The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-06
OUR TRADE WITH BRITAIN.
Great Increase in Receipts of Chilled
Beef and Pork at Liverpool.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.--Consul Boyle, in
report on the trade of Liverpool with the
United States, says that the past year has
been the best in history for trade in
American products in that district and there
is every reason to believe that it will con-
tinue to grow There has been very ma
terial decline, however, in trade generally
at Liverpool during recent years. He also
says: Canadian competition with the
United States in this market in meat corn
provisions and fruit has developed greatly
during the past year, and threatens to be
keener in the future. The most noteworthy
phase of the trade in American beef is the
great increase in the Importation of chilled
meat, but there is undoubtedly a great
change in this regard and many buyers and
sellers claim that the American chilled beef
IS equal, if not superior, to the meat of
American cattle slaughtered here. The
chilled meat trade is increasing enormously
and there is growing conviction that in
the course of few years it will almost en-
tirey take the place of American meat
brought on the hoof.
American meat is often sold as English;
indeed, the choice cuts of American beef are
preferred by many of the large butchers to
the best English cuts. Experts say that
English cattle are depreciating in value and
quality, one reason being that animals are
now being slaughtered at two years old, in
stead of four years, as formerly. Not only
is the trade IN chilled Deel increasing IN
vast dimensions but there is a large and
increasing trade in fresh chilled pork. 1t
is a fact not generally known here to those
outside the trade that most of the pork pies
which are a staple article Of food of the
English working class, are made from fresh
chilled American pork. American mutton is
not making Roadway, largely because it Is
fattened too quickly. There is good demand
for American bacon and hams and, pro-
Vided they come mild and not too fat, there
is every prospect of increasing sales; they
should not be smoked. The fact that Amer
lean cheese on this market is being dis
placed by Canadian is becoming more and
more apparent. On inquiry from reliable
sources | am told that this is principally
owing to the method of manufacture, which
is spoken of here as being radically wrong;
and assuming that the American factory
men generally wish to compete for the Eng
lish trade the sooner they set about altering
the style of manufacture the better. The
outlook for the apple trade here is good, as
the crop is very short shorter even than
was anticipated a month ago. Experimental
shipments of tomatoes have been made to
this country from the United States, but
so far have proved failure.
1.-The iron and steel trade has been par
ticularly good during the past year especial
ly i'm machine tools. The sale of American
bicycles has increased enormously in this
district during the past year An Ameri-
can bicycle of the highest grade could until
recently be bought for $25 cheaper than an
English bicycle of the same grade. So keen
has the competition become that within the
last month (September) there has been a
great tumble in the prices of English BIZ
cycles"