The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1895-04-06
ORSEMEAT As FOOD
)uggestion by IN American
Consul In Germany.
|PRxIna TO AMERICAN PACKERS

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WARRINGTON, April 3.-Ons Of thu
most strikin. novelties In the reosnt
eo0snlar mall resolved at the STATE do
Eeartment 10 the deliberate recommends
stieu oi . unitsd States easssi that
Amsricaa packers shosld sas, ihsis =,
Ssntica 70 shipping borss6ssh 70 Ger
many.
L In view 81 the prohibition Of Ger.
man markets 70 Americas cattle, there
h another direction toward which Amer.
lean packers might yell turn their II.
tso,ion. That y the preparation aud
sails of hosssmeat."
This il the opening paragraph OF . 70.
port just received from Consul Edward
W. y. fingie At Brunswick. Germany.
Mr.. Tingis adds:
while exact statistics on tho con-
sumption Vi horsefiosh arc difiicuit u
obtain il seems almost ~ great - that
of bcef AMI mutton In the large cities oi
Germany. In smaller cities. whcrs
there IL some prujudics against horse
meat, tho consumption 10 sbout Que
third of thai Of brcf, bat in those places
shr use OF hors~mcat 10 growing daily.
lts consumers ass exclusively vi the
poorer classes, but they comprise nine
iraIL. Of the consumers oi the country.
Beef aud other first.eiasa meats cost
from Is cents 10 rs eeais prs pound in
Germany, and are cut of tho reach oi
the average woskinsnan. Who receives
IS orn,s OF 81 per day"
The demand Tor hofs~m~At In Ger
man. has grown 10 such al extent that
IL 10 t~xinbihg Ia lie difficult 10 sappiy
u. and this 10 - hrsr the opportunity Tor
American packers comes In, according
to Mr.. ftnSiS. Formerly the Germ an
batehrf had little difficult. Ia pso< asins
Tor slaughter horses which uerc either
worn oat OF In iur~d - - 10 br worth.
Ices. bas the supply of this class oil AMI.
mails 10 atout exhausted, and hors-s for
butrhrring nor cost from et5 10 $50,
where formerly thry coald br had iof
from Is TO tio. The cons~lucnrr 10 tha,
Just ~ people b-cosi,- attached 10 hofsc.
meat, the baish-fs and they must raise
thsir prices. Nj. rinxle sdds;
"iiorees can 10 raised In che United
States much sl.rApcr than cattle. They
can he slaughtered by any Of tho Ancri-
can pa King hous~s - easily - cattle
AMI they can 10 shipped siivc asIoss
tho 50 much more easily than cattle.
and can 10 sold ssihss On Tbs hooi "
ds~s~ei II price esssainiy greater than
erwin CENTS pcs pound. The meat 10
roasum~t In Germany In both salt~i
and s..,ok-d state. With tho astonish.
tngly rapid disnv- Of hor.~s In America
their rat.ing. especially In the West. /.
iat from tcing the pfoa,abie Industry u
has br~n. The rAnrhmAn. however. Ga
makc the raising Of hoss~s fos food prof.
liable. Why should he not do iiT The
suby-srt 10 Of tuo-iold interest 10 the
American packer. uhosr brri and bcei
ptvJacis arc nov excluded from the
German market. and 10 tho horsc raiser.
~bos~ invested capital brings him In
very unsatisfactory returns. The ps~ia-
dtr- against eating hors~meai 10 NJ gr~es
In our osn country that thrsc will prob
aiy never t,r = demand Tor inca, oil this
Kind, bat ihese Il no reason Why Amer.
can hackers and ranchmra should not
take advantage Of tho existence Of dit.
frt~nt slate ot thtpss In other countries
tn tound ~hAi can b. made . very prof.
t'ahlc tndu'tsy and extensive export
trade"