Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 February 1891 — American Fork in Germany. [ARTICLE]

American Fork in Germany.

Germany has again refused to admit American pork; but it seems to be generally admitted that the -time is now not far distant when the prohibition will be removed. It is very probable that, if we had not so recently passed the two McKinley bills, which are very unpopular in Germany, the late vote In the Reichstag would have been in favor of American pork. Our farmers may judge of the value of the German market to them by the fact that our exports

Jt — " . of bog products to Germany In 1881, before our pork was excluded, amounted to more, than sll,000,000. Lard is now the only hog product which we sell to Germany in any considerable quantities. Our exports of lard to Germany In 1889 amounted to $3,840,000, and last vear to $7,815,000. The German working people are anxious for our pork, and ftor want of it they consume a large quantity of our lard, eating it as we eat butter. It is the protection sentiment in Germany that keeps our pork out of the country. It was the rich nobles owning large country estates on which hogs are raised for the market who were the* prime movers in excluding American pork, and who still keep it out of the country. It is a case of extreme protection applied to ns.