Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-04-11


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u puT John i'aucr President
III the Ailrr Ar'r1an iul.,gr
london. arrived Sew York sHms
.sw weeks agD, iyr lhe puunso ed
introducing in tAis uvl.iTy his rsle-
clIra-s~s iarprlsrrElH- mtsisr
a meihui which promise lu rrga'r
a revolution in laea packing laa
rrocass las already iun patented
Ia Amsr'.a Is Well m Har..e II
Is alleged ihai begiA.,iel n i-HH'uH
ia March last year-aeeor..ns 90
the GamEfe p,ae1ss was sent o.
New York Ia jane, anl as late a.
July Was shown n a prominent
butcher In Fulton Market, who dli
not discover that IL WAS other than
ordinary beet nEl oNpre.sel the
opinion that Il lad probably been
killed about two days, Mutton
killed in London last July, an
sont ie New York soon amor l. now
perfectly fresh, and ono piece OF
beef kept Cor ten days In a can sur
rounded b. waicgal.a temperature
| ~ 90 Ia 100 degrees, came oUt per
/ fcmlly fresh, Other decisive tests
were attended with similar results
The process Is simple and quite
/ Inexpensive, The animal, whom
pracliuaqlc, II caused 10 inhalc
cahonic oXi,lo gas, Before Il is
quite inscnsihlc /, Is hlcl IN the
usual way. When dressed the ear
cass Is suSp udcd in an alright
receiver, the mir exhausted, aud the
receiver filled wilh carbonic oxide
gas; small quantity of sulphorous
acid gas is also added, Aller re-
manning here i1rtwcntyiour ~ Tor
ty.cight hours, meat may hc re
moved, and hung in u dry atmos-
phior; it will keep COR one, two or
three months, or longer, with no
pcrccptiblc change m tasto or ap'
pearancc.
If meat can be so perfectly preserved,
Texas has it in her power to develop the re-
sources of a wealth almost uncqualcl, FOR
no country has so many advantages, OF
possesses an approximate wealth Of cattle
according To extent Of area bat Australia.
The cattle Of this State can be slaughtered
at home aud shipped to almost any mar
ket ia chri-tcndom, he still fresh aud saw
DRY on arrival, and sold cheaper than the
meat raised in those countries.
Chicago for n number Of years, by pur-
chasing the cheaper qualify Of beef of the
West and Texas, has been enabled to supply
the markets of the manufacturing towns of
England at lower rates than the dealers Of
Great Britain possibly could. The reason
why We should not ship TO markets outside
of the State, livestock for sale or packing,
are obvious and cogent. LIST, The time lost
in driving to market and returning. 2nl,
The great decrease of the value of stock
caused by hosty driving and want of good
pasturagc along the routes. 3rd, The UNI
certainty Of receiving rcmuncratiyc price
for cattle and services on arrival at mar ct,
and the necessity Of being frequently
compelled to make ruinous contracts for
packing caused by heavy expense OF guard
ing stock, the impossibilty of procuring
sufficient pasturage, the uncertainty Of
navigation of the streams to the point on
which cattle are driven, exorbitanL rates
of transportation, and depressed condition
of market. 4th, That much of the profit,
if any, is expended in returning home. 9TH,
That the true and real profit is made else
where.
9th, The hides, horns and tallow are
shipped North for manufacture, and we de-
rive no benefit from one of the sources
which should contribute so much to our
wealth.
If the beef is slaughtered and preserved
in our own State at points selected along
the line of railroads, not a market in the
United States, but would be supplied with
Texas beef; even the pickle beef and salt
fish diet Of New England would be CRATE
fully substituted for the more hcnl'h-sus
tanning and lile-giving qualities of our
beef. Taxas would Immediately become
the first hide market in the United States,
and instead of the hides being shipped to
the North and East for tanning, in short
WHILE owing to our natural superior ad-
vantages in this respect, and the economy
of saving transportation, enterprising men
would establish mammoth tanneries, and
instead of leather being shipped to North
harness, &C., the cheapness of provisions,
salubrity of climate and the patent econo-
my, would necessitatc the immediate in
stituion of these sister enterprises, a dense
and industrisus population would rapidly
flock to the towns where such factories were
established; Texas would then become one
of the first shoe and leather markets of the
United States. We could easily under sell
other markets, because we save the various
expenses incident and necessary to trans
portation, subsistence is cheaper here than
in the North; laborers would not be COM
PEELED to expend so much for fuel owing to
the, mildness of the climate which would
tend to lessen wages, and instead of the
wealth of this State enriching other States,
it would remain at home and develop other
resources. The increase of the manufac-
turing population would facilitate the sale
and cause greater demand of cereals, veg
etables, sc. The agricultural and manu-
featuring interest would flourish in proper
tionate ratio. What applies to beef cattle
will in corresponding sense apply to