The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-13
PLENTY OF CATTLE
AT LEAST ONE MILLION HEAD ON
THE RANGES OF NEW MEXICO.
About 25O,OOO Now Ready for Ship
ment to Eastern Observation-Disclosures
Sny There Is No Combine.

SANTA FE, April IAN advance OF
about Is per cent. in the price of beef cattle
in the last sixty days has served to greatly
elate the live stock dealers. Mutton has
also gone much higher. showing great
advance. At the advanced prices some
four thousand cars of cattle will be shipped
out over the Atchison during the next six
the ranges of New MEXICO. but during the
past year every stock man has been saving
his stock, and this year the number re-
at least 100000 head of meat cattle are
now on New Mexican ranges, and of this
number $4,000 are ready for shipment The
sheep in the Territory in 1890 were 1,50O. 600;
in 1884 they numbered over two million 1t
is thought the number now is about the
Comment of the National Provisioner.
NEW YORK, April 12.-The National
Provisioner, the organ of the meat and prod
uce trade will say. tomorrow: mo more
absurd theory has been advanced for some
time than the weak attempts to make the
consuming public of this country believe
the shortage in cattle, now apparent every
where, is due to any other than natural
causes. With willingness, however, begot-
ten of ignorance and inability, or disinclina-
ton to accurately investigate false and err
roneous news. it has been trumpeted in ev
cry State in the Union until a greater por-
ton of the people of America are under the
uct is tied up in the vicious grasp of
monopoly. 1t Is absurd and unjust to couple
with conditions for which they are in no
way responsible. 1t would be an absolute i'm
possibility. for a combination of men, no
was, to corner the beef or cattle market
and the money has not yet been minted
that can do it. A little philosophic reason,
ing and glance over the past history of
attempts to corner meat products would
readily demonstrate to our friends OF the
daily press how fallacious their arguments
are in this particular instance"
KANSAS CITY, April 12.-Secretary Nor
tons instructions regarding an investiga-
ton into the causes for the prevailing high
prices of meats have not disturbed the cat
tie men and packers in this city. All OF
those interviewed in reference to the matter
to-day unite in the statement that the scar
city of cattle is the cause. and that there Is
not the slightest reason for the supposition
that a combination exists either among the
cattle men packers.
Robert C. White, senior member of the r.
c. White Company, who has been in the
cattle business for forty years about ex-
cattle men. "A poor corn crop" he said,
.'has invariably been followed by high prices
for cattle and beef in the past The re-
ceipts of cattle have decreased remarkably
for the. first quarter of 1895. Chicago re-
se ed f y sep +: our 81
live stock markets in the country-Chicago
Kansas City yoo 90 Omaha and s.. ; hou lso,
The packers ridicule the idea of a COM
bination. They say that where there Is such
eombinatio e is reduced to s the pp minimum ~
What ST. Louis Packers Say.
ST. LOUIS, April 12.-Representatives of
the large packing houses at the stock yards
say the advance in the price of dressed
sod hxrt y,4 Cd
vance in cattle They claim they have been
working at a disadvantage during the past
six months, as the price of cattle has
advanced more rapidly than the price OF
high price of cattle is due to their scarcity.
Owing to the short crop of corn native
cattle have been cleaned dp closer oeeG 1na rn
crop, but the prices have been SO low dur
ing the two previous years that 1T has not
been profitable business to ranch owners,
and they have turned their attention to
raising other things, making the supply
this year short
Combine Against Combine.
NEW YORK, April PA combination
has been formed among the East-side
butchers of this city to fight the alleged
beef combine. Already it is said about six
hundred of the smaller butchers have sig
nifed their willingness to join the move
ment and they expect soon to be backed
up by the New York sI Retail Butchers us
Kingsley, of the Retail Butchers Pro-
tective Association, is authority for the
statement that If the present prices con-
tinue in force more than half the retail
dealers in the city Will be forced to go
out of business
p. ID. Armour on the Shortage.
CHICAGO April 12.-Referring to the pro-
posed investigation by Secretary Morton,
Mr.. P. d. Armour said to-day. 1.-THE short
age in cattle supply at the four principal
Western markets thus far this year amounts