The sun., 1901-10-21
RIVAL or THE AMERICAN HOG.
Remarkable Development of tho PORK
Packing Industry In Denmark.

WASHINGTON. Oct 2o.-The American hog
has a EUROPEAN rival. Denmark has como
into the held as producer and exporter of
hogs and hog products, with q growth at
least interesting. II not suggestive. TO
American producers of a commodity whoeo
export vnluo grew from o., oos oss In 1901
TO tiie ,eoi .S05 In 1901. These hgurcs show
the total value OF hog products exported
from the United States in 1891 and 1901.
respectively. tho details for 1901 being.
lard. sto.5So.lts. bacon. ss7. .,9s .o2e: hams.
s22, ,si2,77s, salted and picked pork. o.. .e3o.-
ei3 fresh pork. 81 t2i ss7. and canned pork.
sos, ,ssi.
The fact that hog products form the
largest single item In the expectations 81
the United States. having exceeded last
year 10y o. Ooo. .0oo thoss Of manufactures Of
iron and steel. whose exports have attracted
80 much attention. lends interest TO some
facts which have just reached the Treasury
Bureau Of Statistics regarding the re-
markable development Of the hog-packing
industry Of Denmark This information
Ii published In the Dorish Export Rss's,r,
and shows that tho number Of head 81
swine In Denmark has increased from
3oi 600 In 1901 to III 600 In 1881 and .ios 90
In 1898. tho latest year for which statistics
are available The prohibition Of tho i'm
portatiou Of live hogs into Germany and
the United Kingdom. which countries wore
Denmark's principal customers In this line.
resulted la the establishment Of slaughter
houses in Denmark, and tho increase IN the
production Of Danish bacon and hams la
recent years has Iron Phenomenal. Tho
exports % hams and bacon from Denmark
have grown from 0.iaO.DcO Danish pounds in
1878 to i2a 90 90 Danish pounds In iSes
IN" value increasing from tliOOOO kroner
IN 1878 to ~ .OsO. go kroner In iSes. tho value
OF the crown being 2os cents A. a con-
sequence 81 tho change from the export
Of live swine 10 that ot slaughtered
animals, tho slaughter houses have
risen 10 the greatest Importance IN
Denmark during the last ten or fifteen
years. While formerly tho slaughter
houscs belonged TO private individuals, q
large number % JOINT and cooperative
during this period
There aTo now twenty-five cooperative
slaughter houses IN Ivumark, which Ia
1900 killed about 729su head of swine
at value of about "a 10000 kroner
(about SUO.Ucl. and atuut - go head
of cattle for export al value Of about
3 10000 kroner The largrs, slaughter
HOUSES kill"d from 5s.C'u 20 al GOO pigs In
ls9a, and the smaller from 300 10 10000
In 1897. twenty y-onc -laUgitc houses were
stated "a having h-"n established a.
cost Of S.jS7.up kroner, and tho number
Of J-rSons sharing IN a." profits ~ thsss
twrnty-pne establishments was tl .72s
Adding To th--s' the two Ia g.st, thosr ~
Odcil,.o and Holding, the first % which
cost .7JO.UO kroner, besides two smaller
slaughter houses aud extensions for the
slaugh'ering of cattle for export and other
ohI"Ctz IN" total OUTLAY amounts to q, ,+00."D
kroner and the total uuml- uf CuoTsraiurs
about bOU lho-r CpoI-ratuI- have buund
themselves To send u" whuo or part IL
their swim" 20 tho slaughter houses, and
guarantee ~ 20 - hruucr per h-ad ot swim"
for funds and vurkug capital Ih"s"
cooycrators -har" equally the working
expenses and the years surplus IN the same
manner ~ the diaries 1hey employ $40
hands l-'-idcs managers and Office stan
All - th" twenty-five slaughter huIsee
pos~s'ss n common organization and manage
inent and "a common oflior az Copenhagen.
The average cost Of the slaughter of each
pig for nine of the slaughter hoiues was
(? 4 kroner IN 1870 ? So kroner ia 1907, aud ?.s2
kroner In lsaS. u per- cent. 81 the increase
in cost being due TO increase In wages,