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The advocate., 1897-07-21

Ing on parts of vessels to be used; pens
and fittings of vessels; space for cattle;
passageWays; ventilation; light, food,
water; fastening, overcrOwding, etc,
In the matter of attendance it says:
"A vessel on which animals are carried
shall in addition to the ordinary crew
carry q sufficient number Of qualified
attendants to properly tend the anil
mails, and every consignment Of cattle
shall be in charge Of responsible fore
man who shall have under him cOmpe-
tent assistants, numbering with him.
self one for every twenty-five head of
cattle, and proper and suitable accom-
mOdstions for all these persons shall
be provided Between November l
and April 30 no sheep shall be carried
unless shOrn for sixty days or more.
"The cost for delivery by carload
lots is not far from $25 from Chicago
to Liverpool. The freight, insurance,
etc., cost about $l2 to $l3, while the
feeds cost of labor, etc., make up the
difference, A steer bringing $50 in
Chicago will fetch in good condition
from 800 to 500 In England. There is
a fair margin of profit in this for the
experienced shipper.
"In addition to the live stock the
steamer Georgia contains an enormous
cargo of freight. Nelson Morris has
5000 quarters of dressed beef and
much miscellaneous meat in the refrig-
orators, and in addition to the rest of
the cargo we have on board 1O9,37O
bushels of corn, III, 1856 bushels of oats,
"a, ,982 bushels of wheat and 2l,O54
bushels of barley"
The advocate., 1897-07-21
Fair Price Expected for Wheat.

Assistant Secretary of Agriculture,
Mr.. Brigham, is Of opinion that the
prospect for fair prices for wheat
is good. He says reports from all Sec
tions, at home and abroad, and through
the medium Of carefully prepared esti-
mates, tend to show that the outlook
for wheat in the United States is ex-
Cellent, both as regards quantity and
price. London indications are that
the great wheat area of Russia will
produce but a small and totally made
quate crop, owing to drowning rains.
The crops of Austria. Hungary, France,
Turkey, Italy and England are also re-
ported as very light, These reports
assert that the crop along the Danube
will be less than a half crop. The To-
Gusts are reported to have greatly re-
duced the crop of the Argentine.
From these areas come the surplus of
wheat which fixes the price Of the
worlds market, but instead Of a sur
plus above home consumption, these
indications point to large deficit.
On the other hand, the wheat condi-
tion of the United States was never
more favorable. The rise in price Of
wheat last fall induced an increased
acreage and reports from all sections
of this country show an excellent yield
per acre. Word from almost every
wheat State, both East and West, in
llcate large harvests and good con-
dition of grain, Carefully prepared
estimates indicate that the total yield
In the United States will reach some
thing like $50, ,OOO,O0 bushels and good
prices are looked for.
The advocate., 1897-07-21
Asiatic Markets for American wheat.

Circular No. II, prepared by Frank
H. Hitchcock, Chief of the Section of
Foreign Markets, Department Of Agri-
culture, contains some useful and en-
cOursging information showing that
we are now exporting wheat and wheat
flour to China and Japan, with fair
prospects for an increase.
The total shipments of wheat flour
from the United States to Japan and
China Including Hongkong) during
the ten years ending June 30, 1896, &C.
cording to the official trade returns
published by the Bureau of Statistics
Of the Treasury Department, amounted
to fully 100000 barrels, and by far
the larger part Of this was exported in
the latter half Of the decade. The
amount exported during the fiscal year
1887, the opening year of the decade,
was returned at 409,l4 barrels. In
1896, ten years later, our shipments
reached as high as 943,073 barrels,
showing gain for the deCennisl period
of more than LOO per cent. Still fur
ther gains are indicated by the figures
thus far available for the current fiscal
year. According to these figures our
total shipments to Japanese and Chi
nese ports during the nine months
ended March 81, 1897, amounted to
882, ,204 barrels. With propOrtionately
large expectations for the three re-
naming months, Che total amount Of
wheat flour shipped TO these countries
during the entire fiscal year 1897 should
reach above a million barrels, which
would be equivalent to more than AZ
million bushels of wheat.
OF the American flour sent across
the Pacific the major portion goes to
Hongkong and is thence largely dis
tributed to other ports in China, Our
shipments to HongkOng In the fiscal
year 1887 were returned at S7l ,056 bar.
rels. In 1896 they were more than
twice ss large, amounting to S25,6lE
barrels. For the present fiscal year
! QS97) they promise to be still larger
the nine months ended with March
showing an expectation of 69S,992 bar.
re Is. The quantity of -four we shiE
The advocate., 1897-07-21

When moving poultry the coops
should also be high enough to allow
whatever kind of poultry is shipped
room enough to stand up. Low cOops
should not be used, as it Is not only
cruel, but q great deal of pOultry.is
lost every year by suffocstion. CoOps
should not be oVercEowded.
The advocate., 1897-07-21
About Farm Work.
How Live Stock is Shipped Across
the Ocean.


The following is taken from an in
structive letter written on shipbOsrd
at sea by G. s. Plumb and printed In
Breeders Gazette:
"With desire TO see something Of
shipping stock abroad the writer ar
ranged with the White Star Line for
passage from New York to Liverpool
In the Georgia, the largest freighter
a6Oat conveying cattle abroad and one
Of the three or four largest steamers In
the world. The vessel is now twenty.
two months old and she represents the
most improved type for carrying live
stock across the ocean, She Is 557 feet
long, GO feet In greatest diameter, has
six decks, is 10000 tons burden, has Q
freight capacity Of 1900 tons, and has
electric lights and water on every deck
and the finest Of cold storage accom-
mOdations. Her engines are Of about
5000 horse power, and her boilers con-
sumo eighty-6Ve tons of coal a day.
Her driving gear, however, is not Of
large capacity compared with a fast
Atlantic liner which consumes 500 tons
Of coal per day. She makes about 300
miles daily under favorable conditions
She has immense water tanks in her
hold capable Of holding nearly 5000
tons Of water. The water carried is
used for ballast and for the live stock
and boilers. This voyage she started
with about 600 tons of fresh water
in addition to the large amount Of salt
water ballast,
"The third and fourth decks CT the
Georgia are nearly sll reserved for live
stock accommodations. On these
decks is a series of two and one-half
inch iron posts 80 arranged that by
placing horizontal rods Of the same size
against them In sockets a series of In
closures or skeleton stalls are provided.
One row extends slOng each side Of the
vessel then comes an alley, usually
two and a half feet wide, and facing
this is another row of stock, while In
the center, facing another alley, will be
one or two more rows. The number OF
rows, however, and width Of alleys
depend upon the width of the ship at
that point. Four to FIVE rows of stock
are thus usually provided. Two iron
bars In front and two on each side
about one foot spsrt, the highest three
and a half feet above the floor, incloses
a space with depth Of eight feet and
a frontage Of ten feet. Each animal
Of the four thus couples a space 2115xS
feet, and the cattle are all tied to fast
ening holes every two and a half feet
apart In the lower rod.
"The Georgia left New York on
Monday, June Z, at 1915 q. m, About
6 that morning transport boats arrived
from Jersey City and SeeCaucus loaded
with horses, cattle and sheep, A gang
Of men rapidly bedded in good shspC
the space to be occupied by the stock
using baled straw. Sixty.six horse
were first landed on the end of the pie
and each one was led aboard snC
placed In q stall. These were locates
amldships where the sccommoda
tioDs differed from the arrange
ments for cattle In having woodel
partitions between each stall &
The advocate., 1897-07-21

forward part of the vessel. This al
lows each pen a depth Of four feet.
The cattle were driven aboard In lots
of twenty or so. Within three hours
sIxty-six horses, $50 cattle and 1910
sheep we're located where they belonged
on board, and immediately after the
vessel started for Liverpool.
"There is some, though not much,
variation in the feeding. The cattle
and horses are wstered in pals about
5 a. m, after which they are grained
and then fed hay. The cattle are again
fed grain about 3 p. M, followed by
hay. Some of the horses are given
another grain feed about the same
time or a little later, while others are
grained three times. The sheep are
fed grain usually once a dsy-in the
middle of the sfternoon-but this is
sometimes varied.
"The horses are generally given bran
and whole oats as a mash, and some
Of the men add few hsndfuls Of oil
meal and pinch Of salt to a large
bucket Of this mixture. The cattle
have part of the time received ear corn
and part Of the time corn meal, The
sheep are fed a mixture of hay, corn
meal and whole oats, half and half.
Generally speaking, all the stock is
given second grade timothy hay,
though a poorer mixed hay than this
has been used,
"The stock is fed with the greatest
llbersllty, and, as some might say, with
extravaganza. Yet the animals, while
in apparently perfect health, do not
eat here with the esgerness that they
do on land. have seen corn and meal
poured out before the steers repeat
edly which they looked at with indif-
ference and began to eat later with
much deliberstlon.
"The general health Of the stock has
been good. Up to to-day June ICY but
eight sheep have died and one horse,
The balance of the sheep seem brighter
than at any time since we started.
Several Of the steers have been off,
but nothing serious. The horses have
not done so well. A number have
been out of condition, mainly with
colds and fever.
"There are about forty men on board
looking after the stock, o foreman be-
ing in charge of each consignment.
Many of the helpers are working their
way back to the home country.
"EaCh horse is insured by the ship
per, while the cattle and sheep are in
sured by the White Star Company,
"Both the United States and British
Governments watch with much care
the character Of the animals exported,
Two United States inspectors examine
every animal before embarking and
each head of cattle has a metal tag
placed in the ear on which is a Gov
ernment number. If trouble occurs
on the other side the entire thing can
be traced to q nicely. Every animal
must be In the yard for at least twenty
four hours before embarking and each
one exported for meat must be slsugh-
tered within ten days after landing
and being inspected, The British
Government has framed very extensive
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-25

The Hay Dealers Association of Buffalo
and similar organizations at a number of
other Eastern points are showing consider
able interest in the settlement at Chicago
and st. Louis between the railways and
the hay receivers associations. The West
ern shippers want the Interstate-commerce
Commission to define the exact meaning,
scope and limitation of "demurrage
charges" For some months they have
been losing hay and grain consigned to
them over Eastern roads. The members of
the association made an investigation, and
claim that the shortage was caused by
thieves who stole the hay and grain from
the cars while they were standing in the
railroad yards. When the hay men entered
claims for the stolen goods the railroads
denied responsibility, claiming that the
freight was kept in the cars at the risk
of the consigners. The roads in the Car
service Association charge demurrage of
81 for every day or fraction of day the
car is held on the track after forty-eight
hours. The hay receivers claim that this is
a storage charge, and that If the railroads
charge for storage, they are responsible for
the safe keeping of the freight. This dispute
has been growing warmer for several
months. and now the members of the asso-
citation have determined to proceed against
the railroads.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-25
Mr.. cIeveland's wealth.


Ex-President Cleveland is now a private
citizen, yet his personal affairs continue to
be a subject of more or less interest to the
general public 1t has been popularity sup
posed that he is q rich man-that is to say
that his wealth exceeded a million dollars
yet quiet story is going the rounds that
his once handsome fortune has been re-
duoed to quite moderate proportions. When
he made return to the New Jersey tax
assessors not long ago that his estate was
worth $3.50. 600 those who thought they knew
said that he had dropped cipher off the
amount. at least. He is supposed to have
made q large amount of money in Metro
politan Traction stock of New York in as
sociation with w c. Whitney, E. G. Bene-
dict. John Crimmins. Colonel Dan Lamont
and others. and also in gas stocks under
the guidance of Mr.. Benedict. He was also
understood to have made fortunate deals
with his former law partner. Mr.. Stetson.
gentleman who has exceptionally good
sources of information told me to-day that
II Mr.. Cleveland had made any such large
sums of money more recent investments
had turned out less fortunately and that
he could no longer be classed as a million
aire. Indeed said my informant, II have
very good reasons to believe that Mr..
his estate instead of a partial report when
he told the tax assessor that his estate
was worth $780, 600. The intimacy between
the ex-President and his former legal and
business associates has been almost entire
ly broken off, and Mr.. Cleveland has lately
shown q disinclination to fraterniZe with
many men who were credited with having
been associated with him in profitable en-
terprises in times past
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-25

Mr.. L. T. Norton, of the Drexel boule-
ward, Chicago, writes the following self-ex-
planatory letter to Commissioner Donald,
Of the Central Passenger Association. 1t is
only one of many of the same sort:
Yours of 9Th instant inclosing check for
$40, as rebate on my interchange able mile
age ticket is received Please accept thanks
for prompt manner in which this rebate
was paid. In this connection 1 would like
to say | have been a friend Of the new
ticket all the time, claiming that the slight
inconvenience we are subjected to is much
more than compensated for in the many
advantages received. Some of my friends
on the road have insisted that the rebate
would not be paid under three or four
months, calling attention to length of time
often taken in settling claims in freight
department l am now enabled to positively
refute such statements and shall make the
most of it. have been travelling for eight
cen years. and will use one OF the new tick
cts every ten dat-r, and repeat that am a
friend of the new ticket as it will save me
from $3.50 to $3.50 per year in my expense
account-and that is worth the slight incon-
venience created by its use"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-25

but not to be named in comparison with the
day in which he makes his firs. one and
gets a banker to take It. / have tried both,
and know The cars paid the subsequent
payments from their earnings. l paid my
first note from my savings, so much per
month, and thus did get my foot upon Tor
tunes ladder. 1t Is easy to climb after
that. A triumphant success was scored.
And thus came sleeping cars into the
world. Blessed be the man who invented
Sleep says Sancho PaDza- Thousands up
on thousands will echo the sentiment:
Blessed be the man who invented sleeping
cars. Let me give you his name and testify
my gratitude TO him, my dear, quiet, mod
est, truthful, farmer-looking friend, Mr.. T.
T. Woodruff, tho inventor of the sleeping
On the subsequent development and ex-
plotting of the sleeping car by George M.
Pullman, Mr.. Carnegie at this time said:
George NJ. Pullman was. as great a
genius in organization and administration
as Woodruff was an inventor. 1t did not
take this typical American of Chicago very
long to see what part sleeping cars were
bound to play upon the American conti-
Gent, and while few cautious old gentle
original cars. in that peculiar Philadelphia
way which is so amusing, making ten bites
of even the smallest cherry. this young
man laid his daring plans. He contracted
for twenty or thirty cars while the Phil
adeiphia people hesitated to engage for one.
The result was that Mr.. Pullman complete
ly eclipsed them. l soon saw that we had
a genius to deal with, and advised the old
concern to capture Mr.. Pullman There
was capture, but IL Olu not take lnaI
form. They found themselves swallowed by
this ogre, and Pullman monopolized every
thing. IT was well that IL should be so.
The man had arisen who could manage.
and the tools belonged TO him. To-day his
company has paid-up capital of millions
Of dollars. and its qualifications extend
everywhere. Mr.. Pullman Is a remarkable
man. for he not only manages this bust
ness, he has created It, Before he APP
peared upon the scene sleeping car COM
pany had no rights which railway COM
pany was bound TO respect. Mr.. Pullman
has made the business respectable, and the
travelling public is very much his debtor"
have no doubt Mr.. Carnegie has given
the story of American sleeping cars as he
personally knew 1t. and in giving both these
gentlemen credit has only dealt fairly with
two of the worlds great benefactors. Not
long ago / had occasion to write of the
sleeping cars of Europe. After going
through such experiences as the traveller
often does both in England and on the
continent may we not say of both these
gentlemen, Peace to their ashes" Few
should lbegrudge even Mr.. Pullman his
large fortune. AS for Mr.. r. T. Woodruff,
the inventor. I do not know whether he
made a fortune out OF his invention or not.
Anyhow, he deserved IL.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-25
PersonaI. LocnI nnd GeneraI Nnte.


large corporation, name not mentioned
is said to have purchased on Thursday 1000
shares of Pennsylvania stock.
Since July the Big -Four lines proper have
earned $4,17S,l0 an increase over the CORE
spending period last Year of $3.50, 6g2
The earnings of the New York Central
the second week in October were nearly
$4,000 in excess of those of the correspond
ing week of 1886.
The latest report shows that the Pullman
interests give employment to nine thousand
men, there now being four thousand men
employed at Pullman.
The official statement of the Chicago g.
TENDER to have been 1856, 045, an increase
over September, last year, of $s1f.ySl.
1t seems to be the understanding that
when the Evansville a Richmond is so far
repaired as 10 run trains over it the road
will be operated in the interest of the Penn
sylvania-
Shipments of hailed hay to some of the
Eastern trunk-line terminals have been SO
heavy of late that agents in the West have
been asked to discontinue shipment until the
blockade is relieved.
Everything points to the Louisville &
Nashville absorbing the Louisville Hender-
son a. ST. Louis before the close of the
present year, the closer traffic alliance being.
a step in that direction.
The Terre Haute car works will this week
commence the building of two hundred box
cars for the Iowa Central of $1,000 pounds
capacity and equipped With automatic
couplers and airbrakes.
Financial interests identified with the
Pullman property are said TO be ready to
take any amount OF the stock which bear
spectators offer, without permitting any
material decline in prices.
Competing lines have already found that
in General Passenger Agent McCarty, of the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-25
Muncie. 0, hartford city. Q.

MUNCIE, Ind, Oct. 2S-The second of a
series Of football games between Muncie
and Hartford City high schools was played
at Athletic Park this afternoon in the pres
ence of 1000 people. The game was so stub
bornly fought that neither side could score
and the result was still tie when time was
called S. Fulton, Hubbard Craig and
Finder made the strongest game for the
visitors, and for Muncie Gill covered him
self with laurels, making a run of forty
five yards and might have secured a touch
down had the crowd been off the field.
Howe Lewelen and Jump played strong
games Netzley was fouied by Hubbard.
who is man of some years. Muncie pro-
tested against him, but it was shown that
he is taking chemistry in the Hartford
school. He kicked Netzley in the neck.
Muncie's line showed up much stronger
than in previous games. holding her own
best when the ball was near her goal. At
the beginning of the second half Hartford
pushed the ball into Muncie territory with
little trouble until within five yards of the
goal. when Gill made his star run, crossing
the center line. The even break is regard
ed as a big victory for the locals, as they
are green players, with one exception. Full
ton, of Hartford City, and Frank Gass were
the referees.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-25
win Exceed One Million.

On Thursday last the Kingan Company
had killed, since Nov. l. 1896, the beginning
of the company's fiscal year and hog-killing
season. just one million hogs, exceeding all
former records. and as the plant is now
killing four thousand hogs a day, the one
million will be considerably increased be-
fore Nov 1. this year. There is an increase
in the number Of hogs killed, and in actual
tonnage of hog products, as the hogs killed
the last year have been the best fatted and
healthiest of any slaughtered in many
years The company's export business, as
well, has been largely in excess of any for
mer years. 1t has not been an unusual
thing to ship forty carloads of hog products
a day from this establishment, and in ad-
dition to their hog killing the company has
slaughtered over double the number of cat
tie for this market and for shipment to
New England markets, some weeks killing
six hundred or more head of cattle. In
both the killing of hogs and cattle this es-
adjustment intends. the coming year to
largely increase. its business, especially in
shipments of dressed meats.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-25
NEWS in SUNDAYS JOURNAL.
Resume of Items Chronicled in the
Edition of Oct. "a.


Reduction Of duty on wheat in France Is
opposed by the Ministry.
James Wallace Knox. horseman. commit
ted suicide at Kenosha. Wis.
Kid Mccoy bested Con Riley in seven
rounds at TattersalTs. in Chicago.
Registration of votes at Cincinnati showed
only 1000, 5000 less than one year ago.
The Lotus Club at New York gave a
dinner to Anthony Hope Saturday night.
Probability that the sale of the Union
Pacific will be postponed to some future
date.
Spain replies to the United States and re-
fuses to set a date for the pacification of
Cuba and declares she can carry on the
war without any foreign interference.
John a. Hinsey president of knights of
Pythias board of control, denies that the
order will lose 600 of its reserve fund
that was invested in mortgage bonds of the
defunct Lexington Hotel at Chicago.
Football games Saturday: Illinois Uni
versity, "a; Purdue, H. Indiana University,
30; Industrial Training School, 0. VIM
chester, II; Earlham, 4. Yale "a; Carlisle
9. Harvard, is; Brown, Q, Ann Arbor, is;
OberIn, 6. u of P, 46; Lafayette, O.
Terre Haute, s; State Normal, Q. Prince
ton, TO- Cornell. 0. Chicago, 81; Northwest
ern. 6. Hanover. 20 CarrolIton, 0.