The Washington times., 1906-06-10
AMERICA SCORED
BY GERMAN PAPER
Declares Packing House
Scandal Was Deserved.
PEOPLES RIGHTS IGNORED
United States Charged With Being
twenty-five Years Behind Times
in Passage Of Pure Food Laws.
PEOPLES RIGHTS IGNORED

BERLIN, June s.-"The people of the
United States have just the kind of gov
ernment they deserve to have" is the
verdict OF a great sociaHstic paper in this
city in an editorial dealing with the
slaughter revelations.
Though their Constitution gives them
every opportunity to elect a truly rep
resentGtive legislature. they have allow
ed themselves gradually 10 be robbed of
all power. until they are now absolutely
unable TO take the initiative in anything
or 10 have the smallest voice in the
making OF their own laws.
1T is a fact that there is probably no
government which cares so little for the
wishes Of the masses of the people as
does The American government al Wash
ington- Nearly all Europeon countries
have during the last quarter OF a century
passed laws protecting their citizens
from being poisoned by impure fcod- For
years II has been known on tbs side
that most OF the products OF the great
American packing houses were unfit for
consumption and twenty-five yeas ago
even the poorest German would never
think OF using American lard IL his
home
The American authorities must have
been fully aware OF the shocking condi-
tons existing in the slaughterhouses of
Chicago and ether great cities; but al
though American packing house PRODUCTS
were condemned in one European coun-
try af-er the other nothing was done by
the authorities IN Washington for the
protection OF their people until a book
written by a private citizen forced them
10 do something"
Arrested for Sneez:ng.
American tourists who think OF visit
ing the kingdom OF Saxony this sum
mer had better be careful not 20 sneeze
too loudly in the streets Of Saxon
towns.
Because he committed this great Of
fence, a citizen Of MuehIhausen named
Furtmann was arrested the other day
and taken before a Judge The police
man who appeared as complainant de-
cIared that the sneeze was OF an un-
usually startling nature, and he was
corroborated by several passengers on
a passing street car, which he stopped
to get witnesses as TO the disorderly
nature Of Furtmann's sneeze-
The judge. after having been told by
the arrested man that his sneezing was
due 10 a polypus IN his nose. acquitted
him OF all blame. but the police declared
that they will appeal to a higher court
Germans Eat Hogs and Dogs.
Germans may object 20 eating Amer
lean canned and embalmed beef, but
they seem TO have no prejudice against
the meat Of horses and dogs which is
fast becoming the food for the poorer
class OF the people
During the first three months OF 1904,
4465s horses. were slaughtered in this
country. and IN the first three months
Of 1905 this number had increased TO
8. .5s4
According TO official statistics pub
ushed in the Badische Lances Zeitung,
Cf Mannheim, there were 2,45 dogs
slaughtered during October. November,
and December Of 1895. and in this num-
Ter are only included the common
species OF dogs which under official IN
lives and allow themselves to be eaten
How MANY dogs were killed and eaten
privately no one knows
( Would Deduct Drink Bill
The commission OF taxes in the town
OF Witten. in Prussia, has been called
upon TO decide the difficult question as
/ to whether glass blowers are entitled 10
deduct the price OF the beer which JEey
drink during their work from their in
I come tax.
Glass blowing is very exhaustive and