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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-21

eat very little meat. and some none what
ever these figures may seem high. But
from data obtained from the Nelson Morris
Company and from Swift & Co. they are
approximately accurate.
POUND OF MEAT a DAY
FOR EACH PERSON.
The obvious conclusion is that St. Louis in
one week uses the startling aggregate of s.
35c 900 pounds of mutton. pork and beef Tn
der the mead of mutton is included lamb.
but veal is not considered. Then, if poul-
try and game are drawn into the calcula-
ton. the grand total of all kinds of meat
eaten mounts higher. until, on paper, it is
almost pound day.
Every able-bodied workingman. save the
very few whom meat repells and who eat
little or none of it, demands more than
pound day. But certainly. children al
lowed for. every individual does not require
that quantity. Perhaps this seeming mis-
take I'm the estimate is explained by the
fact that the figures as supplied by the
packers are for meat in bulk.
The packers sell by the hundredweight.
ana the hundredweight has Its proportion
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-21

| contended for vegetarlanism. on the ground
that man is not ''carnivorous beast. The
demonstration that he is not L 'Carnt.OTous
beast IS perhaps far more universally ac-
cepted than the theory that he can get
along without meat. one eloquent speaker.
who conducted Il series of lectures in Chi
cago last winter offered himself an eX-
ample. as conclusive proof that meat was
not required 10 sustain the human system.
He was proof" He was most healthy
specimen. six feet in his socks, with a
chest measurement to match. An ardent
theoscphtst. he claimed that for years he
subsisted on handful of rice a day in
India, and that at present his diet is not
much more extensive.
The attack on meat eating. from several
sources in the intellectual life of the coun-
try. is becoming more determined. In some
ways it has effect. Hundreds are willing
to admit that the logic, underlying the
arguments to the effect that saughtering
so many thousands of cattle daily IS in
human and that the body can live without
meat. Is as sound as trivet.
But few wish to or do give up their sirloin
with mushrooms. Witness the, preceding
astonishing array of figures which show
what mighty NAV exists in st. Louis for
beef and other meats. Certainly there is
no great rush on the vegetable market
when the high prices OF beef render 1t
financially advantageous to try vegetable
diet.
on the contrary. the query is at such
times: When viii the stock yards begin
TO kill again. When will the railroads re-
cover sufficiently from washouts TO carry
ia our beef?"
CITY MEAT SITUATION
WHEN FLOOD CAME.
Luckily. at the height of the recent food
several of the railroads were able to b-ing
in enough cattle to keep the city going.
At the time the packing houses in East
St Louis had little in stock. Warned that
high water was due. all the cattle on the
hoof with the exception of small num-
T. -1's p bod
been disposed of at the East St Louis
National Stock Yards.
Nelson Morris had about 500 head"
which were killed and the meat used in
St. Louis. In addition. il is estimated that
in the chtllrooms and coolers Wore about
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-21

ST. Louis Consumes. Including All
Kinds, Very Nearly Pound of
Meat Day to the Individual
Herd Of $500 Cattle Supplies the
Weekly Demand for Beef.

That the price of meat should increase
when the foods inundate the packing
houses and paraiyzc railroad traffic will not
seem in the least extra ordinary If the enor-
nous amount Of meat eaten weekly in St.
Louis is considered.
Conditions are returning TO the normal.
ST. Louis and it's tributary markets are be-
ginning to get their fun supply.
The railroads are hauling tra;nload after
trainioad Of buiiocks in from the South and
West. The packlng-houses in ST. Louis and
East St Louis. are killing from 5000 TO TO-
O3o steers a day. and the great machinery
Of the packers guided b. their several
thousand employees, is transferring cattle
the hoof' to cattle on the hook and
cattle on the hook to halves and
Quarters
Refrigerating cars are rushing East laden
with these halves and quarters of the
beef carcass. Heavy wagons. creaking with
their burden of heavy dressed beeves, in the
early morning now are conveying meat by
the ton weight to the many coolers of the
several packers who sell in ST. Louis.
In short. all the various divisions Of
great industry. after temporary Gripping
by the conjoined floods of the kaw, the
Missouri and the Mississippi rivers. are
again in working order. At such a time. it
seems apropos and interesting TO delve
little into the ramifications of so large a
business especially as concerns the manner
in which it affects ST. Louis
Aside from the fact that the flood also in
fuenced the vegetable market. and in this
way struck q double blow at the food sup
ply. ii should be remembered that st. Louis
is decidedly meat-eating city. The guam
tty consumed here is nothing short of as
founding.
According to the estimates of the local
representatives of the largest packers, the
city uses about 1,1J0,oc0 pounds of dressed
beef each week. which means about two
and one-half pounds for each individual,
reckoning the population at 10000.
The mutton approaches close to 50o,e1,
about three-fourths of pound TO each per-
son. The fresh pork is estimated at LOCO 900
pounds or about one and one-quarter pound
to every man, woman and child in the COM
munity.
The total for the three kinds of meat.
then, per Individual. is four and three
fGurths pounds a week. Considering that a
large proportion of the women and children
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gan to enter East 81. Louis they could be
switched into ;he yards and unloaded.
The ia5ter days OF last week were. and
The early part Of this week vi! be. a busy
scene at the yards in the morning. Each
car contains from TWENTY-FIVE to twenty
four cattle. Thsy are debarked in the
IN a network of pens. In these they ere
neid for time and fed. From the hands
Of the stock yards. where they are sold.
they go either TO shippers. and continue
their journey. or TO the packers
from the moment that the packer pur-
ccnases the brand OF the executiOner is upon
the steer. His day is then done Reared
upon the plains of Texas. half wild. his life
mas been carefully guarded because of his
value as beef. The rancher. rule. has
borrowed money upon him up 10 within
> Of his value. that he might fatten and
grow lusty until such time as he be Mt
for slaughter. From the beginning the steer
Is commodity. not entity.
The rancher. or stockman. by watching
the market. judges the proper time to ship.
Then. If a large dealer, he often dispatches
a train load day to his chosen market
The trains are fast through freights and
quickly bring the cattle to the objective
point Then follows the unloading into the
stock yards pens. and in due time the sale
to the packer. When this is contaminated
the stockman takes his profits and pays
back his Indebtedness. Then often enjoys
spree. and goes back to begin over again.
HOW STEERS ARE
DRIVEN TO SLAUGHTER
me SteelS are driven through the devious
driveways of the yards to the overhead
way which leads TO the slaughtering--oom
The conditions said to be practically
the same in all packing establishments The
descriptions in this article are derived from
observations in the Nelson Morris East
81; Louis plant.
The overhead way leads directly into the
slaushterinS pens. Entering this chamber.
which reeks with the sickening smell of
fresh meat. the bullocks find themselves in
a narrow passage, where no more than two
abreast can pass. Prodded on from behind
they are forced down along the first inner
passage to the end of the room. where they
are forced to turn. The passage then di-
reefs them at right angles about thirty
feet. then again turns and leads them back
parallel to the line in which they entered
The passage once more forces them along
the entire length of the room. then ends
The steers are confronted by d blank wall.
1t is blind alley" of the biindest de-
scriptiOn.
Here they are halted. line sc feet long.
standing Two abreast. Being so closely
pressed by the walls of the passage. and
crowded behind by others of their kind.
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| OF fat. bones and gristle. or wastage. Con-
o pEt.et my, OF mat pound day probably
e erty t thhileeLquarters of pound is edible,
ana thls, then, represents the amount ac-
'[aliy eaten in some form or another
heturhihS TO the more certain basis of cal
cut, u;iItIIloh-pork. mutton and beef alone-it
MN ne seen how much the public is spend
lns Tor its meat. Four and thrce-fourths
pouioS Il week was the amount shown to b..
used Per individual week. Prices of all
cuts of the three staple meats average re-
tail. ABOUT 10 cents a pound
- Each person then is spending Az cents a
Mech Tor these meats. Allowance for
fact vouched for by everybody WHO is can
oin mat the public pays for the waste.
hill M me packer cannot use. he sells in
| paid for bone: sells bone to the customer
He may ask whether you want the ribs
taken out. but if you do. he weighs first
ana removes the ribs afterwards
In establishing what each man spends for
meat week, II must be remembered again
mat large proportion of the population
out it. Good judges of the subject saw HAT
the deduCtion-i712 cents-should he multi
pied by two in order to obtain the average
weekly meat bill of the meat-eatins citizens
of st. Louis
$3.50 A WEEK
FOR CHOICE STEAKS.
Another interesting keynote to the maSni-
'ude of the meat business is found by cal
culatins the money spent by the ST. Louis
public for the choice portions of the beef
The most valued section is, of course. the
loin. which includes the porterhouse sir
loin and tenderloin cuts
The loin as a rule weighs about fifty
pounds. The average weight Of a carcass.
after 1t is dressed. is about 500 pounds At
this latter figure. dividing into the total
per week-l,75O.0 1850 pounds-the number of
beeves used in ST. Louis is $500. Thirty-five
hundred loins of fifty pounds each weigh
T5,oco pounds AT prevailing retail price:
say is Cents IL pound. the 1880 pounds of
loin would be worth SSl 500.
Such is very nearly the sum which is paid
weekly in this city by all such as demand
for their table the choicest of steak
In the last few years many able men have
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-21
REPUBLIC SPECIAL

REpU BLlC SPECIAL
New York. June 90-Mrs. Lavinia Z.
Haynes whose success as a prospector
won her the title of the Mining Queen
in Victor. Colo. a few years ago. has filed
a claim with the Surrogate against the
estate Of Banker Nicholas Fish, who was
murdered September Is last in a Thirty
fourth street cafe. The claim is set forth
in affidavit as follows:
One string of forty-nine pearls value $50
One diamond necklace. containing forty go,
Two bracelets. twenty diamonds in EACH. 80
One brooch. go
One solitaire. ~
Cash advanced for Government bonds. $500
Total claim. $50
Mrs. Clemence S. b. Fish, widow of the
barker. and executrix of his estate, served
a written notice upon Mrs. Haynes, formal
ly rejecting the claim. Mrs. Haynes i'm
mediately notified her counsel, Messrs. OIL
colt. Mestre and Gonzalez, to bring a suit
in the Supreme Court to recover the amount
of her claim.
Mrs. Haynes Is an attractive woman of
less than middle age, and was formerly
the wife of w. Butler Haynes, a wealthy
Chicago real estate dealer. from when she
obtained a divorce.
Il knew Mr.. Fish, she said, "for several
him were more or less confidential and he
was frequent caller at my house. AT the
time of his death / was living in the Iowa
Apartment-house. He was to have called
upon me there the day he was murdered.
l was awaiting his arrival when the news
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-21
COLORADO "MINlKG OUEEN''
WILL SUE FISH ESTATE.

Haynes Says Cash
els-NIrs. or S10,S50 Will BE
Fought i'll
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-05-21

Yau are \ picked man. ietlunua. a
man who has come through more
than 200 affaira, and this little aaa 10
surely not going Ca be the last"
began eagerly IA glance ahaui Tor
some chance % escape. aud ~ / ala
aa | saw something that Allied me
with Hfaat aatunishment
I have already told YOU that largo
hrv was burning Ia the eentef Il the
slade what with IL glare. aud
what with the moonlight everything
wns as clear as poesltie. On ths
other slda Of the glade thefs was q
single tall ~ tree, witch aatraefrd
my attention bscaunu ita frank and
lower branches werr diacalpfed. n
N a large rre had recently been M
beneath H. A clump of bushes grew
a. fraut u ~. which concealed The
base. We'll. as I locked towards n
Was HufpFtsud 20 sea pfpteatigg
above the bush. and apparently
fastened 10 the trea. patf % ftne
riding boots With the toes apwsfd %
Al first 1 Thoughts that they wee
tied there. but ~ I looked hardaf I
saw that they were necurei ~ a
great nail. which was ham
mercd through the foot of each.
And then. suddenly. with a thrill
~ horTor. ] understood that theee
we're not empty boots. and moving
my head a little a. the right I was
able to see who q was that had hes n
fastened there. and why a fire had
been lit beneath tho tree. u Is not
pleasant 60 speak oF IN think 81
horrors. my friends. aud | 30 not
wish "a give any 90 yna bad dreams
tonight but cannot take yuu
among the spanish Eusrtillas with
out shaw big fou what Kind % men
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IS htE. 2PROEIssSss
3RICADER
n GERARD 80

they were. and the sort ~ Wuffafs
that they WaHed. 1 VIII only say
that l understood why Monsieur VI
dain Nurse Was waiting naatetisen
in the grove. and that I hoped he
had met this terrible fats with
apriHhiliueaa and courage. aa a
good Frunchman ought
n was not very cheering SIGHT
FOR me. AZ you can imagine. When
/ had been with thair ehisf tn the
arutto. | had been 10 carried away
b. my taEa At the cruel death Of
YOUNG AuubIfoH y ho was one Of the
brightest lads who ever threw his
thish over q charger. that had
nrVar given thought 20 my own
position. Perhaps u would have
hasu more polite had / spoken the
rufftan fair. bat n was too late now
The cork waa drawn. ana must
drain thu vine. Besides. n the
harmless couimianattat man we're
put % SUCH = death. shat hope Vas
ihsrs for me, " ha had snapped the
spine OF their lieuienantf Ne. !
was doomed in eny ease. and Il was
as we'll. perhaps. that should have
put the best face on the matter. This
beast could bear witness that
Etienns Gerard had died AZ be had
itNsts ana that one pfiH"hfet ~ asaAt
had not auatlud before him. ! laf
there. thinking % tbs various Ktris
Who would mourn Tor me. and q my
dear OLD mother. and ~ the depiuf-
able loss witch / hhosid be. both. 70
my regiment and 10 the nnupufsr.
ard I ana not ashamed 20 confess %
you that / shed tears as ! tho1sht
81 the gen neral cnnstrrnatien Which
my premature end would give rise
o..
cantinued,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-05-21
THEODORE ROOSEVELT. d. d.

In hi. mental makeup the preacher
han politician
rhe moral health 81 he people IS constant theme
me poean studoa questions eeonone siahh'
prosperity solution or human haepeAa W.
nile can be made prosperous civilization noeeeis
Consequently politician believes u there any es W se ~
organism or the only way 70 eare @
by the enactment anythmg u WRONG with me on
the poitleian invariably says law"
The preacher philosopher Il matters not 80 mu'h
what the laws may necdf he points cut 'h"
srter -, ..,.
Tn. preara.r sees clearly that MAN nEiiiNp THE
LAW that Il the rraip power. itsst
Ana A. this paeh. president enphas citizenship
whether labor What not no n'
t,v.hv r-s 60 his favcss Of the people
what politicians fofset The pp
people And th anu"e'
structural makeup Of popular SOW
ocsd state where privilege 10 h"eas'
that Of COMMONWEALTH where certain
powers government
peoei ARE the government
me question therefore nueh avesu" ."
II question OF tho forn ~ government
people Germany under imperial torn % s"s
eminent progressive bstsrr OFT ~ ep
under republican fof OF Se"
rasnI
essential hat the people are more
Asni sWs MORT government
:
The eonesn II you want
luxury and uarsh'"
ortoian sAiust ashsF OF th~s
rrufes.
Let ash lsns politics preaehtns.
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90 10 spiansss for bicycle repair.
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sIIAFER BSOs.

THESE INSURED SUITS have that distinefiv.
quality call style the lowest priced garment i
the line Is made right 10 stay right
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-05-21

brewery f.AhoruFs- Nsweifs hau.
south Seattle.
Budding Iabarcrs-oiyJursc hall.
ii0th Stcoae aNsaue.
s-wai,fcsses hat. itse Sec
oad avenue
Electrical Helpers No. 2-l.eo' !
business Cetiese. scaon1 ayrEus and
PIKE.
IAtheTs- Carpenters ball, ik1a
Fourth aSanue.
snip Carpenters shiswrlKhts hall
Flyer dock
strv~t Car Employees Western
centnai I.Abof t'nlon hall. lsos ssa-
cad avenue afternoon and nikht
Transfers Collins hail. srceu5
avenue snd James street.
leafs Ete...- t.seler AsA entlelau
faSTsd - lass seeaad avenue. sss
---------9~~-~-
Go 20 spianss@ tur bicycle rrp&lrA
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-05-21

THEY FIT JUST AS WELL when you put the..
N yourself they do when the statesmen puts them -
our shoulders. They STAY right too.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-05-21

nriHaaier Etianne Gerard. a soldier
&C Napoleon. having conte Ia old aEe,
EatheFa a circle OF admirers about
him and tells them stories of bis ca
pleila, This story Il Of
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-05-21
EDITOR HEATH
NOW ON DECK

WASHINGTON. = e. May IL
Postmaster Gsnsfa1 Payne has re-
cesV.td the rerprt II tnapsctor COM
ger regarding tho tcrraftHina % tbs
aasFo rural maa carrier Al Guliafin.
Tenn. lie believes the s~ntiutsnt
Of the t,~apls - net against the
asxrA
Il - bsiisyed thai Payne WITH be-
FIRE evening. decide WHISTLER o. not
he all request statruent cssu-
esninK the post re irregularities
from t>ilgo< Heath. fsepFtetor % Tie
salt fsske rrttuns. Formerly assist
ant postmaster general
pactpw c. E anYs has removed n
the now weiksE hulidtnE CORNER
aaans.F ara tfnfxNf.EfQ sss
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49,. Us $50 ~ q ,,.r".>.
owing % the visit ~ the FRESi-
DENT. tins MATINEE on SATtH-
DAY vii begin 1T .. m
Commencing Sunday Aatince. the
first time IN Seattle Of the great
eoEsSsty. MISS HOBBS"
Presented by ths tncomp,a rahie
BAKER THEATEn COMPANY.
SUMMER PRICES:
Nisht~sec. -. &c. t1c.
MAftueo-=Esr. Is. Zee
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-10-01
RICHARDS is GUILTY.
Former Federal Official is Convicted
of the Charge of Robbery at
lndiannla

Dies Moines, Ia, Oct. 1.-Much to
the surprise even of the attorneys for
the state. 1t required but one ballot for
;the jury at lndianola today to find a
verdict OF guilty in the case of eX-Dep-
iuty United States Marshal Richards.
;who was charged with having engi
ncered the daring robbery of the Sui
ilivan home at Hamilton, Ia, on the
might of January 2, when nearly $1,000
was secured by two masked men aft
cr Mrs. Sullivan had been tortured by
placing a lighted lamp to her bare feet.
The case went to the jury at 1915,
and at exactly II o'clock the verdict
was reported. Richards and his attor
neys We're almost positive there would
be an acquittal. and We're ready to
wager heavy odds that there would be
nothing worse than disagreement. The
shock was Il severe one to Richards.
but he accepted 1T in his customary
stoical manner. His attorneys imme
diately served notice of appeal and filed
a motion for a new trial. Bond will be
furnished, by which Richards will be
able to keep from prison until final de-
Termination of his case
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-10-01
SULLIVAN AT oNAwA.
rhe Democratic Campaign in Monon.
County Opened Last Niuht,


Onawa, Ia, Oct. 1.-The politica.
campaign in this county was opened
last evening by the local democratic
committee at the Onawa opera house
with Jerry B. Sullivan Of Creston, can
didate for governor, as the star attrac-
ton. Despite the misty condition OF
the weather, the attendance was good
Delegations being present from Whit.
ing, Blencoe, Turin, Castana and other
towns. Professor Skidmore's orchestra
furnished music for the occasion. Hon.
Will C. Whiting and Fletcher Howard
of Sheldon occpied seats on the stage
with Mr. Sullivan. AT the request OF
Chairman j. w. Anderson of the coun-
ty committee, Mr.. Whiting introduced
the speaker to the audience. both
gentlemen being accorded much APP
plause. Mr.. Sullivan paid a fine COM
pliment to his hearers for their attend
ance on so unfavorable night. Then
taking up the lines of his speech he
proceeded to discuss the tariff at
length, challenging Governor Cum
minis to deny his statements at times.
He referred especially to the governors
former attitude in reference to the
much regret at the change of heart
Which Governor Cummins had of late,
after the Chicago private conference"
Quoting Abraham Lincoln, Garfield,
Arthur. Secretary Shaw of Iowa, and
Senator Allison, as all staunch advo-
Gates of free trade. In support of his
claims. He secuted the idea that true
democracy believed in any other doc
trine but that of protection for reven-
ue only" and denounced the idea that
Great Britain was anything else but
free trade" He gave Lot Thomas,
member of congress in the Eleventh
Iowa district, and also Judge Conner
Of Denison. another congressman, some
hard raps for voting in favor Of the
Fowler banking bill, and finally roasted
that proposed Infamous financial meas
ure. He dwelt with much intent on
the Philippine question, and read ex-
tracts from letters written by Brigadier
General Chas. King, late of the United
States army. saying that nine-tenths
Of the Filipinos could read and write,
and were far better able to govern
themselves than the negroes of the
United States. He paid glowing
.ribue to the navy for its share in the
Spanish-American war. The speaker
1ed his audience for more than one
hour and forty minutes. At times his
emarks were warmly applauded.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-10-01
~ Found Il So.

Mccormick, ILL.,, Sept. 2S.-Nfiss
Ethel Bradshaw of this place has writ
ten letter, which is remarkable for
the character of the statements 1t con-
tains. AS her letter will be read with
Interest, and probably with profit by
many women, it has been thought adj
visable to publish it in part. Among
other things Miss Bradshaw says:
II had Kidney Trouble with the va
rious unpleasant symptoms which al
ways come with that disease, and
have found cure. would strongly
advise all who may be suffering with
any form of Kidney Complaint to use
Dodd's Kidney Pills, remedy which
L have found to be entirely satisfac-
tory.
"This remedy is within the reach Of
all and is all that 1T is recommended
to be. found it SO, and therefore
feel it my duty. to tell others about 1t. -
DIR. Dunaway of Benton. ILL.,, uses
Dodd's Kidney Pills in his regular
practice, and says they are the best
medicine for Kidney Troubles. H0
claims they will cure Diabetes in the
last stages.