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Show REICHSTAG DISCUSSES HIGH PRICE OF MEAT Socialist Declares Closure to Protect Live Stock Is Unnecessary. BERLIN. Nov. TO -The Rck-hstag today discussed a Socialist Interpellation asking Chancellor Von Buclow what measures the Imperial Government proposes to take against the meat scarcity. Herr Bcneldi Riann, Socialist, quoted (lgUres showing the decrease In the slaughtering of ani-iiils ani-iiils at the public abnttolrs and their lighter weight compared with previous years. The price of pork, he said, was forty-nine marks per metric hundred w.ight in Chloavo, seventy-nine in Rotter-d.'.in. Rotter-d.'.in. i:t, in Berlin and ir. at Stuttg.ui Denies Closuio Necessary. He dented that the closure of the frontiers fron-tiers was necessary to protect German lii stock against foreign diseases since 8U h discuses were very rare In France, Holland and Denmark, whereas 86,000 larms In Germany were reported to be affected with rci murrain In 1901 and 46,- 000 In 1906. The dearnesa ..f ne :.t. 1(. rr Scheidmnnn declared, w.is partly due to ih meal law, which neceaaftated heavj Inspection charges. States Must Decide. Vice-Chancellor I sum Von Bosadowskl-Wehner Bosadowskl-Wehner answeri d the Interpi llatlof in behalf be-half of the Chancellor He said that the opening of the frontiers was a matter for the individual State Government to decide, de-cide, but the Saxon and Bavarian Gov. foments fo-ments Had rejected such reciprocity. The relaxation .f veterinary 1 1 r. i ,.t the frontiers WOUld shake the foundations of the domestic animal industry and promote, flependcncy for reasonable" meat prlCOfl upon foreign countries. The ureal guarantee guar-antee for reasonable meat prices rested In the protection of domestic Bve stock. Due to Poor Crops. The Minister of Agrieult Dl . Gen Von Podbjeiski. maintained that thc hlgti prices of meat represented a transitory condition due to poo. crops He admitted that if the present prices became perma- 1 .-nt it would be necessary lo take stops i get cheaper meat and said that the animals ani-mals bn.ught to market slaughtered in 1IW5 were six per cent lighter than the animals slaughtered In 10o4. President fount Von Ballstrera called Gen. Von Podbjeiski to order for saying that Scheidmann had ' made himself the mouthpiece for all the malicious nonsense printed about mi In thr newspapers." |