The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-07-18
GERMANY MUST
PAY The PRICE,
Pure Food Law Bars Out Sau-
sagHs, Beer and Wine.
AMERICANS NOW RETAIL ATE.
Exclusion Of Our Meats 10 be Repaid BY
Rigid Analysis Of Imports Of Fuoi
Stuff.
NOW RETALlATE.

New York. july IS Commercial war
fare between Germany and the United
States. it is predicted. will follow the
enforcement of the new pure food law,
some provisions OF which are recognized
as being aimed directly at the empire.
No more will sausages which could not
-pass-Hta&teE- in Frankfort be admitted
TO New York no matter how gayly they
disport themselves in aniline dyes. Wines
which never felt the stress of the press
and food stufrs which are chiefly distin-
gu!shed by allur.ng photographic labels
will also come under the ban.
The preliminary arrangements for the
enforcement of the law were completed
in Washington last Saturday and steam
ers which arrive here next week Will
have cargoes subject 10 the scrutiny OF
the department OF agriculture.
The care which is now being exercised
Is due to the enactment OF legislation IN
Germany discriminating against Amer
ican meats and the use of boracic acid
as a preservative. There are negotiations
now In progress with a view TO COM
mercial understanding, but in the mean
time the department of agriculture is
making every preparation to make rigid
examinations OF all products of Germany.
No country in the world has stricter
laws against the adulteration OF food and
dring and drugs than has Germany, yet
when products are destined for foreign
consumption the standards are not street
ly maintained. In some provinces the
use of boracic acid as preservative
has been forbidden since the passage OF
laws directed against the products OF the
United States
Word was received yesterday by the
National provisioner that at recent
meeting OF Hanover sausage makers
great ind gnation was expressed over the
anti-borax law. because without borax II
was impossible TO preserve sausages
from the ravages of time.
PREsERvATIvEs BARRED.
The American pure food law expressly
forbids the Importation of products which
could not be passed by inspectors in the
countries from which they came, so the
superior wursts from the Fatherland
must either come over here innocent OF
preservatives or not at all
Those who follow the vagaries of the
meat markets say that the Germans ;irst
taught the art of painting sausages and
hams so as 10 give the impression that
the meats had been smoke cured, al
though they were merely picked and then
dried.
Beers of German brew may often con-
tain boracic or salcylic acid to prepare
them for long ocean voyages, and strange
stories are told of rare Rhenish wines"
which contain no vestige OF the grape.
All the power of initiative rests with
the secretary of agriculture. IL he has
reason to believe that a consignment OF
drink or foodstuffs will bear watching he
makes a requisiton upon the collector
of the port for samples of the merchan-
disc. and the collecto in turn, passes the
order TO the general appraiser. The I'M
porter is to be reimbursed for the
samples, which are forwarded TO Wash
ington Standards for pure food are now
being established by the government and
on the list Is everything of Importance
which is brought from Germany.
The Secretary of the Treasury" reads
the law, shall refuse delivery TO the con-
signee of any such goods which the secre-
tary OF Agriculture reports to have found
dangerous to health or which are forbid
den 10 be sold or restricted in sale in the
countries in which they are made or from
which they are exported or shall be false
ly labelled in any respect In regard to the
place Of manufacture or the contents of
the package
Importers who think that they are ag-
grieved under the regulations have the
right to send complaints to the secretary
OF the treasury
Although all foreign countries will be
affected by the law. II Is made plain that
the embargo is directed primarily against
Germany. The importations OF wine
from the empire amount to Sl.3O0 900 an
nually and hops and matted liquors are
.rfs Ion,