Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-08
or INTEREST TO ST0CKMEE.
MORE CIRCULARS CONCERNING MS.
POSITION Of DEAD TOOK.
Concession for "Scnbhx,
Sheep at This Market-Texas Cat.
tie situation-Frank sefgei
Makes q Big Purchaxe.

As announced in Sundays issue. the peet
Bros. Manufacturing Company yesterday
took entire charge of the removal of dead
animals at the yards. and seemed to give
general satisfaction.
In response to the stock yards notice of
Saturday. they sent that company the fol-
lowing reply:
.Gentlemen:--We are in receipt of your
letter OF the 9TH inst, addressed To whom
It may concern and relating to removal OF
dead animals from your stock yards.
Permit US to say that, because of ar
commission houses at the stock wards rus
lating to animals of this kind. this letter
concerns US. We herewith enclose you list
with whom We have arrangements for ali
dead animals contained in shipments con-
signed to them, SO that you may be fully
I'VE also desire to say tina so far as we
are concerned We will at all times, In the
interest of the sanitary condition Of your
yards. cheerfully cooperate for the remoy-
al OF the dead animals coming to US under
SAID arrangement with the least possible
reasonable delay lave them removed, and
trust that we may find you ready. as We
are re- TO unite In working to accomplish
Permit US to say further. however. that
We deny your right to remove any of our
property or to destroy it without notice
10 US and anording US a reasonable op-
portunity to remove it ourselves. We shall
always stand ready to remove it i'm
corning it. and our watchfuiness for our
WI interest will doubtless, in most in
stances. avoid the necessity Of notice from
However. unless we u~nreasonably de-
lay in removing such animals belonging to
US; after having been afforded a reason
tainly hold you and your company respon-
sible for any Of our property which you
may I'VE sen asaIf al also aes eer3sin,v hold vou and
your company responsible for any of our
property which you may sell, or allow TO
without a title order as stated in YOUR said
letter. until reasonable opportunity after
susn notice to remove the same by our
serves. We shall be ready to remove each
Day before 8 o'clock D. m.. all such dead
animals Of which we may have notice or
long gd to Us, and ar Ir winch any ms sSus as ya as l may be
pc unloaded before 2 o'clock of the same
day. and shall expect your company to
We trust that from the plain statement in
your letter and this plain statement in re-
P msy. so 1n Tar a., as Sss, are sss concerned, that we
your hearty cooperation toward a speedy
removal Of all such animals to which wa
shall do our part in that respect. Yours
PEET Bros. MANUFACTURING COM
B W. F. wyman. Secretary and Treas
They sent the following statement to the
i've stock commission merchants:
"Gentlemen:-We presume you have re.
cetved. as we die, a letter Of date the 5tn
inst: from the Kansas City Stock Yards
company, In relation to the removal of
dead animals. Assuming hat you have,
We take the liberty of enclosing herewith a
copy OF our answer thereto. We engaged in
tne purchase OF these animals because we
wanted them. We expect to continue in
the business and take them as heretofore,
we freely confess that we make a profit
because we handle them as an incident only
70 our other business, and with compare
tlveiy little expense. and this enables us to
Day them at present prices.
For any dead animals consigned tn Won
ana coming to US under our present ar
rangement, we will issue to you a sale
ticket as heretofore. and pay the same and
run our chances of obtaining possession Of
ana moving the animals. or collecting the
value thereof from the Stock Yards Conn
pany:
hope you will continue to deal with us In
"PEET BROS MANu FAYE co.
BY W. F. WYMAN,
Secretary and Treasurer"
n. F. Child. assistant general manager Of
y. -. Salmon, chief of the bureau of ami
MAJ industry yesterday. that in the future
sheep affected with the scab might be for
other markets without dipping. This is
quite a concession to the sheepmen and
was received with much satisfaction Here
Will SSdD nave mao TO
be dipped. generally entailing a delay of
two or three days and the cost of keen
during nat time. or take whatever bids
therefore. generally netted the country man
a loss; Under the present ruling the owner
OF such sheep will have more freedom and
q chance to escape from what was hereto-
fore an inevitable loss.
Worth. Tex, where he has been for a
week on business. He says the cattle situ-
ation throughout Texas Is very bullish, cat
beef market, claiming that their caffie
have an Independent value for breeding and
ateeIng purposes. and prices are now held
South Central Texas cattle are held Arm
as follows: Heifsrs. Is. so to s12: Is. s4 to
sls. Steers. Is. 81 to SIS; Is. SIC to 81.
Frank siegel. of the s~iegel-sanders Live
Stock Commission Company, of Kansas
city. who Is now in Fort Worth. Tex. an
Dressed Beef Company's herd of Texas cat
tie for 100000. There are said to be q OON-
cattle In the deal. the lot being composed
steers will be, taken to Kansas and grazed.
Ied Tor the market. and the cows will be
taken to Southwest Kansas and put in
small punches there for breeding pur-
poses.
President o c. Mccoy, of the Kan.
sas City Live Stock exchange. has re-
cA. ICIc he WGhT
to attend the trial of the suit against the
exchange for Its dissolution before the sp.
preme court. He says their ATTORNEYS
made a strong case and he feels confdent
mat the decision will be in their favor
when 1t is handed down.
There were no fancy cattle IN Yesterday
and but one lot that could fairly be termed
cnoice export steers, and they were onIv
grade natives. There were thirty-nine ~
mem. smooth and well fatted. averaeine
efZo POUNDS. They were owned and fed by
sold by James Stephens q Co. at $50 he
nlgnest price of the day. The Schwarz-
schiid-Suizberger Company got them No,
the export trade. ~ luz
Visitors 1t the Yards With Stock.
o. A. Cooper brought hogs down yesterday fs,w
'awnee. Eeb. A"
j. Burns was here with cattle yesterday from
Hanover. Kas.
j. N. Cover, virxinia. Neb.- emma s,vr III,
lie yesterday.
g. Hillmer arrived from Hanover, Kas., yes..r-
lay with cattle.
W; H. McCreary. Of Lyons. Neb.. was here with
attic yesterday.
E. B. Ryan was here yesterday with cattI, fron
Kas.
A. ". whitmer. McIouth. Kas. was in tovn x.x
erday with cattle.
Raymond q Meier, Herkimer, Kas.. arrival v..
srday with hogs.
a: ]. Anthony. Leroy. Kas-. was here yesterday
nth cattle and hogs.
A. Tangerman was at the yards Yesterday v,,h
attic from Firth. Neb.
G. W. Addison. Eureka. Kas.. was In the city yes.
erday with hogs and cattle.
W. D. Kilburn and J. NJ. KiIbun were in the city
esterday with cattle from Chula. Mo.
Power Bros. and Sam Butler, Jr., were down frnu
Neb., yesterday with cattle.