The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-05-03
American Beef in London.

vasion fairly promises to battle the in
genuity of old-world opposition. For
the moment the attack of American beef,
mutton and poultry attracts the most
attention, and very brief account of a
recent visit to the meat depot may not
be out of place. Vending our way from
London Bridge down Thames Street, we
entered under stone arches beneath Can
non Street rail depot, and found our
selves in what may be called huge ice
cellar Some hundreds Of eager cock
neys, of the middle class. mostly, also
many bona fide working men and wom-
en-, were seen hustling each other in or
der to get possession of the tempting
joints of roasting and boiling beef, ETC.,
which Were being offered for sale at from
three TO five pence a pound less than
rival English meat. Here you .beheld
the beef=loving Britons, five, six and
eight deep, determined to get up to the
butchers board. Here, also, piled heaps
upon heaps, lay the products of Texas
and the Western States, looking asfreshs
and juicy as if killed yesterday. Cues
tioning those of the crowd who had for.
tunately secured such pieces, as their.
hearts desired, as to their views and
opinions upon the quality and prospects.
of the meats, only one idea predominant
ed: 3" It's. wonderful how they get it
over 50 fresh and sell it SO cheap. But
they don't send enough, nor make it
easy enough for us to get it near home.
Of course, you know, sir, it's not equal
to our own fed meat, but It hard to
tell the difference'when properly cook
ed. Yes, lots of London butchers sell it
for English beef and mutton and make
a.good profit, but that's shame. 1t
will bring down the price of home-bred
beef, ETC., and thatwill be good thing,
for we can't pay what we've had to, with
trade bad and wages sozlow,' - etc., etc.
Such, eoncisely, is the style of John
Bulls talk about our beef, mutton,
chickens, etc. r.
Looking attentively at the throng Of
hungry clerks, small store-keepers
and laboring folk, one could scarcely
believe they were paying for what they
took away; but from the satisfied look
of pleasure when they had obtained their
bargain, you might have concluded the
meat company gave the whole of them
a joint apiece gratuitously. From care
/ full inquiry we learn that wherever the
scene is repeated, England over, this
peculiar satisfaction is repeated, More
lover, everywhere, even in high-class
society, one is quite accustomed to the
question: !" Have you tried the Ameri-
can beef yetP We have, and found it
excellent, and order it regularly Din
ing in afew of the first-elass restaurants,
we find this invader of recent date find
ing its way to the table, and apparently,
as more is given for the money, nobody
seems to object. .snshi93A
In the West End of London the con-
seFvative butchers are. up in arms: En-
fterprising shop-keepers are opening
stores for the sale of these cheap foods,
and the multitude are rushing to buy.
In one notable instance in the West
borne Grove, near Hyde Park, a large
| salesman has received hundreds of
threatening letters, evidently from in
terested purveyors of English and Scotch
meat. According to reliable accounts
this provider for the million is to be
shot, and 50 forth, if he doesn't leave off
selling the g - Yankee stuff But
the sale goes on and increases weekly,
and also daily grows into the taste of the
I BritiSher.
1-'' Limited liability meat companies
are being started all over the country,
but the most important one is that d.
rected by Tallerman,n who has spent
thousands in trying to introduce Aus
tralian meats in cans. Spite of all his
4 skill, cash and remarkable energy, that
trade has fallen off to nothing. Even
paupers and cOnvicts refused to eat
! Australian canned meats. Neither low
| price, nor taking receipts as to cooking
these, printed upon the labels of every
can, no, nor paid lecturers sent all over
the land to tempt the public with free
suppers and rhetorical descriptions of
their nutritive nature, could make the
meat 90 down. ag As, one said lately:
1.-THE material eats like par-boiled string
and rancid tallow.n Wiser in their
generation, the Wilson & Sibley COM
pressed meat company of Chicago are
sending hundreds of thousands of pounds
of beef to England, but their success is
small and certain to remain so, COM
pared with the future of those who send
fresh joints into this meat-cOnsuming
isle. There seems to be little danger
that our exporters can Overdo this trade,
and as facilities of transit are opened up
and experience is gained, there is every
prospect that the invasion will multiply
in volume and prove profitable every
way to all engaged in it.-Felir Holt, IN
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