The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-09-12
Australian Meat Will Be Used
To Supply Americans

statement that Australian beef.
mutton. pork and butter will in a
few weeks flood the markets OF San
Francisco and other American cit
les and lower the present high prlc-
es of meat to the consumer says
the London Financial Times. The
Union Steamship company has an
nounced that an order has just
been placed in England for the con-
structlon Of four large refrigerator
carriers, which are to be used Tor
transporting frozen meats from
Australia to San Francisco. The
head of Schweitzer & Co. of San
Francisco, which for years has al
WAYS dealt independently. is now in
Australia, and at Sydney has closed
a contract for all of the available
refrigerating space on the three lin
ers of the Union Steamship company
now operating to San Fancisco.
The steamship owners have secured
guarantees from Schwitzer for
large orders sufficient to test the re-
frigerating capacity of the present
fleet of steamships. Schweitzer ex-
poets to bring to San Francisco mil
lious of pounds of meats. especially
mutton, which is to be supplied not
only to local customers. but also to
many other parts of California.
Expecting at least lowering of
the present tariff on meats admitted
into America. Swift and Armour
interests are now preparing for the
construction of huge slaughter
house and freezing plant at Bris-
bane, Queensland. from which they
will ship to the states thousands Of
frozen sheep. hogs and cattle week
ly. The American companies will
also handle Australian butter,
which at the present has been debar-
red from the American market
through the presence of boric acid
as a preservative. Apparently the
acid will be omitted in future and
freezing alone depended on for pre-
serving.
According to Mr.. D. E. Quinn
now New South Wales commission
er for the United States, hundreds
of cattle breeders of Texas and the
Southern End Western states have
signified their intention of going to
Northern Australia and going into
the cattle business upon a bigger
scale than ever before attempted.
Already concessions have been ar
ranged for the taking over of vast
portions of more than 1000, 900
square miles of virgin territory,
which is adapted to the raising of
millions of sheep and cattle annual
ly.
To prevent the possibility of the
meat trust taking over the vast
production of meats and butter of
Australia land charging the consun-
er high prices and paying the pro-
Queer low prices. the common
wealth is arranging to take charge
of the slaughtering. freezing and
sale of these products upon nation
al scope. and keep prices upon an
even basis.
The largest killing, freezing and
packing plant in the world will soon
be in course Of construction at one
OF the seaports of Northern Austr al.
ia, in which sheep. hogs and cattle
will be handled for the markets OF
the world. Mr.. Quinn said furthe,
"All of this is made possible on
account of a recent ruling issued
from Washington. The United
States department Of agriculture
has decided that the inspection
stamp placsd upon meats by the ms.
pectors OF Australia may be admit.
ted into the United States. The eff.
feet of this has proved quite salts.
factory. for we have learned tina,
the American meat eaters are read,
and anxious to purchase the meat.
OF Australia. Australia is feeding