Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-08
RANGE HORSE MEAT.
EXPORT PLANNED.
New Business Begins This
Month-VoIume of Fish
Shipped Is Large.
BY j. c. ROYLE.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. September S.~-A
product which heretofore has never
been exported from America will be-
gin to move to European markets this
month Flesh from the range horses
of the Western plains in future Will
be sold in France and Germany.
Orders already received indicate fair
volume of business and contracts al
ready signed provide for a continual
ton Of the traffic.
The first shipment of flesh of this
character will go from Portland, Ore,
on the Dutch steamer Kinderdyk of
the Holland American Line sailing
September 16. The Kinderdyk is
equipped with refrigerator space and
companion ships will also fill their
holds with the frozen flesh. The
product will be handled in much the
same way that Argentine beef and
Australian mutton are shipped to
Europe.
German Capital Involved.
The first shipment is consigned to
Paris and will be landed at Antwerp.
But it is generally understood that
the plant already in operation at
Portland which will prepare the
product for shipment. is backed by
German capital and that large pro
portion of the output Will ma us
way into Germany.
DESPITE the incredulity which the
movies and fiction have inspired in
the public mind, wild horse herds still
are a menace to the stock growers on
the open ranges of the West. The
wild horses are usually small of sta
ture and not adaptable for either
work horse or saddle horse require
ments. Their chief value, so far. has
been solely for hides. Their danger
has been IN the fact that the wild
bands lured away the more valuable
horses of the ranchers.
Technically, according to the De-
partment Of Agriculture, the flesh OF
the horse is not meat" The de-
partment has just revised the defini-
ton of meat products, and it is pos
sible that this has been done special
ly in view of the new industry just
developed According to the depart
ment, meat is the properly dressed
flesh derived from cattle. swine, sheep
or goats, sufficiently mature and in
good health at the time of slaughter.
No Prejudice i'm Europe.
The pre- iudice which exists in this
country against horse flesh as food
does not obtain in Europe. 1t is even
forecast in the West that the trade
may assume proportions which will
lead to the raising of horses as food
product
The fishing industry Of the Pacific
Coast and Canada also is counted on
to provide Il, large volume of freight
to Europe thiS year. The shortage
81 l. l1t
has increased the revenues of the
British Columbia fisheries by at least
1000 600, according 10 the depart
ment of marine of the Dominion. The
value of the salmon catch of the PROV
ince last wear was $l2 3S5.09S United
States importers bought 90 per cent
of this production. however. Halibut
ranks second to salmon as a revenue
producer of the West Coast, where
Canadians alone have 100000 in
vested in the fishing industry
Great Lakes Fishing.
The production of fish in the Great
Lakes will total more than 140,0O0.000
pounds this year. and good portion
of this amount will find its way into
foreign trade Lake Erie ACCOUNTS
for a greater tonnage of fish food
products than any other OF the great
inland bodies of water. The output
of that lake this year. however. has
so far fallen far below the average,
according to the Department OF Com
MERGE. Pollution of the waters and
intensive fishing are held account
able.
The most important fish captured
in the inland waters are herring, blue
pike. and perch. Lake Michigan pro-
duces more trout than all the other
Great Lakes combined. White fish
are among the leading profit sources
of Lake Michigan.