Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 April 1901 — BARS AMERICAN BEEF. [ARTICLE]

BARS AMERICAN BEEF.

British War ntßre Confirms Report as to Army Contracts Order. The British war office confirms the report that it is going to try the experiment of supplying the army with only homegrown beef. The experiment will extend six months from June 1. The director of contracts, a major, said to a London press representative: "The new yule applies only to refrigerated beef hitherto bought in the open market in London. It will not seriously affect the American trade, as the total weekly supply for the army is only 200,000 pounds, which is barely 2 per cent of the weekly imports of refrigerated beef into England from the United States.” Officials at.-ttfe Washington Agricultural and State departments are inclined to take a serious view of the action of the British government in excluding American beef and meat products from the British army contracts. They agree that the move has an ominous look and regard it as the entering wedge of a far-reaching policy which may seriously cripple American exports.