, 1877-01-01
nNEAD3IuFFa IN STORE.
The following were the quantities reported Is
In store In tho last statement made in each OF
LIVE STOCK.

THE RECORDS or THE UNION sToCK-YANDa
and Transit Company show that tho volume Ct
GuBIncss transacted there during the Centennial
year was In excess OF any previous twelve
months. The receipt OF sheep md horscs cx-
hib!t small dccscaac, but In cattle and hogs
tho growth OF the trade has far exceeded tho c1.
pcctattous Of the most sangulnc. We lind the
total arrivals Of cattle. hogs, and sllecp to have
been b,e6o, 40 hcad, OF 4l7,5lo head moro than
reported for any former year. This may not b.
regarded % a very wonderful showing, for tho
people hare learned 10 expect great thtngs
Of Chicago, and they long since ceAacI
to express surnrs'e at any achievements
Of hers In commercial way; but It Il a very
gratifying exhibit In the light OF the well-known
fact that In many OF tho l[yo stock-mnrkots Of
tho country tho past years. business shows q de-
cline In comparison with 1875. or all our great
markets mons have alyanced with tlore regular
and gigantic strides than has our livestock
business, and mono are on 4 naurc enduring
basis. The secret Of Its marvellous growth Is
found In the fact that, In addition to tho great
natural advantages and superior facilities Offer
cd here for the transaction Of tho stock trade,
the business IL in tho hands Of lire, energetic
aggcsstve men. Neither time, labor, or c1-
pense are spared to keep tho country sh!pper
:ss .pa Il n n se.s i M ' ey skst s,o f.
not through tue allow process Of tho mh!ls alone,
but tho telegraph Is brought Into regulation,
and hundreds Of telegEa.ns arc daily sent out "
a. many a. 800 dispatches have been seat
from the Stock. Yards III stog!e day, willis the
Number sent during tho year reaches the !mpos-
Ing total of ia5, ,oN. AZ all seasons Of the year
tho market swarms With buyers, every Eastern
city Of any pretonstons being represented; and
there IL Ut all times sut.iccntly-healthy coln-
petition to tnsurc tho speedy sale Of stock Ut ~
good prices as the surroundings of the market
will justify. A. these conditions are likely 10
It competing potnts. there ean b. 10 reasonable
| doubt that our city will snsIntan her supremacy
| - the largest livestock martcs In thu world.
| During The past eight years the growth OF our
CATTLE T1ADA
hss been steady and uninterrupted, and It has now
| attained dimensions which few years ago tho
most hopeful did not venture to prclict.
Measured alone BY the exttnt OF the receipts,
Of any known to the tratlst tbs rcceipts having
| exceeded By nearly 1So, 900 head the largest
number ever previously reported; but, in poiut
of iacf, the season was yeTy unsatisfactory one
most other articles Of commerce, the prices VI
live stock were subjected to stcady sAFuka.r,
aud the years. businrss was accomplished Ut u
lowes average Of prizes than tor auy year since
oetnsd a. u 7aSe.o, from which point H.
market steadily ssceded until tho oe9Inulug Ut
April, when the best cat1e on tho u,as.
kcs sold at 9L1a During the latter part
pIs. Apf ard as e ;;s sssk for s' ess .s
beeyes, bus they soon fell ~ to xL7aa5:oo
aua late IN tho seaaon to 5ldn9i.75 Duria,:
December tho market "pickcd up" little,
a0fa'na; f. tss sa' i Sids' ths nSps oS
gradea was much more severe than IN the tom
mon and medium qualities, ~ the demand
more than stcs before. has been for cheap beet