, 1874-01-05

bHEEP-Were In good Supply carly in tho ,yee5
and prices we're iowtr out la.er tuere WIS tuar:.I
falling OF III the supply, au tho marked has warscI
back TO abou: List weeks quotations., or to $3o5a5y
for common. to sIoa(94 q for meiun, and to INA
market, their purchases during the week amounting
to 1,3s3 head, or about -.hrd 0! the supply Tus
market cioseu firm with evetytuns, sJld.
The Democrat il lis annual rcsiew Of the livestock
trade OF S.. Loas fos the Year l3iJ among ohcr hu
miia ing confessions Mikes the following:
When We look fl reason why St. Louis 1ocs no!
handle as rney cattle, hcgs aud sheep sor.r other
cities do, We aro confronted ut once With the fact
that sAe LIS provided Tery inferior facilities to1
RECEIVING yarng aud caring for hvo stock, and .hzt
this department Is 1nEaratively ,asigudr
clnt- Sac las no union Rock-s AIDS. Her l5a stock
i received II parcel. ly ter or more yards These
difficult for buyers to get fair ita OF what auount
aud quaii:7of stock daily arrives in tho Market fer
tue bes. part OF day is consumed in making tous Of
tue yards Under such circumstance St. Louis ueal
expect to Do large livestock traI-. She uE:
have union ssoc@Eard, wer. all her stock arrivals
can be d1iy r:ewed hy any and every buyer in few
minutes. 1t will not do TO locate such y.1I in ths
State Of Illinois. Whcre tie St. Louis Umcn Stock-
Yards arc the livestock business Of S.. Louis will bo
done the sanghezng of St. Louis viii he done in m
abbator. mi the packing Of St. Lois will bs done
Sure1y our business do not desire to Gerry ali tits
valuable business into another State"
Tue receipts of live rtos III Caicaeo and St. Louis
during tile year 1874 compare 4s fo1u~r:
chtcago: 4:s 4,s37.7so 29l,,as
t7.* A+o1'a. s*-o1rffS 3a-t4oS eos'S
Difference. .4so.G55 o,a55,as7 oos,aso
The to.a receipts Of hogs in s.. Louis for The gar
2.9,63J less than arrived Ut the Union Stock
Yards III Cafcago during the last tuo nonts Of tha
year. In c1mparsou with 1874 her receipts have In
creased TO tho extent OF ou!y II SD catt!e .ud 3 s67
Aogs, wEi.c thcrp is desre-se cf ,510 rheep. Dis
cussiEg the question OF the location OF new stick
yard, Democrat says: It will never do 10 locatd
q union sock-sarl in the w.s:ern part Of tile city,
ignoring the tivrand relying upon railroads alone
Such atep would be regretted dozen times yea.
1t would DO toih narrow and uuw1se, aai would
fosese1 NuiL the livestock traio Ct St. Louis to
tue capacity Of the railways, and afford to ST. Los 10
chance Of realizing tho grand advantages she should
derive from her position tho river II wuulI sim
ply be nsuring to Chicago forever the OF Aa
livestock trade Of I'll the States bordering tho ILL.,
nos. the Mississippi, aud the Nasouri fox u they can
only send their caste htss and sheep to us Is tha
expensive rail carriIge, troy will Rhip to Chicago Il
iands Of Missouri, ArxanFaa, and Texas, rich IN ~
cans ueornS, and ul areh1Es, Will yield hogs as
million IN tAe years to come, and must enle4Eor to
attract them here. +"
Just think o. the wild pecan, Wild acorn. and Wild
a-ichoke hogs Of this deep wilda and dark woods" t!
Ark.nsas and Texas coming into competition with tia
timely -UTed coru-fateued swine of Illinois, Iowa, md
Wisconsin, !
KANSAS CITY.
*p<cial Dispakch to iT.e tf:t9co tribune.
KANSAS CIET, M3.. jan. 3.-CAI1LE-alarket dull
$40 10 ST.: Texan and steerS, good aerh,
s215 ruugh Texan steers, =. co; medium wine1ed
Texan steers, 81. .70I2.tT
HoGs-Weather n1iagoratlc for slaughter. snf. and
raiuy Market 1actirr, and prices far1y sustained,
closing steady at s4.7G8l.9o.