The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-07-17
BUTCHERS FAT
BUYERS Lean
Beef Trust Prices Drive Mar
ket Men Into the Soap
Boiling Industry.
NO MORE FREE sUET
Association Talking Of a New
Corporation Social Or
ganization Alreaay
Formed
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The Hudson County Cooperative
Butchers Association met last night at
Humboldt Hall, Newark avenue near
Jersey avenue. The association was re-
Gently organized and has now about fifty
members.
For some time past the retail butchers
have had matters arise which singly they
We're not able to cope with. The object
of the organization is to band the
butchers together and make body
strong enough to handle any matter con-
nected with the trade which from time
to time should come up.
TO INCORPORATE.
Preliminary steps are being taken to
incorporate the association with capital
of 100000. Already there has been sub
scribed $1,000. AS the association grows
the balance of the stock will be taken
up The waste fat and trimmings which
accumulate IN a butcher shop are worth
considerable sum in the course Of a
year. The material formerly was col
lected and brought by concerns manufac-
turing soap. 1t was seldom the case that
dealer in fat would pay the same price
to any two butchers. These dealers in
fat derive large amount of money from
the business and the butchers think that
they might as well enjoy the full profit
themselves.
The plan proposed is to make con-
tract for six months with some on dea,er
to purchase all their waste fat and at
the expiration of that time they expect
to build suitable plant for the render
ing of the fat After the business has
been thoroughly established the question
sof making soap themselves will be dis
cussed.
A large amount of money will be saved
by the associations purchasing supplies
for all its members in bulk. A consider
able discount can be gained by so doing
and all money made will be used to
strengthen the organization.
CLOSING GARD.
A card has been printed, which will be
placed in all shops, reading
On and after September l, no
more suet or fat will be given away
free with roasts, chops, steaks, liver,
etc. All suet and fat will be sold by
the pound.
This action was forced upon them by
the exorbitant price charged by the Beef
Trust for all meats.
The officers elected at last nights
meeting were: William FL. Hunt, Presi-
dent; Samuel Bush, Vice-President;
julius Wallstein, Secretary; Peter Gut-
erl, Treasurer
The regular army Of the United States
has been the gamer by twenty-four re
cruits from this city during the past two
months. The men referred to are both
iourneynen and bosses, who had either
lost their businesses or their suituations.
The men all had hard luck story to tell
Of the Beef Trust being the cause Of
their trouble.
A committee will be sent to Hoboken
to confer with the butchers of that city,
who were Incorporated yesterday, as told
below, with the idea Of bringing about 4
consolidation.
The Hudson County Butchers Asso-
citation, which is Incorporated to "instil
and promote social intercourse" filed arr
ticles at the County Clerks office yester-
day afternoon The ineorporators are
Horatio r. Malloy. Louis Vettermann,
Morris Wersbart, Herman w. Schmidt,
George. ]. Sanntrock, Charles BONN, H..
Sochergen, John Schmidt, II. Q. streck-
fuss. Charles Futterer, Louis Ehrhart,
Conrad Sauer, Frank Hevert, Charles
Peters, August S. APPEL, Herman Rreuel,
William Stuffmann, Charles Haag and
Martin Cooke. The headquarters Of the
organization it at Hoboken and FIVE trus-
+ooa ,.,;ll r,onaon itr affairs