The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-05-03
Stock and Range.

a list of English cattle compa-
nies shows that not a single joint
stock venture in western cattle or
ranges paid dividend last year,
only one paid a dividend in 1886,
and seven paid dividends in 1885.
A company's shares which were
priced at 1925 in 1886 were quoted
at $25 at the end of 1887; another
was reduced from 1887 so to 1915,
another from 1925 to $105, another
from $435 to $50, etc. The average
sales of cattle in 1887 were s. to
$6 Is lower than in 1886, though
the number Of sales were about
equal.-Ex.
AS we said last week. Kick, kick,
kick. The cattle business is being
ruined by a monopolistic band Of
grinding, squeezing thieves at Chi
cago. If you, the stockmen of the
west, remain inert this thing will
60 on until you will have nothing
left. Wake up, and have some
style about you. Don't go on the
principle of every man for himself.
If it is to be a battle, rally into line
and do something for yourselves
if retreat, at least retire in good
order, and don't let the cry of every
"mqn for himself" be heard. That
means massacre.-Stock Grower.
Press dispatches from Detroit un-
der date of the 18th ult., say that
war has been declared on Chicago
dressed beef by the butchers there,
and that all the stalls in the central
market, with one exception bear the
inscription, mo Chicago meat sold
here" The butchers protective as
sociation Of that city has deter
mined also to present bill to the
next Legislature asking that all cat
tie shall be inspected before being
killed. Legislation on this matter
will be closely watched so that Ar
mour money cannot be successfully
used to corrupt Legislators as In the
case of,Iowa and Ohio, where the
butchers were defeated in their eff
forts to give the people wholesome
meat.
The Montana Journal has been
directing inquiries concerning the
number of cattle which have been
or will be shipped to the Territory
during the present season. From
authority which cannot be ques-
toned the number is estimated at
$4,000 a few of the shipments or
drives already known are as fol-
lows: The Ryan Bros, 5000; Ma
bry Cattle company, 1000; Stod-
dard & Howard, 10000, and Illinois
& Wisconsin, 5000. A company
on the Red Water, near Glendive,
will ship $4,000 state cattle. Other
shipments will be announced as
they are made
Col. John W. Buster, manager of
the Continental Cattle Company's
property, arrived from the Panhan-
die yesterday. He reports heavy
and much needed rain in that sec
ton. The long rainy spell here has
not been Of the indIscriminate, just
and unjust sort, for, strange as it
may appear, there has been but very
little rain-falIin the Panhandle, and
the rain that has recently visited
that section comes in the nature OF
a godsend. 1t was fortunate for the
cattle interests of the Panhandle
that the winter was a dry one, for
if it had rained there as it did here
there would be no cattle left. The
rain, therefore comes at the proper
time. The cattle are, many of them,
thin in flesh, but when the grass
starts, Which will be from date. they
will pick up and no spring losses
are expected There is, as yet, no
activity in the market, or rather no
market 1t has been so long since
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