The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-26
DOG MEAT COMMON
FOOD FOR HUMANS
Opium Habit Growing in
United States
WANT RAILWAY PASS
National Liberals Not Satisfied.
Sanderclass Yachts to Oppose
American Are Not Being
Built This Year

Berlin. January 25.--The use OF the
flesh Of dogs as food for man is be-
coming common even in the capital.
From necessity the German working
man has long made horse meat sub
stantal portion of his daily fare, but
while Saxony consumes thousands of
dogs annually the practice of eating
this meat has not until recently in
vaded Russia.
Now the overseers of the Berlin cat
tie yards have given their approval of
proposal to erect municipal
slaughter house for dogs at the yards.
and 1t is expected that the police presi-
dent will soon issue the required per-
nit.
The use of opium In the Uuited States
has reached immense proportions as
result chiefly of the unwise form of
the prohibition movement in some
states," according to Professor Hueppe,
one of Germany's leading authorities
and writer's on alcoholism and other
diseases resulting from the abuse of
stimulants.
Professor Hueppe. who was reported
some time ago as saying, In an address
on sport and Stimulants" before a
scientific association of Berlin, that the
use of stimulants in America had taken
chiefly the form of indulgence in opium,
now explains that his statement was
not as broad as that.
The professor repeats, however. thai
the use of opium has spread over
large part of the Uuited States. The
reason for this, he thinks. is to be found
in prohibition laws. The use of all
stimulants, he says arises from local
conditions. If one suppresses their
sale or use without regard to local
needs and to the historical development
of a people, other stimulants must take
the place of those interdicted Often
these new stimulants are more danger
Gus than those suppressed.
Other writer's have questioned the
professors conclusions on the ground
that prohibition of the sale of alcoholic
stimulants is the exception rather than
the rule in the United States.
There is a likelihood that next sum.
mer's international regatta will furnish
no sonderclass opponents for the Amer
leans.
At present not one sonderclass yacht
Is being built by any of Germany's
greatest yacht constructors, and none
will be unless conditions alter. The
German yachtsmen have long protested
class races-$1 $1300-was too low to enable
class racers-s1 -s130O--was to low to enable
them to compete with the higher priced
American yachts, and the builders also
demanded that the limit be raised A
few weeks ago the price limit was in
creased with the consent of the Emperor
to s14O0. but the builders are still dissat-
isfied with ohis figure. They demand
limit of $1625.
Whether the Emperor, to whose inItia-
tive and encouragement sonderclass rae
ing in Germany owes Its development,
will consent to the new price limit Is
doubtful. If he does not, there will prob
ably be no German competitors with the
American yachts.
Germany's practically applied science Is
about TO rescue another waste product
and make II useful.
Professor Reinke Of the Brunswick
Technical High school. has discovered a
method OF converting into cellulose the
waste OF the asparagus plant A good
quality of paper is made from cellulose
and it has many other valuable Industrial
uses.
Many members OF the reichstag are
tired Of paying railroad fares. To be
DctWSSn
homes and Berlin, while the reichstag is
in session. bur the national liberals at
least are not satisfied with that They
Will propose, when parliament reconvenes
after the holidays. that passes good on
all railroads and at all times be issued to
the legislators.
There was a time when this was the
rule. Such passes were issued to mem
bers of the first rechstag. who then re-
ceived no pay for attending sessions In
1874 the railroad officials did little quiet
investigating and learned that one legis-
lator had Travelled more than 1000 miles
In eight months. another more than 5000,
and third more than 5000 miles The
federal council thereupon put a stop TO
the custom by making the passes valid
only between the legislators home and
Berlin.
The national liberals now desire the
old custom renewed in full form, making
the passes good throughout the year, in
stead Of only during sessions and eight
days before or after, as at present. Since
the abilition OF the unlimited passes in