The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-03-31
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they almost touch, YOU may have some Idea
OF a freezing chamber,
suppose We enter. How cold II is The
temperature Is s degrees above zero. The
sheep put I'm three DAYS ago are already rs
hard rs stone, Tap one of the carcnsse-.
The sound * Ike tap on drum head.
Take Que down and rest u on the floor; II
is so slin that II stands alone. II feels Ike
Ice. My fingers freeze MS | take notes and
we are glad Ia get out.
We now 70 on into the chambers I'm which
the frozen mutton Is stored. They are
equally cold The carcnsses have been put
into bags of white cotton and they are
stacked up like cord wood. They are now
ready for the ship and the cars VIII carry
thrown into trouEh-lkc chutes ana viii
slide down into the hold, not TO come out
Of the shin until they are landed In London.
The By-produets.
After look at the freezing machinery
which the manager tells MS Is American, we
20 on TO othor branches of the establish
ment to see the by products, In one place
they are canning sheep tongues 10 he
shipped all over the world. The output Is
about 5000 tongues a day and the tongues
sell for 20 cents "A can In une-pound cans.
The cooking IS done In great watts In which
the water Is kept hot by steam pipes.
The white tongues bob up and down in
the boiling water and the bare.armed men
take them out from time to time with
pltclaorks ana put others in their places.
Blood Money for Americans.
In another room we SEQ them rendering
tat. in another they are taking care OF the
shepherds and in others they are pulling
wool from the skins and spreading 1t out
to dry. A curious department is that
where the blood and bones are turned into
fertilizer. The blood is roasted in a great
cylinder several hundred feet long. On the
floor OF the factory Is pile OF blood as
big as 4 small hagstac6, H. smells IKE
ammonia. and our eyes water as we look.
This blood Is very valuable for manure.
For a lonS time 10 went 10 waste IN most
nj the factories Of New Zealand, wh"n a
couple of Americans came down ana made
contract for the rrodul1. me NeN~leh-
lunders sUou saw tnat the1 Wets settlhS
rich out Of their blood money, ana they
concluded 90 have che profit themselves, so
when me time came f6r the renewal Of the
contract thry refused, ana now ms and
the other hy products OF the factory pay, /
am told, about III oi me sAPenses OF us
operation and management
Among the Factory Hands.
As we walk through the works a. the
manager to give me s9me Idea Of wages.
lie replies that they range from SlD a
day upward and that for a day Of eight
hours. The men come to tue factory at 5
a. m.. and they leave az M. taking
an hour OF for dinner, ihe! haVe in al
ditiou 10 this what are called smokers.
These are reeesses OF ten minutes twice
. dny for a smoke The foreman axes the
tIme, which Is usually at 10 O'Clock ~ the
morning and 10 the AFTERNOON These
smoke rrresses are common In all New
Zealand factories
A. Gar as ran see the mon seem con
tented With their Jobs Nany q them own
Nttle cottages near tae rksi the average
vorkingmans house bring worth nbuut
$40 The manager teiis Us that II Q man
IL ordinarily economical hc can pay Tor MS
home IN five years, and ilat most ~ the
men accumulate money IL tells rs that
he factory lnsurts The lives OF Us en-
pioTes unnu slch terms that N they are
Killed white CA dety thcS heirs VIII re
ceiye from $3.50 10 5000. according. 10 the
amount OF their policies.
The Biauest Wooden Mill Below the
EQUATOR.
You people o. the United states look upon
New Zealand as 4 half savage country.
You think 1, may perhaps have some good
farms and sheep ranches. but venture you
have never considered Il a land az grel,
factories These people have WOODEN mills
which would be considered large In New
England They make as dne cloths as tbs
best mills OF Great Britain. although their
mills have to be protected by the tarin