Salt Lake Tribune | 1907-06-30 | Page 16 | Eating Hot Dog is Not a Joke

Subjects of Kaiser William 1 Devour 7000 Canines Regu- larly Each Year. : PRIVATE SLAUGHTER-HOUSE ; WHERE ANIMALS ARE SLAIN Horseflesh Is Likewise Cou-sumed Cou-sumed in Large Quantities by ihe Germans. 4The old joko about eating "hot dog," is no joko in Germany any more, "for no loss than 7000 canines of various breeds were slaughtered and eaten, by the subjects of Kaiser William last year, according to a report from Consul Con-sul George N. Ifft, at Annaberg. Mr. Ifft was at one time connected with. , Salt Lake newspapers aiid is now one' of the owners of the Pocatello. Idaho, , Tribune. Tho eating of 'horso flesh ; seems to be quite general in Ger-manv. Ger-manv. savs Mr. Iff I. for no less than 1S2,000 liovsos wore slaughtered for human food in 1006. "Horseflesh is very generally advertised adver-tised in German papers," says Consul I (It, "especially in those large industrial indus-trial centers, and most Germau cities have at least, oiie market which makes it. a specialty, claiming for it. a higher percentage of nourishment than that of beef, veal, mutto"u. or pork. Neither is it unusual. to find advertisements of dog meat or for the purchase of dogs for slaughter. Tn ihe city- of Cassol rocontly tho police, in searching for a lost dog, discovered a private slaughter houso and arrested the proprietors, who were apparentlj making a regular business busi-ness oi stealing and killing dogs." In tho city of Chemnitz alone, Consul Con-sul Ifft reports, (39S dogs were slaughtered slaught-ered for human food in 1006. this being an increase of eighty-eight' over tho . previous year. j