Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-18
Experimental Exports Of DARN Products

Experimental Exports Of Dalru Product.
The following extract is taken fro,
the report Of the Secretary Of Acr
culture:
The experimental reports II dair
products male during the last fw
years and now in progress upde
special provision Of law have produce,
marked results. But these are no
satisfactory in all respects and tn
reputation gained needs to be nro
tected by authority from CONGRESS
for some system of export inspection
The new markets opening for on
dairy products require guaranty q
the purity and quality Of butter an,
cheese sent from the United States
such as is given BY other govern
ments, and especially Canada
Not long ago this country supple,
and practically controlled the chees,
market of Great Britain. In som,
years we sent to England nearly 100
600, 900 pounds or two-thirds Of ON
entire cheese product But as II,
system OF export inspection existed Il
guard the established reputation. IN.
scrupnlous merchants exported grea
quantities Of inferior. adulterated and
counterfeit cheese, until the repnta-
ton OF States cheese was DESTROYED IN
England and that market lost 10 us.
Canada, on the other hand, adopted a
system of government control. was en-
abled to guarantee all cheese exported
as pure and of standard quality. and
thus secured, and still holds the de-
sirable British cheese trade which this
country lost We have recovered a
little but only little Of the lost
ground The best cheese now ex-
ported from this country goes through
Montreal seeking the same avenues
and the good company Of Canadian
cheese, finding market virtually as
a part of that product.
The same unfortunate result seems
likely to follow the efforts to export
fine creamery butter to Great Britain
unless measures are promptly taken
to avoid it An active demand has
arisen for this butter especially in the
northern countries Of England, sup
piled from Manchester, largely
through the experimental efforts Of
this department. During the sum
mer of 1899 an exceptional scarcity of
European batter caused very high
prices, and British merchants sent
orders to New York In the month
of August our butter exports were six
times as great as for the same month
year ago. This new and profitable
demand for fine creamery butter had
scarcely begun, however, before large
quantities of an inferior article and
also of imitation creamery process, I
or renovated butter, began to appear
among the exports.
This article, which is Il more dam
gerous and damaging counterfeit Of
fresh creamery butter than straight
eleomargarlne, was sent to New York
by the carload for export. In at least
one instance parties had renovated
butter put up in the West il the style
of package adopted By this depart
ment in its recent export trials to
England, and this went abroad labeled
Finest American creamery butter
The effect of this upon future butter
trade with Great Britain will probably
be like that which followed the export
of so much unidentified filled cheese
Already English merchants who have
been trying to introduce States
creamery butter among their custom
ers have written to this department
Of the deception practiced
upon them.
Out of six large lots Of butter re-
ceived by one firm at Manchester
from the United States all represented
as extra creamery" goods five we're
rejected as being far inferior to the
quality represented apparently only
poor limitations Meanwhile Canada
is forging ahead with government
and guaranty to assist,
and securing for its creamery butter
a firm hold in the British markets
The lack OF some protection by gov
ernment certiication Of exports from
this country is already causing butter
by way of Canada as in the
case Of cheese British merchants
state that some Of the best States
creamery butter they have lately
seen Gas shown by makers marks has
been among lots received from Cana
la
recommend as a simple and effect
i've remedy for these growing evils
and obstacles in our export trade,
that the existing system Of govern
ment inspection and certiiication Of
meats and meat products for export
be extended by law so as TO include
butter, cheese and condensed milk
and cream With Sigh. notifications
the organized force and regulations
which now give protection and stand
inc to our meat exports may be made
to cover the new work proposed. The
services Of an inspector who is an ex-
pert in butter and cheese would be
necessary for parts Of the year 1t
three or four exporting points but
until these exports increase New York
would be the only place at which such
an inspector would have to be con-
tinueusly employed.
II such inspection and certiiication
Is authorized By Congress, the pure
and unadulterated dairy products Of
the United States that are Of quality
emitting them to official endorsement
can be given a position in foreign
markets which they cannot otherwise
secure and which viii enable them to
successfully with ike
products from any other country
This inspection Of dairy products
for export has been indorsed by near
~ all the national and state dairy or
CARNATIONS in this country and has
met with decided approval BY com
mercial bodies and Jby individual eX-
porters wherever it has been dulycon-
sidered.
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