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Show PLAN TO ENCOURAGE THE EATING OF HORSE FLESH Chicago, July 15. PlanB for a banquet to remove the prejudice against tho eating of horso flesh woro j announced today by Hugo Krause, su- perlntendent of tho Aantl cruelty so- j clety. It will bo given In tho stock ( yards district and will be the first j feast of Its kind in Chicago. Tho popularizing of horso meat as i food will provent much of tho cruelty cruel-ty these animals receive, Mr. Krause bclloves. Ho says thero aro 250,000 horses in Chicago and they last on an average of five years before becoming disabled. Ho asserts that after tlve years theso horses should bo butchered butch-ered for food, Instead of being worked work-ed longer, or sent to tho country for uso thero. "Thero are a quarter of a million foreigners In Chicago who are accustomed accus-tomed to eating horso flesh," said Mr. Krause. "Horses aro being slaughtered slaughter-ed In Chicago today, tho meat salted and shipped to Europe. "Thero aro 25,000 poor persons in the city who cannot afford to buy beef. They need meat for nourishment nourish-ment nnd could buy horso steaks at 10 nnd 15 cents." |