Ambassador Thompson
to the Secretary of State.
American Embassy,
Mexico, May 17,
1906.
No. 54.]Sir: I beg to acknowledge the receipt of the
department’s instruction No. 26, dated the 9th instant, and its
inclosure, relating to the refusal of the Mexican authorities to
recognize federal meat-inspection labels, stamps, and certificates as
evidence that fresh meats from the United States are fit articles of
exportation to Mexico, etc. I have, as directed, brought the matter to
the attention of the Mexican Government by my note of this date, copy
inclosed, and transmitted with it the documents to which the same
refers.
I have, etc.,
[Inclosure.]
Ambassador Thompson to the Minister for
Foreign Affairs.
American Embassy,
Mexico, May 11,
1906.
Mr. Minister: I have the honor to refer
your excellency to the contents of the inclosed copy of a
communication from the Department of Agriculture to the Secretary of
State of the United States, relating to the refusal of the Mexican
authorities to recognize federal meat-inspection labels, stamps, and
certificates as evidence that fresh meats from my country are fit
articles of importation into Mexico, and to permit the entry of
recent consignments of such meats on account of not being
accompanied by the certificate required by article 67 of the Mexican
customs regulations; and following the instructions of my
Government, I beg to ask for your excellency’s good offices before
the proper department of Mexico to the end that, if consistent, the
above-mentioned or any other impediments be no longer placed against
the importation of said articles into this Republic.
In order that your excellency’s Government may acquire the conviction
that meats bearing the labels, brands, and certificates of the
United States are perfectly
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wholesome and free from disease, and that
said inspection is strictly enforced by our federal authorities,
thus insuring the same degree of safety as is aimed by the
provisions of article 67 of the Mexican customs regulations, I
inclose herewith copies of various sections of the United States
Statutes at Large relative to the matter, and a printed pamphlet of
the rules and regulations, and their amendments, for the inspection
of live stock and their products.
Trusting that I may receive a favorable reply upon the subject,
I avail myself, etc.,
