Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1879-10-09
LII Y { STOCK
THE OUTLOOK FOR BEEF CATTLE

trade and good market in the near future
Such an expectation is at least reasonabl
When we take into account the evidences @
improvement in business that are seen OF
every hand i'll this country, which, in con
nection with the foreign demand, can hard
~ fall to lmpart to the trade greater activi
~ ana improved prices. Let us look for
moment at the prospects of the demand fol
American beet abroad. That this trade
Will increase, rather than decline or stanc
still, is reasonably certain. The situation
III England is well understood by the more
thoughtful men of that country. Notwith.
standing the scarcity of food products there
by reason OF four seasons of short crops.
comparatively low prices are the rule. Hith-
erto a failure of crops for two or three sea-
sons IN succession caused an appreciation in
the prices Of food, but such is not the case
now. The Council of the Institution of
Surveyors in England-a body whose PROV
ince and duty it is to investigate causes of
the depression which exists in the indus
tries OF that country-attribute that condi-
ton Of things mainly to the bad haryests of
the past four years. But the tallacy of that
conclusion is at once apparent to any but
superficial observer of the progress ofevents.
The Mark Lane Erpress recently pointed
out the error into which the Institution of
surveyors has fallen, and showed that the
low prices OF which the English farmer
complains are due to the competition he
meets at the hands OF foreigners, who can
lay down food products at the door of his
customers cheaper than he can produce
them. The rapid progress made within a
lew years in the arts, and appliances, and
methods by which all branches of business
are conducted, have wrought radical
change in the conditions which surround
the whole question; and 1t is now moral
certainty that henceforth the price of lead
ing food products in England, such as this
country can produce largely, will be gov
erned more by the exporting power Of
America than by the capacity of England
to produce them. It is not necessary to 90
into an argument to show why this must be
So; to those acquainted with the conditions
and environments which surround the agri-
culture of both countries, the reasons are
obvious. There is no probability that the
old condition of things in England, either
in breadstuffs or meat, will return. The ca
pacity OF this country to produce cheap
meat battles calculation, and the methods
employed in sending it abroad have reached
such perfection that no serious drawback
on that account is feared, The masses of
the English people are thus enabled to OBJ
tain good meat at low price, compared
with what they would have to pay but for
this competition, land instead of looking up
on this enterprise as an evil to England, it
IL entitled rather to consideration as q great
blessing; and that it will be SO looked upon |
ia the near future there can be little doubt.
1t has been shown by reliable statistics, |
and heretofore stated in these columns. that {
the population of almost all of the nations
Of Europe, and especially Of Great R,itain. /,
France and Germany, are rapidly increas-
ing, while their production of live stock
fails to keep pace, and is, indeed, decreas-
ing. Meantime the wealth of most OF those G
nations is increasing. The inference Is cer- S
Lainly reasonable that greater demand for G
meat will obtain. which this country can n
satisfy at rates which will be low to them. II
md still leave fair profit to us. Y
The auspices which surround the home K
inquiry are, in our judgment, quite as favor S
sble to producers of beet as those which d
promise well for the export demand. The :
'rostration which Aas characterized nearly b
il of our manufacturing industries so long, il
las given place to an activity which has ii
eldom, If ever, been surpassed In the histo- it
y of the country. Nor is this all. The ac- al
ivity il based on a solid foundation it is "