The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-04-23
CHEAPER MEATS
SEEMS PROBABLE
IN NEAR FUTURE
AUSTRALIA is NOW EXPORTING
LAMB AND MUTTON TO
NEW YORK.
Notwithstanding the Tariff on Meats
the imported Article Can Be Sold
Cheaper Than the Home Produced
Article.

New York, April 22.--There is now
offered for sale in retail meat stores
OF this city, at prices several cents be-.
low the charges for domestic products,
lamb and mutton imported from New
South Wales.
That this can be done at a profit TO
the importers, Notwithstanding the
heavy freight rates and tariff duties is
pointed to as evidence that the prices
of meats here are being arbitrarily
kept up by the Western trust.
This imported meat has been brought
in by Sayles, Zahn & Co., among 9th
ers, their latest consignment consist
ing of 100 lamb and sheep carcasses
In addition the firm has en- route here
another lot CT 1000 carcasses.
When this concern placed on the
market last week Australian beef
which was offered at from 3 to 4 cents
below the American article, lawyers
for the Beef Trust cast about for a
way of blockading the sale of the I'M
ported meat, and it was announced
that they wcIld raise legal question
about the method of inspection. That
| this effort will be futile is indicated
| by the pronouncement of the Board OF
! Health that examination of the latest
| Importation showed the meat to be N
| first class condition and of excellent
! quality.
Price an important Factor.
A member of Sayles, Zahn & Co., il
discussing the importations, said there
were many advantages to be gained EH
handling this stock in preference +;
native-grown lamb and sheep.
In the first place lie said. there
! is the consideration Of price, which fs
very important just at present. Tht
prices of native stock have gene -
! high that the consumption of meal
! has fallen off These carcasses " 70
brought from New South Wales, ant
after paying the purchase price, the
/ tariff duty. freight and all transporta
! ton charges, the cost to Salyes, Zahn
& Co. was a great deal less than the
same animals of native product!(n
! could be bought
+ This enables the company to place
! the meat on the market at rates lowe
than those now prevailing for Lam
and mutton. Naturally, this appeals
| to the consumer, and is decided ad
vantage in favor of the foreign meat
"Another factor which is important
and which contributes to the lowe'
! price of the imported meat is the facl
that it is received in better conditlol
! than are the ANNALS butchered in thi'
country, that is. better in the sense
that there is not Sc much waste and
hence there is a greater proportionaty
profit in handling. For instance, the
supply received by us was trimmed sc
+ that nearly all the fat was taken OF
and shanks had been removed, thus
! making a very appreciable difference
/ in the quantity of waste matter.
Canadian Meats Handled Cheaply
| Some of the dealers have also hand
led sheep and lambs purchased in Car
| ada, which were delivered to Ne"
| York at less cost than American arowr
animals These men declare that il
! the tariff on meats were abolished they
could be sold at figures which would
! greatly lessen the high cost of living
/ The removal of the tariff, contend
the dealers, would work no hardship
| on the American industry, at the trus'
they assert, istself furnishes proof 81
| the eXorbitant prices eXacted by eN-
( porting meat to England and France
/ where it is marketed at from to
cents less than here, after adding the
expense of transportation.
( The imported meat is brought tc
+ this country in cod storage, and is
declared to be quite as good in quail
lity as that produced here. 1t is being
used by d number of hotels and re-
/ raurants in this city, and so we'll sat
isfed are they that they are giving
large advance orders for tAeir re
quirements.