The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-17
Exceedingly Sensitive Condition
Prevails Just at Present.
OWNERS HOLD THEIR STOCK
THE LONDON MARKET HAS BEEN
MORE STEADY.
Europeans Keeping Up Their Fight
ON American Heat-The Demand
fer Feeders Has Been Spirited
Business at the Local Yards.

ket was never more sensitive than now,
but there seems to be a fair PROBABLE
ity that as a rule, owners will hold on
to their stock with some tenac.Ly from
now until November, when important
matters now in suspense will become
accomplished facts. In the meantime
the growing stagnation affords an 0p-
portunity for operators TO take recrea-
ton and the arena of financial and po-
litical discussion is transferred from
stock exchanges to the corridors of the
rural hostelries. All this is conducive
to quiet. AS to the influence outside of
politics. they have passed into dis
tinctly more favorable condition. The
London market for our meat products
has been more steady under the frights
that have affected our markets than
might have been expected, showing that
foreign dealers find reasons for conf
dence which have been less appreciated
az home. The transfers of gold to the
treasury by the banks and the arrange
nlents of the foreign bankers for ward
ing off exports of gold have placed the
treasury in d position of safety against
drains of gold for some time to come.
ii seems that the Europeans are de-
termaned to keep UP their fight on Amer
lean meats on the theory that man
sits down TO a meal which his wife has
prepared and kicks, kicks, kicks. Why
does he kick? Because of Simon-pure,
unadulterated, roclSribbed cussedness.
The bill designed to exclude Ameri-
can live stock from England which has
been under discussion in the English
parliament for more than a year past,
came up in the house of commons last
week for its third reading, and after
some preliminary skirmishing was shot
through the house by a vote of 232 for
it and IS against it, There seems to be
little doubt that when i'll is called in the
house of lords it will receive an almost
unanimous vote in thai body. AS we
have often stated, this bill has been
drafted and pushed through the house
of commons by q few stock raisers, who
claim that American cattle are affected
with pleuro- pneumonia, Texas fever,
and 'all the ills which cattle flesh is
heir to" In reviewing the reports of
the speeches for and against the bill,
it seems that the speakers have for the
most part desisted from attacking cat
tie from the United States, and con
fined themselves to ill-natured and ill
founded remarks about the prevalence
of disease among Canadian cattle.
We do not intend to question the
right of the British legislature to pass
bill excluding any or all foreign cattle
if they so desire, but we do question
the wisdom of such a measure. One of
the sensible members of parliament,
writing to one of his constituents, in
reply to a query as to what effect the
passage of the bill would have upon
the stock raising industry, says: $50
far from the bill greatly benefit-ing the
agricultural community, it is beyond
doubt that it will nearly ruin all farm
ers in what may be called the feeding,
q n icttiyo
this country So far as it may tend
to prevent disease it will no doubt be
an advantage to the midland counties,
anu bearing this in mind I do not OPP
pose the measure. It must. however, be
remembered that its passing will emily
stimulate the trade IN dead meat abroad
and that it is useless for the agricul-
tural interest to buoy themselves up
with the false hope that the price in
fat stock will be increased in any way
by the passing of the measure
If the bill should become law it will
no doubt have it's effect on the markets
here with export cattle on foot To
one thoroughly posted on the sanitary
condition Of our cattle, it looks absurd.
No country has inspection laws more
rigid than ours and no laws ON the stat
ute books are more closely adhered to
than live stock inspection laws In
fact, shipments are so closely watched
that often shippers lose stock that
should be allowed to pass. In the case
of females, this is especially true No
animal that is MANNED in any way is
allowed to go to a slaughter or packing
house, and if badly crippled or diseased
as in case of big jaw, the Inspector is
empowered by law to kill all such ami
mails before the stock can be offered
for sale. After the cattle have been
killed and before the carcasses are
loaded into refrigerators for shipment.
each piece is closely inspected by a.
corps of government inspectors and
each piece tagged, while a duplicate
tag is sent by mail to the dealer, wher-
ever he may be, as proof that each piece
Of meat received by him has been in
Spected according to our sanitary in
spection laws. The inspection is made
with powerful microscopes so there can
be no question about the soundness of
meat offered for sale. In the case of
/ live cattle exported on foot, any per-
son of reasonable intelligence can de-
tect a diseased animal In cases of
pleuro-pneumonia, the animals show
disease plainly, the system gradually
wastes away as in case of consump-
ton, and it is impossible to get enough
feed into them to make them fat.
1t is true some years ago we had
many herds that We're diseased, but it
was with one exception confined TO i'm
ported Jersey cattle, and perhaps a few
! finely bred Aberdeen Angus stock that,
after being brought here, were exposed
+ to very severe winter weather on short
I feed and no shelter.
! In the other case we know of none
except where wild range cattle were
bought and dehorned, then closely con-
fined in stalls at distilleries and fed on
hot Stops for quick fattening The "a d.
ical changes, both in their habits and
feed, were more than the cattle could
reasonably be expected to stand, and
remain in a healthy condition, but
experience has recified all such mis-
takes. till today we have no disease
whatever. II looks strange chat the
Johnnie Bulls at this stage of the poIiti-
cal situation would show their feeling
/ towards American products.
It is very evident that they viii buy
nothing from US chat can be got else
! where, so we should do a little law
making That would benefit our home
! markets and less for our foreign neigh.
bors.
The demand for feeders, both cattle
and sheep, has been quite spirited the
/ past week and was Che means Of ma K
/ ing the market more satisfactory than
! for some weeks previous; and we think
this a very good time to begin moving
any cattle that can be got to the roads
! Later the shipments from Colorado and
/ the Panhandle viii begin in earnest
ard if the money end of the business
gets bottled up, prices will go lower
+ Some small shipments have been made
/ from Utah and sold at prices entirely
! satisfactory to the shippers.
I Good, smooth Utah feeders, weighing
| LOCO pounds, will bring $500 to So % in
| Ta nSae (tjfv Sheen 1vpiphiUcr "a fc