Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-30
NEWEST BUTCHER
SHOP DIFFERENT
carpeted Floors, Mirrored
, Walls Will SuppIant Old
Chopping Block.
BY JOHN F. SINCLAIR.


The "butcherless' butcher shop has
arrived! In a few days a model retail
shop with floor carpeted. walls mir
rored and windows featuring displays
of fresh meat will open in New York.
The old chopping blocks, on which
the meat was cut marble topped ia
bles, scales, refrigerators and sawdust-
covered floors will all be eliminated.
Instead, one will see chairs. tables and
reading lamps and the fresh-cut meat
NOT frozen-will be displayed from
refrigerated showcases.
AS all waste products bone, fat, etc,
are eliminated, the consumer for the
first time will buy exactly the weight
and quality of meat he desires.
Prices? Probably lower. although
that side is yet to be figured out.
The New York Food Marketing Re-
search Council has been studing the
'psCkaged" meat question.
Marion Harper, vice president Of the
General Sales Co, reports that after
extensive tests conducted in the sale
of packaged quick-frozen meats in
Springfield. Mass. customers liked the
idea and the blind" meat carton was
not objected to.
Frank L. ParsIoW. controller of II.
c. Bohack g. Co, chain store operators.
expressed the opinion that pre-cut
fresh meats found a reader sale with
customers when packed in transparent
wrappers.
Swift & Co. Chicago meat packers.
after years of research, are understood
to be about ready to develop this new
and revolutionary side of the meat
business.
Packaged meat-a major industry
Is III the making.
Ge~rge Claude. the Thomas A.
# IT.
efforts to harness the sea power at
MatanzsS. Cuba. in spite of the accident
last week, which caused a destruction
Of much of his equipment.
His idea is to compress air by wave
action and then with the air generate
electricity. In his experiments he has
been using a tube we'll over a mile long
and six feet in internal diameter to get
the water for the machine. This tube
broke away, and now rests on the pot |
tom of the sea-, 200 feet below.
But George Claude, the discoverer of |
the neon light, is not discouraged. All !
his life he has been working against |
the forces of nature. pulling mystifying |
inventions "out of the air This latest |
diaster will delay, but it will not dis |
courage, him.
OF such stuff are heroes made.
Edward D. Sullivan, crime investiga-
furnish 100000 Americans with an |
easy living He calls the liason between |
the politician and the gangster the |
greatest menace of the century"
Paul Blanchard. one-time editor of |
the Nation, defines racketeering thus: |
"A scheme by which human parasites |
graft themselves upon and live by the |
industry of others. maintaining their |
hold by terrorism, fraud. misrepresenta- |
ton and manipulation"
The League for Industrial Democracy, |
IN a recent conference, brought out the |
fact that Chicago. a typical racketeer |
city, is closely followed by the other !
large cities of the country. Mr.. Sui |
Ivan insists that the most menacing
factor in the corruption of the police |
lis the generally sincere feeling among |
gangsters and police alike that nobody |
wants prohibition
The profession of the racketeer-a |
cancerous outlaw-must be eliminated |
from American business life.
China. determined to move ahead. |
will soon undertake three measures of |
national Importance in its rebuilding |
program, says Frank S. Williams, United |
States trade commissioner in Shanghai. |
FiTst-The ministry of finance. in |
cooperation with those of industry. |
commerce and labor, has been instructed !
to prepare for the opening of an in |
ternational exchange bank. the unifica- |
ton of the currency system, the ex-
pansion of shipping and the promotion !
of manufacturers and consumption of |
native goods.
Second-A public loan of $500. OOo. 900 |
for the promotion Of various industrial |
enterprises.
Third-The creation of government !
rnonopolies of tobacco, wine and
matches.
China's zeal to become modern ma
tion and the efforts of her present gov
eminent to inculcate American mass
production methods into her business
life are the most striking Characters
tics of the Far East today.
Canada has been quick to see the
financial advantage of a large Summer
tourist trade from the United States.
SO in the last year, about S50,0n0,000
has been spent on Canadian highways
h. provincial authorities alone. in adj
dition to that spent by counties and
municipalities. Another S40,000.000 has
been spent on bridges. stations, docks
wharyes, steamship terminals. and an
other S17,000,000 in hotel construction
says S. H. Logan of the Canadian Bank
OF Commerce.
OF the 100000 spent by Ameri-
can tourists outside of the United States
in 1929, about 40 per cent-or $259, $780,
oOo-was left in Canada
An American can enter Canada to-
Gay with most of the red tape of for
Tner years eliminated. Recently, I had
occasion to enter Canada by automo-
bile. A delay of less than 10 minutes
was experienced.
Canada should receive a larger per-
centage of the tourist trade this year
than last year because many people
who iourneyed to Europe last year will
motor to Canada this year and go to
Europe when business is better.
Canada. therefore, should benefit in
its tourist trade this year from slow
American business.