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price of American imports. In the same year 

 the prohibition against American cattle by 

 Germany increased the demand for bacon in that 

 country, which was met by Danish bacon, the 

 result being a better market for American bacon 

 in the United Kingdom. 



The importance attached to these indirect 

 influences on the English market serve to empha- 

 sise the importance of the British consumer. In 

 1893, it is stated, the British market bought more 

 than half of all the farm-products exported from 

 the United States. Butter and cheese exports 

 reached their highest figures in the period 1880-9. 

 Canned beef from 1890 to 1899. Cattle, beef, 

 pork and pork products, and cereals from 1900 

 to 1904. 



It has been seen how the American agriculturists 

 endeavoured to meet the fall in prices of bulk 

 products by marketing concentrated products, 

 and also how this move on their part was checked 

 by tariff barriers or the more indirect but equally 

 effective obstruction of veterinary regulations. 

 The absence of an adequate market abroad 

 was undoubtedly offset by the increased home 

 demand gradually overtaking the curtailed pro- 

 duction brought about by lower prices. A 

 reference has been made to the disregard of 

 American shippers to the market conditions neces- 

 sary to obtain the best prices for their bacon and 



