The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-01
The Business Of the Last Year Shows Con
tinuation of the Phenomenal Growth
of Previous Years.
Shipments of Hogs, as Well as Cattle, Show a
Heavy Increase, but the Sheep Showed
the Surprise of the Year.

In many lines of business in the state
of Minnesota there has been great adj
NGncement during the year just closed
but in none, perhaps, has the increase
been so marked as with the Union Stock
yards located at South st. Paul. This in
stitution is one of which the people of
ST. Paul and the Inhabitants of the state
at large may we'll be proud, for it has
now attained n position of recognized i'm
portance among the live stock marketing
points of the United States. Using tue
number OF cars received during the year
as a basis, South St Paul now ranks
well up among the first ten receiving
points for live stock in this country. hay
ing passed five or six other markets dur,
ing 1900. 1t is impossible TO give the ex-
act position, as a number of points are
extremely close, but to be even tenth,
and it is safe to say that the complete
records will show a much better position
than this, is a source of great satisfaction
to the officials and commission men iden-
titled with the South st. Paul yards.
BUSINESS IS GROWING.
The growth of the Union stock yards
has been little short OF phenomenal.
Founded in 1888. the receipts that year
We're $500 cars, less than il cars a day,
while the receipts for 1900 ran nearly
1890 cars, an average of nearly so cars
q day. with many busy days during the
year when the receipts reached 200 to $50
cars. The revenue to the yards and the
business men is much greater than the
comparative figures on receipts would in
dicate. due to the fact that
South St Paul has become more
of a marketing point and less
of a feeding station. In looking over
the receipts for the year it will be found
that the number of cattle and calves re-
ceived is practically the same as in 1899.
i his would seem to indicate that the
growth, at least in this division, has not
been substantial, but it is not receipts
that bring revenue. In years past
thousands of cattle were received in
South st. Paul only to be fed and shipped
out again. There has been decided
falling off in this feeding industry in
1900, but the much more lucrative bust,
ness OF selling the cattle has replaced it.
When cattle are put in the yards merely
to feed it requires Just as much care
and labor 10 look after them and only
the bare cost Of feed is obtained, but
when they are sold it means the feed,
Ydrdage fee to the stock yards company,
a selling fee TO the commission man and
a great saving in freight and shrinkage
Il the shipper
MANY COMMON CATTLE.
In reviewing the business of the Union
Stock yards III the annual edition of the
q o year ago, considerable space
was devoted tC the fact that so many
common cattle were shipped in for sale.
1t was the hope of the commission men
at that time that there would be an i'm
pIovement in the quality Of the stock
this year, but the hope has no been re-
allied. During 1900 thousands of common
and off-colored cattle were received at
the yards and at times the supply was so
great that it was an utter impossibility
G. No
at other points, but shippers failed to
realize this and many disappointments
and considerable money loss resulted.
The number of hogs received in 1900,
about 100000 is larger by more than 130,-
600 than for any previous year The first
hog year that the South st. Paul yards
had was 1885 when $4,000 hogs were re-
ceived. This record was not touched
until 1899 and was then beaten by about
5,000 But the receipts for 1899, 1868, 200,
are small compared with the year just
closed. New records for single day and
a single month have also been establish
ed One day in 1899 1850 hogs were re-
ceived and many were the predictions
that this would stand for a long, long
time, but those who looked into the
future reckoned without their host, for
the record has been fractured no less
than three times in 1900. The banner day
was Nov. q, when the receipts aggregat-
ed 5220. The record was also broken
Nov. Is, with 5,123 hogs and again on
Dec Is, with 5,076 hogs Until this year
the monthly record of $1,000 hogs in No
vember, 1894 was untouched, but in No
Vember, 1900, the receipts aggregated
within q few hogs of 10000. The actual
receipts for December are not yet OBJ
tainable, but it is estimated that they
will reach $1,000, so that 1900 will have
two months above the record.
FIGURES ARE ENORMOUS.
The money paid out for the hogs re-
ceived during the year will reach the
enormous figure of more than SC, 900
and tn, added profit to the grower may
be rec ned at about 81 100000, for the
average price of hogs during 1900 has
been nearly 81 per hundred pounds more
than in 1899. The local market has been
muck improved. Local packers have
made great improvements in their plants
and have experienced no difficulty in
handling the large increase In receipts.
In the cattle division there has been a
substantial gain in receipts of big cat
tie but calf receipts have run far behind
the banner year of 1899 For 1900 the re-
ceipts of cattle are estimated at nearly
17S,000. This is nearly 5000 head more
than the record year of 1898 when ne
receipts were 173, 316 and is about 5000
ahead OF 1899 with receipts of 169,SSS Dur
ing the year Just closed about Al 500 calves
have hem received. These figures show
a heavy increase over every year with
the exception of 1899 when 81, AIS head were
received. The slump in receipts in small
cattle may be attributed directly to the
honesty of South st. Paul commission
men. October and November are US
ually the two months in the year whea
heavy receipts of calves are looked for.
In 1900 the conditions during these two
months were very bad Feed was I'M
usually high and but few hnvers- Mern