The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-01-26

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like So0.0oo.0oo cattle per year In
addition, there are vast undeveIoped
lands in Paraguay and Bolivia and
Uruguay and Brazil can add millions
of beeves TO the future meat supply
OF the world
As ii Is the exports Of frozen ana
chilled beef of Argentina have been
steadily increasing until they now
surpass those Of any other country OF
earth For 4 long time. the Argen-
tine was behind the United States in
its exports Of such products. / have
before me the figures for the decade
| ending 1Sl. During that time Ar
| genuna exported almost > ,00o. 200 tons
/ or about 4,o0e. e0e. 0o6 pounds, 81
| frozen and chilled beef: whereas the
| United States exported altogether only
| a little over 500. 900 pounds and Aus
tralia and New Zealand combined just
| about half as much as We did In 9o3
our exports in round numbers were
| $4,000 tons. and those of Argentina
only $4,000. In 1905 Argentina had
| over SO. 000 tons and We had fallen t.
| little more than 100000. From then
on the United States steadily decreas-
ed until 1912. when its foreign ship
ments amounted to only 1,0oe tons
During that year Argentina exported
343 900 tons, and now we export prac-
tically nothing while the exports os
beef exports from here last year
showed d great increase. and up to-
| now the country has shipped away
: beef to the amount of more than
$500, goo in value. Its exports of
frozen mutton have been about half
as much those of beef and the
J | packing business is just AT its begin
5 ming. Argentina has some items OF
l meat export that we do not have in
L our government statistics. Jerked
I beef, for instance, brings in about
+ 81, 5000 year, and powdered meat
4 sells for almost SIS much. The eS-
= tract of beef brings moro than a
Y million dollars. and condensed soup is
e now sold to the extent of nearly 5000
| 600 per annum. This chilled meat
d product Of last year amounted to
S $56 600, 000 in gold, and since 1885 the
n meats sent abroad have brought in
Y almost $500. 00e,9
q AT present fully one-half OF the
meat exporting is backed by America
capital although the companies are
e doing their business as Argentine or
y ganizationS They work independent
e " of one another. and so far there
y is no combination or American trust.
le l am told that the English and other
S. companies are very jealous of the
n Americans. and that they accuse them
'e Of taking the profits out of the bust
n ness by raising the prices of cattle
so As it is now the best cattle go to tn
N American factories.
in have before me the Argentine
r. yearbook, which gives the latest fig
IN ures as TO the various meat cOmpa
ut MES. There are altogether eleven II
ne the republic including one in New
IN Patagonia which is shipping 100, 00(
ne frozen sheep every year; another a
Bahia Blanca, the great port OF th'
south, and several meat preserving III
It's situations scattered over the country
10. The latter are owned by British syn
to dicate which has a capital Of $4,000,
ed 900, its chief business being in pre-
nd served meats and meat extract.
or AS to the frigeritiCOS or meat ffeeZ
gs. ing establishments. the oldest is tn
rs, Sansinena, founded about twenty
lat three years ago with a capital Of So
nd 100000 in gold, and half as much i
bonded indebtedness. This compan
has been paying dividends of 10 pc
90 cent and upward on its common stool
of And then there is the esta blishmer
no of James Nelson & Son, which wa
he registered in 1892. This is the La
ng Parana Frigerifico, situated tn
Of Parana river. 1t has q capacity {
he 500 cattle and 5000 sheep per da,
We The F'rigerifico Argentine is an Italia
of organization with a capital Of $4,000
,rk 900 and dividends Of 5 per cent.
nts is situated in Buenos Aires on tt
lrS hlaCnuelo river, e'ilu lloI ioi IL oiii Il
the La Blanca Cola storage LON pal u
are The La Blanca's capital is S1,50O,00
,h and that of the La Plata is $500, 90
me- but the La Blanca or Armour organ
or ization will be materially increase
the DIV It's sister plahl al La L IA IT, WIN.
ere IS no" pullolhS. both OK THESE cgu
nv panies do an enormous business. TT
i've net profits of the La Plata in 49,
, is were over s659,O00, and it is payi,
something like IL per cent dlviden'
on it's common stock In additit
hat there are otntl con. paAie9 eledseu
ent the manufacture Oh lfiea. eA.i aus O.,
,IJv | preserved meats, one of which dat
ar back to 1865 Altogether the me
mi business Is ohlS III ilS beginning Oh