The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-04-21
Our New York Letter.
The Beef Trade-Tlle Wander
biIt WiII-'Ehe .Bewett E'raSes
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NEW YORK, April ID, 1877.


NEW YORK, April Ia, 1877.
EbIfoR CHIEF:
A new trade has sprung up between
this country and Europe which prom
ises to be of enormous benefit to both
countries. Beef in London retails at
from twenty two to forty cents per
pound, which puts it out of the reach
of the laboring classes, except as a
rarity. The steamers were running
from New York to Liverpool with
very light cargoes, and the passenger
business had dropped off terribly in
these hard times. Beef in the carcass
had been transported from the West
to New York, in refrigerator cars,
and the thought occurred to some one
!" why not to Europe i'll refrigerator
steamers 2 - and so steamers were fit
ted up for the transportation of fresh
beef. and the business began, Cattle
were brought from the far West to
Chicago, Toledo and other points, fed
on cheap corn, and slaughtered, the
carcasses packed in refrigerator cars,
brought to New York and put into
the hold of the steamers and in ten
days the meat was exposed for sale III
London, as fresh and sweet as it was
the day it was killed. The effect was
tremendous. American beef was sold
in London for twelve and fourteen
cents IL pound, and the monopolists
were troubled. They undertook to
decry it It's inferior, but a trial dissi-
'pated that notion, and now England
is very largely dependent on this
country for its meat. The effect of
this trade upon the country can not
be overestimated. Already over two
aud Il half millions of dollars worth
has been exported, and the trade is
increasing with wonderful rapldlty.
From this time forward, thele will be
ii regular demand for cattle for ex-
portation. and America will have an
other source of revenue, something
more to balance our demands for
foreign goods. 1t will be "a big help
to our agricultural interest.
The Vanderbilt will is not settled.
1t was understood that William H.
had agreed to give each of the other
heirs IL million, in addition To what
was given to them by their father
and that in consideration all proceed
ings were to be stopped. He settled
with all of them but Mrs. LIE Bau and
Cornelius. He offered Mrs. LIE Bau
her money, but as he delayed to settle
with Cornelius she refused to take it
until he had settled with him. This
he has not done, and so it is probable
that the whole matter will be re-
opened. Cornelius Attorneys claim
the most gross injustice in the matter,
as the way the will is worded William
is not compelled to give his brother
a cent of money for disposal as he
chooses. They claim that it makes
Cornelius simply the pensioner of his
brothers. bounty, and entirely de-
pendent upon him, which, as the
father died worth one hundred mill
ions of dollars, they think is rather
hard. AS the matter looks now there
will be big fight and an ugly one.
William appears to be determined to
carry out the provisions of the Will
and do nothing more, except as he
chooses, and good lawyers believe
they can break it.
The entire inetficiency of the police
of New York, is shown in Ithe delay
in getting any thing in relation to the
Jewett tragedy, Here were three
wealthy men found on the floor of the
private Office of q great store, two
dead aml one living, with revolVers
and the fragments of q hand grenade
on the floor, What little is known
about it was known before the killing.
1t is known that the younger OF the
Jewetts was on bad terms with his
uncle and the other partner, and that
it had been decided to buy him out,
and that the meeting that morning
was to conclude the arrangement.
Who killed the two men and so fear
fully wounded the other is not known
and at the present rate of investlga-