Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-07-05
LIVE STOCK MATTERS.
An accurate aud Intelligent Review o.
the Situation.

The shortage Of cattle ~ tho '1lf
great markets, namely, Chicago, ks1-
sas Ciiy, Omaha and :. L1nit, o'n-
tinues % rs al iuief''tlns suWec'.
For the nix months 0Esins J1Dn aj'A'
the r-e,yis ,0t 1895 ss,s apprsIhnatr-
ly2,gO9.OlO; cjnpsfoi win lat year
this total shows decrease Of 44','.-
cattle, aud when compared with 1913
decrease Of 90. Jsg hen O' this d.
crease, Chicago has $4,000 neat, Ons.
ha l6g, $40 anu Kauess Guy 42,blO.
The decrease at thc-e tuiee ma 40
was Offset u ANAL degree oy tire 90.
crease at 81. Louis uf 7S,JlO catllei ia
entirely to local conditions auu TIE
movements OF extreme = utnefn ci'ut
with which we nut mere nave nDiliut
TO do, anu whioh do rl. AL. Oui
trade, as no cattle from tuis s,eNoI
nnd sale In that mafkoi.
This shortage VI nearly hsl' sm,lliYu
cattle 81 the three markets IN hhli
year, with prices "a sails uciofy ~ they
are ana have been, fIfriy inulchlcs
that the stock IN not ga tue county,
aud that the supply On the ranges and
farms has been greatly r0ducli' lhe
DEPARTMENT VI nguuuiturH NJ WshilnL-
ton show from their statements that thr
total number of cattle 10 this coun'
try last Jaruaty vs. 6l5B5,'bi
ofwhich 10, 5ji go were muuu cows.
This 10 lees uuulutr u Gs,.io thau iof
any year since 1859. Tao actual de-
cteasu In receipts, usmrly 10000, a.
the average of tue lifht q as o. cattle
killed Ia the East, represents about
Two hundred and twenty-five million
pounds Of beet, ~ igr the past six
months the total output OF tue biz
packing plants OF the East has lccn
that amount les than lsH, year, nni
tbs consumption throughout the
county cousspOnJingy decreased.
Times have buun W bad thai thu
working people have not been gble TO
pay Tor nish.pficsd btei; this oIAsa u
IeOple was becoml ng Ike their brethren
in England and other foreign countries,
where 10 have freth meat once woeh
10 considered treat,
We are now witnessing n great fe'
vlval IN trade all through tue EAst;
the big iron and steel mlils uto work
Ing full forces nj restored wagos, anu
the coal aud coke Interests are o3tfts.
pOlulngly stimulated. IL " this Clase
Of business that gives employment 10
the mest-oateft aud keep, ths money
VI our country In active circulation,
II the cattle shortage kesps up anu con.
dltlons In the Industrial interest, con.
tipue TO improve, not 10 mention the
great crop Of corn that II now promised
ifsm tho granger stal~e, slockmcn will
have no reason TO complain On account
~ the prices that the cattle will bring
next fall. The sAmo reasons sh0uid
tend 10 keep w prices ON sheet.
Unlike cattle, the receipts 81 sheep
have been very large. For tue nal
year they number 2,s9i,7OO head, ~
increase OF a55, $40 wucn compare
with last year. At the present tins
prices arc very Unsatisfactory. Had
II not been ior the extraordinary IT.
creased demand for export purposes,
tbs sheep market would have been very
bad all winter This feature was ali
that saved IL, and now that there are
lew shsep heavy enough Tor that pur.
pose gOiBg 10 market, We Mud pricoo
drmOraliIsJ. To show how the foreign
demand has been iaklng our sheer,
notice the export movement from Bos.
ton this year rs compared with laai;
---hs total this seFson numbering Si,blB
A. against lb,TJ7 last. This eKpor.
movement eau no explained as u lea
iufe Of the cattle shortage, for eG'
Iorlefa engage thir-room ahead, which
they have to taho anu pay DOT, not
Icing Aolr to buy cattle that were SUIT.
Able Tor ths movement, they had TO
Ill out with sheep or lose the freight
charges.
Just at present tho market IL suffer
ing from tho rush Oi poor, trashy sheep
from Texas aud the Southern States.
This happens every year, aud Wnl
continue until the breeders down there
improve their Jocks NJ they have Their
cattle, They, more than anyone el-t,
are TO biamu for the bad prices paid,
anu II would seem reasonable 10 be.
lleve that after going through this same
ordeal year after year they would learn
that the trash they produce IL worth
less. Good sheep or cattle always sell
we'll and strengthen the markets,
while poor stun uoes tue 0ppO.lta, The
good crnps, decreased supply OF cattle
and improved trade conditions arc nj
going TO help bfing up the ptices 0.
sheep 10 u point where II will 10 PROFIT
able 10 produce them.
These Ate the actual conditions OF
The live stock trade, ana any intelli-
gent person eau draw sensible con.
cluaion from them. TINS howl raised
by the rattle. braiaed Populitt " by tho
San Francisco butchers that ths mar.
krts Of tho East are controlled by lhe
Dig packers and killers Of live stGck, 10
ali bosh. There 10 tui one element
that can ever affect the law OF supply
anu demand, aud that equality OF The
offerings. Let the slockmrn Of this sec
ton remember that wutI QUALITY.
A. r., d. RlCQLfs.