Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-01-21
MEAT PACKING HOUSES MAY
BE LOCATED in THIS CITY.
Outside Parties Interested in This Line Have
Taken Option on Site for Factory and
Cattle Yards.

both of these respects they have been
successful and have been fortunate
enough TO obtain an option on tract
of land Immediately adjoining both rail-
roads, where they have an ideal site for
a packing house and range for their
cattle
One or two of the local land COM
panies, the officers of which realize
what stimulus to the cattle raising
industry the building of packing
house, here would be, thus enchancing
the value of all the lands they hold,
have signified a desire to assist in
financing this industry, and have ex-
pressed the belief that some of the local
stock raisers and farmers would un-
doubtedly be only too glad to aid in q
movement of this nature. Valuable as
the cooperation and financial backing
of these parties would be, the gentle
! sen who have this venture in mind are
much more desirous of enlisting the CO.
operation and aid of the local butchers
than of any other class OF men. There
is no desire on the part of these parties
to antagonize the local butchers, or in.
any way to interfere with them or their
business. On the other hand they seek
their cooperation and assistance,
because they will expect to dispose of
large portion of their product through
local butcher shops. This will not pre-
vent the local butchers from doing kill
| ing on their on own account should
they feel desirous of doing so, for any
butcher who is member of the packing
house association will be given the
privilege of using the association
slaughter houses at nomi;lal fee for
each animal slaughtered, being allowed
certain price for the by-products. In
this way the local butcher would be
saved the expense of maintaining a
separate slaughtering establishment,
and at the same time would have the
privilege of using one of modern and
sanitary construction.
Another benefit to the butchers would
be that all meat prepared for food at
this establishment would be as carefully
inspected as is done in the large cities,
both before and after slaughter, and
the mere fact that the meat bore the
certificate of this establishment would
be guarantee as to its wholesomeness
for food, something which the public
will demand within short time.
Representatives of these packers will
within short time call upon the local
butchers, explain the plan in full and
endeavor to secure their cooperation.
Ii they meet with the anticipated sue
cess, they will then turn their attention
to the land companies and farmers who
may be desirous of assisting in financ-
ing the project.
These parties have already looked
over sites at Chippewa Falls, Eau Claire
and one or two other places in Central
Wisconsin, but none of the places visit
ed have been able to offer such splendid
inducements as Wausau.
One of the gentlemen who was here
states that the success of the project
does not necessarily wholly depend
upon being received favorably by the
local butchers. While they desire no
conflict of interests and believe that it
is for the best interests of all to secure
the cooperation of those already en-
gagged in the retail trade here, they can
manage the packing house without this
cooperation, and if necessary can es-
tablish their own retail distributing
stations, and know that they can de-
pend upon eventually securing control
of the lower local market. Whether
any or all of the butchers cooperate
with them or not, they have determined
to establish a packing house here. If
they have to fight the local interests, it
will be on smaller scale, but start
they will, as they realize that this is too
valuable territory to be unoccupied.