The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-07-28
NEW Y0RK'S BEEF FAMINE.
TIE GREAT sTOCK YARDS ENTITY AND
TIE SLPPLI EAHIUSIED.


The Price. Of Meat. steep'ing Higher md
Higher How some Washington Market
Dealer. Ovrrrenched Themselves - The
Price. OF Fish. Fruits. and Vegetables.
"Lots OF butchers, but no cattle; plenty OF
demand. but no supply. and that's what's the
matter with us. ! haven't seen such Friday
for years" veteran yardman said. ~ lic leaned
lazily ngains, the gate T. II Of one %! the cattle
pens in the Union Stock Yard early yesterday
morning.
Shortly after o'clock A. VI the dealers began
10 arrive. and by 8 o'clock there WIS almost "a
butcher for every steer in the yard.
MrT c. Eastman. tho king dealer" and
recognized leader II IN" New York cattle mar
kcts WINS for several hours receiving trlcgrams
from all parts Of the West. but lac could give no
word Of ENCOURAGEMENT to the many smaller
dealers who no krd around him. In answer to
Aqucstion he said:
Yes this il q regular markc, day. and n very
queer one. worse than Wrdn sday. There is
almost nothing for sale. A few struggling lots.
numbering perhaps GOO in all. Of cows bulls,
oxen. stngs and all sorts Of odds and ends
picked up here and there through the country
between this city and Albany. were brought in
this morning. They wcr". indeed. u sorry look
ing batch OF animals rough AMI ragged. and all
of the lean and hungry KIND. Ordinarily there
would be- no market tor su' stun. hut m :
morning they " f"uU -uli ut from ~ tu ~ and
II cents rcr pounL LOOK at that QN counting
10 q Gothic ant gu" -tru turrl he r. regular
old patriarch. and 'un-h ~ pine Knot lrt "a
fair specimen Of wuut We have hud 'o lay. IL"
j. really hardly m to emit Vt n" VIII sell readily
To-day for ~ or To-, cents per pound
What Is done with such nnat ~ that ?"
Well. good butchers are obliged to buy some
Of 1t. and they sell it 10 hotels and hoarding
houses To make soup of hui thr most 81 il =
bought hy It'll" butchers around town WHO = il
tI IL "a Ti ft
" Was anything ol-e sold this Morning 2"
Yes, had los head Of good Western cattlc
went oil lk" hot CAKES at If = 'nt~ per pound.
could ,as,y f, go az LIQUIDS more oi the
same kind If had them. Now W. are entirely
put ~ beef and must depend upon the railroads
" And whit arr Tie prospects for the immcdi-
Very poor have Just received kilograms
from kcntu XIV. chi ,nEo. 81 LOUIS, and other
places. and non" of them ar" Shipping any cat
Tie yet In fat nonr ar" being forwarded from
any points west - Pittsburgh and Buffalo.
Some Will be- started from Illinois and other
Westarn States hy thu way II 81 Louis On Mon
LAY morning, tut they cannot gri here hrturs
me latter part Il nest week. mud then they viii
require a day or twrS 'rst hefur, they viii boz
marketable. Beet has been advan ing ia prirc
about half n cent pound a day. and Will cont
nnue 10 do 50 until tn" rlnrNct il again we'll
stocked. which viii be- at least "A week or ton
days from now. even II the trains run regular
~, There are no beef cattle AT Communilaw.
witch Is usually large d"pot of supply, for
New York and the city j. now entirely out of
fresh meat Sh"cp. lambs. and ho-s are lu-t
them come from the W,st. tut tho supply 81
calves Is not SO s'ant, nS many are raised IA the
country righl around here.
Throughout the cry am ~ tho smaller mar
The prices wrr, stiff Many hou-rlecl, rs lad
been requested tu give o. ~ orders in HdVanrc
for all they might want fqr both Friday and
SATURDAY. and thu hut hers had pat their piece =
were l'it to run tlrir rhnnDNs ana take what
sN'r wis l"it H. Nu~hii-i % AMI Fulton mar