The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1894-11-23
KANSAS CITY STOCK MARK1:r.
+ HE great stock market of Kan
i sas City stands to-day second
II in the list of the markets of

T HE great stock market of Kan
sas City stands to-day second
i'll the list of the markets of
the world. Organized in June. II,
owning 353 acres of land, with a
capital stock so small that they had
to begin in the most primative manner,
1t is interesting to note the gigantic
strides that have been made for tlas
lead in the worlds market. The
original board shanty of 1871 has given
place to a magnificent modern brick
edifice equipped with the latest facili-
ties for doing business. The acreage
of the yards proper has been extended
until at the present time the inter-
mlnable arm of yards and lanes covers
one hundred and forty acres. a portion
of which is double licked for hogs and
sheep. The present estimated capacity
of the yards being %, 900 cattle and
35, 900 hogs per day, and the originally
insignificant capital stock has been
increased to 81 900, 900. The business
of handling cattle in this market
furnishes support for 4S, 600 people.
The commission business is done by
seventy-one firms, with capital ranging
from $1,000 to $3.50, 200. The daily
killing capacity of the packing houses
Is 10000 cattle and 10000 hogs. The
Armour Company has ut this place the
largest packing house in the world,
employing 5000 hands.
The various companies located here,
recognizing the bright future in store
for those with sufficient foresight to
grasp the situation, have extended
their boundaries to such an extent
that when the territory is all utilized
this will be the greatest packing house
center of the world. AS market for
feeders this point stands pre- eminently
in the lead at this time. The actual
receipts of cattle and hogs for the past
year averaged 5000 cattle and 5000
hogs per day and 95 per cent of the
cattle and all of the hogs were sold in
this market, as we'll as 95 per cent of
the sheep and horses offered, showing
conclusively that the Kansas City
market has long since passed the point
where it could be considered as a feed
ing station. This market is now
second only to Chicago, and is in Il
fair way to sOOn out-strip that one, as
is shown by the following increase in
percentage of stock handled as CON-
pared with that market from January
1st to October 3Ist: Cattle 1904 per
cent, hogs 4.25 per cent, sheep 4.25
per cent, horses IL, ,0l per cent.
From January 1st to November 18th
the receipts of this market over 1S9:
for the same period, was: Cattle 80, )
$50, hogs Ats ,577, sheep 9,9OS, horses
and mules 6,657.
The sale stable for horses and mules
is the largest in the world.
The total value of stock handled at
these yards for the year 1898 was
$91, ,779, $50. In order to handle this
immense business it was found neces-
sary to establish bank in the Ex-
change building, which is capitalized
at 81, 100000.
OF the many firms doing business
in these yards none stand higher in
the estimation of both seller and buyer
than The Chicago Livestock Commits
sion Company, whose representatives
are Messrs f. Il. Mitchner, formerly
with Rogers s. Rogers, J. d. Enbank
of Missouri, and Fred a. ForslIa, OF
Hutchinson, who is well known all
over central Kansas for his push
energy and sterling worth, and he has
brought the same business sagacity tc
bear Oh his present business that he
did IN the public improvements OF
Hutchinson when that beautiful city
was being evolved from the dust of the
prairie adjacent to that raging anC
roaring stream called Cow creek. We
take pleasure III recommending these
gentlemen and speak from persona
knowledge when we say that as {
stock salesman Fred FoIsha has IL
superior in the Kansas City market.