, 1879-05-23

What nn Exporter IIa+ to say Al,out tho
Practice. or English 1sutul,ors.
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What M F1portcr IIa+ to say About tho
Practices or 1;nrllil, lsusolsors.
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The attention of Mr. Eastman, leading CT.
porter Of American beef to Englatlll md Scot
land, was yesterday called 10 at nrttclc printed
in the las: number Of the London Truth, which
article begius Will. the rather startling Insertion
tint "tlerc arc not half n dozen butchers Ii
Loudon who do nut sell American beef md who
do not defraud their customers by tcrtnsng|it
EnRiith bcrf.f
"As to this first statomcnt," said &r. East
man. I" / can have 10 doaht TINT It Is corract.
American beef is not nnly sold almost unIvcr.
sullv by the butchers Of London, but 1t Is sold
IN all the provincial cities as well. Nc[ther do
doubt that some of them pass II off as English.
fed or 'town-killed beef. In England, you
know, people llayo tl,cIr litt!c prcjudices,
juat US n,nDy people hnTc here
Md crcrywicro else. In New York there
nre many families who always buy Of BUTCH
erf who dress their own meat. They do this
because they think their butcher makes bis
own selections from the herds apd isseards
everything t!1ut is mot up to the Highest standard.
IL England people hnye an Idea That tho 1tst
heet Is ncccs sariiy that which has been fed in
English stalls This being the ease the butch.
ers would naturally. SUPPOSE, tFy to gel, The
highest prices possible for the American articlc.
&na .leIr /. cry way TO do that Is by eal+ue 1t
ali It Is true lint Tho English butebers are
charging exorb'tant prizes for American beef
yolr business will 10 hurt, will it uut" asked
thy reporter.
ut would be naturally, although so far
cannot say that NC hasc bcgnn to feel 1t. But
this business Is as yct comparatively undercl-
opcd. At tic ean,e t[mu 1t ha4 been 40 great
success illat only a very heavy blow Woulu hnvu
auy c1ees upon 1t. Our business has been
steadily tuGrcastng, nnl this Ia spito OF all tho
sct1sattonal nonse,lso nbout our bref being Ills.
cascd.h
"Eiarc you takcn any part IN the movement
spoken Of ln fnis artlclc, c,-natncly: to open
real market In London where American beef Is
~ l,aye had no liani Ii. tiat, but did opcn
place VI my own In Liverpool for tile snu,e pur-
pose. Howover, | think the whole a!lnlr will
fegaIato ts.elt II wc allow II time. The lin.
purtant iart Ia TINT We eau raise necf
III A.ncFica much cl1capcr than In En-
| gland, mud another important fact "a That tlu
beef wo arc shipping to England Is just as good
a. !hc domestic aFttce Of England: Ieso facts
wilt be found out in due time. Alter tint the
EnElish peoplc will ask for American becf In
stead OF English becf, M1ili tic result will be
that tie butchers will be obliged to supply their
customers with the American article At honest
"Dd you mean to say that the American beef
sou sltp to England Is as Eool as nus tl1at can
10 furnished BY the growers Of that countryin
"There Is d certain ,quauslty 81 beuF produced
| to aorne pasts of Scotland md England lat VIC
can hardly expect to equal. But ihe supply
furnished BY those districts Is limited, und 1t IS
hardly 10 bc taken into accouut. Taking the
two urt.cies u English md American beet ns
Yuu would ordinarily sttld them in tile Ships It
would be difficult 10 distinguish ono from the
u.her. Formerly the Au,rTican bepf ronia DO
told oy the slight tlnt let upon its sursaeo by
Tic cloth used for wrapp'nE; Sow, however, we
wrap the quarters IN a kind oi cottun cloth
| tnnfiN ctnrrYsI4 for the furuDsr.h
Ills tue bcui which you IN shipping to En-
gland selected, M & = d. W. 6ko 4 jdst a. it
''ls is selected Of course, and not only In II
selected from the herds. but the hcrds IS u
wtolu are selected. We send nothing to El,-
rope but native cattle; by nat!yu catt1e |
n,sAn tea,se which come from Wy Laks States.
We scul flo Texaa or kaslsas cattle to Enga,nl.
Those cattle run too lnl1eh to !0ri,s all bones,
Alsd no steer 10 II for l'ect until ho Inns led for
scar On curn. Our bcef for tic expost srado IL
drcsscd with the greatest care, A1H tic result is
that We put doSn nothing but prime article 1T
tn. ducks uf Liverpool, London, and Glasgow"
ut has been said tflat tllcre 3as hecn NJ! effort
on the part nf Eas,fah .iencrs t9 prejudice their
''uuIouhttdIY there has beeu. The lust thing
IN tamt llnc WIS thu rlcun''pncumouta, md
| don't think ts!at anY,OiY Eyer Aaw caso nrrig-
ine here from tl!s West. Suc! II Thing is ill.,
known there. rherg Is no dIubt that curtain
cattle raised Il. tls East NIX! fed on the hot
lllaa!I uf u!stil!cEcs are sub1ert 10 ccrtau dis
cascs, hut sltvh rattle aro never tn bo sctn at
our yards" -
"lhcn you think that The bcet export tratle
Is likely to flourish notwithstanding tin a1e4ul
.lisllutUr1be practices III Lie part Ut tic Ell
glsil l.utslcrsin
!" You r,py rest insured that beet will bo cx-
portcu from, Atnorica to Euglanl as long as yot1
live. Tho triltlc AS gone uil Hte4ulY inercns!Il.,
cvur stsice 1t was begun By IHe In l8fh, md II
will continue to fnrrcAso so lung as thu crrcal
productions Of tho West eau be 10 easily turucl
ntu !rs-cuss beef. We might cxpDrt purls
or mutton In thu same wny, tut tlsosu pr.nl-
| uctB nrc not SO wgIl alaptrtt to tht, pur.
pnse. We hayo almost arrived ut perfection, III
exporting t.eef. Wr began hy shipping live cut
tic. At present tl,e slaughtered anil .trcssctl
quarters tl.. t,s closely l'Aeke llcso IL III !ieasl
kinti OF freight"
alr. Eastman said TINT the average weekly
shipments to England were H,llch lnrgcr than
| they ware represented In tho urttcin In Truth
lnst steal of saying 1,5iO "uuarturs," lllu wrlfa,
might better l,aY0 su!A careasses, which wnuIl
llave tnadn Tho quantity four times 10 great.
crlgcd alnut 5,01J calvasses, Of ~. tAl 1ae1ers.
Il Ecutltman tu wItotu tho New Iurk cattle
market has fur many ycaEs bectl us taEllll!ar Iii
the b Ut tho nlpllnbct furnished thu follow.
lug memoranda to tt!e reporter.
Cost Ut boaf III boArl atcALters ut Harke;
ratea Of tbsaay, s,4S}sc per H.. say average st4t
per ln. Cust nl transportation, handling, coul-
mission, eIc.,. ee3{r. Gust. Delivered IN lu,4lor
ul,a Llycrnoot, liz per IT,, ar abuut 5}<l.
III Now 1urK to-day pritnu becf siIea or car
casses arc avllitg ut BQi5t@c Der IL. Primo c.lti
oi Ecuf aru selttng ut llG4!3c per IL, tnrudlue
lItst flse ribs cut slust, al,ta t1ie lon baanvu
the furcluarter, orthtrc1'uartcrs Or ot tho weight
goes Ut luitit per IL balalIccol Lie hlna-quaslol
ltlk0WN's