Ogden Daily Standard | 1908-01-13 | Page 4 | Jap Army Buying Meat

JAP ARMY BUYING MEAT tho following report regarding australian trade with japan has appeared in newspapers in the far east and is transmitted by wllbur T gracey consul at Tsi china the commercio com merci al agent for the state of victoria haa returned from Japan after completing an extensive contract for tho of australian meat to the value of gold during the next three years delivery will begin in march net and the cargoes will be carried by the eastern and australla sian steamships companas comp anys steamers the supply of meat is intended principally for the use of the japanese army and navy A special feature of the contract la that wherever practicable preference is to be given victorian products machinery for cold storage plants have been ordered for hokyo yokohama nagoya and osaka while a depot will be made at kobe the frozen produce being brought from osaka in refrigerating cars these cars which are now being built in tokyo will convey the meat and dairy produce to various places where other depots than those enumerated will also be established it is to note that large quantities of australian meat are being sold in china the Tsing tan government makes purchases for the troops located id that colony of meat from australian ports though they were formerly supplied with large quantities of tinned goods from the united states since the chicago meat scandals of a few years ago the government declines to make further purchases from american dealers