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there, but in the form of bacon, ham and sausage ; 

 not as pork. 



I found ham in tin boxes, packed in Chicago, 

 weighing eighteen ounces to the 

 box. The price was twenty-five 

 cents. The weight of the tin box 

 itself was six ounces, leaving twelve 

 ounces of ham. The consumer 

 therefore pays a little over two 

 cents an ounce for the ham, and 

 seems willing to do so. Not only 

 is the meat in an imperishable condition, but it is free 

 from bone. 



For a tin box of imported German sausage 

 (Frankfurter) I paid thirty-five cents. This package 

 had a gross weight of twenty ounces. The tin can 

 weighed four ounces, leaving just a pound of sausage. 

 This sausage contained, I was told, two parts of pork 

 to one of veal. It was finely flavored, slightly smoked, 

 packed in skins, and in perfect condition when the 

 can was opened. This brand is regarded as a great 

 delicacy. 



There are scores of other pork products on the 

 market, and I cannot pretend to enumerate them. 

 Those in tin may be had at any time of year, while 

 those packed in paper or pasteboard are of course 

 limited to the cooler months. 



I think there is room for individual enterprise in 

 the -manufacture and preparation of special brands of 

 ham, shoulder, bacon, lard and sausage for the fancy 

 retail trade of every large city. In some respects 

 the great packing houses have the advantage over 



