Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-09-05
FOOD FOR LONDON
The Worlds Largest City Is Ever
on the Verge of Famine.
COULD BE EASILY STARVED.

HaNH96 rne GFEdE dVO fGdikHI
trepolis-Sources of Its Provisions
London is city aud county, but 1t
is 80 immense and 50 diverse that 1t
might almost be said ~ be country.
one OF the most striking things about
London is it's utter inability to feed
itself In the matter Of food It's very
immensely Is the cause of its utter de-
pendence. II supplies were cut OF
from without 1t would starve TO death
In few weeks.
1t is the richest city h the world
1t has palatia shops. thousands Of
stores and countless warehouses. but
il produces practically nothing in the
shape OF foodstuff 1t is like great
baby that has TO be fed by its mother,
the world. and the produce Of the world
Ellis the mouths of it's 100000 inhab
itauts
By the rail the river aud the road
all that LonGoners eat and drink is
brought to them. and three-quarters Of
it all ~ conveyed In ships from abroad
Until the beginning OF the nineteenth
century London bad no docks Today
they cover ul area of twenty-five miles,
and wheat from the United States,
Russia Canada and the Argentine is
discorgcl Into their granuries from the
holds Of SHIPS ike SO much sand
Many LonloHers have never seen the
docks, but two !oaves out Of every
three that they ent are made from the
grain that comes to them through those
docks
Most of the grain ships berth In the
Victoria docks, but since they are 80
necessary to the city's welfare they
have the right to moor at any quay in
the port Of London, privilege no 9th.
er vessels possess.
The London butchers never cease to
sound the praise OF English beef and
mutton, but they sell little that is real
~ English All the cattle that are
shipped to London alive pass ashore
at DeptfOrd into the market which
stands on the site of the dockyard
where Peter the Great learned ship
building. Every animal Is inspected
by a government official, and those that
are In any way diseased are killed and
cremated straightway.
Cattle come by train from all parts
of the kingdom TO the Metropolitan
cattle market at Tslington. travelling
through the night and on Mondays
and Thursdays the market opens at
dawn and continues TIL 8 O'Clock In
the afternoon. The cattle that are
sold are driven 10 the slaughter houses
and killed. and the meat is on sale Mt
Smithdeld early next morning
At 2 o'clock in the morning this
market is nblaze with light, and the
streets IN the vicinity are blocked with
railway vans At o'clock the sales
men are In their places. and soon aft
erward the buyers from the big shops
arrive. aud the savdust strewu ave
uues of red AND yellow carcasses are
throuccd
Smtbaeid's daily supply Of beet and
mutton Is about l,cDo tons, hut only a
ufth OF rhs meat is British, ana much
of the mutton comes from New Zea.
hand via the Victoria docks.
The county OF Kent Is noted for its
fruits and vegetables, nut London
would be unable 90 satisfy its craving
for green stun without the aid of 9th
er countries. The miscellaneous yege-
tables annually brought into England
from abroad are worth close to $1,000
600
There are several markets in the
metropolis for such wares Spitalfields,
the Great Northern potato market and
the Farringdon fruit and vegetable
market-but the bulk of the apples,
oranges, lemons, onions. potatoes and
other roots that are brought from
France, Italy. Spain and Alg!ers find
their way from the docks OF COvent
Garden in common with the home
grown fruit and vegetables which
reach London from all points OF the
compass In boxes and baskets piled
high on numbering vnns
Most of the market gardeners sell
their own wares at THE Garden. -
while the foreign stun Is sold at auc.
ton For 500 years this place has
been the premier market of London for
vegetables, fruits and flowers, and
there are firms who have traded be
meath its glass roof for generations
Some Of the fish that feeds London
is landed on floating poutoon at the
river front Of B.Eiuy>~ate market. and