Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-01-12

THE BRITISH BUTCHERS PRACTISING
DECEPTION.
There have been many curious incidents
connected with the retail sale of American
beef in London The greater number of
the dealers sell the article ~ English
beef. while some Of the poor kinds Of the
home-1ed beef are bought - imported
Anerican. The only place where Ameri-
can beef is sold - such Is attbe Netropol-
itau Mafket, but lately the consignees Of
the American bull0cks have tried To secure
stalls for their sale at New Leadenhall
Market.
Another curious fact which has long
been without explanation Is the price TOR
which American beef Is sold in the British
metropolis. il seems strange that the
neat n American-Ged rattle can he sold
In London, after the expense of TRANSIT
lantic shipment, for Is and II cents .
pound, while in this city the housekeeper
has TO pay from 80 to 50 cents for the
aasne smount Of native meat.
Mr.. n. II. Gillette. Of n. II. Gillette
4 Co., Of Jersey City. who ship large
quantities Of beet TO the other side.
said in reference to the above
facts: when / was in England short
time age. saw butcher sell q piece Of
American beef AS English beef. asked
him why he did not tell his customers that
il was from America. and he told me that the
customer would not have bought it. Our
customers want good hold English beef
be said to me. and have to sell 1t to
them ~ such. That man just gone out
wanted q piece like that which he had last
week II had told him the piece he had
last week was American beef he would
not have believed me. know that meat
hung In cool place for ten or twelve days
n better than that which was slaughtered
yesterday. for sale tomorrow, as your
English beef IL. but you could not make
my customer beiieve that There is no Eng
lish beef as good as the American article
that comes to us. bot dare not say so or
l would lose my customers so when they
call for the cheap American I give them
poor British beef, and they do not know
the difference"
"Was there ever any effort made to
prevent such ideas spreading among the
people ?" said the reporter.
YES. The gre.ter part Of the meat
shipped goes to the Metropolitan Market.
Il w5sadvertised A. American beef and n
go<d trade has been secured, but what Is
one market in city like London. This
begf was bought by retail butchers and
1BoCh Of Il Is resold as good. hold English
beef. you know"
For what price is American beef sold
In London ~
From 10 TO IL cents a pound. or cent
and : half Jess than the English beef.
This b quite sufficient to control the re-
tail trade.
''What 10 the reason that meat is sold
20 much cheaper than in this city? What
causes the difference in price p''
The difference is more apparent than
real. In this country meat is cut up I'M
der the rules Of the Butchers Association.
The result Is that If YOU want a piece
from the sirloin, or the shoulder, YOU ask
for and you get it, But IN England meat
10 cut in the most curious way You ever
saw. A side of beef is cut into pieces OF
ave, ten. fifteen or twenty pounds weight.
Neither bone nor fat is removed except
the fat about the kidneys. People when
they buy meat do not ask for piece of
the round or the sirloin as we do; they
ask for so many pounds Of beef. All
beef. hone and fat, is sold at the same
kluC0s kVu ttuSS EtuiciuUtT tutTe Is HOt
very much fine meat in a bullock
take one weighing 800 pounds and from
Il you will get much more than
1875 pounds Of fine meat. Now. while
butchers in this country charge so to so
cents for fine beef. they are obliged tD
take out part oil the bone and part of the
fat. and they sell the coarse meat for
much less than It Is sold In England. You
can buy first-class corned beef from 8 to
IL cents or q shin-bone for soup for 5 or 6.
In England you have to pay from IA to IS
for these.
'.what is the extent of the beef trade
now.a"
Five years ago. when the business be-
gan. they could not sell twenty quarters
week In Liverpool Now Liverpool takes
between three and four thousand quarters
. week. The whole trade amounts to
from ten to twelve thousand quarters a
week. which at 200 pounds to the quar-
ter would make. say. :. zoo, 900 pounds of
American beef sold each week in Great
Britisn, or il4.i00.O00 pounds n year.
This trade has grown up fiom nothing in
the past Eve years. and from present in
dica,ions will grow great deal larger as
years roll on"
Are many cattle shipped alive'''
About five thousand q week in sum-
mer. They cannot send them in winter.
The rough weather knocks them about too
much. The trade has affected the price
of American cattle somewhat. but not
enough yet to do much more than give
slightly upward tendency in the market"
N. 7. Times.
Unlike other cartharrtics, DIR. Pierce's
.srellets' do not render the bowels costive
after operation. but on the contrary. establish
. permanently healthy action. Beng en-
tsvsiy vegetable no particular care is required
while asins them. BY druggists.
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