, 1875-02-27
BEEF.PACKlNG.
Why tho Business Has Not In
creased In Chicago.
Growing Importance Of Kansas City as
slaugh.ering Point.
Manner In Nhief, Strengthening Is con-
ducicl HIRE.


The lye-atock inlercel Of The West and South
aest, In al its phases Of financial and ronunor-
sal Importance, Ia m industry OF vast raGni-
n1ds, and tho Influence Which tt exercIees OH the
general prosperity Of tho country is probnbly
moro than can be brought to bear by any other
snelo tutorcut. Few reaItze tho important rart
which il plays In tho drama Of aupply and de-
aaua. or tbs intricate, get eyatemRttc. manner til
which tho bnsincsa IL conductc1 Sovasia s7ecn.
!ative flo'1 oon the jcc!consa. that ttcl'mit~
.lspace Of ono article will not admit Of It's thor
ough survay. sot eaongh csn ho Faid OF tue rats-
lug. sluuehtertng. and paching of beef in con-
uectien With our socn1 trade aud alsn Wcstst71
branches. to convey to TIN readers Of THE TaR'
rSE IN adc l,!ate iica OF its character anl mag
nitude,
TIE YiaHr nEctbtp 1NPErrB
folt ty tie cattlc interest OF Chicngo Was IN 1892
During the last lamca season tho citt's rnckius
aud Slipping trades neto bogun. ht from that
1ato up 10 tbs present period tho shipping
trad. llss exhibited steady niitf rapid increauo
no lcts aaton,aliug In its growth than IN the
1nnltiplc1 action OF tho capital involved.
TLfs tpeedy growth, - most arc awaro. can ONLY
10 attributed to tho fsot that nil tho principal
r.ltroads which pasa through tho cRttlo-rhisiug
ta8ions concentrate At this point and TINT tho
1r,nnage capacity Of the Union 5tock-Yard Com
pan7 is undoubtedly equal, II not superior, 10
:!,at OF any rtock- -5ara in The United s'tat1s.
WHENCE TIE CATTLE cp.it.
Ag tllia article deals with thu pnckluS Interest.
tho question naturally arieep, From Tilat portion
Of the country tlo tho enormous number Of
heaTes witch aro slaughtered annually eoms ?
1t viii therefore 10 necessary to revert to tho
period when tho Weatern cattle intetoat waB in
comparative Infancy, and tho Widespread mt
work OF railroads which now deposit ntac& ut our
head contre. ard trnvorso thu bpundtcss cS-
ranse OF Western prairie, wsro fscts Of tho dim
futnto. AZ tbat time tile hnpplita were furnished
almost exclusively by tho States Of Illiuoia
Missouri, Ohio aud 1ndlana. Tbs land at tilst
period was in about tho eane stata of cultivation
thn present day. bsoc3-raIhsts In that section
conh therefore compete sucucarfullT with htl
other ftates in ths tnion, a. taa Ihud, 'isurs-
si,slv spesEinF, cost thctn nothing. mid tho
a1urinnt Rsxhs EaSe hnrls nulslmou. for fat
tenlhR tho uxttlo for market.
The establishing OF tho Union S.utk-Y Yards in
1861 just after tho Whr. permanently dscitied
she Success OF thicsEo ~ cattlH-slippiu. CELL
:rr. the recaipts uf that eceson excccdug 4DD,-
700 head. Etsch succeeding year lAs witnessed 4
iactded increaaa in tl's traffic.
THE PRESENT sEA<ox,
which Ia almost nj m end, will bo 10 exception
liz
having oonoont1uted At the Stock Yards duine
1874, en ronta fer tile various Esatorn aid
Northern outlets. At tho present time Illinois
heads tho liHt AZ source Of .fom1stic stoek, both
In t1o number Of cattle raised aod the ot,nlItg
of tho beef, and Indiana brings Ut tl4 reas. Tbs
extinction OF domestic cAttlo-hrcedug in any
notable number is but qnes.ton Of tias, how
aver. lls fact IS 4 consequence OF the
(uey,taO}e Ht1too Westward Of civilization which
Ias forced ths s4oc!-rai.cr to shit III, stauc
antrI. therefore tho domestic 'u Etosr tx wneS u M
80 aro now furntsi.ed viii, III raiaed within tho
aiou. although cha nging tho bass OF supply, does
not decrease o;lr ptIl,i1a1 shining racnjntt On
tho coatrary it avclIe the foot;flcs m tho eta-
board and northern regions must be- srpb,Iel
On tho other hhnd. what effect has tl,ls diver
sion OF trade lad upo,
ruE crlcAao pAcx1so rs7E1zsr,
On tho impulse Of tAs moment, one would
pnsby s sSn. Ssss saa. III l., GSe1ss ass .s a,o1
over Nil othor Btasan In tto Union, her naojlur
Interest mnst l1avr Increased in f,c sane ratio.
Many arc aware tL1. this 10 lar from being Inc
packing stalsitcs stow ssosT DE des.eass 4 FIX. IL
cause Of this weakening ehonid ba nalf.eri,,ent
~ tho nearer Tie baso OF sunpiv cattin ara
packed, tho more viii 10 sayel in
freight expenses. Therefore Kansas CITY
lug crntre. "a Nxpan. City viii in
hcr turn bo huppIanteJ ly a future n1etrooolis
hunit,ess nlihxca yast raainns IN K.,.,, snj
Texas Inthertn wortht..s> mi racuiraa y, ,ttfs
labor aud capitaI ss 10 i,nya bocos,1s yery 1on,,s
lar, herds Of Id COZ 10 10 o ioatI Of c.tsja awn,
bv ono n,an boiuc IN rnritr T',o aniv cara a..
volting upon tho hcrtur IA the yearly
ca{vsnp ,Ariod rhat nn,t, r.It' tnt -
vi ~, pe'soo' "mSu oach call ID bfanu'