New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-07-01
SLAUGHEER-HoUSE VAR IN NEW- ORLEANS

THE PEOPLE WITHOUT MEAT-BUTCHERs AGAIN
MoNoPoLIsTs-GooD TIME FOR THE ANIMALS. 2
New-Orleans is at present greatly excited
over question involving saughter-houses butchers.
and the supply Of meat generally Every issue OF every
paper filed with discussions OF the subject that all
other questions are crowded out Of the columns The
last Legislature passed law restricting the rights OF
butchers to slaughter within certain limits and. accord
ing party, the bill confers unjust monopoly OF
the business on interested parties The act in question Is
entitled An act 70 protect the health OF the City OF New
houses, aud to incorporate the Crescent City
Live Stock Landing and Slaughter House Com
stables, sheds, yards and buildings necessary to
land, stable, shelter protect aud preserve all kinds
OF horses mules, cattle and other animals the bill says
And the said Crescent City Live Stock Landing and
SlaughterHOuse Company shall have the sole and ex-
elusive privilege OF conducting and carrying on The live
stock landing and saugherhOuse business within the
limits and privilege granted by the provisions Of this act
ter in the City OF NewOreans its eDvirons. shall be
landed at the live stock landings and yards Of said Conn
necessary, By said company corporation. Provisions
also made for certain fees to be paid by the city
butchers TO the Company, as follows All persons
Strengthening causing to be slaughtered cattle and
other animals In said slaughter-houses, shall pay
Ing rates or perQustes viz: For ali beeves each for
all hogs and calves so cents each for all sheep goats,
and lambs, 30 cents each and the said company
pOratiOn shall be entitled 10 the head feet and
s an AL. a6a e1egpg hogs entering e
heart and liver not considered part Of the aud
entras and that the said heart and liver OF all ANIMALS
slaughtered in the slaugherhouses OF the said company
or corporation shall belong IN all cases. TO the owners OF
the animals slaughtered These peTquisites
puted by butchers butcherng them S. 90 per head
The butchers OF the city have rebeed against the pro-
visions Of this act there very ncOnvenent
dearth OF animal food The butchers pro-
vide for Strengthening outside the city limits and to let
the citizens do without meat until the arrangements
could be made This action Of course aroused the peo-
pie interest in the question and the
The PcGye charges that the bill was made IN the inter-
OF certain Legislative and Executive officers who
or control stock IN the new company rms charge
Is Hereby eonbatted on the ground that the
bll was intended according TO It's d.le' to pro;
that the act provided only for the proper inspection OF
meat complaint could be made Friends OF the Com
pany insist That the bill does this and nothing more
The quarrel sometimes assumes quasi political tone,
tie last Legislature Radical but The ReDub
licnI-Radical organ-s bitterly opposed To- the Com
pany The following, from an editorial IN The Reub-
gives idea OF the condition In which New-Oreans
markets now are: 1.-THE almost total failure Of the
Slaugher.House Company TO discharge the obligations
they have assumed begins to bear oppresyey upon the
people The markets almost bare Of fresh meat and
what little there is Offering IL OF poor quality, having
been land several days aud Is held at prices which
would dc credit TO the good old blockade days In con-
sequence Of rather singular piece OF legislation ana
one or rather incOnprehensibe Judgments Of the
courts tie butchers are promDlted from supplying INC
people with meat, unless they nrst pay tribute 10 the
almost TO a man TO adopt the maxm Not one cent for
tribute millions for defense They VIII not submit 70
benefit and choose TO discontinue business The field IS
thus left open the saughterHouse Company but Tey
are entirely helpless. They have made a show OF kIlnX
three or animals day. which they employ man 10
offer through the public prints at ten cents pound.
Probably as many people as reside on one one
street able to receive supplies from tbis
source. while the rest OF the city went wlthout-
The city papers, with but single exception, The Times.
condemn the whole saughter-house scheme as huge
swiDdle the community Dark hints are thrown GUY
the people may rise up IN turbulence against their
OppressOrs The people have ample means " redress,
though the courts may for the tme deny them JUS
tee. At the proper time and place ehectual remedies
be applied to the evils growing out or tins slaughter
house monopoly. Unless the Company shall either iur-
nish the markets with meat as good, as cheap as the
average before the first Of June, or withdraw their
pretensons to the sole right to do so-they VIII incur
such degree Of popular Odum as will tell against them
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