The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-21

Cooperative system of Slaughter
Houses E~tabIished-The Increase
in The yHIue Of the Country'S Ex-
TortS-FiEureS in Late Years.
The American hog has a European ri
val Denmark has come into the field as
. a producer and exporter Of hogs and hog
products with a growth AT least interest
Ing. If not suggestive. 10 American pro-
dUCers of commodity whose export
value grew from SS4.gls. 6gs in 1891 to SIlg.-
sol5'5 i'm 1901. These figures show the to-
tai value of hog products exported from
the United States i'm 1891 and 1901. respect
lively. the details for 1901 being. Lard.
S'G5GoIfN. bacon. So. $50 oo6: hams. so SIP
115. saIred and picked pork. 1895
fresh pork, S2424.5@5. and canned pork.
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The fact that hog products form the
Z largest single item in the expectations of
the United States. having exceeded last
year by 100000 those Of manufactures Of
iron and steel. whose exports have at
tractcd so much attention. lends intcrest
10 some facts which have just reached
( the Treasury Bureau Of Statistics regard
ing the remarkable DEVELOPMENT of the
I hoE-paclJing industry OF Denmark This
information Is published in the Danish
Export Review" and shows that the
number Of head Of swine in Denmark has
/ Increased from col 051 in 1861 To- al Opj in
J 1881 and l.l6S.ooO in 1888, the latest year
/ for which statistics are available. The
/ prohibition II the importation Of live
/ hogs into Germany and the United King
dom. which countries were Denmark
/ principal customers in this lire. resulted
/ lh the Establishment of slaughter houses
III Denmark and the increase in the pro
ductlon of Danish bacon and hams ia re-
f cent years has been phenomenal The ex-
ports Of hams and bacon from Denmark
have grown from $4,000 Danish pounds
~ 700 20 L-'.iU'H9 Danish pounds m 1855
tA- kalut increasing from f.IInUUJ kroner
/ Dr. l>t> 10 ft.'NH,""H kroner in 1855 tho value
/ OF the kroner being 36E cents.
AS AS a Consequence Of the change from
4 tie export Of live swine 10 Ibat OF
slaughtered animals, the slaughter houses
nave risen 20 the greatest lmG8-taucp in
btHiHaFh during the last ten OF fifteen
years W hllSt formerly the slaughter
houses belonged 60 private individuals. "a
D large number Of joint and cu-uar-ative
. slaughter houses have been established
gan ih l'A4 on account Of the German i'm
Tori1uon prohibition. when il became nee
,Sa.ilH 20 XIII considerable number OF
. SWINE which We're formerly sent To- Ger
. many alive FOR sale in England
The number of head Of swine exported
20 Germany ia the year before The Drohi-
nltlpn was enforced amounted TO more
. man quarter or million. and thus
. there was suddenly plenty Of work for
several slaughter houses. in 1857 one CO.
. operative slaughter house was established
. IN lNsh seven, and rapid progress was
made during the following years with re-
gard To establishing new slaughter
houses and 10 the quantity Of bacon they
produced.
There are now y co-operatiya slaughter
. houses in Denmark which I'm 1893 killed
about 5000 head Of swine al q value OF
ABOUT 100000 and about 225sa head of
cattle Tot export at a value OF about g.
ai'.Ep kroner. The largest slaughter
. houses killed from s. 600 to 81 900 pigs I'm
. lsu, and the smaller from 500 20 10 GrI In
l>st. y slaughter houses were stated AS
having been established at a cost Of O. -fg
W" Kroner and the number OF persons
sharing ln the profits OF these q cstIb-
. Ashmeuts was IFS. Adding 90 these the
Two laTE. ST. those OF Gdcus- and koII-
. ing the first Of which cost 1880 80 kroner
. besides two smaller slaughter houses and
extensions for the Strengthening OF cattle
for export and other objects. the total
. outlay amounts 10 6.401.pIo kroner. and
the total number Of cO-oDerators about
These co-operators have bound them
. selves 20 send thu whole or part OF their
swine % the slaughter houses. and guar
. aLLse j" tg. j. kroner per head of swine
Tor funds and working capital These CO.
orators share equally the working exc
UsuSeS and the year s. surplus In the same
manner as the dairiss. They employ 5f9
hands. besides managers and Office staff
All Of tn" . slaughter houses possess
common organization and manaErmD
and common office az Copenhagen The
average cost Of the slaughter Of each pig
for nine 0f the slaughter houses WAS %
kroner iu 1886. 2.5E kroner I'm 1891 and ~
kroner I'm lsg>, 81 per cent Of the increase
Iu cost being due To- increase il wages
The following tabI. shows thr enormous
amount of business rTaG-actc by the co..
"ErraIiE" slaughter houses