Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-05-07

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those people who. on account of dot
age, homage and dyspepsia, do not cat
meat, that would allow every four per-
SONS in the country Il beef TO last them
year--to say nothing of the break
fast food and patent medicine that we
use. The vesetarians are evidently not
crowded with applications for membec-
ship. This gives every beef eater 1913
pounds 4 year, and as much pork us
he wants, to boot.
| The estimated profit per head on
dressed Dccf fOr tho period from July.
| 1908. to June. 1901. was cishiv.;yo
cents. This anpelra insignificant, am!
so ii would he, if Il man Killed about
scventv-Gvc cattle per year: bnt VII N
yoii reflect that the largest nG tn beef
concerns slaueh;crs an average of ion
caitl" per minute for every working
day in the year. yo, can readily see
that $500 per minute is not bad in
come when il G csiima,ed as clear
profit, Nor is this all There arc car
tain other things. such MS bv-proInci; ..
private ears. etc. which swell ilIc prof.
its mp to about 81 80 per head. makin:,
$1,000 This same concern could send
beet IN one cent per pound and rcnp
% profit Of $7,532, 1876 per year addi-
tional.
This is 4 book which tho consumer
should read. mark. learn and inwarlly
| digest" The consumer occupies Il
unique position in he world. lie might
be termed tho "l'atSy Bolivar" Of ere.
alton: and no matter who is on top.
| he Is always ON the bottom Who las
not wcpt over that touching poem of
| lrowning's beginning.
Behold The awful aislcs of woe
Where h,iddlcd stand the sinners
| doomed;
| lis To This place We all may 90
The consumer i; nj last consumed
The Reef Book is plentrully inter
spcrscd with charts, arranged after tho
manner or the daily rcpur' on Il case of
| typhoid fever. showing how the course
of HE Beef Empire has taken its West
ward way and also how prices have
paisiod during the past few years
There are no other illustrations OK
| ccpl tho coat of arms of the De
! partmcnt of Commerce and Labor
| The man who buys this book gctS
clean, clear meat; he does not have 10
sacrifice his good coin for half tones
and photographers a few pictures
however. would not he ont of place. in
orr opinion. For Instance. Il well exc
cutcu wood cut Of The cow jlimping
over the moon, illustrating the course
of The price Of beef. would be eminent
~ proper. We would also suggest n
hassO relieve OF the golden calf neatly
done in bronze. These would add
nothing to the price of the volume and
much In The interest
Every beef has Il hide. This is what
is known as Il by-prodnct. portcrhuuse.
costing twcnty-onc cents u pound, is
technically termed n buy-prodlct. 9th
or hy-Drodncts are liver, swccthrcads
and brains. There is always demand
FOR brains, far greater, indeed than
the supply.
Tho chapter on olcomargarinc is one
OF the most entertaining in the hook
We have read il ana rc-rcad IL n dozen
times. Olco stock is so much like ordi-
nary tnllow that no one can distinguish
The difference except n man who owns
| q creamery. Mr.. Garfield does not give
us the information in his book, but us
Il matter of fact, Olcomargarinc was In.
vented by n .Frcnchman, Mcgc- AIourics,
in 1870. in an effort 10 improve the but
ter which he had 10 cat al his boarding
house. We have been reliably inform
cd that olco oil has bcon discovered in
West Virginia. and will he pipcd all
over the country. For Il good house
hold test for olc0margarinc gel Farm
cr's Bulletin, No. 1"l, Department of
Agriculture" Olcomarearime. by the
way, is improperly named, rs il con
tainS no marsarin. Ii should have
been christcncd ocostcarin, or olcopal.
mniin. However, it makes but little
difference, so long rs II is called Muttcr
Legal item: "lf man colors his
OlcoStcarin, alias ocomargarne, vel
low. he is assessed ten cents per pound
in addition 10 the cost Of cOlOring mat
ter; while If he sells il straight, he
is only taxed onc-fourth of one per
cent; for, although limitation may he
he sinccrcsi ilaticry," honesty is still
the best policy" very witty little
sentiment in this chapter is to The Of
feet that ''corn-fcd cattle have a much
larger proportion of butter fat Than
light 'grasscrs Anyone would do
well 10 mcmuriZc ihs.
While we have moi space for any
lengthy quotations. VIC could not dis
miss The reader without inserting one,
which we regard as the hest in the
book:
"lf packer cuts up a carcass which
he would sell whole for six cents n
pound, he may have To charge 10 or 10
cents for the rib and lons, because for
the chick. plate and shank and certain
other parts he will get only from 3 to
. cents per pound. Moreover. the re-
L fs.tl L.. ,.1,.
cy; indeed. in his hands the graduation
| of prices becomes much moro married.