The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-26
INFERIOR MEATS.
A Timely Caution to Con-
SumerS.
MONOPOLY THREATENED.
MONOPOLY T
Decaying, fostering and Bloody Re-
suits of the Refrigerated Process.
Rational Methods of Our
Own Butchers.

The PEOPLE of San Francisco and those
OF adjacent localities which are dependent
upou us for their meat supply are rapidly
waking up 10 the fact that the frozen
meat" theory is both delusion and a
fraud. The fraud is a most fragrant one.
for they have discovered that the meat
slaughtered by the alleged improved
modern process" is not only of an inferior
nuality but positively deleterous and dan
serous TO health.
The Strengthening of cattle in the abattoir
is admittedly rapid process. Immediately
upon arrival the cattle are corralled. and
as the cost of feeding is a most considerable
Item of expense. an economy is effected by
an immediate butchery. Who needs to be
told of the condition in which stock is re-
csiyed in this market after long ride, it
may be in a crowded freight car? After
wears of undiSturbed wandering over the
rich and familiar ranges they are hurriedly
driven into the train. oVerpowered by fear,
and after a long ride and with insufficient
pourishment arrive in the market almost
tortured to distraction by their involuntary
Journey, nervous, feVerlSh and altogether
ont of condition and IN u state Which-ab-
solutsIy units them Tor human consump-
ton.
The theory of the Chicago process COM
pels an instant slaughter In a condition
almost of absolute decomposition the
SeVered stock is led to the abattoir, and
there. with all the mechanical appurten-
ances atxaina BILE arranged so as to require
the least possible assistance from the la
borer the cattle is butcheTed, and after
hasty washing of the carcass IN not water
it is then run To the refrigerator, where it
is frozen stiff, in which condition 1t remains
until required for consumption.
Remem Der that III this frozen state it
must remain until the retailer disposes
kof it, for should it by any means be
'thawed" out it quickly becomes putrid
on exposure and is lost. The fact re-
mains, however. that frozen the mash re-
mains in the exact condition in which 1t
was slaughtered.
No time is given for natures curing 10
make it more palatable and healthful. but
in the feVerish condition in which it is
slaughtered it is concealed. and thus re-
mains until it Is hurrledly disposed of to
the retail purchaser.
The system in vogue for many years
among the San francisco butchers Is the
direct opposite of this inhuman and bar
barous process. This coast had no rival
IN the world for its cheap and superior
meats The ranges are unsurpassed and
the stock-owpers are men of rare intelli-
genee and wealth The process of and
improvement in breeding has been sue
cessfully and persistently adopted until
NO State can show higher grade of stock
than this one can. We enjoy this immense
dyaDtage, but it would be of no avail
were the stock not intelligently slaught-
cred.
Our climatic conditions are not those of
Chicago or the Hast. We are subject to
none OF the extremes of those localities,
and therefore the system of Strengthening
adopted by our local butchers is one that
long experience has proved TO be the one
that is best adapted for this latitude.
What is our process, and how does it
differ from the Chicago" plan? This is
easily cOmprehended. The cattle arrive
feverish and unfit for Immediate slaughter.
They are driven TO the corral and
for days thereafter are allowed all
feed and water they can consume; thus
ton of quiet serenity. Then, and not till
then. are they allowed 10 be killed. As
rapidly as the best butchers in the coun-
try can handle them they are slaughtered;
the cRrcasses are then wiped off with
clean cloths and afterWard SUSPENDED on
rafters, through which the cool air is al
lowed to circulate until nature effects the
necessary curing and the meat is in the
best condition for consumption. BY this
process all the blood is expressed and
nothing but muscle and fat remains.
By the instantaneous" process of hot
water and rapid freezing the blood re-
mains in the carcass, there to ferment aud
to hasten the decomposition of the meat
on exposure to the usual temperature.
The local process OF Strengthening is
rational and one adapted to local climatic
conditions. The abattoir process is artifi-
cial, and, though necessary one in Chi
cage, is the opposite OF rational In this
latitude.
Purchasers of meat from the retail deal
ers who know from the appearance of
joint whether it is wholesome or not need
only to compare the meats from the differ
ent processes of killing TO satisfy them
selves as TO which is the one they would
most quickly choose. A comparison of
the solid, natural and healthful appear
ance of the meat killed by the local process
with the blue-black, Shiny and discolored
appearance OF that just released from the
refrigerator is enough.
But there is another and economic side
to this question which is we'll worth most
careful attention. 1t is the question of an
attempted foreign monopoly, which seeks
to grasp the entire stock interests of the
country within its capacious nav. The
attempt Is as ambitious as Is is impudent
and impracticable. 1t aims to throttle a
great local interest, which at this time
supports in Industrious employment not
less than %. 600 men. besides their families.
1t attempts TO render tributary to its
"Chicago" methods every raiser Of stock
dependent upon the San Francisco ma rket.
Its plans emil brace gigantic system, by
which the prices it may establish upon
cattle, sheep or hogs shall rule. and these
PllCOe ObIy oudil Do paul W Tile pTOQ
IL assumes to control the market for
hides, Delts and talow, thus making the
tanning Industry. the wool-puIing in
dustry, and all those numberless other in
dustries which are dependent upon stock
subject to its control
If there is one subject upon which the
people of California are united it is that
the "monopolist must CO." There is no
sympathy for them here. The people
have discovered, through long and painfnI
experience. that they are the ones who
eventually are the sufferers. They will
not permit the live stock and kindred in
dustries to be absorbed by foreign, real
estate specializing and soulless corpora
ton, TO destroy a vital element of local
prosperity.
The issue is great one, but can be sue
cessfuly met. Let no one use the alb
horred and unheaithful frozen meat.
Danish IL from your table, and let the
monopoly die natural and appropriate
death~