The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-16
GREAT SAR| / I | |!
|NJ|UNE I. t:
Europe Shuns q ainted Canned
Goods from UJn ii lsa hi All,
THE TRUSTS NOW ALARM ED & J,
Conditions Irlpro q and GOV.
ernllentS Inspec tion Will Cure y
All Evils. .sl Is

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the disclosures ~ + the filthy and slcken-
ing conditions IN 4 tie, II packing houses Oil
Chicago. and de bat e III Con gre SO precefl!-5
ling the successful ef forts Sot E resident
Roosevelt to- obtain leg islation to protect;
the American people from lin VIII olesoli,e
meat products, serious y nroads have gbeer
made on the foreig Ign trad $50 q epa ckers.
Althoug h, the packers are OF n .sail;,i
stheir,p sins 4 are q finding them out, AMI
Was
more than $7OO, Oc0 In canned beef ~ him.,
pork products and lard forS the m ont e
June, as compared with tho same mon tn
last year. s$l
Figures compiled BY the Bureau OF Sta
5tlstics show that the export trada8sin
canned beef alone decreased more than
so per cent. and the prospects are that
there will he furtherffa ling oft until tho
foreign buyers Eil learn tina t K an efflcisnts
system OF Inspection 4 has been PROV yj $3s
i 89 There would h ave- been n grea ter. de-
GREASE. hut 4 for the II fact Z that rnucl, Of
the meat exported last month was shipped
Ito & ELL existing col tract some Of which
have now been cancel led .fi Is 81 VIE
Big Drop in Canned Beef.
IL According to the figures Of the Bureau
8of Statistics the exports OF canned beef
In June, 1905, amounted to B,alO. 553 pounds
valued sat s618,s3S, ms against 2,07757Y
pounds, valued at $29l TIA, III Juno, 1906
This Is a falling OF OF 3 $50. ETA pounds,
and In value to tho amount Of $$S2S, 4.iEs
Exports Of hams for June, 1905, amount
cd to 4 s. 1879, go pounds, valued at sl,s5i.0oe
as against II, s35, SGT pounds, valued al sl..
636 zl2 In June. 1906. or loss OF 3.2R7 i02
pounds and a shrlnkage in va ue &of Il s2lS,
ESQ, ss # I. s 4, 81. 81
Pork products, both fresh and sal lin
June, 1905, were xported to the amount
of 200, O03 pounds lyalu d "a 80 $50. ns
against. (, o52 sf7 pounds val ed "a ISL 01a.
or. n shrinknge of II 2, l47 lac POT nds ma
s1goa4s in Ma lues L $ Es 5S IS s5 Il
Y Exports fof lard during June, 100,
amounted to the enormous total OF 30, 4b4,-
5192 pounds valued mt s., 056, $40, as against
B45,s7s, G5S pounds, valued at =, 91b, 400 this,
year, n loss OF 4,h75,534 pounds and 81, 81
in value. ID s3s VI Nj a 53f
Loss is $7I8,46o.
h EXACT alling-off III the value OF the en-
portations Ia f$71s.4G9.S So serious Is the loss
In our foreign meat trade because OF the
canning 8of diseased meat and the fllthYs
sanitary condition that the packers have
become alarmed, and are STRUGGLING 4trhH-j
5tiGa lyj to increaDe their markets. " 5 AZ
II President Roosevelt has done somethlngs
IN the direction of putting an END to tho
slump, and It Is hoped that the people Of
Europe will soon understand that there Is
no longer a ny reason for complal Mt about
Eunwhoesona products, y. Il @ b;
!. MIR, Roosevelt addressed a letter to AM
bbassador Reid, at London, In which he
stated that conditions are 50 much 8nl-
proved that the products ore now all
Government should DO held responsible
for anything wrong With the meat pro-
ducts. as an adequate and efficient I'M
spectlon service is about to be put In full.
operation, A q IS "A Sl