New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-05-23
Shall we Emf Beef Z

We say most emphatcally, NO. 1t is tho
du,y of every family to curtai entirely suspend,
the Of fresh beef until the present cause Of the
Outrageous high price is broken down. suspen.
sion OF two weeks will effect the cure The price
Of beef cattlo never WAS so high in Now-Yorr
before, as il was on Monday, May l6. If it is as
high to-,.ay, We implore butchers not to buy bull
lock. We implore shopkeepcrs not to buy side OF
I beef of the wholesale butchers. We imporo FAM
lies not to buy pound of beet. That and that
alone will break down the abomina5e gang OF
spectators, who alone the cause Of this unheard
Of uncalled for advance. There is no scarcity
OF cattlo; it is not that that has caused
the advance. II is tho work Of just such stock
gamblers" as operate in Wall street. There is no
more reason for beef cattle selling at lS cents
pound net than there is for Harlem Railroad stock
selling az $3.50 share. But for speculation they
would now be selling at II cents. In 1910, or there
abouts, there was ga panic in the market
One S.enberger had managed TO get control
of all the cattle in the country, by the
assistance of tho funds Of tho United States
Bank, and he named bis own terms to butchers,
and frankly told those who desired to cot beef that
they would only do so at his pleasure and for his
profit For time he reveled in his power. Lie
died poor. May his compeers do the same.
There is no one Stenberger now, but there sre
several and they work together as kindly as though
the money all came from one pocket and the brains
to handle it were in one head. They commenced
operations soon aftor the great frost in Illinois last
Summer, by raising the alarm that there would b.
next to no fat cattle from that State, and that there
would be no fat bullocks in the New-York market
by the month of May. Upon this foundation, the
operators began gradually to make contracts and
secure supplies, and then TO advance prices. IL Is
well known that York prices all thoother
markets in tho Country, and It should be well known
that tho system upon which business !, transacted
in .he New-York Cattle Market enables the own
crs and sellers Of cattle TO control the butchers.
Tho people will have beef The butcher must pro-
vide for his customers. He buys his cattle on credit
and he sells his beef on credit. Buying il on credit,
he is at the mercy of the cattle broker, who re-
ceiyes the stock from the shipper, droyer or specu-
lator, who has bought it while in ransitu, and sells
it for Q commission Of g. so a head, on credit to
sne butcher, who is three or four weeks behind and
must buy this week, or else he cannot pay for
a previous week. He has the choice-to pay
whatever is asked or be ruined. AS things 60 OF
now, all will be ruined unless the people come to
their aid, and for two weeks stop the consumption
OF beef The spectators will not be contented to
stop the advance until it reaches rs cents pound
for the net weight of cattle on foot. Are the peo
pie contented TO see that rise Ii so, let go on.
If not, begin TO curtai consumption. Give notice
at once to your butcher that you will not pay his
prices. He will tell you that be must fail
if you do not Let him fal--it will not DO
a dishcaorable failure. II is the only means
of breaking up o monster monopoly. 1t is the
only way TO stop making some of tho worst enc
mics of your country rich; for some Of the
very worst Copperheads in the Free States are en-
gagged in this wicked work; some, too, who have
no interest in this country except far as they can
rob the American people, and when they have
made their pile will they go back TO their native
land Such the causes ofhigh prices ofbeefcattlo
1t is not scarcity it is not because there is any
usual demand for the army; it is not because tho
season is unpropitious. II is because speculation
is rampant. 1t is in the power of the people to
break it down. Who wilhelp 10 do III Will you,
readerl You-not your neighbor. Then begin to-
day