Show 1t 8ar Hogs Abroad Washington 7The reports from con sul of the United States on commerce manufactures etc for May were issued by the department of state tudy The American pork question in Europe is treated in detail the communicaions received re-ceived from United States represeftta lives on the subject of the proposed pro hibition of American swine meat into several countries beine embodied in an appendix Minister Ksson of Vienna says There remains however a question whether the United States govnrnmen bas done all in its power to obviate every just cause for compaint So far as I can ascertain the causes and effect upon the animal fibre of hog cholera have not been officially investigated and it is stated that no system of official inbpoc ionjin respect to trichina has been es ablish d either at slaughter houses depots er ports exportation No official offi-cial investigation and determination have been made whether salting smoking trying the flu or other curative process pro-cess has the effect destroying the dangerous dan-gerous animalcule I venture to suggest that until some official action in these directions ha been duly taken wo are not without fault for the alarm exiting on the subject in Europe Minister Noyea Paris say he is satis fled Trichina has been greatly exaggerated exagge-rated He estimates that net over one per cent of the meat has been infected Consul Grinnel at Bremen says tho report is received with almost contempt there Merchants are too shrewd to throw away the trade because of specu lators stories Minister Lowell says there is ovary disposition there to prevent unnecessary restriction of the hog traffic in England |