to negotiations for the removal
of such restriction by several foreign
countries on American products. by
an act approved March i, 1899, the an,
thority of the secretary of agriculture
to cause authorizations of food to ba
widened so as to require him, when
ticles are being imported from for
eign countries which are dangerous
to the health of the people, to make
requests on the secretary OF the treas
ury for samples from the original
ton and analysis, and the secretary OF
| the treasury is authorized to open
such original packages and deliver
f<,% L.
tire for the purpose mentioned, Civ
ing notice to the owner or consignce
of such articles. who may be present
and have ~ right to introduce testi-
mony, and the secretary of the treas
,lry shall refuse to deliver to the con-
signcc any goods which the secretary
of agriculture reports to him to have
been inspected and analysed and
| found to be dangerous to health. This
provision was rc-cnacted in the agri-
cultural appropriation bill which was
approved by tho president last Satur-
day. 1t will be observed that the pow
ers of the secretary of agriculture
under this provision are very great
and it is understood Investigations
are now i'm progress to determine
whether or not certain imported arti-
Giles are dangerous to health. OF
course. If the authority provision is
invoked ii will be as respects all coun.
tries and not against one alone. unless
that happens to be the only one cN.
porting dangerous articles to tho
United States. If the German bill
shall become law ii will serve at least
one purpose which the American ex
porter of meats has long desired to
have accomplished by substituting one
general law operative throughout TIN.
German empire for several state law.
] differing from one another and eacl
operative in single state only. Tn.
law i'm Prussia or Bavaria or any
other political division of the empire
will be the same as i'm all other polit
zeal divisions, thus preventing Tho
trouble and confusion where hereto
fore has been unavoidable as we'll n.
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