New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-25
A MILLION TO START WITH.
RETAIL BUTCHERS SUBSCRIBE THAT
MUCH TO FIGHT THE BEEF TRUST.
HOPE TO RAISE 100000 SOON AND OPEN
THEIR ABATTOIRS ON COOP
FRATIVE PLAN

Several hundred butchers and their wives went 10
Fort George last night 70 attend the annual outing
OF the Retail Butchers Protective Association
Early in the evening the Executive Committee met
and formulated plans for the fight against the
big Five" or Beef Trust The committee will
make a report AZ special meeting Of the associa
tim IN he held on Tuesday Al No 9l5 Eighth-ave..
when II is believed the formation Of the contem-
plated cooperative company will he accomplished
The members of the Executive Committee VINO
met last night Arnold Gutfrend. Meyer
Bloch George j. Loeser, Sebastian Stock. Charles
rabnan George Kahn William Zeiger. Adolph
Miesel and Louis Wagner president OF the asso-
citation.
After the session Mr. Kahn and President Wag-
ner told ~ what had been done They SAID II nan
seen decided recommend the raising OF lunu
~ 100000 or this sum 49, 900 is 70 be raised oy
the retailers themselves and S2,V0o" oy popuia'
subscription AZ 81 a share. with MAXIMUM no,'-
ing nv any one person OF twenty shares. Nnen the
committee went into session It had pledged SUD-
scrintons Of s7On 400 When II finished TINS mao oe'
Increased 10 81 no President wagner sai' tHele
WAS no doubt whatever that the entire Se""" Will
be quickly raised by the retailers IN Ne"-io'A 49,"
alone The remaining 100000 IT Is Intended 10
s,..o.o - - customers small merchants, labor
organisations and others who are opposed 10
,rus,s Some NJ the retailers have as many as
FIVE hundred customers. and many OF tnese 10"
already asked permission 10 subscribe 70 sum
stock. - ~
Nv comparing notes the members Of the tx
.cutivs Committee decided that they pei''"''
krev, Of men who would take k"pV" Oh "'i' p ~
D., s.o.L President Wagner said tie ASSOCIATION
would confne us efforts for the present 70 ."S
CITY taking in the five boroughs ne sd'" ~ 10"
conferred with stock raisers ana their reP'e'
tives and was assured that enough STOCK 10 me-
the demand for beef BY this city will ne iurrsu'
Nothine has yet been done to prevent ra'e as
+,o,s nv tho railroads. but President wax
or said no had been assured by stock rsisers tnst
he need anticipate no trouble from TINS sour
when his company assumes tangible shape anu ~
comes really formidable. ,,.. ..
Mr. Kahn says the retailers are no" jus ,o,L
soil their meats at an average ranging rom I-1-
cer,s IN u cents pound. When the ne" company
gets into the field ne hopes TO see the price cut
from cents to "a. cents on the average
president Wagner says the local agents OF the
pig Five" meet in this city every Mohoay mo"
ing and arbitrarily fix the price 70 De chd' gu ~
the week He says It is not regulated oS '"s
-, -o,ditions but BY caprice. whms ana
avarice." 49,. -,
wagner also declared that about 70 per cent OF
the slaughtered beef Is available for 1000 supply
and the rest has be disposed OF tor various Nse
hut little is lost. He says this city Is Ho'e 80
oblv situated FOR the profitable disposition OF TINS
product than any Of the Western cities ne say
ca+tla can he shipped here and more economleaHy
slaughtered and placed the market than IN any
orheT CITY in the country. -. .houa ora
- ia asserted by the retailers that there al 9
ayaiIsbIe mere for the new aoattoirs more nan an
e. roc thousand men who have been coHlSIeS ~
49, caIses 10 leave the butcher busnes ahu eet
80 other avocations. Wagner says the numerous
rasnonses 10 advertisements for help oy the putSu
ers nrove that these men-most OF whom are mshiy
skilled-will quickly return 70 the trace. -.
W+ban asked what truth there was IN the rumoII
that Iohn D. Rockefeller. William c. whitney ana
orher great capitalists had offered hep 70 nsht tne
trust Wagner said committee was now trying 20
meet MI Rockefeller but he is out OF the city ana
a'bat Mr. Whitney intended TO do. He says a
number OF wealthy cattle men have agreed 10 come
| forward the moment the venture takes tangible
| sbane and take large blocks Of the stock.
| President Wagner said the Executive Committee
| would not vet recommend site but that ma
FORTY of the members favor four blocks that have
| nronhesied that the big Five" would be asking
| for terms in very short time.
] both President Wagner and Mr.. Kahn laughed
ar tho claim OF the trust that II has To pay more
for cattle now. and that this Is the cause or the
/ -ise In the prices ~ its meats Both say the
stock raisers complaining bitterly that they are
| getting none OF the benefit Of the higher meat
| nrices but that on the contrary, they are AZ the
mercy ~ the trust. which. they say, Is scaling
| down the prices for stock.
/ 4 butcher from Yonkers who was present said
/ the trust was all powerful in towns Ike Yonkers.
! Sing sing etc He asserted thar the price or
| meat Is axed there every Monday morning by the
gents who operate the trust branches. ana tnat II
| is not regulated IN any way by the prevalent
| ker conditions.