Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-28

bsd odor with everybody, has in the
past year or two immensely increased
i,s membership; the seats are in active
demand at constantly advancing prices
and tho treasury is filling up rapidly
On the other hand, the New YORK
Stock Exchange seats, which SOLO
for ss4. COO some four or five months
ago. are now knocking about at from
s24. COO to $4,000. The main cause
Of this is the obstinacy Of the Govern.
ing Committee In refusing to allow the
commission to DO less than per cent.
and in refusing to establish clearing
nystem, which would not only simplify
the transaction Of business, but would
be a much less expensive manner OF
settling accounts to the outsider. For
these reasons the Consolidated Stock
Exchange bids fair to outrank in very
short time the old Board.
DRESSED BEEF VS.. LIVE CATTLE.
The coal-syndicate Vaccinations, the
steady progress Of the strikes, and the
continued Transcontinental rate-war
have for while thrown into the shade
the question of rates on dressed beef.
which is q most important one for the
western States, and should certainly
not be let up on by the representative
newspapers Of the great western cities.
Shipments of dressed beefeastward hayo
a.
increased nearly tenfold in the last tive
years, while live.cattle shipments have
decreased so per cent. The importa'
ton of live cattle into the eastern States,
except that of New York, has almost
ceased, and il is maintained in New
York State only by the imprudent and
corrupting practices Of the owners OF the
stock yards along the trunk.lines, who
derive immense profits from the
feeding and watering of live cattle in
transit. All these men are trunk-llne
directors or friends of theirs. The
trunk lines don't make anything out of
the stock. yards, but these smart gen.
tlemen do, and all those who defend the
live-cattle traffic in the State Of New
York must be in partnership with them
or in their pay. To argue that beef
killed in Chicago, st. Louis, Cincinnati,
or Kansas City, is not killed as we'll as
it is in New York, and doesn't reach
the butchers knife in as good con-
dition as it does here, is humbug.
Cattle can gain nothing by being
tossed in car for an extra thou
sand miles, with barely any food
or protection from the inclemency OF
the weather. Besides, if the butchers
of New York are superior workmen
they can 60 West, and will certainly be
welcome there. IL most Of the pork
packing. ham-curiDg, lard-making, and
flour milling is done West, there is no
reason why beef-butchering should not
be done West too, especially as no
piece Of beef is fit to eat unless it has
been hung for at least week or ten
days, and there is no reason why the
refrigerator-car should not do part Of
this hanging work. This question of
dressed. beef transportation means mil
lions Of dollars earned by the western
producer and millions Of dollars saved
by the eastern consumer.
MACKAY AFTER BENNETT.
There seems to be something funny
going on between Mr.. John W. Mackay
and James Gordon Bennett in regard
to the Mackay- Bennett cable. There
have been more than once reports-or
rather whispers-tbat Mr.. Bennett did
not wish or did not find himself able to
paw his share OF the cable expenses,
and that Mr.. Mackay had consequently
secured some kind of lien on the reve-
nues Of the Herald and on Benefits
share Of the cable. Whether there was
or was not any truth in this report, it
seems to be certain that the relations
between the two gentlemen have not
been particularly warm Of late, and if
club gossip is to be relied upon, Mr..
Mackay, after requesting Mr.. Bennett
several times to come to a settlement
and not receiving satisfaction, decided
to 20 on and interview Mr.. Bennett 10
Europe. He accordingly started on
Saturday, fortnight ago, for Europe,
and on the Tuesday following a cable
dispatch announced that Mr.. Bennett,
in his yacht Namouna, left the Mediter-
ranean for the Indian Ocean and other
parts unknown, so that Mr.. Mackay
will have a sweet time in trying to
catch him.
>Friends of Mr.. J. W. Mackay say
that upon his return from Europe he
will enter his two sons at Harvard and
take up his residence in Boston for the
time Of his boys college curriculum.
Mr.. John W. is not very popular
man in New York and he evidently does
not care about popularity. But it must
be acknowledged that everything he
does he does it in the most business
like and unostentatious manner.
ABOUT BOYCOTTING.
Mr.. Herbert, of Muckross, the own
er Of the famous Lakes of Killarney,
said few days ago in speaking of the
power Of boycotting, that it was an alb
surdly dangerous weapon, and told the
following story to illustrate his point t:
Many Of the large farms in the south
of Ireland are altogether under grass
and large quantities of butter are
made there. This butter used to COM
mand the highest price in the
London market, where it was known
as Cork butter. Recently, however,
careless work and the excellence Of the
butter from Holland and Normandy
have made it impossible to supply Cork
butter at paying rate. Mr.. Herbert,
in order to help his tenants along, pro-
posed to them that he should build a
creamery with all the modern appli-
ances, so as to produce the article at a
much lower cost. They were delighted
with the idea, but upon his asking il
they would undertake to turn all their
milk in they became frightened and said,
"Yes, if something should not happen to
make them boycott us for doing so"
The consequence, Of course, was that
the creamery was not built and the
butter business has burst up. A case
Of boycotting in New York last week
greatly endangered the amusement
prospects of the Juvenile population.
TIE Malice, C,nara Ga.Jo. H..