Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-12-31
AMERICAN BEEF IN ENGLAND.

AMERICAN BEEF IN ENGLAND.
An Immense Trade Growing mp
and the British Butchers
Practising Deception.
Iron the n. Y. World.
Thera have been many curious In
cideuts connected with the retail sale :;
of American beef in Lou0sn. The
greater number Of the dealer, sell the
article as English beef, while some
Of the poor kinds of the home-fed
beef are bought % imported Ameri-
can. The only place where American
beef is sold as such is at the Metro-
politan Market, but lately the cou-
.signees Of the American bnliocks
have tried to secure stalls for their
sale at New Leaden.hali market.
Another curious fact which has long
been without explantion is the price
for which American beef sold in the
British metropolis. Itaeoms strange
that the meat Of American fed cattle
can be sold IN London, after the exc
pense Of transatlantic shipment. for
16 aud II cents pound, while in this
city the housekeeper has to pay from
80 to so cents for the same amount OF
native meat.
Mr.. NJ. H. Gillette & Co., Of Jer-
sev City, who ship large quantities OF
beef to tho other side, said in refer
ence to the above facts: "When wAs
in England q short timo ago. saw :
butcher sell . piece of American beef
- English beef. asked him why he
did not tell his customer that 1t wAs
from America, aud he told me that
the customer would not have bought
it. sOur customers want "good hold
Henglish beef" he said to me, sand
have to sell 1t to them % such. That
man just gone out wanted . piece like
that which he had last week. II / had
told him tho piece he had last week
was American beef he would not
have believed me. knew that meat
hung in cool place for ten or twelve
| days is better than that which was
slaughtered yesterday, for sale to-
morrow, ~ our English beef 10, buel
you could not make my customer
believe that. There IL no English
beef as good 40 tho American srfiele
that comes to 10, but I dare not cay
80 or would loose my cust0mers; -
W hen they call for the cheap Alnerl-
canI give them poor British beefs
aud they do not know the diner.
ence.'"
"Was there ever any efforts made
to prevent such ideas spreading
among the people," said the reporter.
"Yes. The greater part Of the;
meat shipped goes to the Metro
poiitsn market. 1t was adverttse4
as American beef and good trade
has been secured, but what 10 0no
market in q city like London. This
beef was bought by retail butchers
and much of 1t is resold as sgoods
hold Henglish beef You know"
"For what price is American beef
sold in London2'
"For from 16 10 II cents,a pound,
or . cent aud half less than the
English beef. This 10 quite eufdciene
to control the retail trade"
"Whst is the reason the meat IL
sold so much cheaper than in this
. city2 What causes the differences -
price?"
'sThe difference is moro spparenl
, than real. In this country meat 4
cut up under the rules Of the Butch
> ers' Association. The result 10 thai
if you want q piece from the,sirlotp,
or the round. or the shoulder, you
ask for anu got it. But IN Englsnd
, meat ls cut IL the most curious way
lyon ever saw. A side of beef IL cut
into pieces of five. ten. fifteen OF
twenty pounds weight. Neither bOnl
!. nor fat is removed except the fai
about the Kidneys. People when they
buy meat do not ask for piece oi
, the round or the sirloiu, as we dol
: they ask for so many pounds OF beef,
! 1t does not seem to make any diner.
.. ence what part of the animal the meal
, , comes from. Beef's beef in theiI
opinion. Ihsve seen line of people
!. standing outside of . butcher shop
waiting their turn. Inside were four
men cutting meat up into pieces ol
given weights and cutting without
, any reference to the part the piece
: ! came from. There were two mos
! selling aud taking the m3uey. All
the beef, bone and fat, was sold q
the same price. You must remembel
that there 10 not very mueh fine neal
i in bullock-take one weighing o0(
pounds aud from it you will not got
much more than 125 pounds of 1ns
: meat. Now, while tho butchers II
, this country charge so Ia, so cents fol
. ! fine beef, they are obliged to take out
part Of the bone aud part OF the fat,
:. aud they sell the coarse meat TO:
much less than 1t 10 sold in England,
You can buy drst-class corned beet
:. from to 12 cents or shin-bono fol
soup for 3 or 6. In England you
would have to pay from Il to Is fol
: these. OF course, if . man knowl
: how to choose meat he eau get good
beef cheaper in England than he oal
. here, because If no secs good pies
= hanging up he eau take IL for tht
same price he would pay for . poo
;, piece. But suppose lady here wer'
to send to her butcher for nice roast
:. ing piece aud she were to recaive
= cut from the shoulder, she would sal
the man had treated her ,shamefully
;, Now, an English lady in such cass
- would not think anything about !
. You can easily see that 1
= the whole bullock for 10 cents pouu'
;, you will make as much as you vii
- when you sell small portion To-
>. three times as much aud the rest fol
y one-half or 0ne-third."
"What 10 the extent OF the bee
!, trade now2"
l.. "Five years ago, when the business
HH began, they could not sell tweutl
Qu6FLeTs d W0ck III Alv0TpOOLs NOV
g Liverpool takes between three and
. . four thousand quarters a week. Thl
whole trade amounts to from ten Il
! twelve thons, and quarters a week,
which at 200 pounds TO quarter
, would make say 100000 pounds 0l
= American beef sold each week n
;s Great Britain, or ia. .400, 600 pounds
= year. This trade has grown or
- FROM nothing in the past five years
= and from present indications will
q grow q great deal larger as the years
. roll on"
care many cattle shipped alive =
!. "About five Thousand week IN
!, summer. They cannot send them In
y winter, The rough weather knocks
= them about too much. The trade hal
affected the price Of American cattla
a somewhat, but not enough yet to do
g much more than give slightly up
ward tendency to the market"
: Itis curious fact that Cardinal
Manning, as we'll az all the English.
Irish aud Scotch Catholic bishops, ,are
]. dead against there being any diplo-
matte Intercourse bet W cen the British