Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-12-22
tn r"spec,io" of ne Uonoinian slaughter

In f"spertio" of ne UoSoi.ian slaughter
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Last Tuesday morning. in company with
Mt Frank Spencer Mt Clarence w. Ash.
ford and Mt g. " auckland, representative
~ this paper visited three slaughter houses ni
this city and found at III II them condition
of things calling fof immediate Improvement
At the peril N . complete cessation .of fresh.
meat eating by all II this community IN.
willing 10 buy apparently unwholc4ome food
and sufficiently intelligent to put two aud two
together
On the shore back Of the prison arc tho
slaughter houses Of MI C. Raupp and oi
William McCandle,s. In the outside yard oI
the formers establishment some thirty sis
cattle were standing antlcdoop In stygian
mud, aud each about ~ fat rs the average
match and among them hudllcd = halfdo,en
gaunt calves. from which is to be mnnuiac
iurcd the htmorou,ly so.callcd "ycal" N the
markets, II phamohh lean kline were as lean
a. those seen in that crowded cattle pen, the
writer does not wonder that the Egyptian
ruler had the nightmare. An iron tank oI
water was in one corner of the yard but there
was no indication ui any food having recently
been given them and one Of the party, him.
self a cattle rniscr, declared II his belief that
no food had been furnished them for some
time. The bookkeepcr of Mr. Raupp. how
ever, on being questioned, said that, To the
bcS, Of his belief, the cattle were fed regularly
80 soon as they would eat but that Wild cattle
would no, touch food for week after being
driven in. He did not explain how the cattle
were to be fed in the filthy pen where they
were kept. lie said, however, that II better
quarters were provided his employer could
afford to pay better rent,
It is true that the rainy season does not last
all winter but II is "toss.up" whether the
cattle who stand unprotected by shade in the
hot sun Of dusty summer are any better off
than those who stand all day in the piless
rain Of muddy winter
The premises OF Mr.. McCandless are in
somewhat better condition, being rooted in
from the direct action Of sun and rain. Bu,
the floor was for the most part very muddy,
and the cattle as thin as their neighbors
inside the slaughte, building was a sheep pen,
supplied with native hay, before which a
small flock of by no means fat sheep were
standing with little apparent appetite. Mr..
McCandless says that sheep which come from
the other islands die il given either water or
green grass, and so are kept, for the week
(more or less) before killing, withou, water
lie admitted that the slaughter house occupied
by him is not a credi,able one, but says that,
under the circumstances, it is impossible for
him to better himself.
Most Of the cattle killed by both Raupp and
McCandlcss are raised on this island. The
drivers charge $50 a drove, and for that
reason a large number are brought at one
time.
The party then proceeded to the establish.
meni OF Mr.. Waller on the Kapalama road,
accompanied by DR.. Martin Ilagan. The
NNp pdAsiit )tiha VI NiIs w DidCC were
unroofed and very muddy. The cattle had
nothing before them but receive native hay
daily, Mr.. Waller says, furnished by Chinese
to the amount Of SO worth weekly. Mr..
Walters cattle come by steamer, and all in the
pen last Tuesday were thin and decidedly
tough looking. One old COW was pointed out
by Doctor lIagan as unfit to be killed for
food purposes. There is field Of some 20
acres adjoining Mr.. Walters slaughter house
but the cattle which come from Hawaii ard
Maui are generally too wild to be turned out
in this field, and so remain unit, killed in the
small pens adjoining the shambles There are
three Of these pens which have larger aggre-
gate space than that of either Of the other
places. The pen next TO the slaughter room
is rooted, and Mr.. Waller says he is about to
cover the other pens as well. He is also con-
siderng the prac,icability of dividing his large
field into pasture paddocks and taking up
cattle only when needed His sheep run out
all day, as it is. With the improvements con-
templated and suggested, and better feeding,
there is no reason why Mr.. Walters establish
ment should not turn out prime beef. Large
ice houses in town, to keep meat until a day
old, would be steps in the right direction
which the public would doubtless appreciate I;
and il it were demonstrated that the business
can not stand the increased expense of pro-
perly conducting it, customers would un-
be willing to pay better price for
better beef.
The whoesomeness or Embellishments Of
the present meat supply of Honolulu ought to
be decided by an investigating committee of
physicians. For the present it is enough to
know that cattle are being cruelty treated be-
fore they are killed for our markets, aud that
the meat furnished US is not what it ought
to lie.
The butchers express themselves as quite as
anxious for change as any one else. They
say the present condition Of affairs is forced
upon them by the action of the government in
virtually compelling them to occupy the
buildings they now use. This does not apply
to Mr.. Waller, who is not located at the spot
designated by the board of health.l They say
they would like to have good houses provided
in some place adjacent to commodious pad
docks; and that they would willingly pay a
larger rental for better accommodations. They
say that many Of their cattle are quite poor
when they buy them, and that they are obliged
to take what stock they can get; and that
they would gladly feed their beeves to keep
them in flesh If the cattle would eat. Take it
all in all-according to their own story-the
butchers life sis not happy ones" and the
question is, "Iiow is it to be bettered 2 I"
Which is just what the dear public wants to
know about its meat /; and the humane society
abou, the poor animals.