Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-24
OF INTEREST TO STOCKMEN.
LOCAL DEALERS INDORSE F. d. CO.
RURN'S CABINET BOOM.
Call for n Special Meeting of the Live
Stock Exchange Tomorrow Aft
ernoon MT O'clock to Take
Action on the Matter.

The candidacy of F. D. Coburn, of Kan
sas, for secretary Of agriculture under
President Mckinley. is well received at the
yards. and the boys" there are willing to
give him q lift in occurring the appoint
ment. The following call was posted on
the Exchange bulletin board yesterday:
kansas City. Mo-, Jan. q. 1897.
Whereas, The public press has an
nounced that the state board Of agricult-
ure, the Improved Stock Breeders Associ-
aticn and the State Swine Breeders Asso-
citation of the state of Kansas have unan-
imcusly indorsed and recommended Mr.. +.
d. Coburn for appointment as secretary
of agriculture to succeed the Hon. ]. Ster-
ling Morton; and
Whereas, This appointment, il made.
would be worthy recognition OF the agri-
cultural Importance of the state of Kan
saS, from which the Kansas City live stock
market receives more than one-haf or Its
business;
Therefore, we, the undersigned members
of the Kansas City Live Stock exchange,
hereby request the president. Mr.. ]. r.
members OF the Live Stock exchange for
Monday, January 2o 1897, at O'Clock p m,
to consider this question; and. If it be the
sense of the meeting, to respectfully urge
Mr.. Mckinley to add Mr.. Coburn to his
cabinet as secretary OF agriculture. Very
respectfully, c. +. MORSE,
"A. j. EPPERSON,
GEO. HOLMES,
wv. A. ROGERS,
CHARLES DIXON,
&c. NJ WALDEN,
u. A. FLEMING,
''C. y. DAVIS,
~. Z. INMAN."
'In accordance with the above l hereby
call for a special meeting of the Kansas
City Live Stock exchange at the above
time and place TO consider the above uues-
ton. ]. r. STOLLER, President
One OF the most artistic and at the same
for some time has just been issued by c. E.
Beatty, and printed by the c: L. Brown
Printing Company for the Kansas City
stock yards. Its pictures are half-tone and
beautifully executed, portraying the yards
at the various stages of development from
their inception in ISL down to the present
time Accompanying the Illustrations is
clear and succinct review of the live stock
trade here from it's earliest days, showing
Influences thai have been at work in de
yeloping this greatest of Kansas City's
trade interests. Its table of receipts by
decades show marvellous increase, as fol-
lows:
Goea GS5sse S55isi Ss Sss 1sa7dis sS7 5is
Horses and mules 5000 i55,7I7 i25,207
Mo-. will hold combination feeders sale
of high class horses at tine Grand avenue
stables the last of February.
Uncle" Henry Stephens. who travels for
the George r. Barse Live Stock Commits
sion Company, is just up from San An
tonic. Tex. He reports Il delightful winter
there, roses and pansies now in bloom and
grass luNuriant everywhere. There are
not so many cattle on hand in that section
as last year. but what are being held win
tered fine. and are now IN good flesh.
The Texas cattle quarantine regulations
In Kansas will be in full force February
!, after which date no cattle from south
of the quarantine line will be permitted
in the state save for slaughter. The gov
ernment quarantine regulations do not go
into effect until February 10. but they will
here: and no cattle from south OF the quar-
antine will be allowed to leave the yards
here for Kansas after February l.