, 1879-01-01
LIVE STOCK.

With 1877, Inc hEuftb shoW very considerable
increase in tht receipts OF cattle, bugs. sllrep,
and horses. whslr the aggregate urriya1A have
| hcen larger By 2,U,j,139 head than fur any pre-
yious year III the history Of thc trade. Tic In
crease in numbers MAS sufficiently marked to
more thsu offset tho Reneral-and III the case
OF cattle aud hogs scyerc-dcclfnc IN priccs, tho
value OF all tho [yc stock received At the Union
stock- Yards being $!s 900, or s5,aa0o.0Oo In
| cxcc&s Of 1877. The above figures show shat tho
growth Of the trade during the past twelve
| mouths haa been rapid beyond ail precedent.
Tie iueseass Ii all tue more gratifying when VIC
reflect That II Is something more
| than. might Justly be expected to
result iro,n the natural deyeiopment
OF the Northwest. II proves conelusiycly that
stoek,nien have nut been slow to reeoen'za tho
superior advantages of Chicago % livestock
market. and thai those advantages ars great
enough tv more than contcrbafAnce thu tntutni
Yards COMPANY, the Tendency Of whiel' Is TO
divert rather than attract trade. Although the
eoss Of running the yards mar fairly be sa!,1 to
bare been reduccd ssnce 1878 fu!Ir 10 per
ing the years priur 10. tho panic. while tho
charges for feed are maintained at figures thnt
are simply e1torlionate At tt!c brg!unns of
lat November the ctamor Of Western shippera
had become 80 vigorous and continuous that
the management, consented TO reduction
corn, and !e $500 per ion {ef buy: y
iloso who are called upon 10 foot tho cxtrava.
giant bills. that the charges are no higher than
arc c1acted by other stoek.sart1s compantcs
throughout tue country. Morc than three times
a, much stock is handled here u at any other
point, and the business can afford to hc done vi
i smaller percentage Of profit. When beef.
cattle were worth from 5G1;;c pvr u, and Ao:s
were selling ut bl6c, the feed nnti yarslage bills
were paid without .nurtnur; Lat With prices
nt 2i{t141<c for cattle and 2f1f0l94c for hogs,
these costs eecrn kricvou* to bEar In this con.
nectfou 1t may not BE- Inappropriate to note that
the Union atock.Y Yards mud rausit Company tas
been entered In tue Superior Court, and the
question ~ TO wtother thrre IA y le9al remedy
for tl4o abuse. against which the urahger
and 80 vain'y kicking viii ba decided.
To neither shippers NOR feeders was tic tcasuI
Of 1878 PROSPEROUS onr. From the bcotnnlng
Of the ysar ti'e course ot prices was almost eor.
shscWdcr operators may be nlle &u show II
balance IN the right atje Of tho ledger thu great
majority ilni t,rmsclycs poorer NJ The close
Than At Tho opening Of TIM season. Thu DAYS
Ut prosperity for The droscf ars uast. rfubs,iY
ncycr to return. The country fairly swarIns
with buyers, anil the conlRtttton Is ~ sharp
thus 1t Is not lntrcquenty the rasc tint higher
priccs arc paid for thc stock OH the farm than
Il will sell lor when Il reaches market. uHd all
thew from Chicago to Texas tue highways ure
atrewn with Tue wrecks Ut once prosperous ship
EGft. nG EfGHtH 0t
THE EXPORT THAnn
has been rapid beyont the expectations Of the
tuost eangutnc. nut 0niy has the expurlatiun
OF live aud dressed rattle largely Illcrcasctl
but hugs and sheep hare been l.ldpd 10 the list
af our direct EXPORTS, IDd although of thr
lattcr tho uulnber thus disposed Of does not IN
yet rearll very imposing proportions. the prnc-
tlcablItsy Of such shsI,n!cnts has heen dcmuh-
atrated, and tho future holds out uson,Iae Ut all
Important foreign trutle III ihnst descriptions ot
live Block. For lsit tIr total rxH'rts u fresh
heef reached ~. .tA, ss' ll,s value'ta $!.!5.l9l.
al : saius 1t IS. il. .aia. 10 sdjtjon /" tl.c
shipments uf becf, talert wtre exported slur,av
ISL ,hSa, So io. Of tnuttons l:,3So htnd VI
shrep, anli l:.AU hcati ot live eastlr, of ttsal
vn',ls OF s;,MI,'0i Far ls7Y tue Increase has
been rvcn more peupouncctl. From tho oe@.E,-
Mug al Nav till The ist of October tim ship>
tnent& to EuEopc astrugc'l FULLY 3,0n heatl
Ut fully ll'.tAp head. Il at.tison 10 tho stip-
mcnta OIL foos, trunn LOO tu :.AN careassea ,Nr
week were sent abroad. suvt' facts u th"sc arc
pruphetIc. They seem to pla1nly foEecli II
t.rcat future lor the American meat trade with
Europe. But new contingency has arisen
which possibly mus sertnusty disturb It. We
rel1r to thu "Cunfasous. Diseases act,h whIrh
has recently 0ecun,c i law tu Engluad. Tho net
provides tllat-
Fotcign nlil,s!a to bc lauled only at part of
Cnancil. 10 he called = foreign animals whsft.
They ArH 10 be landed III sutlt ruanner, 1t tnc!i
tilnrs, and suocck tu such supervision Anh control
~ shs COMMISSIONER OF Cnstnms from ti'ae IL
They sra not to " moved sIIye out of the wharf,
Provisions arc made By which thu ['rivv Cuult-
I'll nrb empowered to permit tho landlng 0f Rn-
inIais wltln'uL suhjectlnN the'n to slaughter or
guaranliae When assured that irea inlEurt can
Iatcly t,e al,uwel. Tho effect Of tho law, II en-
forced m,u.t ineyi.ai1y BE- to ennauro tl,t. price
Of tnrat In Envland: 20 that. while the enforce.
i,1rnl pf tbs 1sw would result 1D scriuusly cur
tuilalnE our esportaton. ot live cattle, the
trade ia fFesh meats would be immensely sstu1.
n'a.ed. 1hc iuIpoFtanru 10 Engtand uf alls ncw
law will readily be hrcn uhen IT. Is Understand
tween :suo. .t0o unl :a'ouu rattle, about l+ooo-
0u1 sheep. and trosn 40Ulu tu 30.0o0 kwtne.-4
bullion ind half Vt 1pttl!aIs altogether.
Until tho bast season ouy thu hneat htcyrs tnc
experiment Of eendIng cattle u = lovrr g5a1t
has sccently been tried. Colorado au1 Texas
exltls have also bccn shipped to Liverpool, but
u Is believed that the Results u those ventures
The u1portatiou Vi ealt and fresh meata ani
llye stock las been supplemented by
MsATs COOKED AND cAkNrn.
las d monopoly Of It. Thu na4nber Ut cattle
thus d1tposed Vt amounts to xbout 7.0uu Itcr
week, ni which fully 5.3W asu put up here.
The tra4c IL yet ~ its Infancy, but vast guam
tstts. et canncd meats now lad their WY
TO the European rharkcts, aud 1t lrulItsrs u bu
I yssy iupurksut iestura iu ,4ur export bull-
nsAs, aud ADD materially 70 .le iu'pt,rtanes VI
LiNAX0 III 52H HoGAA4 Epkuluf@GE. LUG lN6t
SEASON las also Witnessed 4 AaatiifaetoTy lutrr2sn
tu our reeeints OF
'.,'urEssxp .urxy
BY ratl. 1ha number Vt refrigerator cars now
suuutpg to aud itou Chicago Is about tIQ, or
double the uu,nber employed iu ISL. lIy thu
use VI the&a Cas$ W. .s1u pow receiving about
3,0o0 csIeasses ot beef. PER week. VI at llu r5le
Of la,0U Ter scar,Auearly cnu,l:l 10 meet tt,,
sutge l1c8l tU,laulpptiva da1i,2nl. The great
bulk Vi thH hseG thus seeeyr1 cou4cs lrsAu
Ctah, Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, and Ne
bruxk1. Theirs las ulA0 uccn received through
tho sAlue risaoAcl large lmount VI tnutton,
lamb, and ye4l Fur
lINB rATTLk
tho cuurso Vi prices during ths greatrr pstt OF
tho seasol. w4x downward. Tlr .ear opsuel u
81 5Utt5 ~ Tor common u fancy grades. and
elo4s1 Al s.. Eur thu same dc.cxutiuHs.