The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-27

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| Notice that the Ieceipts of 1895 were al
| most double those of 1897. and that 1897 re-
cetpts. we're almost three times these Of 1892.
aud Kansas City Is only one of tho matiy
! markets Of the country
We know that TIM supply OF sheen is In
| c,oasing at Il. tremendous rate Their non
uiarity as food Is gaining ground all the
tine Then they do we'll ON land that VIII
not carry cattle. and the percentage of sheep
( feeders IN ths country Is increasing AT Al,
alarming rate from the beef producers stand
| point Good fed sheep thu, are profitably
sold y from 50, 10 to $500 rsr 100 pounds. will
| do more to keen, the price Of beet down than
all tho bug bear combinations the Big Four
can make
out here in the West there Is an idea
cattle. - am satisfied that there are less
cattle Than three years ago in certain states
NE Arizona, New Mexico. Utah. Nevada.
able total supply of cattle, taking the coun-
Try az a whole is concerned, ! believe. We
viii find II sufficient Tor all demands with
how easy II Is 10 get u niisconceptipn of coz
dltons, J viii mention two transactions
which came under my observation last
cattle Tor the Eureka Springs Stock company
Q, Wils0X Ar,z.. and the other the sale OF
about 1000 similar cattle, being, the promon-
,ory iterl OF PromoDtnry. Utah, for W h.
White. These two large herd of cattle ran
out on the range the. year. round, and it Is
e. ,fan ry X psr to es say Hor loss vas rot log
/ these cattle when. sold9 In the first place
from actual knowledge, can say that legs
. .nSn . PEI cent have up 10 this time heen
by nracuator, Who in turn retailed them
t., e small mall farmers aud Others, rsy example,
herd went to Garden City, Kan into the fesd
,ot where tue calves viii be n,atured without
is.N,. IN one Year as against three wears on
70 the Nebraska feed lots, and the ycung heif-
ets to Wray, COLO. A similar history could
b q, given OF the Arizona herd mentioned above
"A Inn
than uey had on their native range. Thsy
NH MI. oe inatnrcd earlier, and three cattle
ibn ed, in tho new method of small owner
,o,r IN actual beef pounds had they been mar,
hetea drect from their home range in Utah
q, or arizona. From this you viii see that
visible supply. The man who oN'o lives es ' n
rromo ,,,o Utah. or Wilcox, ARR. how
tho promonteres 'n or q shorsss because
his home range and out OF his sight TN. rhn
business nras, for the past year has covered
thousands OF cattle From this II seams my NJ
me movement OF cattle has largely been
owns s 70 new TbS Territory rdap aud into smalsr
element OF loss is almost totally eliminatsd
ana that the final result from these ssms
ssailabl m a. 20 ,s; fourth more beef pounds
ger the old and that tho shortage idea has
been started by the man who has sold sold o nns
a sha, nIe pee apdss = asatIral ss,oash
S Ss.Ss me period OF hish priced stocker ana
n aes1er ea't,s Perhaps tho great crops "S 81
psy u sF sSa se ssae, Sas1e Money
better times and restored confidence eNnIsio VI
, mSsL q " Certainly the price Of beef at
such boom. The range men Who radsss
the cattle were the only people who maas
hfoms omt.ef the high prices. II Is true thai
those hish-prlced cattle lost money In many nv
Eases m they got absolutely nothing for The feed