Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-10-31
London. New York

SirlOIn Stcak ................to % W ~
Porterhoise steak .........2i -
Round steak ................1, ~ to 70
Figures recently complied by the Sun |
! also have come in for considerable atten |
| ton. They showed that the wholesale
| price of American and Canadian beef In
| London in the latter part OF August
| ranged from T. to 10 ia cents a pound,
and in New York city ut the same time
dressed heavy choice beef was bringing
from 10 to 10 IL cents "A pound and choice
native light beef from IA l-2 to 10 L. cents
| a pound.
q. T. Austin, assistant chief of the
bureau Of foreign and domestic COM
merce and the governments chief statis-
| tician, has replied to some of these In
quries on the beef question as follows:
The American meat. Of which prices
u in London are quoted, is evidently meat
from Argentina, since British imports of
fresh beef from the United States, as
shown by her own official figures. have
fallen from 257, 100000 pounds in 1900 to
lo5Oo,0OO pounds In 1911, willie those from
: Argentina have increased from 103,oo0,000
pounds in 1902 to Gsi5OO,0Oo pounds in 1911.
The share OF British imports of fresh beef
which she takes from the United States
has fallen from 6llS in 1902 to 237 in 1911.
l when we compare her receipts OF fresh
meat i'"i'' ''' 49, .
rom H'S'n.'''" po' '
the eh''eo "t"''s anu v'''''V' P0"''u'
from Argentina III '''i II WI Nv 'Fi
eht lHa' 'hc p'"es Vi
ieu' ihea'S "''''' 'i''c INV '"'" f''NN
Ia LONDON
1.-The figures of the Argentine govern
ment SHOW that her exports of frozen beer
have grown from 2,a97 metric tons in ~"
to 1892 metrl, tons in 1907. the latest
. year for which data are available; ana
as very large proportion of this goes
to the United Kingdom 1t is again APP
parent that Argentine beef has displaced
s.. that from the United states in the Brit
ish market and that the so-called'Amcri-
:, can beef is chiefly from Argentina also
j, that the prices Of the very small quantity
coming from the United states are n"ces-
!, sariy dictated To great extent by the
prices of Argentine beef. Of which the
. quantity imported into the United King
Com Is, according to the British ofhrial
figures over 80 times as much as that
from the United States
e Al tho same time government eXperts
A: cannot understand why. unless artificial
; barriers have been erected, the nitei
= States should not be getting a portion
. Of Argentina's Immense bee. exports.
- The distance from Argentina to Eng.
lend and from Argentina to the United
y States is about the same and the highe,
Y prices of beef prevailing In the United
: States would seem readily to offset tn,
IL cents "A pound tariff imposed upor
l. beef imports The fact Is though tina
= the beef imports from Argentina to thi.
u country are practically negligible
IS II Ia pointod out that the United state.
- is handicappod through n lack Of shlpp'ns
e and banking facilities between this coun
y try and Argentina. and that the noces
g sitv of proper devclopment along thu
- line is urgent If the United States eye
IS homes to turn the current of trade to tn
Il western shores of the Atlantic.
IL The reason generally accented here
It though for tho steady flow of Argentine
l, heof IA fine English markets is the pri,
: which IN. American beef interests al
n ready have obtained on the Argentina
Is trade. This conclusion +. s,Istaine
o nv renorts of yov,rnmcn, cxnerts. onI
.hout vear arn James D. Whelplev.
y commercial agent of the dcpartment q
* commerce and labor. investigated condi
tons I'm Argentina and reported that chi
cago meat companies already had attain
ed "a decided. ~ not a dominating. In
fuence" over the trade and the control O
r. prices
err 1.-THE extent of their interests" sal