Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 166, Decatur, Adams County, 16 July 1959 — Page 11

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Packingtown Ended As Armour Quits United Press International CHICAGO (UP!) — With the decision of Armour and Co. to close its slaughterhouses here, the Packingtown of 50 years ago has become largely a thing of the past. But officials at the famed Chicago stockyards said today Armour’s departure will not slow the yards’ booming livestock trade. Armour ended all slaughtering operations Friday to become the last of the city's big three meat

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packers to Itait it4‘ hog killing The big three (Armour, Swift and Wilson) once. monopolized American slaughtering operations. Swift started closing its slaughterhouses here in 1952 and Wilson shut down its operations in 1955 and Chicago fell to a poor third among the nation’s cities in number of hogs slaughtered. Charles S. Potter, president of the Union Stock Yards and Transit Co., said the end of the Armour slaughtering would only improve business at the yards. Advances in Technology i “Actually the big packers did very little slaughtering here long before they decided to move,” Potter said. Fifty years ago, a solid half-

mile-square of 8 to 10-story buildings near the historic stockyards won the city its reputation as the “Hog Butcher of the World." This was Packingtown, whose stench was a standing source of erision whenever Chicago was mentioned. But thousands aA tourists came to see the animals killed. Modern technology made meat processing in those tall buildings uneconomical. Packers found that long, one story buildings and assembly-line methods were more profitable. Today, rubble and poorly leveled parking lots mark the area where thousands of workers, their aprons stained with the fresh blood of slaughtered livestock, once labored.

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Still Biggest Stockyards U.S. Department ol Agriculture figures show that St. Louis and Omaha both led Chicago in slaughtering last year. St. Louis killed 3,812,000 hogs and Omaha 3,800,000, while Chicago only totaled 2,334,000. It was the erstwhile “hog butcher’s” lowest total in 80 years. But Chicago can still boast of the world’s largest stockyards and livestock market. The yards and pens stretch over 320 acres on the city’s Southwest Side. They were first built in the 1830 s. Because of a geographic location which soon made Chicago the nation’s rail and trucking hub, the yards were an important reason for the city’s growth.

As slaughtering has declined, the livestock market has swelled. Last year, a record 4,800,000' animals were traded at the yards—more than half of them for shipment elsewhere, Potter said. Boon ot Small Companies "Every time a major packer stopped slaughtering here, the market has attracted new buyers,” he said. “This is the greatest competitive market. I’m confident the samething will happen with Armour’s move.” R.F. Miller, president of the Chicago Live Stock Exchange, alfco suggested the big packers’ departure has been a boon to the stockyards and to smaller companies. “They could not compete before.” he said. “Now the way is

open for the interior packers to come to Chicago and compete with the local killers and order buyers.” Where there were 700 packers 30 years ago, there are more than 2,500 today. Miller said 50 order buyers are operating in Chicago, buying livestock for more than 300 packing houses outside the city. And the larger packers are still buying here, too. In 1958, Swift bought almost 57,000 hogs in Chicago, 15 per cent more than in 1957. Its hog buying in the first five months of this year is about 35 per cent ahead of last year. Over 2,500 Dally Democrats are sold and delivered in Decatur each day.

Household Scrapbook By ROBERTA LEE Weeds In the Walk If you have a brick walk and would like to prevent grass and weeds from growing between the bricks, pour crank dase oil ever the weeds two or three times a season. The oil will soon evaporate and with it the weeds and grass. Better Gravy Use the water in which vegetables have been cooked, for the gravy, rather than fresh water. A finer flavor will be the result, and it is also an economy, as the water contains valuable minerals. Prevents Streaking Streaking of clothes, when using

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bluing in hard water, eaa bo pro. cented by fim putting a oppM sweet, unskimmed milk late tM tub of rinsing water. The Podding Butter the top of the pudding dish for about aa inch around the edge and add a small piece of butter to the pudding itself, and you will not be troubled with having your pudding boil over in the oven. Bacon Appetiser To make a good appetizer spread some cheese mixed with salad dressing on small crackers; top this with bacon squares, and bake or broil until, the bacon is crisp and the crackers a nice brown. Servo hot