The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-09

war will be carried or to
what extent the market
will be affected can only be determined by
results.
w. j. Martin Of the Baden stockyaris
was seen by CALL reporter yesterday aDd
when asked regarding the rumor that local
meat-dealers were to be forced to combine
With the Baden people by means Of heavy
and ruinous competition he said:
THE situation here at present is very
similar to that which existed some years
ago in Chicago before Phil Armour and
others combined and entered into the fresh
meat business. Agents were sent to the
local Wholesale dealers asking them TO
come in and buy their meat already killed
and dressed of the combine.
The proposition was rejected. and one
Phil ArmouU's big yellow wagons suddenly
made their appearance on the streets as
retail bntcher-shOp5 and sold meat at very
low rates right before the doors OF the
retailers.
''Of course, that sort Of thing couldn't
last very long without running some one,
and as the combine had the largest capital
the small dealers were forced 10 buy their
meat of the yellow wagons. which, in urn.
forced the local wholesalers TO become
j0bhers.
Il am only telling you Of what happened
in Chicago. 50 you may be able to judge OF
what is bound to occur here, not that L
mean TO say that wagons will necessarily be
pnt on here in competition with the retail
butcher-shOps, because | hardly think 1t
viii be necessary 10 90 to such lengths.
But when Phil Armour, Nelson Morris,
Michael Cudahy and Gustavus +. Swift
pool their capita to drive local dealers out
Of market it is pretty safe to conclude
beforehand that the local dealers will be
a n n
Yes the company has agents out now
buying cattle and hogs for future delivery
and otherwise furthering the interests Of
the company on the coast.
Several wholesale dealers have already
agreed to close their slaughter houses and
buy their meat of the company just as soon
as the company IS ready TO begin deliver
ing it.
II can only give you the name of one Of
the firms al present. In view Of the fact
that it is the largest firm here it will be Of
interest TO the general public. The firm is
Miller 81 Lux
THE whole thing means simply this, the
exterminationIof the South San Francisco
butcher business.
why? Well. for number of reasons.
These people Oming in here have at their
command millions of doliaTs-amost I'M
limited capital-and the very finest appll-
ances, under patent, for the killing and
dressing of stock. and besides that they
Will have appliances and machinery for
the conversion Of all that the South San
Francisco people now throw into the bay
into marketable products.
the business at Baden does not mean
simply a neat business. 1t means the cree
ton and equipment Of q number Of large
factories for the purpose of using every
particle OF each animal Killed. Nothing
VIII be wasted.
The blood will be converted, by means
of patent process, into buttons, tie hides
are 10 be tanned and put on the market as
leather, the horns, hoOfs and bones Will be
made into glue, and The hair will be used
for various purposes. Even the bloody
water will be boiled down and reduced to
animal glucose.
IAN this and much more will be done
under patents held by the company, and of
course this will call for the employment of
much skilled labor and the outlay of vast
amount of capital. Some time must, how
ever, elapSe before all these things can be
done, but you can depend upon it that it
will all be done IN as short Time as posi-
bic. Let me say right here that all this
means great deal TO San Francisco.
1T means the cen terng OF the meat-pack-
ing business Of the Pacific Slope in this city.
the cattle, sheep and hogs raised this
side OF Omaha, which formerly went TO that
city, will be shipped here.
Agents are buying stock now for future
delivery, and in addition TO the Armour 81
Swift refrigerator. cars, now at Oakland, the
Southern Pacific Company is building others
as fast as possible TO accommodate the ex-
pected shipments. There are being built
both at Oakland and San Jose, immense
cold stOrehouses, and other arrangements
are being made to carry on the business on
large scale, resembling nothing this side
of Chicago.
by the outlay Of capital enough to oper-
ate all these other business enterprises,
which, in measure are all dependent upon
the fresh meat and packing business, tie
company for which | am agent is able to
raise the value Of all cattle killed at least 81
per head. which, when the great number of
cattle killed every day 10 ill up the demand
Of this city alone is taken into consideration.
will show the immense advantage the COM
paDy has over smaller dealers.
Much has been said of the advantage the
Eastern dealers have over those here in the
matter of fattening hogs. but we have
learned that il can be done just as well here
by substituting steamed barley or Egyptian
corn for the Indian corn used in the East.
About sixty men are at work In the can
merry at present. forty girls have been en-
gagged 10 begin work next week and the
force will be increased steadily until the
full capacity of the buildings now COM
provided is 300 But this must not be taken
for the total number of hands it Is pro-
posed TO employ. because other enterprises
will be set in motion as fast as the main
business increases sufficiently TO make them
practicable.
"All this may seem at the first glance a
little hard on the local dealers. but such is
not the case. The company can furnish
meat, dressed ready for the block Of the re-
taller. cheaper than those now killing their
own beef can possibly do; not only that,
but the company will furnish better meat of
all kinds than has yet been placed on the
market.
THAT will be done in this way: For a long
time experiments have been under way as q
means of deciding on what process, after
killing, meat must be subjected to In order
10 obtain the best results, and it has been
demonstrated that meat first subjected to an
icy draft and afterward to a temperature
very warm will keep better and better suit
the consumer than meat treated in any other
way.
THAT added to the fact that the meat
comes TO the j0bber cheaper, and conse-
Quently 10 the retailer and consumer at
lower rates, makes 1t apparent that the pro-
posed operations of the company. instead Of
working hardship TO the small dealers, will
be really for their good. and the city will
be benefited generally by the transfer of a
very large business from Omaha and other
cities to this place.
''Other concerns of like nature though Of
less magnitude will not be affected percep-
tably."
"l0w about the proposed meat war in
Oakland?' asked the reporter.
There is virtually no difference between
San Francisco and Oakland. so far as the
operations OF the company are concerned, as
all possible fields of competition Offering q
profitable business will be entered. | think.
however, that there is little prospect Of
such thing as a prolonged meat war here,
as the small dealers are too much alive to
their own interests not TO see the advantages
of entering the combine. over those Of a
long, protitless and in the end. to say the
least. doubtful ISSUE"
Mr.. Martin was unable TO say just when
the proposed war would be declared.
EDANX ISTT