The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-08-28
MONTANA LIVE STOCK
The Cattlemen Have Less Reason to
Complain Than the Other
People.
Everything Points to Compare
lively Heavy Shipments In the
Immediate Future.
Kanee Horses Arc Now Being Driven In
Many Instancea. Instead OF
Going by Rail.

judging by the past week and the preced
ing one. the argument by which som
stockerowera sought to explain why in
stead of holding their unrips cattle on TIL
rang. they thought 10 better TO take th'
chances OF shipping half fat cattle TO al
already glutted and congestod market. vii
prove fallacious, says the stockErowsrI
Journal. If everybody held back. they
said, for a later period there would be a sur
felt of cattle on the market in October. and
they thought it best 80 get rid of their cat
tie, and the sooner the better. for what they
would bring at the present moment. IL
shipments continue as they have started In
recently, there is very little danger OF q
plethora OF cattle in the markets OF the
east a month or six weeks from
now. The g!ut Of inferior cattle ia
on now when money is scarce con-
fdence In the future shaken and
buyers OF all classes hampered Snd him
dered by want OF cutrency-when the con-
sumption Of beef is minifiea by the public
loss of appetite for flesh food consequent
tial on the great and Prolonged heats OF
summer as we'll as by the econony-or
rather, We should say, the abstinence-en-
forced on the great working c'ass by lack
OF employment or reduction of hours OF
labor and the dimunition of the laborer's
eo8lrensatio Conse quent tesrsupon.
All tho recognized authorities on the sale
of live stock, those who are right on the
ground and v~igilant aud daily observers
and reporters of the coalition OF the live
stock ma ksts. experts whose long exper-
ience and Familiarity wish everything con-
nected with the great malts from which the
whole country Is fed enable them to feel
and appreciate the slightest change OF pu.-
sation that indicates q rise and fall in
values, all join in one chorus OF continued
warning. The burden of their song Is: ship
with moderation g@ as slowly as you can;
keep back everything but the very best.
Like the starting that has learned bat one
phrase, they repeat. r~siterats and go on re-
~peatina: Ship SLOWLY and nothing bus the
best. Yet the receipts last week were the
heaviest of the season. and, as We said IN
the beginning, everything polnts 10 COM
paratively heavy shipments in tbs imme-
date future.
Those who have to sell from the pressure
of the financial stress, and who in ordinary
times would be able to ship at the time best
suited to them, will have 80 sell. OF cou'se.
and take what they can get; the more's the
pity. 1t is hard, but it has to be borne.
Their hopes of satisfactory gain must be
extended to another year. But those who
can wait, who are not pressed by matU ing
obligations or premptory cash demands.
whatever else they may have to dread, will
not have TO fenr any g!ut of good cattle in
the closing markets of tho shipping season.
It would be very gratifying to chi onicle
any amelioration, even tho slightest shade
of Improvement, in the sheep market. But
the most persistent and irreprsssible op-
timist is not equal TO the task of venturing
any encouraging expression regarding II.
The market is reported crowded with half
fat. trashy STUFF md the only hope of I'm
proving the sheep market is by diminish
ing the supply. or rather shutting ID off
completely for the present. There Is no
present hops Of increased demand other
down in the depths and will remain thsre
until the present congestion is removed
But tho future ia. fortunately. not as dark
as the present, and there is still some hope
OF bettermsnt for the shespmen before
many weeks have passed. Within the next
thirty days. If the money market is relaxed
and il ii is going 10 loosen up at all this
year IL ought to do so by that time-buyers
will have money, food ia cheap. and the 9
will be a good demand for feeders. 1t will
be Just the right time TO begin feadins.
Better rrioes will be obtained, and if fig
wished. they will not be 80 bad as they
might be. and as many feared they would. i
The general conditions that affect the s
horae market have not changed. The fnan- .
cial strinRsnoy has had its special effect. of :
and has almost put an end to trans =
There 10 always a demand for !;
good horses. raised and trained for special =
purposes. The common hcrse, the horse of :
all work, ia no longer wanted at any prizes, .
Or at any price that would allow even a H. ,
tie margin of profit, which amounts to tho :
same thing. Prices of desirable animals ,
naturally have felt the twist of the financial
wise and buyers have been obliged
generally to limit their purchases to
their reduced cash on hand. Range horses
are now in many instances driven to mar
ket instead OF being shipped by rail, as
they are sold for pal er on long time. and
railroads won't take that sort OF cnerency
III aymsn of freight. whether alive or
dead.
Looking over the whole ground and con-
side Ing all tbs various industries of the
country. We oan discover none that has lesa
reason to complain than the cattle growers.
hey had already gone through the process
OF com preston, and had come ont OF ii
stronger md wiser. Recent O. orts show
prices which are not to be very much
ETowled NJ, with overstocked markets, III il
tlme or depression, and honestly looking
the fact in the face thGt herstofor. this sea.
son the quality of offer nRs wss inferio. to
what it was at the same time In former
years, and really not ripe for any purpose
for which there was q demand. Of course,
the rich result which everything DO tended
for the cattle grower in the eafiy spring ia
not likely to be realized. and il is no won
dor he is disappointed by the snatchiny
away OF the metlteu femRrd whiG h seemed
30 near hls hand, alter years of working 8
and waiting. But We do mob reRllv lose ,
what We never had how near soever to our +.
grasp 1t may have been, and prices, if not 1
phenomenal, Will st least pfoye remuuera-
tlvs. Decidedly tho oEttlcmsn has leas
isason to growl tIan his neighbors, es-