Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-08-09
PUBLIC CAUSE OF
HIGH COST OF MEAT
Demand Veal When They
Should Let it Grow Into a
Regular Beef.
WOULD ADD 400 POUNDS

Every time you, Mrs. Housewife
(or Mr.. Househusband) buy veal you
contribute to increasing the high cost
of meat.
So said Arthur S. Pickering of
Cleveland, O., president of the United
Master Butchers Of America, at the
convention headquarters of the or
ganization in the Rome hotel.
And why, you ask, do we increase
the high cost Of meat when we buy
veal?
Nothing could be simpler. The lit
tie calf, which was cut down in its
youth by the butchers hand to sup
ply your appetite for veal, would have
contributed to hungry world 400
additional pounds Of good, sound
meat If it had been allowed to live
just eighteen months longer.
1--WE waste our meat, we waste it,"
mourned Mr.. Pickering. THAT is why
meat is high" ..-.. .-ee
People Demand Veal.
why not point this fact out to the
l.peoplef" suggested the reporter.
why not advise veal-desiring custo-
mers to buy beefl"
II tried that" spoke UP Henry
Heitkam of Detroit, land | had to
stop it. ! have the best trade in De-
troit and ] was losing my customers.
The American people want what they
want and they let the future take care
of itself. II they want veal they'll cat
veal, and there's an end to the argu-
ment." @ ~
1t was stated further that more
calves are butchered than beeves. In
other words, less than half Of all the
calves in this country are butchered
before they have gained that extra
400 pounds each. When you remem-
Der that millions of calves are
butchered every year, you see that
there are billions of pounds Of good
meat wasted every year.
The opening session OF the conven-
ton Tuesday morning moved with
commendable rapidity. President
Pickering stated that for humanitar-
ian reasons the program would be
put through with dispatch.
Hurry is the Word.
The address of welcome by v. r.
Kuncl, president of the local Master
Butchers association, took just four
minutes. The response by National
President Pickering took thirty-two
seconds. Presentation OF the gavel
by Mr.. Kuncl to President Pickering
took eleven seconds and President
Pickering's response took nine Sec
onds.
City Attorney Rine spoke the ad-
dress of welcome in place of Mayor
Dahlman, and Rev. DR.. o. d. Baltzly
offered prayer. ....
The gavel presented is made of
wood from the Black Forest, Ger
many, and was presented to the ma
tional association during a world con-
vention Of butchers held in Germany
few years ago.
President Pickering appointed the
following committees:
Credentials-Percy Nash of ST..
Paul, William Hassel of Chicago, J.
Pfleger of St. Louis, J. N. Bowen Of
Minneapolis and V. F. Kuncl Of
Omaha.
Policy-J. T. Russell of Chicago,
Charles Deible Of St. Louis, Henry
Heitkam OF Detroit, August Grimm
Of New York, ]. Stockinger Of Mil
waukee, F. E. Herman of Cleveland
and J. J. Cameron of Omaha.
The afternoon session was devoted
to reports Of committee and officers.
Officers for the ensuing year will be
elected at this mornings session.
This afternoon the delegates will visit
the stock yards, where they will be
the luncheon guests of General Mana
ger Everett Buckingham.