The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-02-14

4 Kansas anu AfEla E4UElst. tLttA ALL[@ VIII
you fnd 4 class OF people who are IN bet
| .er shape both financially and otherwise,
! han are the sI9ekTnS-l tctat IL those four
states. Less than ten yt7rs as9 our
/ rarge horses were selling At 3 10 - each
3n tre market, While toaay they are
I worth from $50 TO So each i4ess than
l len years ago yoLT range cattle sold at
/ <S or SO Waiie toiay ANYTHING Showing
breed brings from Sl5 70 Sl5- sfe can al
/ remember the time wnsn $ per 1unored
/ wes considered q fair price tgr hogs. but
/ today they o-IlS anywhere from s. 10
! - per hundred Is L any wonder lleli,
I ThCn YOU look the facts sqllaCelv IN the
| face. that yo'I VIII find the s1o-zmen.
/ and al livestock indus try, in the 'front.' Of
/ ne procession and haT1essed 60 the char
/ lot of progress
The question may Se asked right rere.
/ what mas brought about these tGV1tc Ole
| changes? Cur reply might cite several
! reasons. enc az which has been eheaper
money for The stoci-r1eR tC dc business
with, another shat our stcckgneu tcdsy
| carry on their business on business nm
! eiries mere than they did in the years
why yogr stock today nets YOU more
money j. from the fact srIt 5usL SUch
corporations as the s.. Joseph stock
Yards has sprung into existence az your
very door giving vou the benefit Of an
/ other market. shus avoiding TIE over
I stocking of any one market or any ore
/ day, which ia the past yeu have al found
1 t. cost The stockECG f&AulC Us amounts
| This is evidenced ~ The fact that prices
on the Missouri river for fhe first time
/ II the history OF all markets are row
| and haNe been ruling higher than actual
| lgures Falo IL Chicago.
prior 10 theopenirg Of st. Joseph
| every stcckman before me today knows
/ ,has prices on the Missouri river always
ruled from ten TO twenty-five cents lower
than Chicago. and that under The Tres
ent order OF things. every man before
I me IS theI efOTe a beneficiary. II St
! Joseph. therefore. has increased the value
nr 81 -rf-
/ We not entitled 10 at least Il fair share
/ of your patronage2 We don't ask for aiI
! of It. but think we are entitled To a lib
! er2l share TO further encourage us in cur
efforts in your behalf We do not clain
20 have 10 bad days. bat we do assert
10 nave less Dad days, and more good
days than any market on top of earth
and that lie shipper or producer who VIII
consistently snip 10 the st. Joseph market
Will increase his bank account very ma
teI'ally ia the course OF twelve months.
Our packers who have located IL St
Joseph have constructed their packing
houses upon the most modern and ur-t0-
date plan. each and every one OF them
oeing operated by electricity. and they
can, therefore. put the carcasses IN the
cooler on the hooks cheaper III St Joseph
than at any other point This being the
case, they are better prepared TO nav
YOU as much or more money for y0ur
/ stock IN St Joseph than at any ether
point Inc history OF our business the
past three Years proves for itself that
the ste ekman is fast learning these things
anc quick 10 take advantage OF them.
During 1901 we received IS 261 cattle
which was an Increase 1z.S per cent ever
I9o9-an increase Of 4S.e per cent over lsqq
ana an Increase OF SIS per cent over lsqS
During the same year We handled 2 tl5. .2a3
hogs which IS n increase OF 25.4 pc. cent
| over 1990-an increase OF 50.5 per cent ever
1889. and an increase of 1856 per cent over
! 1898.
our sheep receipts during 1900 we're
NIB fnf~
1G35 per cent over 1898 and c33 2 per cent
over 1895 our receipts of horses ana
mules were 2252l. or an Increase of l12.7
per cent over 1898
Your freight rates are as low 10 st.
Joseph as any market on the Missouri
river, and your train service equally as
good and time in transit the Same
This magnificent showing speaks more
for itself than i can tell you. "Once
patron, ALWAYS 4 patron" is proven IN
this case by our handsome ircrease Of re-
ceipts
BY referring 10 tabulated statements
| in our books which We are distributing
from our headquarters. it viii be seen
that from the opening OF the yards for
business IN April. 1850 there has nceu
steady ard marvellous increase in the re-
ceipts OF all kinds of stock
The market has been sustained by
four of the ablest packers iu the world.
BY maintaining high values. by extending
every courtesy and q hearty welcome 20
shippers and producers. We have been
able 10 secure SIC clz enough 20 operate
their plants at full capacity. and our
patrons have been well pleased Nothing
further could bc asked for il in th way
OF facilities for handling stock upon ar
rival as money has been expended with
/ a lavish hand with a view of handling
stock 10 he best advantage to the chip
per Shrinkage has been the slightest Of
any n,0rket on earth. as stock often
weigh more in st Joseph than at home.
and which has made the st Joseph flr'
- . .rl.r !.
eft TO so many shippers during tte asst
wear, why viii il not te equally beneficial
10 you who have never -rled it2 A trial
shipment of any class OF stock viii cem-
cnstrate that ST Joseph is without "A Teer
in the packing world
"Our packers are all enlarging their
plants from tire to time. which means
ne must get moro stock To keen them
running fun tire. and while We ara sure
CT all OF our old patrons, we are TRYING
10 secure as many new ones as possible
One IF the most pronounced indications
OF prosperity in all branches Of the live
stock industry Is the great number Of
special premiums which are being offered
for prize ste ck at all OF the stockr,en
conventions.
Il had the pleasure Of attending the
Annual Live Stock Convection Of the
south Texas people held in ~ Pas0. jan
uarv 49, "A and j.. and saw there more
good Hooded stock than think has ever
been SHOWN in Texas before. which shows
the vast amount Of money that is being
expended in breeding up the herds Of an
classes o. stock
I'VE believe that the future Of our
c0rntry viii develop mere and more each
year along these lines. anc that tvers
YEAR viii show our producers or stock
better able 20 hanlle their large and I'M
proved herds
we wish to thank sucn Of Won here to-
day who have helped rs buiid np our
great enterprise az ST. Joseph by con-
trihuting ycur stock 20 cur market art
hore wo NAV meTit hy 2 continuance
or your "a tronaEe- To such ~ v1u whG
have never tried our Ua1ker hops tha1
ia the near futrre we may have the iriF-
uege Of saving -hoWdv 20 Won. ard
know that 4 YOU once try Us. sou viii
be SO well satisfied that you VIII continue