Salt Lake Telegram | 1909-08-19 | Page 2 | Big Consumption of Meat in Canal Zone

BIG MC CONSUMPTION OF NEAT IN CANAL ZONE LON WASHINGTON Aug ID half lIal Half a 8 pound of ot meat per day per person is th the estimated average amount consumed b by bythe bytho the tho people in the isthmian canal cana zone during ri the tho fiscal year r 1909 Meats or of f v various classes l delivered o on the isthmus In the year for canal workers workers work work- ers era and their families aggregated 66 pounds but this does not represent sent the total meat consumption because Panama Panama Panama Pan Pan- ama and the canal zone markets supply a small amount to the labor laborers rs not In commission commission com com- mission quarters About 30 per cent was wa sold to families and the remainder was wa served at the hotels messes for European European Euro Euro- nean laborers and kitchens for negro la la- la borers Poultry is brought to the tho isthmus frozen froze and kept in that condition until eyed lre Chicken comprises the greater greate part but turkey duck goose and squa squab meats also are Imported