New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-31
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
MEETING OF POULTRY DEALERS.


afternoon at No. 100 Veseyst. to consider the feSo
luton recently offered in the Common Couhcli oX
Alderman Roosevelt that on anu after MatCh ~ ~
poultry and game offered for sale IN thls St su'.I
be drawn under "a penalty of So for each iallure To
obey the law. The resolution has caused consul.
able STIR among The dealers and 1t Is aSseIGu 'ua
if il becomes law, the producer, the dealei ahu
the consumer will all be injured. lie meeting was
attended by representatives from many Urms'
among whom we're Knapp Van SoStrana ,;, ]b,ri
Co. C. f. Austin A. < f. Robbins Il Co., liaNls
q Co. and Packer & Weber. The meeting was
called to order by Charles f. Sonthard. HaIseS w. w,
Knanp was chosen chairman, ana Thomas GotteY
Jpon taking tho chair Mr.. Knapp said that when
the resolution of Alderman Roosevelt was pun
lishel his jKnaDp's) name had been gwen ~ one OF
the dealers who opposed the passage OF sueh an
ordinance. He had not he1rd OF tne .5sJiu l b
before reading il in the papers but nevertheless ne
was opposed 10 its passage, as nus many years eN-
perlence told him that 10 would be very injurious
He invited those present TO SPEAK az lemEtn T rs
lpton could hardly have been presented because OF
the igforance of the general public on such
mattcr1 lie thought there must have been basis
for the5 eSolutOn. lie did not thiuk u WIS ehnLE
or bad feeling. Alderman Roosevelt must tihk that
it would be more economical certaiihty noiLG9
heathful, and that better class o. poultry Wouiu
be sent TO market. Mr.. Knapp Thought the lltter
= good reason, but did not approve me Two
former B.ston enforced such a law, ana The cOn-
sentence was that the highest price was always
paid IN Boston. NewlOra dealers could shlp
poultry to Boston as profit. The next question
Knapp's experience proved She contrary. II had
been said that the fowl was full OF food when
killed, and that the CASE from the decaylhg Iood
destroyed the flesh. That statement was nov
founded upon fact Fowls were not gwen anything
10 cat Tor twenty four hours before being killed IN
order that they might be perfectly Tree from uhnl
0ested food. Otherwise they would not keep AT
all Ii "A fowl was drawn IT would nor keep a
fourth of the time chat an undrawn IoWl W0u'1.
The inside was very sensitive ahd dS SOon a. 'lo
had access to it it became sour. Inc next gay IL
won d II, nld Certainly n fowl that was sour or
monldv was not healthfu In game 1t was thc
same and New ork could not get good game II the
RESOLUTION became law. 1t would be impossible TO
send game to market even by express from any
distance No commission merchant wonid Iako
advances on q consignment OF drawn poultry;
therefore 1t would add materially to tie pllce,
because dealers would lee unable to Keep I'VE or
six DAYS stock on band as they ana nj present III
this way a large part Of the poorer pOpula'lon %
The city would be deprived of such food; and TINS
wonld ne a loss all around, because there was no
city in the world where the poor consumed 80 much
poultry AZ they did in New-lork. The reason OF
this was the low price at when II cOulu De oOughi;
Mr. Knapp's experience was t1at one Ioi 81
drawn poultry always enough tor large con
SINNERS no matter how ircely lee was used, he
thought that if proper representation was maze 10
the Aldermen the resolution would he Withdrawn
as il could be demonstrated To anyone tnaG OF two
turkeys taken from the same lot, one drawn
and the other undraWn, the latter would be NJ 10
eat at the end of q week while he " drawn tur-
John ". HART said that the same law had been
passed in Boston, but had fallen into d'sase'
through the virtue OF us own tb5utttA
Thomas Gottey said that Inc he'd had an expert
ence OF thirty-hve years and Lo unhesltatlngiF
affirmed that business cOrh not be done II such an
ordinance was passed. The trade was SO immense
that If was necessary 10 keep five or six days stock
ON hand TO suppy the demand This cnuld not bo
done if the resolution became law. II was evident
to him that those who favored It did NOT know
what theV talking about.
J. A. Kunkel, Of ). :. Long Il Bro, approved
what the previous speaker haf said. ana stated
that as tar rs his firm was concerned II would No,
advance dollar on ten thousand dollars WORTH OF
dawn poultry, lie had sold ZJp.UOJ pounds oil
pOultrv during the two holiday weeks. II 1t had
been adrawn" the price would have been much
higher because OF the risk Of spOiling Smlh hch-
afdSon said that such law as the one proposed
would iniure he producer tue seller ana the con
Sumer and benefit no one. Charles +. HCutbaId
said that he had had q conversation Wlth Mr.
Roo, eyelt, who had been very much surprised that
he was 50 mistaken. The resolution had hc"n
offered because the Alderman ,uUpo ed that pon.ify
was ike gamc. and that unless II was drawn ilnnie-
diatey after death ii was injured.
The chairman said that shot penetrating 70 the
inside allowed the air to get m which dbl iAe
damage to game. But = good sioit 'ouH pre-
vent much harm by allowing the animal heat 20
escape before putting the bird mo . bag. Inc
speaker SAID that by such 4 law Fladcirna,
Jersey City. Albany aud Boston wo1: be "tne
fitted while hundreds OF thou-Juu1 cl doiaio "odIu
be lost t. tine citizens of New York.
After several other speakers had expressed Their
views all of which were m opposition 10 tnt pas
sage of the resrluflan committee OF three, consist
ing of Huisey W. Knapp John ". Iiaftt ana -. \.
Kunkel was 5ppoutci Wi.h iUll power to represent
to Alderman Roosevelt ana tie City Council the
bad effects OF the ordinance proposed ana 10 report
tine result 20 the association al meeting 20 NC
called by the chairman.