The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-09
BRITISH IN REVOLT
THEY ARE OPPOSED TO METHODS
OF OUR BEEF EXPORTERS.
Protest Against an Attempt to Abolish
the Allowance for Shrinkage in
Transit and in Cutting Up.

LONDON, Jan. SAN important and
largely attended meeting, called by the
meat and cattle section of the London
Chamber of Commerce. was held in Memoir
ial Hall tonight The meeting was the out
come of the long agitation of the London
meat dealers against the attempt of Amer
lean shippers to abolish the customary trade
allowance of a pound in every quarter OF
meat to compensate for the lose by shrink
age in transit and in cutting up which is
regarded as the thin end of a wedge aiming
to capture the control of the London market.
Sir Albert K. Roilit, president of the cham
Der, presided. He said there was not
sound reason for the proposed change, which
meant a loss of 100000 to London and
Fl oG0,O yearly to the whole country. That
was not the worst aspect of the matter
The trade felt that it was the beginning of
disastrous changes The American shippers
might soon insist on weighing meat at I-iv-
erpool or on weighing several parcels to-
gether, and the benefit would go to the for
egners. He believed that the change would
ultimately mean creation here OF rings,
monopolies and corners that would crush
out small dealers Great Britain wanted
none of these things-rings and sugar SEN
ators--from whom the United States suf-
fered. Some people had attempted to do
in the State of New York what was
threatened here and were only prevented
by special legislation. This matter was one
in which the whole community was inter-
ested. There was no occasion to the I'M
portaton of meat, but there was injury to
the food supply of the country to be placed
in the hands of those who were confed-
crates for their own advantage. These men
were already debating to the trade and
seeking to control it from Chicago. Ihey
decline to allow other people to make these
advances and refuse to trade with those
who did. It was a clear case of exclusive
dealing. Sir Albert pointed out what had
happened in America and spoke against
be sent cheaper from America to London
than from the north of Scotland. The
dealers organization was powerful and the
Chamber OF Commerce would assist them
in an end aavor to put a reasonable case
before Parliament
Resolutions in accordance with the view
expressed by the president of the Chamber
of Commerce were adopted.
porters have refused to supply meat to
statesmen who made the usual trade allow
ance on American meat to retailers. Some
of the Spea kers at the meeting had stories
and of retail shops opened in London and
the provinces. which they maintained,
pointed to the formation of a meat ring in
England, dominated from Chicago. The
Americans to force their peculiar trading
methods on England, but anyway the at
tempt should be carefully watched"
In an editorial the Telegraph says: The
controlled in Chicago ought to arouse the
patriotic impulse in the breast of every
meat eater in the kingdom America fortu-
nately is not the only country from which
The attempt to the market will al
most certainly end in disastrous failure