The St. Louis Republic., 1904-04-10
Line of Refrigerator Steamers to
Bring Beef and Mutton to
United States.
ENGLAND USES THIS MEAT.
Trip From Buenos Ayres to
New York City Can Be
Made Three Days
Quicker.

| REPC Bl.lC SPECIAL
| New York. April Beef and mutton
from the Argentine Republic. by the ship
load. to be sold here in competition with
the products controlled by the Beef Trust.
is the promise held out by syndicate OF
| capitalists. who have obtained concessions
| secured options and laid plans for opera
| ton on large scale.
At the office of the Consul General from
Argentina. in the Produce Exchange build
| ing. it was said that contracts have been
made for a site for large refrigerating
| plant and wharves for ocean-going steam
| ships to carry beef and mutton to this
port.
According to the informatio which has
reached the Consul General. Senior r. AL
| varez de Toledo. line of refrigerator
| steamers is to be established between
Buenos Ayres and New York, and beef
f, equal to the best product of our Western
plains Is to be shipped here. Lamb and
| mutton that will hold its own with Can
adas best Is included in the project.
TO CUT TRUST PRICES.
It is said that the beef and mutton will
be offered here at prices considerably less
than those maintained by tho Beef Trust.
from the Argentine Republic have been in
keen competition with American meats for
several years.
Shipped from the South American Re-
public In refrigerator steamers to London,
Liverpool and other ports, beef has sold
in large quantities at from to cents
Wholesale. The Beef Trust has met these
prices abroad, but has invariably obtained
higher rEtos here.
There have been no less than five groups
Of capitalists and persons Interested in
auiries at the Argentine Consulate during
the last year regarding the shipment Of
meat products here.
We are not at liberty to give the names
M a Yhn n aNya oh hfoi Y,qI ha pnr
cession." said representative of Senor de
Toledo yesterday. I'VE were called upon
about three months ago by a man who
later went to Argentine. and after spend-
ing two months there investigating the
business Of exporting beef ana mutton
has returned to this city.
PLANT IS ESTABLISHED.
We are Informed that he has pur-
chased a site for a refrigerating and pack
Ing establishment and has a concession
covering the exporting Of beef and other
products.
Our Government offers every induce
ment to American investors who wish to
engage IN business in Argentine. We do
not know how soon steamers will be
bringing beef here. but II is bound to
come"
omcial statistics compiled By the Min
ister Of Agriculture Of the Republic of
for 1903 as i.oissss quarters. The @ exports Ssts
OF lamb and mutton for the year were
S.4A.7Ss carcasses. This large business has
been built up since 1883. when the first re-
1rl8eratfng plant was established In
Buenos Ayres. There are now five large
concerns @ operating there. They are the
Las Palmas Produce Company. E. Terras-
son on and ,n the La Blanca Company.
tine companies and form an alliance with
the Beef Trust Of this country, covering
the Foreign trade. The attempt failed.
GOOD CHEAP BEEF.
Beef OF good quality is sold in Buenos
Ayres at ~ cents per pound on the hoof.
The very best beef for export purposes is
sold at 3 cents pound. while poorer
ssaoes are quoted az low as N cent
pouho Mutton is quoted at about s.. GO
per carcass, or about 8 cents pound.
AT retail beef of good quality in ArRen-
tina tina may be had for q cents kilo Argen-
tine money, which is equivalent to about
~ cents pound American money Nut
ton retails at 81 cents. It is claimed that
steamers can mako the trip to this port
Ayres to London. and that Argentine beef
can be delivered here cheaper than in Eng
Considerable secrecy is maintained q. =,
the individuals who compose the syndicate
which has undertaken the Importation of
argentine beef. Offices have been opened
10 4n.t the ,Idoa Produce Exehange Annex by the
pany. capitalized at 8. 100000 o. B. Black
burn. secretary and treasurer of the COM
pany; Is the man who recently spent two
months In the Argentine Republic study
ing the export beef question. He returned
last week
When seen Mr.. Blackburn said:
We have contracted for the purchase of
z site for a plant at Quenquen, near
Buenos Ayres. A project to build a harbor
for nght-drah vessels there was under
way. We have induced the company to
make II harbOr where ocean rfearna ara
may land. This work is now under way.
We expect to ship refrigerated beef and
mutton here in the early frture. but I am
time"
MIR. Blackburn Is said to represent East
ern and Western capitalists who are al
ready interested In PROVISION and packing |
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