The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-04
Meeting Of Foremost Representa-
tives at Sioux City.
SOLID FACTS ADVANCED
WHY OUR LIVE STOCK TAKES A
BACK SEAT.
Maintenance of a Foreign Market
For Surplus Rests With the Pro-
ducer Our Beef and Mutton
Should. Be the Rest In the World
Hos Raising.

Sioux City, Ia, Dec. 3.-The ninth
annual convention of the National Live
Stock exchange began here at 8 p. M.
today. The convention brings to Sioux
City besides the foremost representa-
tives Of the live stock industry of the
land, the largest number of railroad
men ever in attendance upon national
bodies outside OF Chicago. The Live
Stock exchange is composed of the
live stock exchanges OF Chicago,
Kansas City, South Omaha, East ST.
Louis, Louisville, Fort Worth, st.
Joseph, Pittsburg and South St. Paul.
President w, H. Thompson, jr., in
addressing the convention said:
FOREIGN MARKETS.
1.-THE maintenance of the avenues of
outlet to the foreign markets for our
surplus rests largely with the pro-
Queer. Business product comes in
strong competition with that of other
nations produced under more favor
able circumstances and much cheaper
than that of our own. Our success lies
in the quality of our products, there
fore let us never lose an opportunity
to improve more and more the quality
of our output until it is recognized and
accorded the palm of superiority it SO
justly deserves, unequalled by that of
any nation on earth. The time is fast
approaching when the quality of our
productions will be the standard of
admission to foreign markets.
"It should be the aim not only of
American producers but also of those
who are interested in the importation
of live stock and meat food products
to know that none but the very best
in quality is sent abroad.
BEEF INDUSTRY.
Undoubtedly the beef producing in
dustry IS the branch of agriculture
justly claiming the most serious con-
sideration and it is one of more i'm
portance than the others. 1t is i'm
portant because large amounts of
money are represented in the raw ma
! terial. 1t is important because of the
great expense in caring for and fat
tening for market. This latter ex-
pense is about the same per head on
fattening a common or inferior class of
cattle as it is on the grades or
thoroughbreds. The market value of
the matured animals is from SOC to
$3.50 per 100 pounds in favor of grade
or matured, which facts do not con-
vince the producer that in order to
obtain the best price for his feed, he
should feed it to the better grade Of
CATTLE
HOGS AND SHEEP.
The speaker also dwelt at consider
able length on the raising Of hogs and
sheep. He urged the early marketing
of hogs which he said would have a
tendency to reduce the stock of lard
and make it more valuable to the pro-
Queer and undoubtedly reduce the
losses sustained through the ravages
of hog cholera.
"The English sheep raiser con-
tinued the speaker. through proper
breeding and care in feeding, produces
a grade of mutton superior to ours in
edible qualities and therefore secures
q better price for it, at the same time
shearing as much and as good a
! quality OF wool as an American, hence
his advantage and ability to make us
take a 'back-seat, so to speak, with
our mutton. Why not take advantage
of the experience furnished by him
! and so grade and improve our focISs
until they are not the peer but the
superior to the whole world. and as
such evince their superiority when their
carcasses are in foreign markets hung
side by side with those produced by
our brethren across the water"
NEXT SESSION AT OMAHA.
At the session this afternoon it was
decided that the next years conven-
ton should be held at Omaha. The
convention today refused to endorse
the candidacy of Colonel William r.
Morrison for reappointment as a mem
/ Der of the interstate commerce COM
mission.
/ A banquet was given the delegates
tonight at which prominent live stock
men made addresses.