Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-11-28

Ra,sins and prunes have becnMe I'M
rortant factors in the frult exportt
OF the United
Bio Increase states. while D
in Production. comparatively few
years ago they
were equally important facacrs In the
fruit imports. Figures compiled BY
the bureau Of foreign and domestic
commerce, department Of commerce,
show 2S,00O.00O pounds OF raisins
valued at $l,500,000 and $4,000. 900
pounds OF prunes valued at 1886. 900
exported In the fiscal year 1918. In
1908 the exports OF raisins only
amounted to 4.333,000 pounds. and in
1898 (the first year in which they
were separately shown as an article OF
exportation) but 5000, 900 pounds: the
exports OF prunes in 1903 were 66.00O.'
900 pounds, and In 1898. l6,0Oe.000
The growth In the exports of raisins
has been from 100000 pounds In 1898
to 28,0O0.0O0 in 1918. and in those OF
prunes from 100000 pounds in 1895
to 11S,000,OO0 In 1918. Imports o!
those articles meantime have CORE
spondingly decreased. The quantity
of raisins imported in 1893 was 81
5000 pounds; in 1903. 6.750.00O. and
in 1913, 100000: and OF prunes. In
1893, 100000 pounds: in 1903. 606.'
900, and in 1918. $4,000 pounds.
This change in the import and ex'
port trade of these two classes OF
fruits Is due to the rapid increase In
production In the west coast states,
where the, production Of. raisins has
grown from 1883. 900 pounds in 1879
to 33,0OOO,O00 in 1889. 72.000.0OO in
1899. and 14O,000,O00 in 1909; and oil
prunes, from II. 00O, 600 pounds in 1889
to 113,000.OOO In 1899 and 10000. 900
In 1909, these figures Of production be.
ing In all cases in very round terms.
The secretary OF agriculture has just
published rules and regulations gov.
erning the importa'
Foreign Meat ton Of meat and
Ron,,lafions meat food products
to carry out the
meat section OF the tariff act approved
on October 3.
The regulations provide for foreign
certifications as to ante-mortem and
post-mortem inspection In countries In
which the animals are slaughtered. In
addition, meats in countries will be In.
spected by the department Of agricul
ture at ports of entry before admis-
sion. Attached to the regulations is
full list Of veterinary inspectors In
foreign countries whose certificates
are acceptable to the United States.
The regulations also place foreign
meats after entry into the United
States on the same basis as domestic
meats. Heretofore imported heats
have been governed entirely by the
food and drugs act and have been ex'
cluded from the establishments under
the Inspection of the bureau of animal
industry under the meat inspection
act. Under the new regulations I'M
ported meats are placed under the
meat inspection act after entry and
thus are admitted to federally inspect
ed establishments and are governed
BY the same inspection system as
heretofore has surrounded interstate
commerce in domestic meats. The gen
eral rule is that no meats are diseased
contain harmful dyes. chemicals. pre-
servatives, or other ingredients which
render such meat or meat product IN
sound, unhealthful. unwholesome, OF
unfit for human food will be admitted
Potato growers in the United States
are informed by the department OF az
riculture that It Il
FiQht Against hoped that a pota
pofafo poet to disease preva
lent in parts Of Eu
rope and in Canada may be kept GU
of the United States by quarantine
! measures This disease is known al
"powdery scab."
This disease is reported to be wide
" prevalent in Ireland and Scotland
where there is this year large crol
Of potatoes, which the growers woult
like to export to this country If the!
would be admitted.
| A large mass meeting was recent!
held in Belfast. Ireland, to protes
against the maintenance Of the potato
quarantine by the American govern
ment, and resolutions were passed ties
tifying to the freedom OF the lrisl
crop from potato wart and suggesting
that a representative Of the Irish de
partment OF agriculture proceed t,
America to confer with Secretar!
Houston. They were, however, ap
parently under the impression tina
the quarantine was based entirel!
upon the wart disease, whereas thu
| federal horticultural board has ais,
taken the occurrence of powdery seal
| into consideration.
More than 2Y.O00,000 dozen egg
we're exported from the United States
| in the fiscal yea
Eqg Exports 1913, against 1,5Oo,
FIR Yoar 900 dozen ten yea
ago. according t.
by the department of, commerce Ths
total value Of all eggs exported reach
ed practically $4.500,000 in 1913
against $33,207 in 1898, 20 years ago
$a25,571 n 1903, s543.3s6 in 1905. ane
$1,O38,649 in 1906.
Meantime, considerable numbers o
eggs were imported. the figures for thu
fiscal year 1913 being: Eggs in tn
natural state, 1,271,765 dozen: yolks
227,457 pounds. and dried eggs, 2o.2S'
pounds. the import figures Of 1913 be
ing materially in excess OF those IL
| 1912. which showed eggs in the natur