, 1879-05-24
AMERICAN BEEF.
What . I.ont2oncr Says Of Il.


London Truth, ifavR.
My meat Is poison to mo, because It. Ia
seasoned with the thought TINT my butcher Is
guttInE the beltcr Of me. OF what uso is It
that otlr farmers arc being ruined by tho i'm
portatfon Of American meat, II the butcher Ii
aonc to profit by tllis1 There arc not isa!fa-
dozen butchers in London who do not sell
American beef. and who do not defraud their
customers by tcrmtng 1t English beef. Hcse arc
few facts for customers, and It Will be their
fan1t II they do not benefit By them.
In Texas there aro great cattle-ranches. Tl!ese
cattle arc driven to Kansas md Nebraskn, which
Is the flncst grazing country IN the world. There
they feed for two seasons on Kansaa grass.
When they are years old they are shipped In
special cars to Philadelphia, New York, and
Boston. At New York there arc catt!c~yards
capable Of holding 0,000 beasts casn dag, nt
Philadelphia yards capable OF holding 1900
beasts, and at Boston yarrls, capable uf
holding 1000 beasts. In these yards tho
bcasts nre Craded,-that Is to say, they aro
separated into different categories, according
to tl,eIr merits. They aro then Slaughtered by
1nach!no u,at passes kulfe ucrosa their throats.
The earvass Is iakcu by M elevated salroad into
stoFcrootn, where tho hide md hoo!s arc taizel,
~ ~ and the oila' tukcn out, also by machinery.
iuto "chii-room tatou. 80 dcsreesj, % wheso yHa i
rc1natns until tho animal heat Is exhausted, when
It is wrapped up In cotton cloth and hung III in
"dry Refrigerator" !" There arc twenty.c!ght
steamers between America and Liverpool, Lon.
don, aud GlasEuW. fitted up With ratriyerating
cllatnbcrs. Eacl OF thcse steamers cnrr!es eyery
"trip, Oh an average, t,001 to 1,5o0 quarters vi
beef. When the ship arrtycs tho chamber Is
opened and the nleat IL taken OUT Most OF IT
luz opened at night and the meat arriving at
smtihtlei1 the next mornlsg. The average
importation Is g5oo quarters per week;
Of this nbout IS pcr ceut Is consuinust
cent a gs5Ro9 ds Il waV gssge"t io tos Ss rn p, S Per
last week tt!e averages prlco tn smlthatld
has been Old. for headquarters, that 4S{d. fur
fore.ouarters; Pertains the prleu WY be brought
moro clearly hotna to consumers fEom the fact
that prlmo srloin sa sold n slnithdcld nt 714d.
por pound. The smithllcld sascsllsen receive u
commission Of per cent On their salcs froln tho
importers.
Now It Ia statistical fact TINT nil thu Amcri-
can beef that Is sold ut Sntthfleld 1s sold to
butchers, and, with very few exceptions,
tile butchers sell It to their customers
as EnGl!Bs- fed or "town-slilcl " beef. AS
huro said, tho average salo 1t, l-ondun Of An,crl
cnn beef Is 1876 quarters per week; of tLls,
on an exaggerated estimate, 100 Quarters alone
arc rctatlci ns American beef, consequently
A,b75 Iuarters are each week sold at c4tortsoi-
ate prices Us English beef, and this, say, is
deliberate swjuule on thu uulitr, year apO
American beei could bs distinguished owiug 10 to
its dark color. This, however, Is NO longer tho
case, this dArik tlnss having bccn caused By tho
cloth In which It used to be inclescd. At pres
snt t 6t, to Distinguish aIa T. . fog E
gland.
Tie American importers are wealthy men,
and they haye determined TO nut MI ond, II they
cam 10 the Illicit pro!!ts ot te English butchers.
Under tt,eir auspices, therefore, Central depot
Las been opened in Oxford strect {No, 9iN, Al
this depot larec cellaTaRo ts bong fitted IN
for huuglng meat, Capable o. contattInc 1000
quarters. The retail prices to lie public are rs
stoals, 1s.; bcefstcak, 1l. to ied per Bound,
Al lhey arc determined to carry tic war int,
tho encmy'a ca1,lp they also sell Englisn legs
OF mutton at gj1d.; loin, 0d.; shoulders,
I'd. pur pound. Should this system OF retai|iur
American beef at AMERICAN I,rtccs with inf
1nnrgin ior cnsts OF depot, suc1ed, they cot,. @
tutnnlate opuninr other tle1,ots IN i,ondnn md
in thu snbusbs. Aireaas, However, ~ % tj,sy bnys @'
harples what cotlNnisson tluy ljluw, and il I,us
bec cxptainsd to tllutu That il is thp fahit hero
10 pjyn in aerysnta Il rpntntssIt,t of 4 mr. rant
These henlqt,tea Americans have, howcyor, Ius
md the hurpcs haze @ E0ao AVA away with lie a..
suranro llMt, whoIhcr ,lc 1uegt ho good Or bad.
tho families TINT they scrye slall never buy It,
Now, hero arc facts; they cannot be ctntru.
has to buy sn entise lcast and tut 60 much OF II
II wnsteJ hr is foncI ia rhorga d yrry hivh ,rirc
fnr snlahIa nnrtris. u,ret tfis win t1,n foct
liut I,c cat, bur- strlpn t pfllno American bccf
not in Amoricn. not In Liverpool. 6nt in Hmith.
iia!l tor 7Iid. mar nu,nj viii nlIt,w him III,
tnr nound ~ liz Sross prottt. md I'd. ,er 1.,nni
for thu uxtru cost Of tak!ug ortiars nt Enrss n,j
for lulycry. Ils theroforc can sell. With n mir
ierti,natn nusInesa nruft, eirjnin 1t 9sI,l4 n,-
lloy sell thirtosn put,re for a el,lIhlx, but
ratiicr t;ia ruyursu do not sunpuse tl,st ill.,,
Ancrican eentjcmen conncctciI wfth lila i,nnnr,
tafjon of becf nro tbjlanthronistx. whn rnr.ssive
It to be Their mission to frod Us without sume.