Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-12-31
ENTERPRIsING ENGLIsHMEN.
To Inspect and Slaughter Cattle In This
Country-Charges Against Inspectors.


New YORK. December 30.-The visit
OF Mr.. Plimsoll, VI. T.. to this country,
to investigate the subject of the ship
ment of becves and slaughtered cattle
to England, and particularly to inquire
into the methods OF inspection, has
borne fruit in one direction at least.
II has impressed the firm OF James
Nelson Il Sons, OF Liverpool, one OF the
largest meat dealers in Great Britain.
with the necesSit Sind advantage oi do
ing their own inspection and handling
their own goods on this side Of the
ocean.
Finding that the system Of inspection
here was careless aud not all that IL
should be in the case Of live cattle, the
firm has Just secured Slaughterng and
rcfrigeratng facilities at the Herslmus
Cove yards. Last week the firm began
work, and this week their first shipment
of several thousand dressed beeves will
be made. BY bit Of hustling which
would be credtable to Yankees, they
have secured facilities for shipments on
the fast Cunarders Umbria and Etruria,
the only two not yet monOpolized by
Eastman or Hammond. The state Line
steamers will also be used by the
Messrs. Nelson. as the Cunarders alone
wonld not suffice for the demands OF
their business. This step, while IT Will
not materially increase the export trade
in cattle, will operate to the benefit OF
American workman in that the hides,
fat and Ofial Of aS many live cattle a.
the MeSsrs. Nelson have been in the
habit of purchasing will now remain
here to be worked mp. The stearine
and oleo will be produced here and ship
ped to Holland, instead Of being pro
duced In England, and the hides Will
90 TO patrons Of American markets after
being worked up here.
The reason for the appearance Of the
Messrs. Nelson here a. SlaughtererS IS
primarily due TO the careless methods OF
inspection Of live cattle here, by which
diseased and unfit cattle occasionally
creep into cargoes and are coniiscated,
condemned, and killed Oh reaching the
British market. y prejudice is thus
created against all American beef, and
unjustly. Established here, the MessrS.
Nelson can butcher their selected
beeves. refrigeratc and then chill their
meat under their own management. and
be assured Of landing quarters OF cattle,
free from disease, on the other side In
prime condition.
When they are thoroughly in opera
tlon there need be- no repetition OF such
incidents as one that happen I'd last Au-
gust, when a lot of quarters were being
loaded on board the Servia. The meat
had not been properly refrigerated -
that is: the animal heat had not all
been drawn out before the lot was sent
TO the chilling rooms, where IL must be
kept in Il temperature of as near 30
degrees as possible. The first officer
protested against shipping the beef
in its then condition. The foreman
OF the party Of stevedOres would not
listen to the protests of the officer and
the captain was appealed to. lie looked
az the meat, smelt OF IL, and then, using
the autocratic power with which he Is
invested, he ordered: Take that stink |
ing stuff away. won't have ii on my
vessel" That settled the fate Of that
cargo 10 England. To the discredit OF
our health officers the meat was sold in
our own markets for three cents
pound; but the Messrs. Nelson did not
get it, nor did Englishmen have to eat