The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-09-22
German Government Re-
ceiving Appeals From
the People
PRICES RAPIDLY ADVAN cling
"FleisChnOth," Scarce Meat, 4 Heading
Seen IN Almost Every Issue Of Every
Observation-Disclosures Guilds and
Others Demand Removal of Barriers.

The State Department has received ad-
vices from its diplomatic and consular
service in Germany which lead &c the
belief that the high price OF meat in
Germany may lead the authorities 10
suspend or abolish the stringent rules
prohibiting the importation of live cat
tie from this country.
Secretary John B. Jackson, Of the Ber-
lin embassy, sends the following letter
For some time past-more frequently
Of Iate-complaints have been made
throughout Germany with regard to the
increasing price OF meat. and various
municipal and other bodies have ap-
peaIed 10 the appropriate state and ma
tionaI authorities 10 suspend for a time
the stringent rules prohibiting the i'm
portation Of live cattle from abroad As
yet. however, the answers given have
been consistent refusals on sanitary
grounds
Another Advance Announced
IN Berlin, where the price Of meat is
already high, the Association Of Butch
ers has announced that it Will soon be
necessary to raise prices still more, and
similar action has been spoken OF else
where. It is therefore possible that
some relief mag be granted before long
The heading 'Fleischnoth, OF scarcity
Of meat, is one now seen in almost every
issue of almost every newspaper. and
the demand for more freedom Of i'm
portation, especially for the Importation
If live hogs IL increasing dafAv-
This situation has induced the Co
logne Gazette in a recent issue, 10 give
statistics which show that in Cologne
alone there were 1000 fewer hogs
slaughtered in the first eight months OF
1902 than during the same period of the
preceding year, while for the first six
months of the current year there were
81. 000 fewer slaughtered in Berlin than
in 1901.
Americas Good Corn Crop.
The Gazette calls attention to the
fact that Russia is at present the only
country from which hogs can be import
ed. and that only in restricted numbers,
and advocates the opening Of the Aus
trian, Dutch, and Danish frontiers. at
least as far as the neighboring districts
are concerned Il also refers to the
good corn crop in the United States,
from which it argues that the price Of
American pork viii 60 down; but il
claims that American prices ere at pres
ct toe high to make the importation Of
pork into Germany profitable"
Consular Clerk Murphy transmits from
Frankfort the translation OF a long
editorial from the "FrankfurteT Zeitung
of August y. explaining in detail the
cause Of the rise in the price Of meat
and expressing anxiety as TO the conse-
qUences.
Demand of Butchers Guild.
Mr. Murphy also sends translation OF
another paragraph. from the same paper
dated al Leipzig, as follows
The Butchers Guild has published a
notice to the effect that the scarcity OF
hogs and calves has become a real
calamity. and that the butchers are nc
longer able 20 bear alone the Burden OF
increased prices. This demonstrates
clearly that German farmers are utterly
unable 10 cover the demand for cattle
al German slaughteThOUses, and proves
that the raising OF frontier barriers IS