The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-02-28
A RECENT VISIT
BY JUDGE BEGGS
TO FINE PLANT
PENSACOLA LAWYER WHO WAS
LATELY IN MouLTRIE. GEoR-
GlA, MAKES SOME oBsERvA-
TioNs or IMPRESSIONS he
CLEANED THERE. ia4


Judge E. D. Beggs OF Pensacola, who
recently made trip to Moultrie, Ga,
accepted the invitation of friend to
visit the stock yards and packing house
of what is known as the Moultrie
Packing Company. and the impressions
which he gained there we're lasting
ones. Judge Beggs was closely OBJ
servant throughout his trip to the
great plant, and he is telling the read
ers of The Pensacola Journal some of
those impressions. To representative
of this paper he talked of his recent
trip as follows:
Judge Begss Talks.
"On a recent visit to Moultrie, Ga,
through the courtesy or Hon. Robert
L. Ship, member elect of the GeorgiN
legislature and prominent lawyer
of Moultrie, was enabled to visit the
stocks yards and packing house of
the Moultrie Packing Company. This
institution was only completed two
or three months ago. II was built and
is owned and operated by local capital,
the president being Hon. w. c. Vereen,
one of the leading citizens of that Sec
ton of Georgia. Mr.. vereen has had
large interests in Florida and is known
to q number of Pensacolians, being
the father in law of Hon J.. FL. Smith
wick, whom he is now visiting.
THE plant cost something like $780,
600. It has already slaughtered cured
and packed thousands of head of hogs
and cattle. This season it has been
able to handle hogs shipped from dis
tant points. 1t is the opinion of the
manager that eventually Colquit coun-
ty, in which Moultrie is situated, will
supply the capacity of the plant The
stock -raisers in the vicinity have the
advantage in the matter of delivery of
stock, of course, by driving the stock
or hauling it in wagons to the plant
1T was great sight TO see the thou
sands Of pounds of meat already cured
and in the process Of being cured and
smoked. The plant is also making the
usual by-products of such a plant Elk
celient prices are being paid for the
stock, the prices, of course, being gov
erned by the ruling market quota
tions. y64sa-
Better Breed of Stock.
AT the time of my visit l was in
formed that the average price for hogs
then was six cents per pound on the
foot. One thing that impressed me was
that the better the breed CT the stock.
the better the prices detained, which
will necessarily lead to improvement
by the stock-raisers in the breed OF
their stock. The quality of the out
put of the plant is as good as that of
any similar plant in fact some con-
tend that it is better.
1T seems to me from what / saw at
this plant, and from all / have been
able to learn about it, that the estab-
lishment of such plant in this section
would contribute very materially to the
development and prosperity Of our
farming and stock-raising interests.
Escambia county and the surrounding
counties of Florida and Alabama can
raise stock as cheaply as other places,
and could supply any quantity of stock
for the plant. The stock-raisers would
be able to turn their stock into cash
whenever it reached prime condition.
and not have to bear the expense of
continuing to feed and keep it in con-
dition for later sale.
AS everyone knows, the prices of
meat have continued rising in the past,
in times of peace or war, and
there is no reason to believe that either
the demands for meat or the prices will
be materially less, at least for years
to come, but rather the contrary. Such
a plant. it seems to me, could be as
and permanently operated
in Pensacola as anywhere else"