, 1879-01-01

'ast yca' 4cu 'li''to oce'oeuly thhu ever before.
rs long as seventeen ycars ago our packers
f1fst passed Cincinnati Ia the contest for su.
,re,nacy In this direction. Thn rcrt wfn,nr
t,hfcaoo ou,atrinnr1 hcr f,,mn. ,srn1 H., .,ssa
49,, m ~. As' '.' ~ "I".o M
thhn oo per eens' anu ever since has been with
ont u rival, though the record Of tue season
1923 was not again eouatcJ till nine rcars
1otcr Thr winter ofter TIM ,1rcat IRA lin ,,o,i
~ -, f,ts," .sss.a' 49,, ,t,,.". nv p".s :,
ses o. lineage paeseu tne milhoh "m'lc.post" :"
ior the ilrst tanic. packing more than 200
hogs, The progress since then has been very
rapi0, broken only by ono Init. thres vears nro.
oua .''as ,.n, s..,o 'isy ocsan 70 cut ~ summer
10 wen ~ ~ ","'ef' ns'he 'ee ,oF curing during
The warm weather. T4c result has been tlc-
cilel revolution 10 the business. In 1877
ona ,ns,,n ~, .as .as ."s 100000 ,s. noss'
III" a"'lne tno past t"e'Vc hlonths nave ncate1
even 1nat Dig heufe ~ aboat " per cent, and
since tue beginning Of winter hava cut up
,,.onano,ts. Aft,w.nkec. on,t ont.ytIe ron,ined.
In savnothtnt, at ttc ro.tlv 0rcn,cr nv1rc,rots
=. ~, n. ~ ."o 'y S'eAseA "E@teseto
>" ,oe ns0s 'en 'ao1'enA y. '"e 3ca''
MI to W,ss from
irota Illinois, Iowa, Kansas. and Ncbrasxs, but
from Missouri, rast 81. Louis, from Michigan,
Indiana, and even from Ohio; In tho carly part
from within about thirty mica Of Cincinnati.
This IL fund to bo tho best market, oven after
allowing for considerable disadvantage In tho
: selastye cost ot transportation. Tho reason IL
tapital to their ald. ThU coat Of handling IL
now reduced 10 the lowcat possible figure, and
our packers arc content with smaller percent
,lceesiary by the PACKERS Ut other poIqts. There
u also an Important advansaso+tn"she- -ssltnate
hers oTcr that Of tho more Southern cities,
WHILE sa,',aos oIE ". neasness to tho lumber regions
Our packers can operate through tic summer,
by moderate uso Of icc, thus Offering 4 market
for hogs when other points aro "closed Tor tho
~ 's &C cd sss tssss efs ss
there i always tnarkat here. with IH proucr ,cr
rednetion IA tho coat Of feed, etc:, at the Union
to be desired to. make this city perfect a. The
great central packing point Of tho world
!, Our packing facilities have been Increased
aan5,ng she past t"olss months ly about one-
oo9, now 1t is fully
st3rr THOUSAND uoos rrnp.r
No now houses have been huilt, h,,t .ovcro,
enlarged. not 30 m,,ci, in ti.e trsr,Inu - Iii.
in9 rs In the nroriI,jur nj fnnre rnt,n for nn"r
Ing and storage. In other words n,,r r,,cLsT,
arc able to 10 regularly wjat tkev copiS for'
ncrlT ouiy do snasmotiic1lv-t can .uI VII III
s e: :: !: Y: r. 81; s ?f:5
sGss S.,, u asaia0Io capacity, accoMpanEcd by nn
r. Eecn ~ h,,:, VI eap'ta!: tende, however,
IL mak"s III. tho tSs i aess oss a't@ae'iss Sss
loll1t iof t'ie raw" inatcslal, anil the beat
.naIksL III "a'ch 70 buy the product Of tho
harnuiac.nse: sr,.a t,aa, ..,
ohn,,s ,,rn t.s " ntne cnDaGed Is Increased by
prominent urn; hnt tlle number Of capitalists
10 tlo business - TUG same % year ago. There
" VT Hon tMt latee eatanltahnlcnts, each killing
las and
aoort lofty other flFms. Ono Of these almost
ISas tae we above referred to, but packs chiefly
% Gon, sns'''h ,,,. seeount: IhS rest ranee
iIon Hons,.s. aan{ "capac'ty" Of 4,0o0,
numbcr buying dressed hugs, Or curiNg green
meats, 0F have their hogs killed Tor them bY
other firms on conn!tAstp1,. ThUy etnnjnv II.
togethcr abont 7,bOu workers. Including fnremen
aild clerks during thu four winter ,nnnths ~,