, 1875-12-23
EQUAL AND EXACT,
We Refer to the Celebrated Fair.
banks Scale.
Its Use By tlle Union Stock.Tards and By
the Principal Elevators aud Pack.
iDg-liouses Of CAicag0.

lo tic present Issue Of Tue Tn1nuxE will
be found M article on the Gnlon Stock
Yards Of Chicago, detailing the improve
nets ust completed At that great livestock mart
and mentioning tho fact that tae celebrated Fair
baukA Ecalo Ia exclusively used for the purpose
Of weighing the thousands. no 1nay ray mIonB,
Of animals that yanrly find mar!ie. thoso. TLis
announcement NO consider Of sufficient impot-
tahco to the readers Of IuE TI1uuSE, especially
those ongaged tn the livestock business or in
tho traffic Ut heavy gooda that requirea tbs use
Of scalea III which tho most unquestionah1o con.
tldcnce may be placed, to lny befuso taem
somo further fac.a regarding their uso
At tho Cniou Stock-Iards, - we'll as
the additional fatt Of their general
approval BY tho businesa men Of tLis city and
tho Vest.
In the h1Hs place. II should ba known that Chi
ca:o II tho greatest livestock market i'll tho
wozld. From all the ati.Blssppi Valley States,
from the Far Western Territories. IRON tho i'm
mcnso cassle-hctdlng plains Of Texas md Colo
rado. thousands Of cattle arc 4lltptcd hero daily
~ lind market All thoEo--saMcthinG over
5.bb, COO antuhlly-are sent to tho Union Stock
iardH. These yaEds, tho largest Of the kind III
tho world. cover 3ia actes Of ground, and buss
nees to tho amouut OF over sluu,9Uu 600 per
year IL tlansacted there. This rast tsado il con-
Quoted exclusively by neAua OF weight aud it
can bo seen how essential 1t IL that eckies Ut un
questionable accuracy should 10 uacd, as their
variance iu even tho slightest degree would
amount to nj enornou5 d!scrpphllcy iu u
years time IL u business Of such magnitude Tia
officers OF ihe Union Stock-iaru4 Company
/ chose tho Fairbanks acae. Al! the weighing at
tue yalds ~ duno ~ tho scales Of this nlsnu-
fac.ure. and, after Reye1a years trlal. tho inan-
ayers Of tile yarfB ars loud iii thcis pralae Ct tho
Fa:rbauks, as will 10 eoen by tic article referred
to- But tneir popularity IL not couflued to th,
stock doalers OF Chicago. 1nese Is searculy
5.~~
cuttle aro sold that tha Fairbanks standard ncalo
il not uHel AmouS the many places No may
mention St. Louis, Cincinnati, baltimore, Now
iotn, Albany, East buffalo, Brighton. Mass.
aud OMAHA, y all Vt w.llcst tlle fairbanks ncule
IL oxclusisdIy used. 6o much for tho llye-nsock
trade.
Iho other great interoat of Chicago, and tho
QUO prohaply which has gwen tho city the most
faue and the inuht wealth. il tile grain tladu.
No utlcE city Aaudles anywhere neas the luan-
tity OF cereals that finds inarket II, Chicago,
1ts great eleyatorH aro famous tho world over.
1ts Eoard Of Tradc whcro thtce-fourths of tho
produces OF tho Northwest finds ready marriott
WHENCE most uf tho coauumerB Of Euruue and Ut
tho wlsols world, wo might add, tecolyo ther
bread. Stands unfiyAled ID this greatest produce
nArlet Oh either continent. Wo cannot give,
At tilA moment, tho number Of millions Ut bush-
els Of gram tlat tindH m&rkot hero,
nor ca1l ne accurately ray how gscat propor-
ton OF tho rso1Heo Of tho world this city Aup-
plies. But that Chicago IL ti1st aud foremost
a1uous t!Iu gIAii. marKnts OF tho WcE!d Il uu-
yossaly Acknowledged lu this enormous trade,
NAoty depending OIL wight for measurement,
how esse.ttal il is that Acafes Of Lie must atso
lutte accuracy should DO employed! Tho judy
rient OF tic Grain Hugs OF Chicago may bo sem
ut.cn We etato thai: III o!l the aTg" elevators Of
ta,n c.t;,-ojEtteel Ia nu:nLet,-w!th su AgEre-
cate cal'acity Ut over l5.0D0.9Ua bushels sro all
Bnrpied with tho Standard Fairbanks scales. Il
is tbs stu!o With tnu Milwaukee. Cleveland De-
tEot, III. Loui8 Duluth aud Peoria olsyatuls.
Vie might cnulnerate tho g1cat p4uklng- -cntab-
ltsh.nauts Ut chicago aud tho Nest to swell tho
record Of usefulness ot the Fairbanks acae,-
this great bAlaucs OF equal Aud exact tuHt,co
botweeu ac.ler anil buyer.
We bave probably said enough. however, to
congitce the reader that ninu-tonths Of The tIyo
stock and produce that Lnds 1nasket iu this
city 10 weighed by tho Fairbanks scalu. which is
the highest Recommendation Of lts yirtuou wo
eau give u that oven its Inventors Or uanufsa-
trters could ask.