FOOD SUPPLIES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 615, 18 September 1909, Page 5

FOOD SUPPLIES.

: AN ESOEL'LENT HARVEST IN CANADA. v■; •-.■;-, !; ■ WAGES. /.; .- ■; :(By ToUsrttph.-Press Assoelatlon.-Oonrrlchl.l i ■.•.■' •;■■\(Rec'. .Septembor. 17, 9:35 p.m.). ; '(■■■ . ':■■.:.. ;.'■■ . ' ■-■■■■■ Ottawa, September 17. , ! ; '-.. Owing- to,the scarcity, of, labour, farmers in; Wcstorn'Canada'are "paying 16s. a 'day, v with board,; to men assisting to gather, the ; harvest, which is.one of the largest on record. ■ ;i : ISHOETASE ''IN;AMERICAN BEEF, !■' \ i..:,: v';. J;^v,^Uondoni i September,l6. ;.;■ i ■'.Tho N<}w'■ York ; cqrresptodeiit' of,''".The.; :, Times" reports".that. tho number' of, cattlo received';at ; 'tho Various stockyards : are '. a ' million below the number last year. .'■ j ■ The" .American Consul at Monte ■ Video ' states.that'iAmerican dealers who are'indo- ■■■■ pendeui.'ofithe .B.Qe.f T.r}is,j\ arg; investigating. '.- the 'possibilities'"efHsnpplfe's f-froml/Ifrugnay;' '. calculates that, it, k ,possible to ( ljQi-1' . South ..American -'Ijeej' , in, New. York.'■ at; CJ' ■•■■cents.-'4'p6upd..''..'.■ :■■■::'■.•.■■;■■■.■ .'■■•..•! .;••■• .-•■:■: ' ,; i ;'->:';:'V'■.■'■■.•■'■■. ■-■.■■■ ■;•■■>;>■■!■: .-!-.-; ■:.. •;■ -;i y ■ .A telegwm to"'. the "New, York -Times" from i Buenos Ayres, sent in Jvne, foreshadowed fur-' ' ther.purchases establishments' .in; Argontina by ChicaEO interests.;,,. About < ,the same .time-certain English.-shipping.firms ■.. were approaohed by:the tame interests, whoso, .'■ idea -'is. to' have :a direct line between. New .' York ■ arid Buenos Ayres : . for the transport,, to [. the States of chilled beef,, the: duty . on which is only , 2 cents a pound, while the j duty on live cattlo is prohibitive. Corament--1 iiig,.'the .New-York correspondent .of "The 3 Times , '-: says: ■ "In ■■ -view of the - decrease .of , cattle-breeding in", AmericaHthe ' importation of .beef-appears- imminent, , ; and 'the" Chicago! " packers, may 'well wish-to-forestall compoti-' • tioh here-and to'red ace or destroy it in Engi. land at oni and tho same time.' : . . {■~ i ■■ "According >to tho last census, Argentina i possesses 30 , million head of battle, and to obf tain control'of'the industry would; be a forl midable task,; but the possession .of huge; ro- ; sources,'suoh as the so-called Beef • Trust en--1 joys, 'seems to render it feasible. When Swift i and Co.- purchased two; of the seven plants in • that. country it .was ■ feared . thero that :a--re-daction of the price of stock would ensue. The • company, however, has been able to pay the ■ highest prices,; because it uses the by-products , to better advantage than dp the' Argentine Superior methods constitute another ■ wecipon in the hands of the Americans. Who- } flier the Argentine Government would "be con-'. .tent to seo"a great industry, fall under the '.; control of foreigners is another question."