The evening times., 1901-06-15
TO APPLY FOR A CHARTER
The AbattOir Company Preparing
to Begin Work.

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Local Butchers 10 Meet Tuesday
Night to Discuss Final Details.
Great Interest in the Movement
Against Western Packing Houses.
Incorporation papers for the abattoir
company, which members of the Butch
crs' Association of Washington have
| formed. viii be taken out next Wednes-
day in Alexandria a meeting Of the as
sociatiou to take final action on the
scheme has been called for Tuesday even
ing in Bcssler-s Hall At that meeting it
VIII be decided what members Of the as
ISOLATION viii be named as fncoTporatoTs,
and probably the arrangements for the
distribution of stock viii be made
The intention Of those at the head of
the abattOiT movement is to protect the
trade, and to keep the business entirely
upon a cooperative plan No member of
the association win be allowed to take
more than S2.G10 worth Of stock, and GER
tain other restrictions are to be put upon
the sale of it No one who desires TO dis
pose of his holdings can do so without
first offering them to the company which
viii have authority to buy in stock at
the market value
The men behind the scheme are making
sure from the outset that the Armour
Cudahy. Swift, and Nelson Morris COM
panies do not come in and get control
| of the stock Of the abattoir company.
/ The intention Is to make the project en-
| tjrely a local one, supported by local
| finances, and catering 10 the local mar
| ket Il is understood that a number Of
! Virginia capitalists and wealthy farmers
/ have already offered financial assistance.
/ some having offered to invest as much as
/ 10000
! We have a complete boycott against
| Swift x Co." said John r. Kelly, Presi-
! dent of the Butchers Association today,
/ and the reason we have singled out
! Swift is because Mr.. Lyman is at the head
/ Of their local wareroOus- He loses no op-
portunity To raise the price Of beef upon
US. and has treated Us in all respects Un-
! reasonably. I do not think the matter
/ would have gone to the extreme that it
has had the Swift CompaHy-s representa-
( tive dealt fairly with us We passed a
/ resolution at our meeting several months
ago in which we requested that all mem
/ bcrs of the Washington Retail Butchers
/ Association should refrain from dealing
/ with G z Lyman The resolution was
. passed unanimously. and IS being lived
: up TO- " sent q CODY D- IL ~ TIE tL-It-S
/ Of the Swift Company. as we wished it
| TO be understood by the management that
we were opposed to their manager here
/ No action has been taken by the Swift
/ Company
In our attempt 10 reach a settlement
| of the local difficulties we sem q commit
/ tee from the organization TO visit the
! Washington Office OF every Western con
ceTu. Our committees were not received
/ il the proper spirit and they were never
/ given any satisfaction. The matter drift
ed along for so long that we finally were
obliged to take action to protect ourselves
We asked that lambs shipped to Us should
he properly dressed, and the local repre-
! sentatives were always waiting for ad-
vices from the home Offices, which never
came"
The charge that the wholesalers are at
tempting to cut into the local retail field
was denied this morning by 9. E Lyman,
representing the Swift Company. I'VE
sell only to dealers" he declared. as Ee
pointed to a sign upon his wall. which
announced that nc meat would be sold 10
/ consumers When asked about the al
legged association OF wholesalers. of which
he is supposed to he the chairman Mr..
Lyman declined to discuss the subject.
The butchers have declared a boycott
! against Western lambs. and 1t was de-
clared yesterday that not Western lamb
was on sale in the market stalls There
is also great dissatisfaction over the
quality of the beef that is furnished 10
the Washington market
The Western packers only send
/ enough good beef here to make US take
the bad" said Mr. Kelly 1T IS a we'll
| known saying in Chicago and Kansas
/ city that Washington and Baltimore are
/ the dumping grounds for poor meat.
cannot get any thiHS that IS ut TO serve
up TO my customers unless / send 70
/ New York for it. We are fighting one
/ thing at q time. but the beef question IS
! almost as bad as the lamb When We
{ have the abartOir We can bring right
! into market the best beef. the cattle
/ viii be vel fed and from the Virginia and
/ Maryland farms
The butchers Association Is part Of
[ the National Retail Butchers Association
/ and has behind it the power OF The lat
/ OF members Not content with being Sc
bClsteTed up and supported in their fight
! against the Beef Trust, the local meat
men intend 10 apply for q charter with
/ the American Federation of Labor
I The abaJJOir VIII engage in various lines
J Of business touching the meat trade auC
/ viii make complete use Of every ounce OF
the CaTCaSSCS OF beCVeS- lambs, hogs, etc
{ The proposition to establish an olDo fac
( tory il connection with 1t has received
/ considered faEorabIy- The abattOir has
/ the support Of the entire retail butcher
/ business of the city. and the general Opiu
/ ION Is that. with its many manifest ad
/ vautaEes. II cannot possibly fail 20 bt
/ successful
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