Mr. White to Mr.
Sherman.
Embassy
of the United States,
Berlin, April 14,
1898.
No. 384.]
Sir: Referring to my dispatch No. 377 of the
8th instant, I have the honor to transmit herewith a copy of a note
to-day addressed to the Imperial foreign office, upon the strength of
information supplied the
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embassy by Consul Pettit of Düsseldorf, in regard to certain efforts
about to be made to continue the importation of American fruit waste
into Germany, and to be, sir, etc.,
[Inclosure in No. 384.]
Embassy of the United States,
Berlin, April 14, 1898.
Note Verbale.]
To the Imperial Foreign
Office:
Referring to previous correspondence, and in particular to the
esteemed note from the Imperial foreign office of the 8th instant,
the embassy of the United States of America has the honor to inform
the foreign office that it has learned that Meyer & Co., of New
York, leading exporters of American fruit waste to Germany, have
shipped to Düsseldorf for their own account 1,000 barrels of fruit
waste, which is expected at Emmerich about April 25, and that the
purpose of those gentlemen in so doing is to convince the German
authorities, if possible, that it is impossible for the “Shield
louse” to exist in the waste after the treatment to which it is
subjected. The embassy understands that arrangements have been made
to have this waste brought up the Rhine in a small vessel in which
nothing else will be shipped; that the vessel will be bound to
Emmerich and held there pending the examination of the microscopic
experts (at the cost of 12 marks per day), and that the shippers
believe that the authorities will not insist on having the goods
unloaded. In view of the fact that Messrs. Meyer & Co. hope to
be able to demonstrate in this way that it is still possible to
import the goods in question into Germany at a profit, and should it
prove impossible for this to be done, it is quite likely that the
jelly makers will transfer their factories to the United States, the
embassy requests that the foreign office will kindly cooperate to
make Messrs. Meyer & Co.’s venture a success.
