St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-30
ST. PAUL LIVE STOCK.


stock yards the past week has been just about
equal to that Of the previous week. The num-
Der of cars of cattle has been the same and the
sales reported would Aggregate about the same
number of pounds of beef but the prices have
been a shade lower. The importation Of Kansas
City beef appears to have dropped of entirely or
the butchers who avowedly handle it have be-
come scared by the public dropping them off and
have found some other means Of bringing 1t in
than the ordinary one by rail- for the railroad
returns for the last seven days do not show one
car of dressed beef received. These butchers
howled immensely a few weeks ago when
the GLOBE called attention to this
questionable business and advocated boycotting
the men engaged in distributing food which may
contain the germs Of the foulest diseases, but
now these same men earnestly assure their GUS
toners that they do not handle Kansas City beef
1t is a curious fact that the butchers who sell
this stuff do not expose it in their shops, but
keep 1t shut up from the public gaze; this is be-
cause OF Its dirty and repulsive appearance from
much handling in transit perhaps-and perhaps
from other causes. No citizen who has the
health OF his family at heart should buy from any
butcher who does not see the cattle before they
are slaughtered. Boycotting, when mentioned
by the writer, called out howl Of indigna-
ton and horror from a few of our
butchers no, meat dealers, for they
are no butchers If Webster knew anything about
it; and yet the butcher. of New York are advo-
eating the same plan in that clty-to boycotte all
dealers in western dressed meat. They extend
their prohibition to Chicago meats and at Chi
cago there Is strict inspection, but at Kansas
City where the stuff is shipped into st. Paul and
apolis-principally Minneapolis is slaugh-
tered there il. no inspection. That there is a
great deal of disease in cattle shippedeinto Kan
fol a ole rybt rad 10
contrary the fact is confirmed by the official com
mission and that there is no disease in Iowa,
Montana, Dakota and Minnesota is also fact
beyond any dispute. Then which is the safest
to buy carcasses shipped here from the diseased
district, killed without inspection and killed too
in many instances TO save loss to the breeder
through natural death, shipped here at low
price to induce mercenary and avaricious dealers
to buy, who of course sell no cheaper to the
consumer; or to buy meat killed at our own
abattoirs where the cattle are first seen by the
butchers and carefully examined. OF course
there is occasionally q diseased animal offered
here for sale and an unprincpled meat dealer
may be induced to buy 1t for cheapness if he
thinks it will dress we'll hence the great neces-
sity of competent and careful inspector, but the
cases rare. The writer met with one instance
in which diseased hog was taken to an abattoir
and offered for sale, failing to sell the owner ask
ed the manager to slaughter it for him and dress
ultimately killed and sent to the rendering works
The writer In his rounds among the shambles has
now and then stumbled upon meat unfit for food
On one occasion hind quarter of beef was hang
ing from which huge tumor or ulcer was cut
the stencil of which was fearful and yet the
quarter of prime beef was cut up and sold for
human food. There is nothing the city needs
more than an honest capable meat and cattle in
spector, But should the Office be created land it
must be before the city is much older it is to be
hoped it will not be synecure opened to give
some protege Of the administration fat living
Among the sales during the week were the fol-
lowing; car Minnesota steers 1365 lbs) S5.75 ;
1 car (1150 lbs) $3.50; car G270 lEs) $3.50;
car Iowa steers $3.50 lbs) $500; IS head Mime
sofa steers (1100 lbs) $3.50; 81 head 1850 lbs)
IS Is; 20 head Iowa steers G100 lbs) S5.25; ri
head (1175 lbs) $3.50; IS head Minnesota mixed
cattle $50 lbs) Si.25; % head Iowa steers (1250
lbs) $500; 81 head Iowa sleers (12O0 lbs) $3.50
10 head Iowa heifers Q27O lbs S5.35;
% head Iowa steers Q225 lbs) $3.50; 90 head
1855 lbs) S5.75; 81 head (1059 lbs) $3.50; 10
head (1221 lbs) S5.75; 21 head (113O lbs) 1925 ;
21 head Minnesota steers (1225 lbs) SIS. 1917 !:
90 head (1o5o lbs) Sab. Sheep have been scarce
and have met with ready SALE One car 600 lbs)
sold at SIS so; SO head go lbs) $3.50; 81 head
(91 lbs) $780, car (9a lbs) IS so; car (S5 lbs)
S4.75; / car 900 lbs) S4.75; 2 cars Cos lbs) $3.50
Hogs have been heavy with receipts exceeding
the demand One car (215 lbs) sold at S575:
car (219 lbs) s5.75; car (226 lbs) S5.75 81 head
n95 lbs) s. so: car (193 lbs) S5.75; 46 head
Goo lbs) $3.50; 90 head GOO lbs) S5.75; car
(175 lbs) S5.25; car 1925 lbs) $780,; car GOO
lbs) SIS. rs; car 1SO lbs) $3.50; car 16O lbs)
SIS rs; rs head (21O lbs) S5.75. There has been
good demand for fresh mich cows, one lot of s
with calves by their sides sold at $3.50 each
one lot of with calves sold at $40 CO., lot of 10
with calves sold at S45 90.