Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1888-01-05
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST sWsep.



e'eOrye W. Myers. who was in this
section last fo n huvjny p,u.ton watha,,
'or the Eastern markets, las column
article in the llowstOneJ journal In :,
,.,,,.
"e'N' H"o""'s 'hc UNJUST oiscrihiina
tiOn practictsl by the Chicago Union
Stoct V,rJ, co,,,, ,;,..4 -.
o"'l"'s "s '"S' s"eep
Ihe writer after referring to the
very nros,mrous ron,,,t;o, Of s,,ao,
| W ''eet
"'e" !" the west, ana the growlnt
demand for mutton, saysc
speak oil the overcliarg ..i1esini
natnhs against n,utt"n !" the great Union
stock Yards 81 Chicago. car load o
c"'',., containing twenty beeves, can enter
the Union stock Yards and receive the
Dement'S M the market aud charged but fiv
"'ars yarage - ear load oI sheep. ol
wv" hundred head, weighing just about the
same '"at the bee' weighed and represent
."s "o"e! Vai"e auont TIE same as the
."cn'F "ee'ee. enters tne yards ANA receives
'ne oeheht "i TIE market and are charged
s,N'epn dollars yar'iase, or fraction over
tnfee Times as much as IL charged the beef
Shippers. Now. for illustration, take one
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ana sheep on the market; .yartlage ET;HT
| III NDRED DOLLARS: New. as compared with
| v',,"' take 'w"-thirs's of eight hundred
""iiars, which equals Sas3..'3. which rep
resentS the charge ON sheep for one day as
| c"tnpartt win cattle. To further Illus
.rate TINS princ'p'e, sipposins There were
zen tho,lsand head o' sheep each market
aay IN the year or three million sheep on
ne MARKET ~ the Union Sf'.r! Yards dur
ing 'hr year. thea the over-charse on sheep,
as compared with cattle amounts to the
.horhions sum ot SIoJ,oJ Further,
YAK" the actual shipment uf a well known
N.h'"na shipper. 3o," head. aud he IL
only one among many Othcfs. Thirty
'ho'istnt sheep represents 100 ear loads
ahd 81: 100 over chmrge. IL very neat little
sum. VINO suffers 10y this over charge, or
roo"fN Tor cannot term 1t anything else?
~ Is not ~ loss; for il goes to swell the
already large receipts of the Union Stock
iaris t"'npany. l will tell you who il
INJURED bF TINS Systematic robbery: 1t il
'i'a ranehhrn' the mutton Producer; the
'h"iv"iuaI who invests his money in ranches
anu Hacks on the great plains of the west
una ON The upper regions lying along the
"S'' oI 'he Rocky mountains, and other
por'iohs "' the south and west. Texas.
H"ntant, Colorado, New Mexico. Wyo-
n!hs' W"sh'iigto" territory. Oregon and
, IAN ~. pay large tribute to the Union
"'P"'"y 'S WIZ 'S NdFh'us
other states; the men who ;snlat. them |
SERVES ior the sake al their interest and to |
sa'" competence Tor themselves and |
,"'S. dependent "n them; the men who |
"eptNe themselves ~ great many ad |
vantaneS "i society; the men who toll in the |
''"' "nlt sun, On th' arid lsiains of the |
Mee-i !le men Mha lndnEa- -tiaa-4i.a.sss.s.-.- !
ithd hardship" oi he i'iizzard OF the north
"'s'' me men who ciii.ib the sides oi the
'"""-chha mountains to f'1d their flocks 1
:" p'r'ol\ "I ~ that gets i'own away in I
y storm: oi.fn rs"ass".ts >ss iii: the hilbs !,
over n'sh ny ~ camp Tire: fhese are the
'h'n 'hai afe'aN"u 80 heavily aud nm justly
y! '"r mon StorR Yards 'o'nl'any. Now.
~. 'A""i'"' y" n''rtfnt' the unjust dis
. ,..'""".'on a."iisI rh'p n'en ~ the
"''n Stock Yards t"mpany, the North
'rh fac'hc ra'.r"ad conipnny's rate on
~ had e"tfh rom bi'ln.s to Chicago is
i',oV ais" Their rat" ~ II double deck
'r "i s"''p 's - io.o, Killings To Chicago.
= WIS sa''e disrrii'iinhtion against sheep
N's'e" "ere."hich happily does not--then
ne f''p on ""ahi" deck sheep ears. Bill
"sS =" h"a2". M"n'h be >3l6.0o. The
,'eo"S'n'eh'F :" 'nr hion stock fards
'hipah! MAXIM: thi. o'riehnrse on sheep
y ,'r,'s no de'ionstraf"ni II i sci-erident.
,ie f"'ir"ad co'npanies place beef aad
hutton on an equal basis, as To rates.
,"a, gn"' reason exists that the Union
''"M '"f"b 'ohlpahy cannot do the
an" ..
~ w. mon stock Yards VIII do away
'tn inns UNJUST Discrimination and place
'eei and mutton on an eqna! basis IT'S to
aruas'' 'he mutton producers vii! assist