San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-10-23
v,c,c,r-., New York Letter,


dressed melts. Despite restrictions
on American cattle when shipped
from forts in the United States,
many shiploads are set by way OF
Canada, and are slaughtered and sold
rs prime English beef. Efforts are
making to remove the restrictions
for which it is declared there is no
just cause. The shipments last sea-
son were 1O5,324 head. Thus for
this year the number has been u.s.
900. The amount Of the trade in
money is from SS2,OOo,OOo to 1885,
100000 year for the entire trade OF
the country. New York, Boston,
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Portland
and Montreal are the ports OF ship
ment. Boston ships twc-thirds as
many as New York.
The cattle come principally from
Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois, Iowa, Mis-.
souri,, Kansas, Nebraska and Colora-
do. There are some cattle brought
from Texas, ba, they arc not as
large OF as fine as the others usually.
They are killed here aai s'ns over
us dressed bcof.
The clttle are taken on an IN l,r
deck in stalls measuring 2 feet 8
inches. The rito Of freight this sen
son has ranged from Alb, lbs. to 5lb,
los. n head, in advance. This in
c!udes covered room for necessary
fodder, and passage to dessination
nnd back for one attendant to every
30 animals. Each vessel carries
about 400 head. Drinking water is
condensed from the salt water by
steam process, therefore there is no
danger of failure of the supply.
The dealers in this city who han
die large quantities Of Western bu'-
ter have noticed, Of late, that the
Fifty pound tubs" which generally
weigh from fifty to fifty two pounds
each when full, now frequently
weigh from fifty six TO sixty pounds.
This increase OF six or eight pounds
in the same bulk occurred. it WAS
noticed, only in packages from GER
tain locali.ics, bat even the most eX-
periencel butter buyers could de-
tect no foreign substance i'll this
''hoavy weight article Recently q
prominent butter and cheese dealer
Of this city, in II western trip dis
covered the fraud. A firm in u large
western town is engaged in manu-
featuring a powdered soapstone,
which find a ready market in sup
plying legitimate demands, but now
the butter packers use il in adulter-
ating butter. This powdered soap
stone is white, fine a d tlsteless.
From six TO eight pounds can be
thoroughly mixed in every tub Of
buttcr, so as 10 defy detection, 1t
greatly increases the weight without
much etfecting the bulk. Upon tast
ing the butter. and comparison with
the M adultented article, no differ
ence can be detected. by this Pre-
cess the packers obtain the marke,
price of butter for the soapstone ar
ticle, which COTS them but tn2 cent
a pound TO adulterate. The con
sumors are paying for and eating
about one seventh of pound OF
soar stone in every poand Of this but
ter.
The wat Ia vic orgi ally b =
longed 90 M,j,r John Andre, ana
which WAS III his possessicn wh,n h,
was captured in l7so. is on cxlil
iion IN "A show window "a broadway.
There seems TO be quite an -Andr,
Boom at the present time and any
thing relating to him Is waved with
interest
One Of the Clnlrl s:eamcrs. ii,
Heels, has among Other attractions.
a steward OF a EIos; aifoc;ion7tc lis
position, who mingucs tie Guster
eiies Of TIE voyage by Kissing ia,
Young women pasz,ng,rs in th,
storage ~ sofUc Ilsiauo,s'. IL Il
49, asainsi ilisir VA This mai
me LoilsariO disilbuie,l lie food IL
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