The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1895-11-07
NO NEED For HORSE MEAT.
Americans Have an Abundance OF Other
%r Animsl Food at Pressnt.

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Americans Have an Abundance OF Other
- Animsi Food at Present.
The National Proyisioner has been
asked by numerous friends and patrons
20 squarely define its position on the
question of horse meat as human food.
We should think that our position on
the subject was well known by this
Time, but those who know us best
know very we'll that IL is no part Of
Dur policy TO ''straddle" any question
which comes up of common interest to
the trade, and we have not done so in
the case of horse meat As the organ
however, of the meat and provision in.
dustries, it may, perhaps, be we'll at the
start of this new industry to make an
ok cathedra statement, as il were, an6
put ourselves on record before the
press and our readers in every part OF
the world as being unalterably and
unqualitiedly opposed TO horse meat as
food for human beings, no matter
whether it comes from old, broken
down, diseased car horses or young
FLIES.
There is no need or cause for any
American to eat horse meat Such q
pleasure should be left to the citizens
Of those countries where legitimate
meats and meat products are regarded
as luXuries, and are so to a great ex
tent because American meats are shut
out
Aslong as three or four states Of thu
great country kill more cattle, hog,
and sheep yearly than the whole coun.
try can consume, and even, in the ad
justmcnt of supply and demand, al
lows us to do Il large export trade
there seems no occasion why we should
resort to horse meat.
II there is necessity for lower
prices, then let u raise more cattle
etc Should this not be practicable OF
profitable then let MS remove the bar
rierS which. in the shape of a protec-
tive duty, keep out foreign meats and
let prices find a lower level by COMPETE
ton. We do not see, however, that
the per capita cost Of meat consump.
ton in America is relatively higher
than in other countrieS-in fact, we
think an investigation would show it
TO be lower, and, therefore, we do not
see that a necessity for lower prices
exists here when beef sells at price
equal per pound TO six per cent. only Of
he cheapest day labOrers' wages,
while in Germany and France the pur-
chase of pound Of beef will absorb
fifty per cert. to seventy-fve per cent.
Of day laborer's wages.
The Argentine Republic and Aus
!ralia will be glad to supply any de-
iciency we may have. The latter
country can lay down her frozen and
refrigerated beef in London at six and
teven cents respectively. This is one
md one.half cents below the average
price we get for our meats, but the
igureS show that should necessity
aver arise we could draw a sufficient
supply of beef from that country,
sven with the twenty per cent. duty.
1t is a peculiar circumstance, and
one perhaps worthy Of notice here,
that while the governments of
European countries insist on the most
rigid inspection, microscopic and other.
wise, of American pork and beef prod
uts, they accept, without any form of
inspection whatever, horse meat Of
every kind from the defunct omnibus
nag of Fifth avenue to the bucking
broncho of the plains. The old saying
pearls to swine" may have its Apo
STIFFNESS, but it is disappointing indeed
to find countries, which to all intents
and purposes turn up their noses at the
best meats in the world, and which,
under the guise of fostering home
agriculture, place such an embargo on
foreign imports as to increase the re-
tail price of meat to fifty cents a
pound, rcvcrting to horsefesh as a
substitute The National Provisioner.