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why. the prices for /. should go any
higher.
Most of the butchers in Washington
Market say they do not and could not
handle grass fed beef because their
customers want only the very best" !"
nut they realisr that the arrival Of tho
idhgc cattle is going to help thing
al"nS III the cheaper markets.
MI TIL" market men agree that the
present scarcity If good beef will con-
thu" t"i many weeks. and some are ,f
IN" opinion that IL may bc several
years before meat really becomes com.
pari'ivcly cheap again.
II am thoroughly convinced." said a
Washington Marhet butcher YESTERDAY.
that what we really need in this
country is Il stiff export duty on beef
vt present the beef trust IL sending
los of beef cbroad There isn't an.
u'ntt about that. Notwithstanding all
IN" denals. And If what we hear is
true. this beef rctai,s for less on the
"tn,r side than II does here. Mind you
only the very best OF beef goes To tn,
ether side
In times like these. when we haven I
enough 10 supply the demands Of four
own people. we shou.L keep an our beef
III TINS country. An export tariff would
do II. short time ago Il friend ~ mine
VINO was on tho other side said that A
certain brand of ham shipped from this
country bv one OF our big companies sold
!or TWO cents ios- per hound in London
than here. just think OF that"
Y. Joseph; one of the best known Wash
ing'on Market butchers. promised ils,
before sailing for Europe for three
months vacation several weeks ago that
he would investigate the foreign markets
lor me purpose Of finding out if i is true,
as reported. that American beef is sold
IN Europe at cheaper prices than il can
be bought here. notwithstanding the ad-
ditional charges for shipping it across the
Atlantic. Mr.. Joseph's son said yester-
dav he was awaiting a letter from his
'ather on this question. but so far he had
written nothing about business matters
houlder liudgins OF lIudgins 4 Dumas.
who have the job Of feeding immigrants
OF Ellis Island. was quoted Yesterday as
saying that the insufficient production OF
beef to-day in this part of the country is
que 10 the fact that years ago the beef
trust" in order to overcome a prejudice
IN Eastern markets against Chicago beef
sent agents through the Atlantic States
buying up a the visible supply of beef
ana sheep. thus destroying the Eastern
sources of supply. which have never been
repenished.
AS Tor the Western ranges. on which
the country has since been obliged to de-
pend, Mr.. Hudgins said. their area has
been lessened bv cultivation. cattle raisers
hnding more money in raising crops OF
various kinds
Mr. Hudgns said the only real solu ION
TO the meat problem Is the restocking cf
tho small farms IN the East. He suggested
that the State - New York might find il,
a. II "A load in,
cf getting farmers to establish breeding 9
farms. the State to distribute calves and
lambs on easy terms.
The state food Investigators in their re-
cent report on market prices and costs
suggested that wholesale and retail prices
Tor foodstufs should lie fixed by system
attic auction in lots suitable for purchase by
retail
believe thoroughly in 'hi. principle
OF hNng prices ty auCt ion said we'll
known butter and egg man YESTERDAY
But there are agencies that will work
against such system For instance
not long ago there "a, such an auction
Of butter. eggs and roultry ON a West
street pier every morning.
1t lasted siN months and went ont Cf
business two or three months ago for lack
Of support. Just what happened nobody
can really tell. but We do know that some
Of the men who went 10 the auction and
bought for cash in ten lot cases we,c
told by commission men that il they were
able To pay the auctioneer cash they could
Ct course pay cash to commiss ion mey,
instead II depending On credit III the
future.
"Credt Is mighty convenient az certain
times. vou know. and these men felt that
they would be unable ~ lh. future 10 buv
al auction. | 'h'nk. how ever. III iime
that wc will accept The committees idea
If auctions IN fixing prices"