Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-11-17

a CIRCULAR letter to live stock
shippers has been issued by Attorney
General Boyle, giving directions f0r
making shipments to the Kansas City
stock yards. The circular gives a his
tory of the legislation and litigation
and further says in part: Two dis
Linguished federal court judges have
favOrably passed on the act. The case
is now OH its road to the supreme court
Of the United States. An effort will be
made at an early date to have it advanc-
ed on the supreme court docket in order
that a decision may be secured as soon
as possible. BY the terms of the de-
cree settled before Judge Thayer it was
provided that upon furnishing q $780,
100 bond the enforcement of this law
would bn stayed until the case was de-
cided by the supreme court of the Unit
ed States. The decree further provides
that it is the duty of the stock yards
company to furnish to shippers of cat
tie or their agents proper receipts for
money paid for yarding, feeding, wat
ering aud weighing live stock, which
shall show on their face the amounts
sXacted for such services and the prices
that the case may remain in the su,
preme court of the United States for
some time before final decision can lie
reached, it has been deemed proper by
r. Uo0 To nj
of the Kansas City stock yards of the
exact status of the litigation and to adj
wise them of the necessity of carefully
preserving the evidence of all over
charges paid by them during the pen
dency of the suit. Each shipper should
carefully preserve the receipts that are
given for yardage and feed charges.
These receipts show the number of
head of cattle, hogs, sheep or calves
yarded, the amount paid and the date
when service and feed were furnished.
If the receipt furnished by the stock
yards company does not fully disclose
these facts the shipper should set down
in memorandum book kept for that
purpose tire proper data. 1t will be no.
ticed that section of the act provides
that the price the stock yards company
may charge for hay and corn is 100 per
cent. above the average market price or
value of such hay and corn in the mar
kets of the towns or cities wherein
such stock yards are located, upon the
day preceding such sale and delivery.
1t becomes important, therefore, that
the shipper keep memorandum of the
market price of the hay or corn in the
city where the stock yards are located
on the day preceding the date of the
purchase of the feed. This informa-
ton can easily be secured from the mar
ket quotations. We feel confident of
success in the Supreme court, and, In
order that the people may secure the
full benefit of this wise and just law.
they should be careful to preserve the
evidence necessary to demonstrate the
amount OF money they have paid in
excess CT the statutory provisions.
This law was published March IL, 1897,
hence shippers are entitled to the stat
utory rates from that date. The evI-
dence taken before the special master
disclosed that, had this law been In op.
Grafton during the year 1896, there
would have been saved to shippers
whose stock was marketed at the Kan
sas City stock yards over 100000. The
daily reports show that the business
tor 1897 will be largely in excess of any
thing ever done before, and very con-
servatiye estimate will place the saving
70 shippers for the year 1897 at $4O0. OGO
The fair presumption is that the stock
Yards company itself will without dis.
pute or bubble paw back to the shippers
amounts collected in excess of what the
law provides when the supreme court
has finally disposed of this case. How
ever, in order TO avoid any question of
dispute. it will he we'll for the shipper
to open up little set of books with
himself.n
THE neODle Of Ohi0 GRO M.