Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-17

outside supplies, but apparently realizes the
impOssibility.
Today tho German army subsists largely
on American food. Its horses eat American
corn and when the troops were sent to
China not long ago they were supplied with
American canned meats, much to the dis
gust of the agrarians. This matter was
brought up in the Reichstag and 1t was
shown that the American canned meats
were the cheapest and best.
Indeed, the kaiser well knows that Amerl-
can foods are good. He likes American
slusages and American hams and uses
them in the palace. When Admiral Evans
was at Kiel he had the emperor to break
fast, and at that time tickled his palate
with a Smithield ham. The kaiser de-
manded TO know where it came from, and
since then / am told he has ordered a
special shipment to Germany. He. has
sampled the canned meats furnished the
army, and he knows as we'll as anyone
that our meats are good.
Just now the agrarians are making n b.p
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 pretexts.
The authorities of the various prov,nces
have been practically instructed to discrim-
mate against Americans, to refuse our con-
suls statistical rma as to the in
fractions of the laws upon provisions and
FOOD products, and withhold from them the
finding of trichinae or other deleterious
substances in domestic meats. and also the
condition of human and animal diseases in
their respective districts. Such orders nre
secret ones. but that which 1 have quoted
was stolen by a clerk in one OF the provin-
cial offices and read In a political speech in
tho Rniphatnw A IaaIg.- -
commenting upon 1t said:
What the order really means is that ~
any disease is found in any meat sold in
German IL must come from the outside.
Tor we want the world TO believe we have
no disease, animal or human, and that
trichinae can only come from American
meats"
Nevertheless, the Germans are now eating
about 100000 pounds of our meat a month.
and they would take millions more IL the
agrarians would let 1t 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 pub
lie. and that there is no reason for OBJ
Jecting to 1t. II stated that a prize Of
1000 marks was offered two years ago for n
case of trichinae caused by American meat,
and that this had not yet been claimed.
1t spoke well of our lard and said that all
suspicious against 1t were based upon
prejudice or gross ignorance.
l had a talk with the German agent of
our biggest packing house trust in one of
the cities of the Rhine as TO the importa-
uon 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.
w are sausage eaters. We
want our meat chewed. There Is no waste
in sausage and cheap sausage means much
to the poor. Before American sausageS
were excluded you could buy a good article
for 1874 cents a pound. The same thing
now sells for 81 cents a pound, and other
kinds Of meat are proportionately high.
We used TO have a great trade in Amer
lean ~livers. but the agrarian inspectors
are keeping them out, and they exclude
all American fresh meats by delaying tho
examination of the meat until Il spells.
The result Is we dare not ship II. There
is a great deal of fuss now about the usa
of boracic acid as q preservativc, and al
together everything Is done to keep our
meats out Of the market"
Nearly all the cities OF Germany own
their own markets. They have their own
cattle yards and their own Slaughter
houses. the animals being killed under tho
eyes Of inspectors. / went out the other