The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-04-18

can H~ens-some Effects Of the p.nss
tive Tariff and High Railroad r-gss
From the New York Evening Post
Tie Evening Post editnriaIl~
the other day to the indignant protests
of the Central Ohio Butter and Eoo
Packers Association, to the effect fbss
the home trade was seriously injured ~
the importation of foreign eggs to New
York, and that something ought to IA
done about it. To-day areporter made
inquiries to ascertain the character AMI
extent of this foreign supply. Tha
principal handler of imported eggs n
this market is Mr.. John G. MaIr Il
No. 299 Washington street. When
questioned on the subject. he said &
substance:
"This important business began about
four years ago, in small lots, and has
been growing ever since. The eggs ara
shipped chiefly from Copenhagen and
Hamburg. which are great egg centers
That is to say, eggs collected from near
" all parts of Europe are sent there
and thence are distributed to the Lon,
don and other markets. The eggs ara
produced largely in Italy, Austria.
Denmark and Turkey. They are
packed in straw, in cases containin0
fifty, sixty or 100 dozen. Some of them
have been cured for winter keeping, like
our domestic eggs, by being kept in
lime water, which fills up the pores a.
the shells and renders it possible to keep
fla apO "a rrnO1 .nnrI,A,1w n
after their removal from the water,
Most of the imported eggs are fresh
laid, however, and after q voyage Of
two or three weeks, will keep for i
month or six weeks longer. Some OF
the lots are graded according to size, as
is the custom in certain parts of Europe
1.-The imported egg on the average being
a little smaller than the domestic. They
are sold here at from one cent TO three
cents per dozen less than the market
price of domestic eggs, according to
size and domestic quality. 1t is nee
essary to examine them here, Of course,
but the work Of inspection is much less
than might be supposed. Asa rule, it
is no t necessary to hold eggs opposite
the fame of a candle in order to see the
condition of its contents, which an ex-
pert can detect by ordinary handling
and inspection as quickly as a money
changer can Judge by the weight and
feeling of a coin whether it is true or
false. Of the foreign eggs received in
this market, a great number are con-
sumed in this city and neighborhood,
while others are sent to points in New
England.
I'm the last year, say from March /,
1888, to March 1, 1884, / have handled
about 8 200, cases of imported eggs, on
the average of fifty or sixty dozen to the
case. / suppose that in all, some TO-
600 or IL 900 cases were received here
during that period. The late shipments
have been especially heavy, because the
winter has been mild in England, and
London has consequently been q poor
market for imported eggs. Many which
would otherwise have gone to London
have therefore naturally been sent to
New York, where the price of fresh laid
! domestic eggs reached nearly so cents
| per dozen during january. The price
would have rome higher but for these
uupOTIdJlOllS, WHICH, nave udu OhS ChOSS
of making eggs cheaper throughout the
country. What effects the egg market
in New York effects it in all parts of the
United States.
How is it possible to import eggs
and sell them at q less price than they
can be produced for here2 Why. be-
cause the protective tariff makes the
cost Of everything higher here than any
where else, and because of the outrage
GUS freight charges which result from
railroad pools and combinations. Re-
Gently i 800 dozen eggs were sent by ex-
press from Missouri to this city, and
the bill for their transportation, which
| can show you, was 1920, or exactly
| eight cents q dozen. Ordinary freight
rates for eggs from most of the Western
States to New York are higher than the
freights from Europe. There is no du-
ty upon foreign eggs. If there was
there would be no money in their I'M
portatipn."
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