New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-20
WESTERN DRESSED BEEF.
v,ooRous TALK FROM p. D. ARMOUR.

pD Armour. of the great Chicago pork packing
kesfslaughtering and ,Ss West few DAYS ago.
And ia STAYING at the Fifth Avenue HOTEL i fr tbe
emit visit is made to further ms ram aronud New
ea tI Oh Mt Armour is a portly. cleTlcal-lookn
man about forty-fve years old with nowlng nut of
t ta'i bon wbiskers and a benignant expression vi
ton,cnvp He bears q close resemblance 10
Er Howard Crosby. A TRIBUNE reporter ne1 MI MI,
Armour yesterday in Fulton Marker ane asssrtons
what ne Sv H the Wholesale Butchers Union,
st ;ts meeting in the Grand Union Hotel on MaIcn
IL that the Chicago beef was poisoned py the use
that statement in fHE TRIRuNE," replied
Mr. Armour and told my oIo's apd paSo Sf to
me but nv brother said that the charge was tVY p
Ridiculous and silly TO require an answer, Al Al
these butchers that they had better stick to the
facts. The statement that ether or ammonia comes
in contact with our meat is untrue; SO,nlng ever
~here and He makes it pretty pure out West;
Western dressed beef is good, nutritious ana
wholesome 1t stands to reason that where steer
has not been subjected to ten days feverlsh
iournev and bruised and beaten IN cattle tram ms
flesh is the better for 1t. This meat ripehh e
in transit Why there is not an eplcure IN tne
world venture to say, who would not rather nave
such meat than that of the present tIahspoI rd
49, How sweet how inviting il is All this fnss
comes from these middlemen NO cons9,nss' l" 'Ni'
wide world has ever said aught against ~. ,,o,,o,,
"Thcv say YOU Western men are creating UEon .P
o,v smcb as exists in the New-England States;
They assert that you sell il here for cents pounu
and in Connecticut for 13 cents, and when yoa
have driven out the city butchers the price OF meat
will be put at 13 cents here ,, e.o.. A..
~ have not heard of any kick coming from the
consumers of the Eastern factory towns. IEcy
need not fear monopoly. We are not wishing 10
drive them ont % business: Live cattle Will al al
Ohio and Virginia and from Canada. 1t is the
butchers of New-York who are the monoPohzeTs.
say there is room enough for both OF u.s. bT h,oc J
the wheels of trade. The price will always be gov
ernea by the supply are vonr firm making in the
1--WE have slaughter yards in Chicago and
we have slaughter yards IN ma; h4hS$ se
our preparations. i am going 70 eStabllsh depots
and refrigerators here just where ] cannot say.
several weeks from the Manhattan Market, at the
foot of West Thirty ffth-st: There It Tor the IN
specton Of every one VINO chooses 10 ooA ioI nd-
self. The only things we use>aTe ice machines res
There is the ice 60 and look at lti Pure as the
driven snow We are not the only men
swift & Co. are doing There also
are Hammond, Fairbanks and many others. 90
ask Tim Eastman. lie ships Western cattle TO
Tnrope eyerv week He is an honest man: Ask him
If he has had any complaint from across the water
Chicago beef is shipped every week directly from from
must make room for this Western dressed beef
Then you mean for the butchers of New-York
Ne: | do not say that But say to them: 60
slow, and keep to the facts. ! tell yoq, Mr.: Re-
the world has never Vet Ndu All Hiod VI tho
fght We have had getting this Western dressed
beef to tie East For years we were met and
fought at every point by the Tailroads-mnd You
not on account of any injury winch II would 90 tle
railroads but because the men interested IN
the railroads were individually interested IN the
The of 3 90 600 600 of stockyard prop
erty In the times of transportation of 1--we stoGk
nov rapidly passing away the yards located IN 1his
clty in Buffalo in Plttsburg in Cleveland, in Phil-
sdcphia-n short all along the great railroad lines
leading from Chcago-fonrished like The wicked
and grew like green bay trees sio Inc ned men en-
their fat fees at these terminal points
They knew that with the new order 9l,11!
could no longer slap a fee of 80 cents head on
every bullock they >penned and compel the owner
$50 a ton which, if he had been allowed he could
have purchased for ST. ton; Take as an example
the sfockyards of Chicago They were established
beIcve in iS69on basis of 81 ,OOO, 900 valuation
Three wears ago | was of three men APP
pointed to appraise their valuation and we placed
il at upward OF M IN Inns ana Ine
stock selling at 225 you have IN the i n
stockyard owners Who were al more OF less
els. did not buck against us at every
turn. Well, they did. They thought they had the
halter about our necks. When they saw the new
danger they began TO pull on the rope" Here
Mr. Armour clutched himself dramatically by the
throat. Il and others came on to New-fork' ana
we held a grand council in he Windsor HOtel
The representatives of all the trunk lines were
present-the Pennsylvania the New-Iork Central,
the E G1s al e b aq eH acd one For tree days
never moved ont Of the building, and did noS get
mOuthful of fresh air. We showed then wheIe
they would get even, in the transportation OF
hides horns and tallOw, and proved TO thew that
where they got 30 cents they could get "a cents II
was no use. The stockyards oveIbalanced
us Commissioner Fink sent forth his edict to
raise the rates on tine t new bo pIouTTf bc
Grand Trunk came TO our rescue Their line is
long way around and they had not been receiving
what they thought they we - 1nSy sa p
pool, but we will not increase our rates. tell
you, every Western cattle man ana the consumers con
In the East owe a. heavy debt Of gratitude to the
Srcred decisive 10 The ,tocfysrds have at
last accepted =, the lneyta6}le and that
Protective wfi Union win have to do also Not until
the stockyard men had given way IN the hght dld
of middlemen who stand between the producer and
the consumer. However, we in Chicago are ani;
mated by no desire to kill them off. They Will
ALWAYS lind enough TO do handling the Eastern cat
tie AS Uncle Toby sand TO the y. SO We say to the
wholesale butchers, Go your way, there Is room
enough for thee and Tor me-
WHAT WILLIAM OTTNANN SAYS.
The reportcr next met William Ottmann the Full
ton Market wholesale butcher Mr.. Ottmann is be-
hever inthe Western product and is having arefrig,
orator built which is to receive Western dressed
beef A company known as the Northern PacIhc
Refrigerating Company with the Marquisde MoTes
as its president is 10 @9 M in optaSa a
the rate of 800 carloads a year. Mr. Ottmann was
asked If any chemicals were used IN preparing this
beef
Yes" he replied. But they are in coils Of pipe
which simply cool of the atmosphere ana never
come in contact with the meat. 1t is absurd and
false say that this meat isunwholesome or can be
injured by ether applied to 1t IN that manner"
where are refrgerators TO be located III this
city"
Il cannot say just now. They will, however, be
advantageousy situated; some along the West
side and some along the East side. Within this
city and radius of ten miles OF II over ten thou
sand carcasses are sold every week. OF this num-
dressed" go
How about the Western dressed sheepf'
Il am handling Chicago dressed sheep also.
There are some hanging on the racks. But my cx
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