The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-17

TO know where Il came from. and since
then I am told he has ordered q suecial
shipment to Germany. He has sampled the
canned meats furnished the army and he
knows as well as any one that Our meats
are good.
FIGHTING THE AMERICAN HOG.
Just now the Agrarians are making q big
fight on the American hog. This Is both
open and secret. The meat inspectors SYM
pathize with them. and our pork Is thrown
out on all sorts of bretexts.
The authorities of the various Provinces
have been practically instructed to discrim-
mate against Americans. to refuse our Con-
suis statistical informal ton as to the infrac-
tons OF the laws upon provisions and food
products. and withhold from them the find
ings of trichinae or other deleterious sub
stances In domestic meats. and also the
condition OF human and animal diseases in
their respective districts. Such orders ars
secret ones, but that which 1 have quoted
was stolen by a cletk In one OF the Provin-
cial offices and read in a political speech in
the Reichstag. A leading German paper, in
commenting upon 1t, said:
What the order really means Is that II
any disease is found in any meat sold in
Germany 1t must come from the outside,
for We want the world to believe we have
nc disease. animal or human. and that
trichinae can only come from American
meats"
kAiSlCSS, lIc / III" CdllllS
about 100000 pounds Of our meat a month,
and they would take millions more IL the
Agrarians would let IL In. The Chamber Of
Commerce of Hamburg recently criticised
the meat-inspection law. saying that Amer
lean corned beef had been used for years by
the Imperial Navy and the general public.
and that there II no reason for Directing TO
It II stated that q prise Of 5000 marks
was offered two years ago for q casa Of
triohinae caused by American meat, and
that this had not yet been claimed. It
spoke well Of our lard ana said that all sns-
picions against 1t were based upon pfejudics
or gross Ignorance.
GERMANS AS SAUSAGE EATERS.
I had a talk with the German agent Of
our biggest packing-house trust In one Of
the cities OF the Rhine as to the Importation
Of American meats. Said he.
The people here want American food
stuffs. but the Agrarians crowd them out.
Their talk about a tariff has raised the
prices Of meat. and also their success in
excluding the American sausage.
1--WE Germans are sausage sater1. We
want our meat chewed. There Il no waste
in sausage. and cheap sausage means much
to the poor. Before American sausaaes were
excluded you cotid buy . good article for
Isl cents Q pound. The same thing now
sells for 81 cents q pound. and other kinds
Of meat are propoftionatsly high. We used
~ &sNS NAAAS AtSoA1
but the Agrarian Inspectors are keeping
them out. and they exclude all American
fresh meats by delaying the examination
Of the meat Until It spotls. The result b We
dare not ship it There ia a great deal of
fuss now about the use Of boracio acid as
a preservative. and, all together. everything
Is done to keep our me2ts out Of the mar
kets."
AT THE BERLIN CATTLE YARDS.
Nearly all the cities Of Germany own
their W markets. They have their own
cattle yards and their own Slaughter
houses. the animals being killed under the
eyes Of inspectors. I went out the other
day to see the cattle markets of Berlin.
They are situated on the edge Of the city
and are easily reached by the Rlngbahn.
They cover many acres and nave cost about
100000.
During my visit the yards were filled with
cattle. sheep and hoga There were about
5000 sheep In one set OF stalls. and / was
told that 5000 sheep are brought in every
day. Accommodations are provided In one
hall for 1000 cattle, and there are arrange
ments so that other Thousands can be
handled at the same time.
The cattle were roaring like bulls of Ba-
shan when I entered the hall: across the
way the sheep were baaing n there was
such a hleAting Of calves that II fairly
dinned my ears.
I wish 1 could show you the hogs. There
were thousands Of them and the cleanest.
prettiest hogs ! have even seen. Each
porker had evidently been scrubbed before
he had been brought In. His bristles shone
like frosted silver and his akin was As rosy
as the cheek OF q baby. The droyerS IN
long white coats were moving the pigs
from one part Of the yarA to the other.
q a. they did 70 the sun poked. his rayD
%#rrEHE 49,