Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-11-21

IcE CURED Pork, &c.-Thc Cincinnati
Price Current un1 er the heading Of ''Provi
sion-Trade Revolutions. gives some interesting
industry-the ice curing Of pork in summer
which it SAYS is making = great breaches" in
the oil packing trade According to this trade
journal it may almost be said that it is no
longer necessary to salt and lay aside meat in
winter at all, any more than any other season;
there being, however, q few weeks in the heat
cd term Of summer when it Is not necessary nor
desirable to handle or use much meat. Swine
are l;sttcncd more conveniently and more Geo
nomically in fall weather, and then transporta-
ton can lie done twenty per cent cheaper
Fresh ice cured meat IS brighter, sweetcr, and
sells hi CHER for several Of the leading qualities
than the dry highly sailed wintcr.cured. Ice
houses have been constructed at many western
points, where packing continues constantly and
safely all summer The extra cost Of cold air
from ice is being rapidly reduced. and is already
counting less than the expense Of holding meat
over from winter to summer, This state Of
affairs has completely upset the old business,
by which the wealth ofthc pork packing bust
ness has been acquired And the article con-
culcs with the remark that "the last winter
packing stock has lately been selling at loss
Of some forty per cent.
Whether the Indifferent success which, &C
cording to this authority, has lately attended
what was once the greatest single interest IN
Cincinnati is wholly due to ice-packing, may be
questioned. The Cincinnati Enquirer contains
il copy Of an agreement entered into by the
packers there, dated November LIST, in which
they will, in the purchase Of gross hogs dur
ip,r coocnn pf 1871 top1p I'll, &c
merchantable hogs such as will walk without
assistance to the scale" Tt is comforting to
the general consumer to know that her packers
have struck hand, over bargain not to salt
away any more 'brokcn down Or diseased pigs"
The NORFOLK TROUBLE SETTLED. Owe
have already stated that there was no trouble
in Norfolk on Friday night as it was feared
there would be- The Journal says -
THE wise and well.considered conclusion of
the colorcd people, not to hold the meeting
they had proposed on Market Square yestcr-
day afternoon, is creditabe to them. Every
thing that can conduce to an antagoniSm be
tween the two races ought to be carefully
avoided by both. The white people in this
country outnumber the black people by more
than thirty millions And as the stronger. in
the name of peace, justice, and humanity
should forbcar from any aggression, SO the
weaker, from the same consideration as well
rs seif:interest, should endeavor to do nothing
that may lead to feelings of hostility toward
them We are all living in the same country
under the same laws; and the interests Of all
demand that we shall endeayor to cultivate
friendly relations. Politically and iudustriaily.
the laws of the land are impartial between
them We congratulate the coored people Of
eur two cities on their dis rect and commenil,
bic compliance with the Mayors request, and
the iudicious counsel of some of their own
race