Arizona republican., 1909-05-21

l have had time to talk with"
the business part of the city, as for
instance the plants of Hauser, Cuda-
by, Simon Myers, and the Southwest
ern company. Such a plant can be
! built in Phoenix and the intention to
construct such plant is now fast
taking shape. Such a plant may be
erected where the present one now
stands, doubtless will be if the coun-
ell gives permission, otherwise it will
be somewhere else, and the sooner
the matter is settled, the better for
| all concerned.
But it is a fact that such a plant
will cost a lot of money, possibly
$50, 900 to $4,000, and it is a fact that
no one butcher in this city has
enough capital to build the kind of a
slaughter house that Phoenix now
| needs, for it must have one that is
not offensive and one. that will furn-
ish a quality of meat unsurpassed
anywhere, and one close enough in to
be practical, and in this climate that
cannot be very far out The plan has
therefore taken shape for all the
markets to unite i nthe construction
of a model slaughter house, one that
will be just as good as Mr.. Armour,
Mr.. Cudahy or any other mister can
build though of course not so large as
the plants in the big cities. 1t is un-
derstood that the project has been en-
dorsed by all the Phoenix markets as
the only practicable solution of the
troubles of both themselves and the
off he
house question.
The idea does not mean the ANAL
gamation of all the markets by any
means. They will be run separately
and independently, just as they are
today, but their butchering will be
done in common. Meat will cost one
market as much as another but that
will not interfere with competitive
management of markets in point of
treatment of customers, the furnish
ing of good or bad quality to this GUS
toner or that, in accordance with
what he pays for and in accordance
with the administration of the market.
Meat will be no higher for no butcher
ever pays any more for meat than he
has to and one can buy about as
cheap as another, take it the year
through. And competition and sup
ply and demand generally regulates
the retail price pretty closely. The
truth is that while Phoenix markets
are handling a vast amount of meat,
none of them are making any money,
due first to the fact that the original
cost of stock is high, the retail mar
ket is about as high as it can stand,
there is but limited amount of the
best meat in any animal and to Sc
cure it, it is always necessary to dis
pose of great quantity of inferior,
that is cheaper grade meat, for
which every meat eater, can testify
that the price is now as high as he is
able to pay. PorterhOuse does not
cost a butcher any more than soup
bones, but he has to buy a hundred
pounds of bones to get a pound of
porterhouse. And the man who buys
the porterhouse refuses to pay for
all the bones, so when meat is high
somebody must pay big price for
bones. The truth is that to sell bones
at their proper price to the poor
people the well to do should pay a
dollar a pound for their porterhouse.
But they wont do it, so that settles
it and the butcher must do the best
he can, for he proposes to make some
money if possible the same as any
other business man.
About the only recourse for the
Phoenix markets therefore is to build
a thoroughly modern plant just as
every modern city has and do away
as much as possible, with the cost
of handling, or of production Of
market supplies. Instead of a half
dozen corrals for as many delivery
equipments of wagons and stock,
there would be but one; instead of
half dozen unsanitary, and odoriferous
Strengthening plants, a menace to the
comfort and health of neighbors, there
would be but one; and instead of the
bones and blood and other by-pro-
ducts that now are worse than worth
less because they are the cause Of
the present slaughterhouse objections.
there would be an output of fertilizer,
which the valley acreage will soon, in
fact right now, does demand for sue
cessful agriculture. II will be a bles-
sing to the farmer and orchardist and
means to the meat men, just the diff
ference between profit and loss.
As indicated above, this plan has
practically been endorsed by all the
Phoenix markets. 1t was first sug-
gested months ago by Messrs. Hurley
and Tribolet, who have had experts
here to look over conditions and who