The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-08
TO BUCK The TRUSTS
SAVANNAH BUTCHERS TO START A
SLAUGHTER HOUSE.
ARE LOOKING FOR A SITE.
TO ESTABLISH PLANT OF WHICH
THIS WILL BE A DEPARTMENT.

Initial Work of the Factory to Be
Refining of TalIow and Oils, and
Conversion of Bones Into FertiI-
izer-CuriuR Hides Also 10 BE Part
of the WOrk-FnctOry to Get Raw
Material Not Only in Savannah
Butchers Not Afraid of Trusts Be
cause Their Condition Can't BE
Worse Than Ii Is Now.
An independent packing. or slaugh-
ter house, to be operated by the Butch
ers Association will be among Savan-
nahrs new industries within the near
future, if the plans that are now be-
ing developed are successfully carried
out. The slaughter house feature,
however, will simply be one of sew
eral businesses connected with the
slaughter of cattle and the sale of
meats that the local butchers are plan
ming to begin.
The present plan is to establish a
plant for the refining of tallow and the
manufacture of bones into fertilizer,
with other departments for the curing
of hides and for refining oils; then the
slaughter house part of the business
will be added.
The scheme contemplates a stock
company, with a capital of some $780,.
900 to $4,000, or as much more as may
be needed to buy property and ma
chinery, erect buildings and get things
shipshape and ready for operation.
Only butchers will be allowed to buy
the stock, but it is thought that there
will be no trouble in getting rid of
the entire issue. The exact amount
of capital needed and the number and
value of shares to be issued will all
be settled later, possibly at a meeting
to be held at the Catholic Library
Hall tomorrow night
For Local Protection.
Mr.. John F. May, secretary of the
Butchers Association, and one of those
chiefly interested in the plans for the
new business. explained last night the
conditions that have led the butchers
TO take the intended step. AS mat
tiers now stand, he said, the local deal
ers are forced TO pay so much pound
for meat, tallow and bones being in
cluded in the weight, but when they
come to sell the tallow and bones they
get but cents a pound for the one
and but 40 cents a hundred pounds for
the other.
Tallow is Easily worth, he continued,
twice what is paid for it now and eaxh
butcher has sufficient accumulation
OF it after a days business 10 make
a increased r1r;@e fct. II a. ID ial l.r
to his receipts. When the new factory
is started a wagon will be sent 10 each
dealer and mis- accommodations will be
bought at a fair price. 1t is estimated
that the manufactured tallow can he
sold at cents a pound, which viii ad-
init of very fair price above the cost
both of the raw material and of the
manufacture.
Those interested think also that rot
only can they get fair business To-
cally in the curing of hides and refin-
ing of oils but that they will be able
also to do a large business with the
surrounding country and the nearby
towns, and that ii can be done to a
great advantage to all concerned.
Looking for site.
The butchers are now looking for a
site for their plant, and hope to get
one near the city. They will need, it
is stated, anywhere from five to TWEEN
ty-five acres and nope to secure such
plot somewhere to the west of the
city. The large amount of ground is
needed for the expected development
of the business, for so soon as the mi
tial branches are established, the plans
will at once be begun for the addition
of the slaughter house department.
As soon as this is ready one man or
more will be sent to the cattle-raising
districts of the state to secure beef
cattle for this city. To the suggestion
that the trusts might take hand in
the game if anything likely to inter-
fere with their business be started, Mr..
May said that the local dealers couldn't
possibly be more dependent on the trust
than they are at present, and therefore
had nothing to fear from the trust
people.
Mr.. NJ. S. Gardner. president of the
Butchers Association. who has just
returned from the national convention
of butchers, held in Washington, Wis
tied, While North, a number of fac
tories such as is contemplated for this
city, and from what he saw is satisfied
that the one here will be a decided
success. He will make a report in fun
on this as we'll as other matters at
to-morrow's meeting.