Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-23
VAR ONB[[F COMBINE
The New York Retail Butchers Will
Establish Their Own Slaughter
Houses.
Plenty Of Capital to Back the En-.
terprise The Packers Not
Alarmed
John D. Rockefeller Said to Be
Backing the Gotham Butchers
Project.

Gay says: New YORK putcae1s, eo-op-
Grating with the retailers In the other
large cities have decided to fight the
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itpleeely seVerlhs thelr BUSINESS 1eia-
tions with the "big five the Armour.
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ihose pacR OF tnls glsaHtlc enter-
prise estimate that they VIII De able TO
raise at once from $15,000000 to $20,000.-
600 to carry 1t QUE, and they are conf
dent that later they can get as many
millions more as may be necessary.
John D. Rockefeller is named as one
of the capitalists who may put large
sums of money into the fight to down
the beef trust.
The Chicago packers, 1t was an
nounced from that city last night, as
sert that 1t will be impossible for the re-
tailers to carry out the plan. They de-
clare the Chicago packers have options
on all of the available cattle on the
western ranges. thus completely cor
nering the supply Men back of the an
ti-trust movement. however, hold that
1T would be impossible for the Chicago
packers to corner the supply.
subscriptions for 100000 to build in
dependent slaughter houses in New
York have been received and it is as
serted that the antitrust establishment
to supply this city will be in full OPP
GRAFTON by next January.
The foregoing outline of one of the
most gigantic antitrust fights ever I'M
dertaken was given at meeting of the
New York Retail Butchers Association
last night. About eighty members of the
association were present and they
cheered loudly when several speakers
| declared that the retailers and the pub
| lie would not much longer be at the
mercy of the beef trust.
Those interested in the plan to es-
| tablish an independent slaughter house
We're surprised at the enthusiasm with
1 which the idea was approved by the as
ISOLATION. Their announcement that
| shares would be sold for 800 each was
| followed by hundreds of subscriptions.
| In order to make the affair cooperative
it was explained that no one subscriber
would be allowed to take more than
/ twenty shares.
/ When it became apparent that the
i members We're unanimously in favor OF
the plan, the meeting at once took up
the details. 1t was decided to build an
4 Independent slaughter house in New
York, instead OF Jersey City, and a
large plot of land insLong Island CITY
was offered to the association for SEQ
900. George Wagner, A. Guttfriend and
John Wagner were appointed as a spe-
cial committee to take charge of the
plan, to inspect proposed sites and to
look after the subscriptions. This COM
mittee will take up it's work at once and
Will report back to the association in a
few days. AS soon as this report is act
| ed upon the work of constructing the
4 packing house here will begin.
1T is the plan to raise from 81 o0o mr.
to $1,000. 600 for the local establishment,
but the subscriptions already received
insure the carrying out of the project
AS soon as a site is selected nlans 70,
the buildings will be adopted and work
will begin Several leaders In the on :
terprise said the new indenanden,
house would surely be in operation the
first of next year.
George j. Losier, prominent mem.
Der of the association. was able to give
other members a definite idea of The
way in which general fight apains,
the trust could be carried on. He ha,
lust returned from Philadelphia wher,
1 the retail butchers had agreed TO stanf
4 by the New York retailers in the fight
!. Mr. Losier said that the Philadelnhi.
: Retail Butchers, Association had raised
c 100000 TO establish Independent
: slaughter houses in Boston. Buffalo
: Cincinnati, Cleveland. st. Louis and al
e of the principal cities of the country
: lone reason why Mr.. Rockefeller ma,
: ltake a prominent part in the fight wa
explained last night. is that Cudahy
: one of the .big five, gave the Standa p,
: Oil magnate a great deal of trouble i,
: the oil business a few wears ago. M,
: Rockefeller.s friend intimated 10 M,