Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1902-07-18
FACE A MEAT FAMINE
Germany Getting . FOrstaIte Of What
the Future Has in Store for Il
DUE TO RESTRICTIVE LEGISLATION
Old Stocks Almost Exhausted and New
ImpOrtations Insufficient
FORMER SUPPLY FINDS OTHER MARKET
Denmark and Austria Have Not EnsuEh
Live Cattle to Meet Demand.
BERLIN FORCED TO PAY FAMINE PRICES
Consul General Mason Reports ON
Regulations In Force and the
Eject Il Is Having in
Germany,
Id Stocks Almost Exhausted and New
ImpOrtatiOnS Insufficient
FORMER SUPPLY FINDS OTHER MARKET
Denmark and Austria Have Not Ensugh
Live Cattle to Meet Demand.
BERLIN FORCED TO PAY FAMINE PRICES
(From a Stan Correspondsnt /,


WASHINGTON. July 17.-(special Tele-
gram consul General Mason at Frank
fort reports to the State department the
text OF the regulations governing the meat
inspection laws Of. Germany. which is of
vital interest to meat packers Of this
country. After a thorough discussion of
the various paragraphs Of the bill relating
to the Importation OF meats and meat
producing animals into Germany, Consul
General Mason says:
Although the principal features of the
law have long been made familiar through
consular and press reports, a BRIEF resume
OF some Of its more important provisions,
especially those which will affect the i'm
portation Of meats and animals, may be
Of present interest. Under paragraph IL,
fresh meats can only be imported In whole
carcasses. Carcasses OF cattle and hogs,
but not Of calves may be split In half,
but the halves are to be left together and
accompanied In all cases by the head,
lungs, heart and kidneys. Cow beef must
have the udder attached and carcasses OF
pork must include the tongue. Excepting
hams, bacon and intestines, no piece of
picked, smoked, or otherwise preserved
meat weighing less than IS pounds may
be imported into Germany. When to all
this is added the prohibition of meats
preserved with borax or boracic acid, or
with any Of several other antiseptlc salts,
it will be evident that the net effect Of
the new system will be to more or less
| diminish the supply and increase the cost
Of meats for consumption in this country.
Already some premonitory symptoms Of
such influence are noticed.
Meat Famine i'm sight.
1.-THE Berliner Tageblatt makes the fol-
| lowing comment: The meat inspection
/ law throws it's shadow before-a meat fam
inc is in sight. Old stocks of preserved
meats have become exhausted, and the
countries which formerly supplied Ger
many with meats have for the most part
| found other markets. and our import of
/ cattle and fresh meats is steadily dimin-
ishing. Hamburg aud Berlin have ths
week enjoyed a foretaste Of what will
happen when the meat inspection law
shall have entered into full force 1t oc-
CURED at Hamburg on Saturday. June IA,
that many butchers had no beef to sell
because Denmark had sent very few cattle
and because the rest of Germany and
| Austria had furnished only a meager sup
| ply for part Of the week. Berlin had to
pay on Saturday at the cattle market, for
the few available animals that were to be
had, actual famine prices
George e. Roberts, director Of the mint.
today returned to his desk at the Treasury
department after spending some time at
Des Moines. While there he accomplished
the organization of the Leader & Register
company. He returned to Washington sat-
isied with his efforts, believing that his
assistance in organizing the company will
greatly add to the prosperity Of NIL con-
cerned He will remain in Washington
1 unfH fall hIa will h.
ably be chosen.
H. W. Chapman has been appointed post
master at Edwin. Hyde county, 8. D.. vice
e. B. Hodgson, resigned.
The postmaster at South Omaha will be
allowed three additional letter carriers on
| October 1.
Henry II. Hall of Seneca, s. D., was today
appointed to a position at the Rosebud iS
d. Indian school.