The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-11
,ATING HORSE MEAT.
| .,.c1,ce rsA1 IS GROWING AND IS
pRA''' WELL SUPPORTED.

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a IN rorelDl' Manner
"a Vienna cheap restauran's
Pans ans, aI horse meat for other kinds OF
|ubstl'u',e neat n as a matter OF course
butchers n a" in Paris, where the ad'
iitDer'O ~ horses meat as a regular
Fsn'as y nils of fare have been KNOWN
gem . on S' the siege of Paris, restaurants Is
fVef l s,nV 70 publish the fact that they are
Psslia'' II - 10 their customers for fear OF
FerVlns LAR y preiudice. Yet just as oleo-
(he pOp" "o i infinitely better than genu-
Pa' sattpr Of a poor quality, so ordinary
ne Du''e Quit Is better for health and Ma
[s oi' tban meat from cattle sold ior INC
- Il the poorer classes = .,;vo
Pss Tra n r people abroad lean % i've
Inc Inc, without meat A drive on a
a asScO omnibus, who seemed to 20 a
0nuO ~ intelligence and thrift, told the
n 'i,0 - that he could afford meat only
~. i,'' Or twice a week. The poorer classes
nr o' y. and Vienna are forced by the
y, p nrices to go without meat. In Paris
~ ~ cnstom of using horse meat has made
|. oOSsible for all the poorer classes VINO
'.ro 10 do heavy labor to obtain a suit-
t;sUtamount Of nourishing animal food
Horses meat differs from beef IN be-
l.a slightly coarser in grain and having
| slightly richer flavor. Its quality
['.turaIlv depends on the age OF the
[ssst As a rule, even though it may be
foupher, the meat is far safer to eat
lSa0 beef While the herds OF cattle
lscb wear are producing among them
[elyes more tuberculous infection, horses
Lavo little chance to communicate tu-
Iorculosis or any other disease to one
mother. because they are seldom kept
llOsely together. The diet of horses hts
|bem for food purposes even more than
lows, and infinitely moro than swine or
boultry.
The business of slaughtering horses
|or their meat is undoubtedly on the in
krease in the United States because a
|arre market has opened in Europe for
horse meat, especially when it is canned.
fbe Germans are eating it, though un-
konsciously, in the form of sausage.
An unknown amount comes back to
america as canned meat, and not i'm
probably forms a staple item of diet in
IN public or private institutions where
eeding by contract is carried on. That
bis industry will rapidly increase is
ertain from the fact that horses are be-
cming cheaper and more abundant. The
rms out west can better afford to feed
orses with their grain if they can sell
|he horses for their meat.
The result will be that if horses come
largely into the market as a food prod
)a the younger horses will be killed off
efOre they are years old to save the
Expense of longer feeding them. This
pill do away with the last real reason
ganst the use Of horse meat-that only
I'd and feeble horses are used.
A great gain will be made in prevent
pg the constant production Of lame or
PEBBLE horses by drivers. Just as soon as
horse becomes little past his best
frength and speed the owners will sell
hem off to butchers. just as ordinary
pws and oxen are sold. The horse for
irving and teaming will be then q
puch finer animal through a genuine
survival of the fittest.
The business troubles in the United
tates and the increasing number of
nwithout employment are emphasiz-
g The fact that every possible factor
lust be utilized to make living cheaper
no better for the poorer classes. Meat
labor cannot compete with labor fed
nceor macaroni. But meat fed labor
Fcomplishes better work.
rev people realize how rigidly the
Mosaic law, largely discarded even
uOns jews, holds among the people at
re- on account of distinctions made
Inc laws OF Moses between animals
eau and unclean many animals, on ac-
al' Oh some peculiar arrangement of
si ieet' have been denied to the use
mankind as food. The one excep-
%s pork which is perhaps the most
y, ,or iood OF all meat ON account of
ui'ny habits and feeding Of most
oilsntais decline to eat camel meat.
vSsl THIS also is finding its way to
~, ~ larger amounts every year.
sy KINDS OF wild animals and birds
!. us'lked from some similar preiu.
-. ,0ainivorous animals must al.
!, 70 discarded because of their fond.
,ui carbon. Horses, however. are
ngdom. '"' en''re animal
clo.o, oillo Wnen horses were
mI o.; associated with man in all
- anu Sua Progress that simple affection
jns I I;,' rendered the idea of butch.
tho u repugnant. But now the era
placa %V' 50, has passed. The bicycle has
apoo t ~ 'ne saddle horse, the motor
81 of , we buggy and stage, and the
|rse Is 'oO'il IN city life has made a
6st S - = pet no longer practicable.
butc1 seswill be exterminated if used
Jan tSas s.i meat is no more possible
B fut"r . c s or sheep will be. And
ktersS i =. breeds of horses in America.
but ~ the continuous killing off Of
hi 10 Ie strongest and most beautiful
(ss % Mighty improved. New York
o,. Music For the Sick.