Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1837-09-28

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The Rutchsrs--High prices OF Provisions--
Meeting and no Meeting.
The following notice has appeared Tor these last
three or four days in the city papers:
Ara meeting of the Licensed Butchers of the city
New York, held pursuant TO notice on Thursday
wening Sept. 81, at j. Deanteroches, corner OF
Houston and Allen streets, Jacob Aimes was called
10 the chair and j. w. Tier appointed secretary Inc
3all of the meeting being announced and approved, II
was resolved hat we do adjourn 10 meet on Wednes-
day evening, Sept 27th at II o'clock, and that we
% invite the Butchers qI our neghbor'hg cises anu
towns TO cooperate with us TO suppress the mohopo
ly of cattle at the Bulls Head.
Resolved That tie proceedings OF TINS meeung DC
published in the Courier and Enquirer, Sun, Era, ana
Herald JACOB AIMEs, Chairman.
j. w. Tier, Secretary
Pursuant to the notice, we attended punctually at
the time appointed. There were about twelve per-
sons who appeared to be butchers, assembled IN the
bar of the house-a quarter of an hour elepsed, and
no symptoms Of an organization appeared. few
of those assembled INDUCED in drink, and few
lighted their segars 1t appeared as if drinking and
smoking was the object of the meeting. Nothing
else DONE AT leng one of the butchers stated
that in consequence of the scant attendance the
meeting would be postponed, and ended the
farce.
This is mere trick-a mere juggle We will ex-
plain. The public voice, the public press, has been
raised Of late in accents not 10 be mistaken, against
the unjust the infamous prices of butchers meat
fraud has been committed upon the citizens Of New
York that is uncomfortable. They are forced by some
unholy combination 10 pay twenty per cent more for
meat than any city in the Union-than any city in
the world. The public Of course look 10 the butchers
redress this evil TO sbae this extoron, to be con-
tent with fair price, fair profit, al least mode
rate fraud a sort of retail extorion--and not
wholesale affair, as they have been hitherto doing
unchecked The butchers try ts shuttle off the blame
and lay il to the monopoly at the Bulls Head. The
Bulls Head, webeeve, lay il to the corporation, and
thus they mix il and mess il up among themselves in
the most delightful manner, each doubtless laughing
in their sleeves at the labyrinth Of bewldermen
which they SO amously entange, until the trickery,
their uggery, breaks the famous trcks!euggler Sig
nor Biiz cut of the field whiskers and all.
The great movement Of the butchers IN the present
instance, is to wash their hands Of blame; but we
tell them that they have failed to do il. If their con-
duct was suspicious before, il is doubly If
they were anxious to hold meeting, meeting would
have been held. The announcement has been made
IN the leading papers of the city for foar consecutive
days and how many butchers, condemned by the
public voice, smarHg under its censurc, and anxious
70 exonerate themselves has il convened Why
some ten dozen. Faugh The thing smells
rank. Ii is complete and direct farce. They would
have il 90 10 the public that they not to blame,
and think by this STEP which ends of course in
thing, that the public will believe il. The public will
not.
The butchers must take prompt and immediate
steps-ns mock msetlngs,-if they would be thought
TO be pure in this business. They must do as they
have not done-act as they have not acted. The pub
lie is outraged, insulted, robbed cheated, ,ricked,
swndled, Jugged by some party or olher-either the
butchers, the Bulls Head or the corporation or some
two all Of these put together But the days
OF the Infamous fraud numbered-the people will
no longer submit TO they have been fooled TO long
they viii be fooled no longer.
The nonopolizers have been TOO greedy. They have
sucked like eeches and like leeches they vii now be
thrown off with the salt Of public Indignation. TIE
public Indignation which is crying out upon them
from the lowest TO the highesi--from the merchant
10 the half mendicant, but especially from The poor
and the suffering, many Of whom, from the unblush-
ing frauds practsed 70 keep up the prices, are unable
to taste of butchers meat. Daily and daily IS this
indignant feeling gathering and strengthening. II
will speak in thunder. Beware is voice