The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-21
ny,cr or BrTcnEh's MEA II.

t"o", -, .,... 4, Ia 10 owe rcome Sbort-lived
S,,tir,s were prohunnh In American sugar.
ury' ,, patti transit. Consolidated Ice and
,'.,rnrolit,, street Railrond stocks hut the
saoovcrv from them was speedy and complete.
:, usr'css 70 deny that tho pubic Is moro
Jisnosod 10 buy than to sell. and. Mt oil events
,,,bo.u ms bought with n tenacity that
r,thirg can iinrnir. Even Consolidateu tas'
a., sortcr,bo- dividend UPON which has. con-
,o,ir r,t Icen earned. and will probably
"a ro.s,l altogether. has gone mp upon rc-
u,1 rpr,o-s that tho war ~ prices in which
,booor,r,ny Is engaged will shortly be brought
,,rcnd Unless something untoward. now
r,fo-ssoop hnppcns during the next four
IraoLs vo arc likely 10 have n strong and ris-
,rsnargat for tho rest Of the year.
THO oly,rco in the price Of butchers meat.
which has taken place within few days. Is an
event u far moro importance 70 the mass OF
o,rrc0plr than any WHICH could occur on tho
e,,,l Exchange. Whom stocks 70 up or down
only nvnry few persons gain or lose, but tho
consumers Of butchers meat are numbered
80 r,uti,rs Tho crv has hccn raised that the
,l,,rcc ia tho work 81 n trust. md Ia an eNtor-
,,,rot fustirrd 10y cithcr nm increased demand
=, , Incronsrd supply hut This IL not true. 1t
r,frnt as VOL be said that the advance in the
,-ir. NJ iron Is the result OF artllce. whereas.
IN reality tho demand for the metal has 80 out
.,, tbc ability OF manufacturers to SIMPLY 10
tlo+ ir,portnnt undertakings surh as the con-
,,rurtian o' ships and tho erection OF new
rntldinga. have had e. be suspended. to allow
tie manufacturers 10 catch mp with the full
rNmont of their contracts.
Like too the advance in the price OF iron.
That in III, price Of butchers meat IA n proof OF
,ho increased activity Of the country's indus
tri.s md tho consequent increased ability OF
those engaged in them to spend money. BY
All economists the kind and amount Of food
consumed hv nation Ia accepted as fair in
Glcntion NJ It's material prosperity In semi
civilized India and China, for example. animal
food Is srarinGly used. and In India beef Is
under religious ban ns pork Ia among Jews
and Moham medans Even on the continent OF
Throne the rrnsantry md the less ell-paid
artisans do rot eat butchers meat every day.
nndoitrn not more thar once n week. How the
potato formed a few years ago. tha staple diet
ofthe Irish people. the famine caused by the
otato rat in 1910 is a terrible proof. and the
tory Ia still current, OF the Irish emigrAnt to
his country, who wrote homo only that he ate
meat three times week. for fear that his
friends would not believe him, II he told them
that he ate II every DAY.
In England. until the beginning OF this CEN
tury. animal food rrelomnated in the diet OF
the people and wheaton bread was almost the
n
kingdom The lan1ues described By Sir Wal
ter Scott N IrIDboe, and his other novels Of tho
tar,e pcrind consisted only Of va rious kinds of
nca, and game. Samuel Pepys In his famous
drrr, Whenever he records tho bill OF fare NJ n
dhnrror n suprcr. mentions only beef mutt
ton. fowls and game. and DR. Johnson 3 famous
definition OF oats, "a kind Of grain fed In Eng
land to horses and in Scotland to men," illus
trates the habits OF his countrymen and their
contempt for vogctarians Tho quantity also
oianima food consumed in England at a meal
was enormous Pppys. writing In 1000 OF n
dinner for himself and his wife my father
my uncle Fenner his two sons, Mr. Pierce
and all their wives. and my brother Tom
thirteen persons says that he gave them Z" n
dish Of marrow homes a leg OF mutton n 10.
Of veal; dish Of fowl: three pullcts and n
dozen OF larks all in a dish: n crent tnrt. n
meats tongue: n lish OF apchoyies. n dish ~
prawns. and cheese" and he COMPLAINS, a few
years later. that. when he "dined ut Sir W.
TENS only with Mrs. Turner and her hus-
hard ,bsv hal ,o,hi,g hut a ynrieon r.s,,
aieg Of mutton and pullet or two Dr. John
sons voracity is also notorious. and his host,
the brewer Thrale. died Of his excuses in eat
ing Jonathan Swift In his Introduction to
Polite Converfation." written early in the
eighteenth century, describes an imaginary
number 81 guests nine, and the bill Of fare
oysters: a sirloin OF beef fish n vonison nasty
tongue: roasted pigeons; SCUM: n puIIet: A
black pudding; hare; ham, chicken, Jelly; a
goose cartridges and cheese.
1t is no wonder that the prevalence OF this
manner Of living. COUPLED with tho excessive
use OF ale. wine and spirits should have mnde
govt common disease in England. and npo-
rIexy frequent cause Of death II also ex.
plains why hood-lcttin was so favnrite n
remedy with the medical faculty. and WHY they
practised It uron some Of their patients repu-
larry every spring. as a precaution against the
danger Of an oyorfull habi. Of body On tho
other hand. the stimulus afforded nv animal
food made the Fnglishmen stout opbters
and 80 late as half century aro Sir Tbomaa
Brasscy. the great English railway contractor.
discovered. when he was building n railroad In
the North OF France that English ..nnvviea -
fed on beef and beer, could do throe tim "a ths
hard work in day that couId bo cor out ~
French loborcrs who lived on broad and onions
and thin wine
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