Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-11

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property located in Texas. Colorado. New
Mexico and Montana, and will retire from
business. Ii is the largest cattle company
IN the United States.
Governor j. w. Leedy. of Kansas. WAS a
visitor at the yards yesterday.
Smooth and fully ripe cattle continue to
sell well. 7. w. Andrews. RossviIle. Kas..
here yesterday with iifty-six grade
steers of his own feeding. They We're :.
lot of beeves, well fatted and
feshy, and showed skillful handling. They
averaged 1.49l pounds. and were sold by the
Company. at $3.50 per w.t., the highest
price of the day. A. Meyers took them on
ar. order. -
Among the toppy cattle here yesterday
We're a lot of 2-year-old Hereford steers
that deserve more than, a passing notice.
They were brought in by John Watkins.
Randolph, kas.. and showed quality all
over. They averaged only l.sSo pounds. yet
pany at $3.50. the top of the market. l..
Michaels bought them on an order.
In reviewing the export business In cat
tie and sheep and dressed beef and NUT
ton for 1885,, ]. IL. Lee, of Boston. says in
the Chicago Drovers' Journal: More cat
tie were shipped from Boston last year than
from any other port in the world Never
were SO many cattle shipped from one port
in a single year before. When lsl LOO head
1894 1t was thought that the record would
hold for years. Boston came close to it in
1886 and in 1891 has gone way ahead of it,
the shipments during the year being l63.-
So head. A few cattle were sent across the
Atlantic on the hoof previous to 1870, bur
psnsive. on account of the large amount
of space required for the cattle on ship
board, and the heavy shrinkage of the ami
NAL during the voyage.
1t was the general opinion at that time
that the live stock export trade would new
er amount to anything, and that cattle
teef. The trade may be said to have start.
ed in 1877. During that, year 4,sss head
were sent from New York. and 1856 head
from Boston. There has been a steady in
crease in the trade ever since, and we
find that during the past year about 50O.ooO
head OF cattle were sent into the British
markets from America. The few cattle
which were exported twenty years ago ar
rived in England in very bad condition,
owing ngg to Su the sb lack ! Of pr0per care care on }nr shipi
generally arrive in better condition than
they were when they left the farms in this
step possible to insure the comfort of the
cattle in transit. The steamers now en-
gagged in the trade are fitted up in a more
thorough manner than any barn in the
country. The cattle AVE every comfort.
and are better cared for while on the ocean
than they are on land. The result Is that
the mortality of cattle at sea has been re-
duced to a minimum, the loss of one or
two head on a boat now being a very IN
usual thing,
IL lIdOO hdS lIu SuNAi SAo AAOeS
strides to the front during the short space
of twenty years that it is almost impos-
sible for one to imagine what the future
will bring forth. One thing Is almost Ger
tain. however. Shippers must call a halt.
come to some understanding among them
selves or disastrous results will follow. l
haye always maintained that the export
ing of live cattle was simply a gambling
risk and when men gamble they assume
all risks to win or lose, and the past
year has been no exception to the rule.
Too much meat is now being sent from
America and other countries to the British
markets. Shippers in this country at least
seem Sc nat to as nave man Hniy ea 1he i into t the Brit h
markets as they possibly can. regardless of
the result. OF course, there are a few ex-
ceptions. but as a general tn1ng, u may ne
against" the greatest game of chance In
| the world to-day. They engag space
months months a al aS. 9 British sa'1 mar aaa t dropp ins
a couple of cents while the cattle are on
the ocean.
ut is generally admitted. however. that
| exporters have made a little money this
| year. but considering the low cost of the
| cattle in he West and the low rate OF
freight which has prevailed. they SHOULD
nave made much more than they did.
Three causes have operated against tht
trade this year, viz: heavy supplies, the
engineers strike and the action of the CO
operatives.
I'VE are now supplying the Britisher:
with about seven pounds OF provisions pei
capita a month. We have sent them from
and 100000 quarters of beef. to say moth
ing Of the bacon. hams. fresh pork. etc
South America sent about $500 90 cattle ant
dressed mutton were sent from Soutf
America, New Zealand and Australia. Ii
about 1000 cattle. 900 sheep and 55O.oS
swine. These figures will give some idei
of the competition our cattle have to NEE
in the British markets. me best cattI'
kets, however, come from this country. ant
it is the superior quality of our cattl,
which enables our shippers to meet suci
"Our cattle are equal to the best home
fed stock. and were 1t not for the prejudice
price in London and Liverpool market
as is paid for the homefed cattle. Thu
British butcher buys American beef at
at the same price as home fed beef and thu
makes big profits. Notwithstanding tn
fact that there is a law in England reuuir
ing butcher to label foreign meat expose'
for sale to show its origin. 1T is Impossible
to find a pound of American beef in tn
British !saalcb 6 6psf f!nrlis sho grime It i It a Is s eaaal L
as good, but costs the dealer about 2 cent
per pound less.
1.-The engineering trades strike has had
bad effect on business generally in England
and the beef trade has suffered perhap
more than any other When the British
his beef; but when out of work and shor
of funds his roast of beef is generally tn
first thing to be dropped from the bill o
substituted. With thousands. of men GU
of work the result has certainly been sc
verely felt in the beef business
THE CO-operativeS have also been IN
cause of serious losses to the American eat
tile shipper. A society which controls 10
stores. with a capital of over 129;,oo.CV
must have a great influence on trade gen
orally. This society has been 1ghting IN
American shipper at every turn: put IN
effect has been most severely Ieit az GlaS
EDITION with the supplies handled by tn
society. Butchers and statesmen nave pee
boycotted for handling our cattle. and IN
result has. in the long run. been unsatis
factory to the American shipper
while the shippers of dressed beef clair
that they have made no money In III
british markets this year it Is generall
understood that the companies engaged !
the business have paid small dividends. IN
beef has been of exceptionally good quality
and has sold at fairly good prices RICH
through the year.
as compared with 12i.15 mead during tn
wear 1896. OF the total number Shippe
last year A.4SO We're Canadians shipper
made some money on sheep during the mrs
six months of the year. but business go
so bad about June that shippers %curtaile
their shipments, and in October did no
ship any sheep at all. When the marke
they started shipping and have been max
ing money ever since. The sheep whic
have been shipped during the past tw
months were Almost exclusively Canadian:
OF the 1913 horses shipped from Boston IL.
came from Canada
The shipments from combined Unite
States and Canadian ports for the pas
year show a marked increase More tina
40. 600 head of cattle. 21 600 sheep and LOO
coo quarters of beef. as compared with 1853
s95 cattle, 80. 239 sheep and 1.153. $50 quar-
tiers of beef in 1896.
1.-THE following table shows the shipment
from the several ports: