The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-03
the ship chambers. He did not think that one
family In hundred In the city used canned

the ship chambers. He did not think tnbt 0n9
family In a hundred in the city used canned
Messrs. Schmidt zeig!er ware waited upon
at 40 South Peters street, Mr.. Schmidt. sfatlng.
had an order for the ar icle. There was some
demaod fpr It in retail way, he said from the
mighty handy, too for a fellow when he wa.
out hunting tn have sonnet hing of the kind
along, bu there was too much sameness about
1t In taste AMI IL ,yor to admit OF ts beromtng
generally used. Some families who spent the
summer over the lake had tried to use II, but
had to give 1t up after using half u box or so.
MEssRs. E. J. HART 4 CO..
OF 70 and rs Trh ,upltonlas street. seldom had
call for 1t, and really did not know the market
rates.
came via The Morgan Railway and steamships
our representative paid visit to
MIR. JOHN O. sCHRIEvER.
h''ef clerk at the Morgan's Railwav, and Steam;
to state the obisrt o tho visit.
Il can tell you." replied Mr.. Schriever what
we bring here" reach ng over his desk be
"Duritg last month" he continued. we
brought here 1900 boxes consigned to Mr.. Pills
bnry-the Mayor | believp,who has on office fl
| 10 tho Fulton packing estab ishment, but this
all goes East. from here to New York, and Is
sbipp d t. ere by our line.
R"porter-About how many pounds in each
Mr., s-,About nifty or seventy Eve pounds, 1
| should think. to each box.
Rnp,-And how much for consumption heref
Mr.. S.-Very little. II any.
Our reporter next waited upon the agent OF
the house OF
w.K. LEWIS 4 CO.,
| OF Boston, one of the largest establishments In
The canned good linsin the East and from him
| learned that there WIS scarcely any demand for
canned beef except from the ship chandl
/ We SELL" snd he to the trade at % per dozen
for two pound cans. bit find ypry little demand
and Us to tho Texas canned beef. l don't think
there is much of it sold here.
EDWARD P1IsBURY
| We also interviewed our worthy Mayor,
deet street. knowing that his Honor is the
agent in this city OF tho Fulton fTsxas) Can
ming Company Mr.. Pisbury informed us that
the company had begun ths csnntng baaios ,,;
Fl lent popularity to cons tltute factor II! III
question n issue Tho eomlany cans fir sI
beef ready for tho table. and sou turtles as we'll
Recently they have begun the canning Of corned
beef In conical cans. their first undertaking &c
can II in round Gems not having been successful
ltn giving a good appearance to the meat al
article. During last season tho company
shipped to Europe over 10000 cases OF fresh
| canned beef. each cas-. containing TWO d"zeDs
of cans containing ach two pounds II beef.
/ Question How much does it sell for here. 8
case2
Answer-From &c to Sc 50.
| Q.-At the lowest price that would make 12h
, cents a pound; is not that highf
A-No, for you must consider that the mea
thus canned is already cooGed. and necessarily
1t ia considerably reduced from its origina
nrice And. again. only the finest corn-fet
beevcs are used for canning purposes.
Q.-Can you tell me how much q fine, choice
steer costs at FD!tnnf
Ayes about Sl8 The company slaughtered
| 1900 Of these bspves last season.
Here the interview ended.