The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-02-16

England has been a decided success
Shops have been opened for the sale OF
American beef and mutton in London,
Birmingham, Manchester, and Glasgow,
where il is offered from twopence 70
threepence pound less than the aver
age prices Of English meat. The cattle
are killed here the night before the
steamer sails. The meat Is artificially
cooled, and then placed in Theoretically
sealed compartments Of the vessel,
where the temperature j. kept at 80 de-
grees by ice In adjoining rooms, be-
tween which the air Is kept In circuia-
ton through tubes by an engine. Thus
the meat reaches England in excellent
condition, and is rather improved by
the keeping. The good quality Of the
meats and the lower prices at which
they are sold have already created some
thing Of an enthusiasm, and arrange
ments are making 10 increase the ship
ment. Glasgow alone having bargained
for 200 carcasses week There seems
evers prospect that the export of meat
will Income large and profitable busi-
ness. Gut the second act in the drama
has already begun. The English butch
I tI HAS III AutA VI EALlAiA HatNtAf " att't
seeing American beef sold at eightpencc
pound when he is obliged 70 ask ten
pence end sometimes a shilling for the
| home-raised article that is no better.
The middleman is on the stage, and ev-
cry body is familiar with the part he
invariably plays. The consumers may
as well make the most of their adyan-
tage, for it is short-lived.
Enterprising Englisnman have been
here to ascertain by actual examination
whether this meat business can be con-
tinuously carried on and increased 10
the maximum demand Of the English
market. They have reported, through
the London Times and other journals,
! that the pasturage in Canada and the
great States Of the West Is so extensive
and rich that the supply is literally
inexhaustible, and at cost that
should reduce the English prices al
least 25 per cent. This is the natural
side Of the picture. But the American
/ economist naturally inquiries why, il
cattle can be raised in Illinois and
Minnesota, brought to New Jersey,
( slaughtered, and the meat shipped x
England so as to be sold At eightpence
or threepence pound cheaper thar
n English beef, besides paying profi
y To the shippers, New York consumer
9 are obliged TO pay from 20 to 80 cent
d a pound for good beef to roast ans
! broil? This is the vital question in on
daily economy. Cheap production
: does NOT help Us a particle. The bes
!. butter can be bought in Vermont ant
4 Northern New York for from 25 TO 3
I cents and here it is sold for 45. Penn
sylvania farmers think themselse
!. fortunate TO sell potatoes at 80 cent
= a barrel, but the New York lahore
!. paws 80 cents peck. The New Jerse
\ fisherman is glad to sell his catch d
blue-fish for "a cents q pound, and tn
Y New York householder is glad to bu
one Of the fish three days after it
caught for 16 cents pound. The low
q farmer gets rich by selling his whes
z and corn at one-fifth the retail price i
II our market, and sometimes burns ther
q because they will not sell for enough
h pay for their transportation. And 3
d through the whole list Of articles tbs
v enter into the daily consumption Of on
e people; the exhaustless resources Of th
q country, the fertility Of our prairies, til
n increasing application OF machinery I
n agriculture and manufacturing and tn
arts, which have so cheapened the COS
q OF production that we can send on
e meats and grain and fruit and eve
Il cloths and shoes abroad to compel
, successfully with foreign labor and car
4 ital on their own ground, do not hel
y the great body Of our people VIII
IN And the English papers hint at Il
ly secret Of the difficulty in intimating th,
- their butchers are making an effort
a absorb the American meat bushes
e. The question has been asked how il
A. that France can stand an annual tax
TO 500, 100000 more than Englan'
is and vet thrive under the burden III
Spectator suggests that 1t Is because u
h French farmer and mechanic an
.. trader pay their taxes directly to Il
bt Government, while the English farmt
$ pay their landlords, and the none
o. drops through two or three sets
rs hands before il reaches the treasur
1t Is the middleman again. He
Is everywhere. He intercepts every pr
Of duct Of the soil on its way to mark
N. and trebles its price. He stops eve
TX article Of manufacture and doubles
q. cost to the consumer. He thrusts
he finger between the hand Of the labor
X. and the mouths Of his children Al
ed steals three-quarters Of their foo
he The practical question Of modern civ
70 life IS how to get rid Of this army
'e. middlemcn which doubles and IN sor
H. cases quadruples the cost Of the gre
'se staples Of life 10 the consumers. c
operative stores have been tried, b
Die with only partial success. The Grang
ne societies began in somewhat clum
IL way, but lacked the necessary materi;
re and agencies for complete success.
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