New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-05-12
NEAT. CHEAP AND PLENTY.

There is always enough meat and grain On eur
nsn,t 10 feed its entire population sbundanty, II
were properly distributed. The vast plains OF boctn
America, southern Russia, Algeria snd the plains
sheep and cattle to feed and cothe all the inhabtsns
of the globe Indeed the cattle annually slaughtered
in South America for their hides, ana len prey %
MIXTURES and iacksll doubtless far excel in weights
the whole amount Of animal food COM umed BY sivi-
This vast surplus of life and noushment rOts on the
boupdsss and uninhabited plains OF Ia Plata and
Brazil while millions of human beings in the northern
,carcny and high price of animal food COmmesce,
which Ia. succeeded in equsinng the supply and de-
hitherto failed 10 make the beefgrowDg regions Of tho
South respond to the wants of the beef-eaong regions
of the North The cost Of transporting live STOCK -
an article Of diet across the ocssn equivsens :
prohibition and the rapid decomposition OF dressed
meat prevents ito transportation, except when sesa
which Increases lis cost, and deprives 1t OF mueo'
not meet, of its value.
If meet could be preserved fresh Tor tnree Or N1
months by any process not involving coutinuocs ex-
pence. no one can doubt that tho effect woah %
promptly TO make animal food universally cheap soo
Abundant There IL reason to believe tnst cs ~
has been made by which this great rssa cam animal.
fed IN the banks of La Pists may be 500 n our
.Ia,. ~ fys,b and as chesp from animals rd On
the banks of the Ohio or the AiaslssIPPL .s
80 nss,vstion II explained at some Ieogih com
OF sddre.srd 70 the Ind<pesdssee Bee Of
I n,oncD" ~ m Charles LOnde, an eminent member
Of the Imperial Academy Of Medicine :" rala ..o
he sntbdr of a work on Hygiene ~ h'gh "ps's
sm9ns cas. briefly stated y to bone the meat ~
M Ps,r.b HE nirpge Il Into kettle Of geiaefne,
f Is H. ,smp, rature of boiling water, where "
al sools u, air minutes and then hung up 70 dry.
NEG .;ot, hours later il 10 again plunged, with i1
rvy snveope into a solution OF tapnn In water
Inn hung no again to dry. Tne meat thus pre-
a a has been known to keep year and upwards
pect, esb and apparently retaining Gil IT. original
savor. NJ Mali, who Is the president Of the company
engaged in the practical application Of this discovery
in Paris exhibited numerous specimens 81 preserved
meats at the Paris Exhibitions, which attracted very
General attention Several establishments tOr the ex-
.p,iop Of this department Of industry have recently
been er. cted in Africa the southern shores Of the
Mediterranean, ana in S0sth America; and we are
AFRO advised that Mr.. Simon has been making pre-
psratons for the establishment Of Of the companys
breI ebes iL Cincinnati.
Should the expectations which II. Mans expert.
meps have rssed pc sustained and shoeid y pc ound
practicable to preserve meat perfectly fresh Tor even
Two or three months, It must ultimately shange Tho
whole face Of human society. 1t viii mpsn heAfh,
strength and enterprise to the lower Strata OF society,
esps cslIy Of the old world, now enfeebled and de-
energized by the low diet upon which theysare kept
il will require Of them less labor to support Me; =
will awaken lew class Of tastes and sentiments n
their bosomr, and secure more leisure from ho0 70
cultivate end enjoy them; 80 that il may reasonably
be hoped they viii no longer, a. in OIL time pss 70
compelled, in seeking the means Of hvae, 70 DIV
the end Of hie Evening wv =