The Republican journal., 1878-09-12
America Feeding John Bull.


fair to become, at no distant day, ira
dition of the past. American steaks and
roasts have ceased to be the exception.
and will soon become the rule in that
country and our shippers are about to 90
"the whole hog" by sending live porkers
across the Atlantic. Some of the butch
ers Of Liverpool have fitted up steamer
for the purpose, which is capable of car
rying $500 hogs between decks, besides
a large number of cattle on the main
deck. Facilities are provided for killing
and dressing the hogs on the passage,
should that become necessary. The Bos-
ton Herald says that the hog trade in
that market and connections now comes
up to over $50 900 600, and the exports
OF the country in 1876 included over g.,
600 600 hogs. Shipments Of mutton will
be next in order. The Virginia farmers
claim that their mountain mutton eXcelS
even the famous English Southdown
though the comparison is hardly a fair
one, the >outhdown being a meadow fed
animal, ana lacking the game flavor Of
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Virginia mountains Then. there is the
island mutton of this coast, than which
y - ~ ''''' ''''''''' y ~ - ~
thing better
NJ '' '''N'' '''' u "''' mas ''.''
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T"'"''l ~ 'n' ''il"' y" ''io''' i'''' ''''''
''" gram ''""'H u ''icd' ID 't"'' "u'IllS
'h' P''l twenty years "liich SHOWS 'llaV
an immense advance mas oeen mace our
M that period Wcnty years ago the
value "l the iiNe STOCK OF all xmas I'M
ported lillo fhIHfhd was i'''"'""
Last Near IT was Aool2,"o, ana the
year before tr-NrWH' Inc value OF
the gram and flour purchased IN foreign
countries for home consumption was
go, lh4.ooo III lo3o, while IN 1877 Its
worth was put at 600 OBJ, 600 OF i'm
ported dead meats and provisions, and
TINS latter item IS largely made up OF ba-
Ncon, hams and cheese, the amount set
against ISIS is t4,343h0 and against
the year l~|' go, l4l,ooo In other
words, the worth OF lmportatlons OF tins
KIND Is hoW lour tunes greater than 1t
was twenty wears ago While The increase
IN population during the same time mas
been less imam twenty per cent. rms IS
interesting 70 Americans. as the growth
mas pceii largely due 70 increased export
atoms from THIS country The increase
has been a steady ana apparently a
iraIthN one ana III maximum Limit does
NOT seem leI 70 nave oeeil reached
ASIDE from these staple articles there
Is a large Shipment from this country
Y Great Britain q canned lobster, Lob
foT that reason John Bun desires them the
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.lsn adds "a tho +,hla ,,xrrias of orr
rnnI;sb c,n.in. rho ,oo,bsona tarra,;p
AM ina nncl, nrilaa canvashanl drcl
rims + wll Ina snen +bat onr rontrihn-
,;o,s +a Tim 1ordo,. IF Iohn pnll ara al
road,. 1,r,e anl+ ara .taadi,v innro,s-
no il M 1onro,, HI o,d h;rd taadin,
fine wanna hut tho wanna hird i faodin,,
The >ailo,t ar. 1t might have been
Il our nclIhhor Of the Age is given to
reading Whittier, the above lines must
occur tn him, When he reflects on the
narrow escape he had OF being Halc'S