The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-25
Biz Beef Combine Breaks-Cheap
Meat the Result.
Prices Have Been Cst in Two ana
soa NJ In the Cafted Siates-A
Flooded Market the Casse-nsfeh-
ers Say They Hedseed Prices In
the Iaserests Of sweet Clarity.

Beef VIII be cheap In Dawson for many
months TO eoros- So greatly has ere Enz<-
kst been overlooked that prices will go
down ard down an1iI they viii probably lie
~ low as IN Seattle. Fer IL IL predicted
that there are now f. the Yukon city st
ieas. 20 carEasses more than will be con-
E3ned far nnany naxfns. This EGnabsr
VIII he left over a. the tine the BOT wealth
or Of July and August will have arrived,
during which besf c4nnot Do preserved.
Already tie beef trust which has hesd
sway over the yukon during the past year
n srnAshed. The combination Nrowa as
the Associated Butchers has fallen 20
pieces. There n a war On. war THAI h8s
already cist the price CT meat IL fwo, and
which, II 10 believed. will lead 70 greater
reductions. Elkar d Co have threatened
10 sell at any prfea 10 dispose Of fEaaf
stock. ard Pat Calvin. who las 80 car
caAses. has issued q statement thas he VIII
neu AZ cents fer pound less than any
other butcher. Even COW the Wholesale
price OF sides has gore from - cents per
resnd 10 % cents. ard the retail price Of
Join steak from 81 per pound 10 50 cents.
vita every other Kind OF cut in proper
ton.
Blu, these butchers are Diplomats. pos
seszing more suavity than batebsrs are
usually credited with. They are trying to
make the public believe that they have
named the price ia meet the wants u many
UP the cry OF poverty in Dawson. siecjar-
ing that they have reduced prices 80 that
the persons unable to purchase meat may
now fnd IL within taair means. For Ia
stance, PAT Calvin has published this
statement In the kIoad.ke M.Aer OF Friday.
December ls:
do II for Charity.
THE attention Of the managers OF the
Pat Calvin meat market having been call
n fsxr
b. the committee soliciting aid. they at
once contributed $50 In meats for TIA re-
sf Of HE psor They .srsa have al.o been H.
important reductions in the price Of their
meats AZ an additional method OF helping
Sns ing. pssss # q . s and 70
reach cf everybody. AZ the company. has
Over 10 head OF cattle here ard large
stores u fresh meat ar Stewart river and
ypn seIkirk. the importanee or their re-
ddctson n prices may be properly essi-
mAtsd. About the first Of January Mr.
asR b. y. r. ont Se.se the .s zee Win sns .n
Acient supply Of meats Tor all next year.
II = probable that the action Of these
En- p T pssss 2. ne s' EYER a sss he
effo prevailing"
Considering thai Pa. Calvin has been az
the head Of the Associated Butchers. and
that he csaid have broken the high prices
at any tine he chose 10 do 80. this an
S1IEEEAHIk IL 631s3IFFt8 very Gf1E.
Here IL aso;her announcement from
Hales a yroom, VINO now esny that they
sTs aesenxsa 10 the beef combine.
Having secured ever 80 brad OK sspe-
riar cattle that were formerly 10 the bee.
combine. ws are now prepared 10 sell meats
ksss viii cUnvtrce yua OF The truth ST this
staternsnt. We with 70 state that We
never belonged 70 The beef combine. for
the very good reason that We do not be.
iseve Ia tie riaeh method of doing bust
mesa or In mnnopoIiss Give ia a trial or
der and ven viii become rssular custom
er We sell al meats at sixteen ounces TO
the pound, Yours for. square dealing,
Elonalke Maffes, near the bridge. Dawson
ard kionilke Market. Aoore's heiei build
Ina. Grand Fnrks''
Such Ii the condition in whiah tbs ALL
powerful meat trust now finds Itself. The
chief firms comprising the Associated
Butchers vera Tat Calvin. t.se Eikar meat
market. the North American Trading ard
Transportation Company aad rardus &
Burns.
Have Made Thousands.
''rasve nrms have made thousands ara
thousands of dollars said W. M Rude.
Of I<ang Greek. Or. who came down on ina
Ferallsn. Their prices for beef have been
away up beyond the cost Of getting meat
IN but the trouble has now come. and the
trust r broken
RudGo 10 cattiezuan himself. having
taken In 100 head aiIve ever the Dalton
trail las. summer so Dawsor, where he
sold At 50 esnss per pound Wholesale, taere-
by clearing Is cents per pound.
They VIII threw SIX or seven hundred
careasses ~ the Yukon r!Ses before next
fall continued Mr.. Rusio. '~rhe KIow-
elke district consumes ahaut ioA carcsss@s
per month. which would make es vsr.~ sea
eatcn ny next August. The Trns .nd.e can
not be kept. 4af yea caarot preserve b~ey
In that country during The hot weather
THIS vii snesa an immense less. especially
20 Gaivtn ard .ha NofEa American Trad
sns and Tfars portstton CognaaHy. ~ The
present prices a carcass az 40 pounds is
worth, wholesale SEQ 80 Il may be seeu
that the toss or - bead wtn mean yas Sc
Bat they can stand Il. for they have naads
fnera money than tfsat.
Many Ceata Net Purchase.
'fseef hex been 50 high in Dawson. prices
heing kept rp by she cfsa eins. thai mary
persena could mex purchase e. There IS
not a great teal 81 money on TIE yasoa
now. Millions or dollars have beez sakea
out during the summer aad fab Hun
dreas a. persons have been uaahie to ses
beet. sud have feuhs Il necessary - 1--we
on canned goa<is Tie rsdaeslaa has been
made because The market Il eser=tackea.
AL the talk about lowering prices ~ les
,he destitute pccrle set something 20 eat
- nonsense. Prices have tsaeD reduced Pc
cause they baa Is eus. on, there's natu <
70 DE 4 snsrry tine ausoas thesa butchers.
wouldn't Re ST al SURPRISED 10 iRara K1as
meat was eearg so3A fe< cents pes eaamsl
Ia tew months ALREADY shey are selling
at wholesale reor Beef. Asssk heeg. f5r q
esgss per pound.
Tae latest price ast % 1se cNsnhsne vxas
issued ssci0s0r -. eppy ~ which Mr..
Rgtte brought with Nifs. Tho Yrv&ers
prizes are fast about eneessaif TIE iiss
which aasS Re es Interest - lovers ~ b1ef
IS IS fellows:
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