The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-09-12
MYSTERY OF MEAT.


Washington. Sep q. Pew
persons have given more careful
study to the conditions affecting the
price of beet than Fred G. Croxton,
an attache Of the department Of
labor. Mr.. Croxton says that an
examination Of the Conditions Of the
demand and supply in the beef
trade to-day will demonstrate that a
considerable advance in prices must
necessarily have resulted whether
there has been any combinations
or NOT. He adds:
1t has been found that IA per cent
Of the expenditure of the average
wage sarner'e family goes for meat
of which between 3 and 10 per
cent is spent on beef. These at least
were the findings of some investi-
CATIONS made few years ago. With
several years Of steady employment
aud with better incomes in general
than had before prevailed, it was
natural that the individual demand
for meat, and also for its better
grades should be on the increase
Population itself Increased 20.7 per
cent in the last decade. In the urban
and semi urban population this
increase was 35.9 per cent. While
aneng thesrural population it was
only as per. cent Growth Of city
population means growth in the
demands for beef as the proportion
which that bears to all meats con-
sun,ed in doubtless much greater in
the cities than in the rural ditricts.
1t thus appears that the individual
is demanding more meat than a few
years ago and there are 20 more in
'dividuals in the country to demand
it and that where the increase of
population has ,been greatest the
preference for beef among meat is
most marked. Expectation has also
| made I'm increasing call for our
fresh beef comparing the domestic
experts for the five years preceded
june 80, 1901, with the five years
preceding, it appears that the
number Of cattle exported increased
lak.a1ly ~ per. cent, the total quality
of fresh beef Increased Ala per cent
and of tallow It'll per cent, while
canned beef showed a decrease of
SIS par 'cent:and salted ,pickled and
other cured :beef:a decrease Of 1874
per cert
With the view OF the increased
ideuaand It is interesting to inquire
into the supply The -four western
slauhtering centers, Chicgo, Kansas
City, Sit Louis and Omaha slai,ghs
tered in the five years from 1892
to 1901 iaelnedve only FL per cent
more CATTLE then in the preceding
five years and these cities not only
slaughtered IS per cent Of the
country total Of wholesale estah-
lishn1eat, but they may he consider
ed az fairly representative OF
general condition in the industry.
Average weight may ;also he taken
int account "a further modifying
these figures I'm the latter period
under review the average in
Chicago was l,070, as against 1850
during the five years before, and
this tendency prevails elsewhere,
as it is reasonable to suppose, al
though the figures are not Available
the H.. gross weight of the cattle
! slaughtered during the latter five
wears in the four beef cities WAS
only 1.2 per cent more than during
the former-Minneapolis Journal.
PRESIDENT HARRISON'S WINE.
The late Pesident Harrison was a
connoisseur of rare old wine, al
though he was extremely temperate
in his use of them. At the time
when he visited Stanford university
to deliver four lectures on inter
national law for fee Of $40, 600
(which is probably the record price
for university lectures) he was
auartered in::one of the college halls,
where a suite Of rooms had been
especially prepared for him. Inn
mediately after his arrival there .
came also case Of carefully selected
clarets.. Burgundies nd Madeiras.
which were placed in one Of the
rooms set apart for his use.
The next day all these wines dis
q ,,,.ao rod and the ONLY reminder OF