Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-01-03
OUR CATTLE ABROAD.

The North British Agriculture In rec
ognizing the fact that this country has
stamped out cattle disease, and that
american cattle must have free entry
abroad, discusses the effect OF this as
follows:
Our home breeders are now face to
face with the fact that American stores
can no longer be denied free entry to our
markets on the plea Of danger from In
f-ctious disease. The Minister Of Agri-
culture Ia now summoned by the govern
ment Of Washington to grant free entry
t. American cattle, aud although he will
doubtless act with the greatest caution,
n. cannot resist thu demand Of the
American government, at least, not on
th. plea Of danger from pleuro.
4 ere are several obvious advantages
To be gained by the Americans In having
free entry to our markets for their cattle.
81 long as their cattle have to be
slaughtered at the port Of debarkation
sithin a few days Of their landing nj
aid port, the animals Of course have to
be sold at what thry will fetch at the
ALE, whrt.r the ssle be- dull ar a good
one. but ", on the other hand, the cat.
lie had FIRE entry to our markets. the ex-
porters would be free TO hold them over
or To sell thrm according as they thought
hest. IL Is generally stated that the
Americans w"uld prefer to send their
surplus stock In store condition rather
than as fat cattle. II Il diiilrult TO under
stand how they should hud it more pref
table to send their cattle In the unfe,i
rather than In the fattened condition, see
ing that they have the cake aud corn to
fsitrn them with, and these products
must be cheaper there than here. or
otherwise they would not be sent TO this
country In such large quantities as they
are. or course, free entry to our mar
kets would euable them to take advan-
tsge of any time when store cattle were
dear In this country; but then, on the
either hand, surh vast Increase In the
ARIA from which supplies OF store cattle
c,uld he drawn for the British markets
would tend to prevent prices Of store
cattle ever rising much above the fair lev
ell In comparison With the price offat cat.
tl-. IL se~ms to be generally expected
that the opening Of our markets To Ameri-
can cattle will gre itly depress the price
10 store cattle. IA the surplus stock of
the American continent already comes to
our markets In the fatt, ned state, the
free admission Of American cattle cannot
affect the price of Fat cattle, 80 that II
the free admission of these cattle only
has the effect OF re,iurlng the price oi
stores, it fellows NJ matter Of course
that what l. thus lost by the breeder OF
commercial stock would be gained by
the feeder, and the breeder could effect
uslly guard against any such loss by be-
coming the feeder Of the stock he breeds.
Hut, looking to the fact that the advan-
tages On ths American turner's are all In
favor of sewllnx their cattle here In the
fsttened rather than the unfed condition,
n my be safely doubted whether the
fire. admission of American cattle would
much affect the price Of store cattle.
Certainly II American cattle were fr.ely
admitted TO our markets, there would he
llstis chance of store cattle ever reaching
the very high prize they occaslouslly ruu
up to, but that would not he \ rcgrettahls
result, ~ q period Of extreme prlccs for
store cattle n always followed by gresi
extension Of the breeding system, and
that 10 turn Il followed by = period Of
depressed prices for stores, ~ the result
Of tho enormously Increased supply.