The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-10-19
Yankee Beef Abroad,

| result III q ulSastrolS failure. In spite o1
an predictions offailure, the undertaking
j Was a. success financially, and was fol-
lowed by other shipments until hundreds
? OF thousands OF cattle were exported &c
4 Great Britain. annually. The first ship,
nlent was made by Timothy c. Eastman,
1 OF New York, who hasamassed a fortune
IN the cattle trade. Recently Mr.. East
man took a trip to England and has lust
returned l7E15 ogs ysTs5Iaf g
/ 1.-The expectation Of American beef at
present is not carried on as much as
formerly" said Mr.. Eastman :. The
high prices prevailing here being fully
equal to those in England, it does moi
4 pay The price of beef, however is now
decliningg,s aud undoubtedly thesexporta-
tion will Soon be resumed.'' ''' A%'
4 "What made American beef 80 ponu-
i lar IN England? Was it+better than En-
T glish beef?'"
r. ~ cannot say that, fol-. it is very hard
to make thelayefage Engllshmau believe
that there is anything better. than is found
lin ngland. Our best Beef is fully as
] good as any found in, England,
bat they have a great deal OF
common beef in that country. This
coarse meat brings a higher price there
than the same quality does here, while
choice cuts bring lesser price. This is
due to the many uses beef is put to in
England, They may make it into stews,
and use it in nHafieus waysS phe average
Engglishman goes for the substance of the
meat SsSAS S ~'
l"Nvhen was beef first exported in anv
quantity to England21'' e,J ~, -
| I'm 1875 l sent about 100 head a week.
| The demand rapidly increased, and in
1851 shipped 500 to 600head perweek,.
In 1877 the average per week was l 900
head. and in 1878 it went up to 1900 a
"eek.T4 ggo i.a Eg.Ii aae{,f E,ge 9rs;
I I'm what year was the largest quantity
| leXperted?'' --l5E5id Yfu5a> su1-bsfETE'- :
In 1880 Dpriag that year sent to
England 100000. head of cattle, either
in dressed quarters or alive, and all the
other firms sent 100000 head ,more.'' eg,,v
E''How is, the meat preserved from decay
during the voyage?'' se-'S!s)2 dlsa cszRT III
sit isent1in compartments cooled
either by ice or Compressed air ANY
good refrigefators Which keep the tenn
perature at thirty degrees is ssuifeient.' :.
us It Necessary when live, cattle are
shipped to fatten them up after the sea
voyage! 'fgsvo3 zfEfxoEsFaryI e.ssyny ssrFs
mot at all; they stand the voyage wen
band will eat all You give1 1thema When
they arriFeronthe other sidesthey aressin,
as good condition as when they started,
I as not the trade likely to decline aa''zp
at is scarcely possible. The trade,
has been increasing eyer since our En-,
glsh cousins found out that American
beef5was just asigood sas, their own, and
could be purchased at less price,.
-r Your beef is sold mainly in the large
:, citless- L prestn1e!f g .za}5 z5aa d
80, no, We send beef to almost
every town in England. The beef IS
taken from the vessel, placed in the cars
and sent direct to distant towns"
3 'fHas any other country followed in
the wake of American a., sg-.y-- r,sEs r.
Yes; Australia ships large quantities
OF beef and mutton to England Three
years ago 1'saw beef and mutton in En-
gland which had been brought from Aus
tralia in sailing vessels. The mutton was 4
splendid, having come in compartments
cooled by compressed air. .,sr
. '.Is beef the chief meat used in En-
glandp''a lz#EI 53 59gsaE aGfiBcTG 4
2 Il think mutton is the main stay
among the people there. The hills Of
Scotland are covered with sheen, and
English mutton-is of a much better flavor
than our own" '1A . @SsD 4
care as many cattle raised in England
as in former years?'
think so. There are great numbers
raised in the northern part Of England !
as well as in Ireland. The sudden de-
mand in England for American beef.
was not due to any scarcity of English
beef, for there is as much beef there zto-sI
day as there ever was. Nor was it due
to its superior quality, for the two are
about equal; at was the fact that we. could |
import beef to England and sell it at a
less price, with profit than the native 1
beef, There will be beef enough : here
next year." added. Mr.. Eastman.
''The public will be glad to hear il" !" |
said the reporter. But what sfountla- |
ton has your. .opinion?''
s.My opinion IS based on the following
facts: Last year there wasra short corn /
crop, and it sold for sixty, to, seventy
cents bushel. The Western farmers t
instead of feeding corn to the-ca cattle.
gave them other food, and thus the cattle
grew, poor, eSs s. z,.-. .....s-s.
"1s there not scarcity Of beef?'
ssNo, sir; there is as much to-day as
there everwas, but it isof, a ,apoorerqnal-, |
ity. The best beef in the country comes
to New York :ieReryb botfy wants the best,
lean, beef won sell,
and, of course, when good fat beef is T
scarce the price goes up. There are
;attle, enough, of ordinary quality in the l.
territories, but tt J are not fed up. We
have the promise Of good corn crop
his year; and good beef will be plenty
md sell at lower price next year. The
,emedy for high prices -isa good corn
crop" ~. Z. STR. ~. - -
Indiana people are not easily run
,ver. Some of them were seated in a
buggy which the horse had left on the
'ailroad track just as the engine passed
hat way, The engine caught the bug
" and pushed it along on the rails,
,rpEo tho th;I1c c,,,,.baJ |