Show BEYOND REACH OF POOR meat scarce and prices prohibitive in germany berlin the reichstag on thursday discussed a socialist interpellation asking chancellor von buelow what measures the imperial government proposes to take against the meat scarcity herr heidmann Sc socialist quoted fagi res showing the decrease in the slaughtering of animals at the public abbatto irs and their lighter weight compared with previous years the price of pork he said was 40 marks per metric hundredweight in chicago 79 in rotterdam in ber lin and at stuttgart he denied that the closure of the frontiers was necessary to protect german livestock against foreign diseases since such diseases were very rare in france holland and denmark whereas 36 farms in germany were reported to be affected with red murrain in 1904 and 45 in 1905 the dearness 01 meat herr edmann deci declared ared was partly due to the meat law which necessitates heavy inspection charges |