New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-07
CI7Y-DRESSED AND WESTERN BEEE
EXPLAINING TIE HIGH PRICES OF BOTH

| TWO SIDES OF THE QUfsrION-TAIKs WITH Nh
SWIFT AID \ LIVE CATTLE MAN.
Tho price Of beef has been about one cent a pound
higher Ills year thln last notwithstanding the mtro
dnction If Cmcago-dre.-ed beef which ha. been sold
hero in large quantities. People AK Why. in the hca
Of al the competition between Western beef and beef
slaughtered here the price should Doe so high Their,
il continual war between tho dealers OF the diaercpt
kinds Of meat and al assign different for thu
range of prices. A Tribune reporter made inquiries
Of man who has been ntm aely associated with Tia
live clf,e trade at this market Tor number Of Years
! AMI who Is an authority the subject lie said
eft certainly seems strange that beef should bo bioh
thi. year Veal, lamb and mutton are an chcaper
/ than tloy have been for some time Busnes, Is dgU
rop urosnccts were never better hread-tfs lower
in mice than for several vears and II that beef
.b6uld be low II j, hard Ia give an entirely .atls-
factory reason for the high prices there can be no
doubt that the cool summer has much 10 do with h. for
II krr ~ pcople in town Less fruit is eaten than in
hot drt season and more beef IN proportion BIZ tho
price OF cattle IN the West may Tee ad 10 regulate tho
| trcc Of beet here. Chicago. Kansas City and Il
ui. virtually control tl,o market Freight rate. ara
low simmer, are making little COR nothing. and whole
sale and retail butchers have made no money to peak
Of for the last two years The tanner got i the bcne.
ft of the high prices
DO Won look for lower prices 4"
Not until the supply is increased or the deman
lcs-ouCd'
Tbe fact is that the Western dressed beet shippers
of Chicago have been the means of pulling mp proea
How is that You see there are thlo" competing in
t,ro.f- in Chicago tho Eastern shipper the exporter
and the dressed beef shipper to .1y nothing IF the
cinncr who. however us"' mosty class OF good. not
Skinned 10 Eastern markets oi course two oi these
interest. are sometimes identical Some Of tho Eastern
shipucrs Of live cattle and some of The dressed heef
shirncrs are also exporters. but the Western dressed
beet men take good that the Eastern shipper shall
pay good prices for their cattle. In this way tho
ir,c Of hccfi. kept high hero Western dressed hed
shippers have mnde nothing In This ciiv Their prices
have been about the same ~ those tor city de.od beef
puvsihy fraction lowrr-but the, follow the price
of city drstd right mp when i rises" The price IT 70
nigrtacd beef In all the towns between here aud Albany
HlO3i and II cents.
"My friend 1o,umy' Lougbr,n. oi Washington
Market hs hrrn spending his vacation IN Maine aud
hr took pains when ruling around the country to stop
nll he butcher wagons and interview tho drivers
the piice nt BRET The uniform rule he found 10 be- for
lgi beef cents ur urh ~ has been selling In this
titt Cor u aud = cents
% have mn orno,iuon Nv Western dressed bsef mar
do take any stock IN the puison theory, hut don't
think New Workers. viii ever like ns well ~ the, 10
hrritln h slaughtered here don't think n Is making
much hralway IN NrvAUik mr | understand tlat
Tss., MARKETS p lpt and an told that swin'a fe-
hioriant n Kingston has been rnsed ur seven weeks
don't think these extreme piicps will continue bong.
There "a on ola Western saying When snake go
blind the urirr of hppl Erea np Well. snahHs ~
blind hrlr,e when the, shpd 'ler skns ~ August
and as that operation is nnw bette ueiprmpl w. may
luok ni hori pir,s whom v V u,r.
,rrri taNp "a inll anh shrurs afr lnsina money
s,u,t dot last tpa, az Tho time New irtb spud
ne sat nm rattlp WI against llovu hre. ~
uatps paN wsbp 49, mun" Shilu Whp' 80 heb AVID
Mdlai ihrt have hrln losing sinrr ''nHat J
a / aoiU, thn huat 90 RwiHs thipash lifpssfi
tenf haslnpa, asLei "a regard 10 tho eteei ot ha
'"N.ii aid he ut our taaf Was Rot hniag aad
here pr os would ha At i,asi ,en higher al ieani
than hu{ The por "i taile lh ihn Ntsi regulates
AIS here There 10 At present. nnnsideihuln demand ir
... cattle Ola th, CITY. dud u We Nttt nut heI0 Nth
| olr dressed beet that demand would he mrIeisod
~ c,ur.e lh,, demand Is s supplied chiefly bs Chit
.f.ti. ltsi s.t Is sl.t ullt al a. al
In remains thc same. bat dressed beef can he shipped
much cheaper than live catto, and there We have an
advantage hat speaking OF price, they are not hish
IN proportion to the supply oil 'a''l' lhe suof' '"h
cInp OF last year has uado beoNes unusually scarce
and as the demand Is brisk the pIlcra are necessary
forced up There's certainly no problem about H.
Shpplv and demand govern prices alTays
"Waat about your beef being polsoncdP
Simply good advertisement. The statement has
dome more Tor Us than ANYTHING else could have DONE
1t prompted an investigation into our methods, Md
that Is lust what invite at all times. We came oh
with clean hands and business booming. Our sia ishter
houses ~ Chicago are accessible az al times aud tho
public is free to 60 in at will We never require
How is your beef received here J"
SO well that some butchers buy It and sell Do for
home slaughtcred and customers cant iel The dher'
cuce The best hotels in the city use with entire sat
iiaction. and the demand Is steadily increasing
d" il j. said that your beef Is dtJ.
"What do YOU mean 10y dry y
"No blood in IT, It won't make giavy.'
As far a. blood j. concerned. you are right We
follow Biblical teaching in that re poet and get nd of
c.OtN drop Of blood we can. We don { want blood ia
/ ON beet Bat don't understand how that makes 1t
dry IN tel yOu fact that is not generally known
The animal heat in a of bee Is due 10 the pres
euco of certain elements that Ugh something. and
beef that Is not clr.cateI does not lose IT, bu, by
our ,y-tcm of freezing oryeght holr, We hnd that
/ we decrease the weight about two per cent, and
during the transit from Chicago To- this city per
cent more. making our beef three per cent lighter han
! II was before gong INTO the coolers THIS come. rom
these elements being driven ont. 50 yOu may say that
people get more meat for their money n blyug OF rs
| tban II home siaughtcrcrs And % l. hardly Aeccs-
s,ry - add that beef Will keen pu-c much longer when
! the animal heat /, all driven ont our beef wien 10
roache. Ney-lork has been five days killed and yet
the hottest weather spoil II m forty eight hours
! I'm oar .hlpmcnts 10 London once had vessel
DELAYED for forty three day, but the bye brought the
usual price when sold not being injured Ia the least
1"I think it likely that the price Of beet Will TAI Oh
| soon"