The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-03-23
PACKIN
BEEF.
No Local Faith in
Alleged Big
CHICAGO TALE
DISCREDlTED
Meat Dealers Think the Project
Could Not Possibly
Pay.

There does not seem to be much au-
thenticity in the report from Chicago
that Nelson Morris, one of the large
packers there, will erect a $4,000, 600
slaughtering plant here for the killing
and packing of beef shipped here in the
hoof G. J. Waller of the Metropolitan
Meat Company recently had an advice
from a party in San Francisco who
would have inside information of such
a plan that there is nothing in the
and no one else who would be
likely to know of such a plan could be
found yesterday who had heard any
thing concerning it further than what
appeared in the press dispatches.
G. J. Waller of the Metropolitan Meat
Company, when seen about it, said: 4
do not think there is anything in the
story. 1 do not believe that any such
plan ever entered the heads of any of
those packers. don't think they
would ever think of shipping live cat
tie here. The expense of bringing them
in on the hoof would be greater than
the cost of bringing refrigerator meat.
There would also be more or less loss
or the way"
f. Ingram of the metropolitan Meat
Company was of the same opinion. Il
do not think the plan feasible" he said.
They would lose more in bringing
them in than they would save from the
cost of refrigerating. Cattle suffer from
seasickness and are liable to be bruis-
ed. They lose flesh coming, also, and
would have to be killed Immediately.
Also there is often much trouble in
managing them, due to wild cattle.
Shipment by steamer would cost too
much and sail is too slow. Perhaps
the packers would have their own line
of steamers.
Live beef used to be shipped in here,
but the practice has been superseded
by the refrigerating steamer, and l do
not think that plant here could com
pete with American packers, who can
get refrigerated meat here cheaper
than on the hoof.
Il think the report just got into the
papers without any authority. There
is nothing definite known about it."
u. II. Davis of the Honolulu Meat
Company has no faith in the report.
II have not heard about it, he said.
II do not think they could do anything
of the kind. There is a loss always III
shipping cattle. The rates on steamers
are too high. Perhaps the packers
could make some. arrangements with
the steamers. Sailing is too slow.
1T would DE very hard for a third
company to break in here. These two
markets that are in business at pres
ent are owned entirely by Honolulu
money, and it would be hard for ar
Their company to compete with them
The People would patronize their own
company.
Yes, they could extend their market
through the Islands. But there IS
enough Island beef now to last a good
rl3ny years, and the people slaughter
it on the other Islands.
They would have one advantage in
The native and Chinese trade. These
people are afraid of refrigerated beef
al q won't have it. But 1 think they
get good deal of it without knowing
it. AS long as they don't know it, it
don't make any difference.
I'VE expect to have our own slaugh-
ter house some time here on the Is
lands"
l.. Schweitzer, secretary of the Ho-
nolulu Meat Company. thought that
the plan was a good one, but doubted
1t was practical. He could not say. not
having investigated the subject He
had heard nothing of the scheme be-
yond the report in the papers.