The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-12-12
ship CAReASSES
ANDNOT CATTLE
Marketing Superintendent Thinks
Cold Storage Would Solve !
the Meat Problem :

That much Of N difficulty in the
shipping Of meat to Honolulu could he
avoided by having the animals slaught.
cred on the other Islands and the meat
shipped chilled to this city, is the
theory Of A. T. Lougley, marketing
superintendent Of the territorial niArk,
citing division.
During the recent investigation of
the InterIslRnd Steam Navigation
Company by the public utilities com
mission it was brought out that in the
hipmeDt of the live steers they are
frequently injured either in loading or
unloading or en- passage nbonrd ship.
Quite often the meat is bruised before
4 rs put on tine market
At present larg" quantities of meat
are shipped to the marketing division
| which is rapidly bought up in Honolulu
aud II is the belief OF Mr.. LOngley that
sooner OF later most Of the meat ship
Ped to Honolulu will come in cold stor
lge.
1t Is my opinion,' snid Mr.. Long
ley, THAT sooner or later most if not
all the meat used in Honolulu will come
iL cold storage. have given the sub.
ject considerable study and have come
10 the. conclusion that to ship the meat
this way will be not only more human
but more economical.
" According to tentative figures
which 1 have prepared, shippers can
save from ~ to $l2 a bead on cattle
If they are killed on the ranch and
shipped here in cold storage. Under
4 the present arrangement the shippers
lose the hides which will bring on an
average of So each. The heart is valued
at ten cents, the liver fifty cents, the
tongue fifty cents tripe thirty cents,
besides the loss Of the hoofs and tai
low. All these. items the shipper for.
feits as the price for dressing the meat
in Honolulu.
1.-THE chief objection to shipping the
meat by cold storage is that the prin.
cipal Chinese dealers insist on fresh
killed meat. On the other hand they
are glad to get cold storage meat from
| the mainland whenever the other kind
is not available. At present all the
cold storage space on the Inter Isla nd
| bonts is spoken for in advance for the
entire year. And this meat finds ready
sale.
"There is no reason Why the cattle
men should not Stay the cattle on the
ranch or at the shipping point. II will
4 be more humane. The cattle will not
be fretfull and subjected TO the treat
ment of being loaded and unloaded and
the uncertainties of q sea voyage. Ere
quently cattle lose from twenty-five tC
fifty pounds from the time they leave
the ranch until they reach the slaught
er pens in Honolulu. And It often hap
mems that they are kept here for some
time before they are killed. 1t is vel
known that the meat of cattle is better
while they are ginning in weight thar
when they are losing. II is more
tender.
"When enough shippers are con
WINGED that it will be more profitable
to kill the cattle before shipment | be
ieve that they will insist on shipping
chilled meat Instead of the live animal
There is difference between chilled
meat and cold storage meat. The chill
led meat is really better than the fresh
killed meat.
"When the time comes for such @
move ! do not doubt that the Inter
Island will be willing TO equip one OF
their boats with a cold storage plant
1 to take care of the shipments.