Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-07-13 | Page 2 | Smoked Mead in Plenty

SMOKED MEAT IN PLENTY. St. Louis Is in No Banger of a Meat Famine. ST. LOUIS, July 12. It Is stated tonight to-night that in the neighborhood of -5500 men employed in packing-houses In St. Louis and East St, Louis are out as a recult of the order received today. Of this number only between 700 and 800 were employed in St Louis, as most of the great packing-houses are. In East St. Louis, in the vicinity of the National Na-tional stockyards there. Packers in East St. Louis anticipate no immediate Increase in the price of meat as it is understood that the coolers cool-ers are filled with a supply which will last about two weeks. An almost unlimited un-limited supply of smoked and cured meats Is on hand. About 4000" cattle were received today.' It Is stated that cattle will continue to be received and will be weighed and killed out according accord-ing to the demand.