Word: bacons
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...many years ago, practically all the ham and bacon eaten in Britain was either a domestic or a U. S. product. But the Danes resolved to enter the British market. They first made an exact study of British tastes. British pigs were imported into Denmark and bred, British methods of curing bacon and hams were carefully investigated. The distance to England being short, transportation was readily available for bringing the fresh meats to Britain...
...wholesale methods of the Chicago packers enabled U. S. packers to compete in England with Continental packers on the basis of price. But the Danes aimed at a quality product, and thus more and more absorbed the best trade. Even as recently as 1923, U. S. bacon led, in quantity, all other bacons imported into England. Now the Danish brands are first, and the Dutch and the Swedes are beginning to climb...
...Health Ministry has all but adopted new health regulations prohibiting the preservation of hams and bacon by the use of borax. This regulation follows a similar one already in force in the U. S. But it will cost the U. S. packers shipping to Britain almost $4,000,000 a year, since henceforward U. S. meats must be shipped in cold storage the year round, instead of only in summer...
...charge of the meeting was L. H. Duggan '27, who introduced the speakers, B. L. Kilgour '27, president of the class, spoke first. Dean Bacon followed him and spoke on the intellectual side of the class of 1927. F. V. Field '27, class treasurer, gave a statement of the class financial condition and requested further financial support...
...principal speaker of the evening will be Charles A. Coolidge Jr. '17, second marshall of his class and a member of the University football team. President Lowell will give a short address and Dean Bacon of the Sophomore Class and B. L. Kilgour '37, president of the Sophomore Class, will also speak...