Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1877-06-02
REFRIGERATORs AND ROAST BEEF.

The application OF the newly invented
refrigerator process of preserving fresh
meat for transportation III freight cars
aud steamhratS j. not only destined 10
work a revolution III the fresh meat
trade Of The world, hu; calculated also
to produce i radical change i'll the
relative Importance of domes-
TIC productions. and 10 equallle
the value OF farming lands by bringing
sections now remote from comparatively
near To remunerative markets The per
feet preservation OF fresh meat tor
weeks bv the cold drv-air process - no
,ongcr q problem to he solved but IN
established fact. Fresh beef and mutton
shipped from New \ ORR Two weeks ago
WI. be served to-day on a thousand
tables IN England, Scotland and Ireland.
and be pronounced n sweet and rs
good " the best even sung bv Britain
LardS OF old. And the ia>tidiou. cpl
cures 81. lmper.a. Chicago are this week
leasing upon beet transported IN 4 re-
lrIgcyatOr CAT ron Pueblo, III Colorado,
making eight DAYS on the road and over
Il long stretch where the thermometer
ranged II ninety degrees Aud this
same beef could nayr been put down in
London or Liverpool. in equally prime
ur.ier.
But aside from the Waite IL the world
OF ihl> nrw application OF The rrtrigeTi-
tor. and ri II Influence upon trade and
commerce. there are some important
considerations which effect cur present
comfort and ~prcumitry interest The
reduced production. tayrrI~"d c"u>ump-
tluu and r~n"rnIou~ waste ut beet and
mutton during the iltr civil conflict
created = comparative scarcity. and
prices were doubled irrhird and quad
rup.rd, 50 that Just before the close of
the wal prime cattle We're worth in this
city more than So per huuirrdwright
net. with the return ut the soldiers to
their homes there vas 4 Gradual decline
IN the price nt beef. until nrHrElpprnaci-
u alIte-war rates MAS the glad prospect
tor the eastern consumers and the uuwcl-
come anticipation ot the western pro
dU,rr. At this ]iIHCtur" the refrigerator
process. which was pushed forward
mainly t. rc!i"sc the prndurcy from the
enormous burdens ut freight charges
Tor Useless tonnage and at the same
time Il give the '.u,UuCr cheaper fresh
meat. h"rIuI" IN instrument ut dcStrllc-
ton 10 our hopes for cheaper roast beet,
and 1t once arrested tho decline in
price, here; - that New Workers are
paving at east : per huudrcdwcight
more lrr beef to-day than they would
Iri"c been required To- pay but tor the
! refrigerator car amt the refrigerator
compartments III our ocean steamers.
This condition ctthing-. however, is
not Likely to he OF 'ong duration. At
present the cattle growers and feeders
ut Texas and the west and the consul
liners OF beef and mutton iii Europe are
reaping the chict benefit from the sue
ceS>tu! expectation Of fresh beef from
this country: but the new and wide
avenues tor profitable employment OF
American capital thus opened. the
largely increased value OF the aggregate
productions OF this country, and last
but not least. The general use in Eastern
cities OF fresh meat direct from the
grazing districts with no extra cost at
ttChei or .os- from ~>nrinAage. will
more than compensate Us for 4 tempo
riTv taN upon our pockets and our
paiIeuC"-'N. \ Word.