The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-06-01
AHERICAN HORSES.

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A4ERICAN HORSES.
The United States ~ . Source Of supply
to Europe.
from the New York worid.l
wear apo. without nj all basinp its
rred;ct;on IN the needs of var times in
Europe. the Void veptured to show
that America was likely to become very
soon the chief source of a supply Of
horses which the Continent and Eng
land especially were to seek here. The
shadow of war between England and
Russia has probably led to the some
what speedier fulfiIlment of this predic-
ton than the World looked for. For
the six months last past English agents
have been busy in Canada, in Northern
New York and in Kentucky and Ten
nessee buying up horses of an excellent
quality suited for cavalry mounts, for
service, or for the Transportation Corps.
Many of these horses have been for
warded to New York, and on the sailing
days Of almost any transatlantic steam
ers, except the fast ships of the White
Star Line and the Cunarders, may be
seen on the wharves in process of ship
ment. Some of the steamer lines-nota-
bly, the Anchor and National-have
especially fitted up stables in their ves-
sells on the orlop deck and between
decks and carry as many as 100 horses
at time. The average steamer-load is
from 40 to 20.
The secret of this sudden increase of
a 90 60 ,rh:oh 3, not x,vb,1lx, - ar, 20 M
secret at all. England does not, leav-
ing war out of the question, breed
horses enough to supply her domestic
wants, and It long ago became a mere
question of the readiness of America to
seize the opportunity to supply her.
France was drawn upon recently until
her surplus was apparently exhausted,
and now, when the expeditions equip
ment of her armies is in question, Eng
land comes here to buy. It is probable
that within the last two months 1000
horses have been shipped to Liverpool,
London and Glasgow from this port.
Very likely the increase of " tramways"
or horse-railways in the United King
dom accounts for some part of this
growing trade, but there are indica-
tons that the prospect of war has given
it an impetus. It is certainly rather
more natural that we should supply
horses to Great Britain than beef to her
butchers and cotton prints to Manches-
ter, but the recent development of the
expectation of horses is not the less in
teresting on that account. It should be
noted that the Allen (Cauadian) line OF
steamships has carried out more horses
recently than all the New York lines to-
gether. Recent newspaper paragraphs
reported that some of these Canadian
horses were branded with the broad ar
row, but the report has been contradict
ed. None of the horses recently ship
ped from New York were thus brand.
ed. Lately some of them have been
marked with T in white paint-which
may be private mark or may possibly
mean " Transportation Corps.''
1t will easily be conceived that an ex-
tensive private enterprise for the impor.
tation OF horses into England would be
on many accounts preferable in time OF
war or of threatened war to direct Dur.
chase by Government agents, specially,
if there be any thing debatable about
the construction of the neutrality laws.
But apart from that the newspaper press
of England has recently been full OF
comment upon the scantiness and high
price of horses. To put the case brief.
", horses worth 800 to $3.50 in the
market here fetch $3.50 on the other
side, which certainly leaves a large mar.
gin above the cost of transhipment
for profits of a private enterprise. A
very great awakening to this state OF
figures is announced in the advertising
columns of the London papers, and some
of the lordliest names in the kingdom,
including a great number of military
men in high rank, eleven Lieutenant
| Generals, six Major-Generals, one Brig.
adler General, five plain Generals and
innumerable Colonies, are to be found
among the patrons and possible sub
scribers to the capital stock of "The
British Empire Horse Supply Associa.
tion.n now newly formed. and which has
some pretty profits before it not only in
the way of sales to the Government. but
| in sales for domestic use.
Before commencing to the reader the
extremely aristocratic nature of this
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