The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-21
LIVESTOCK MEN
VISIT SALT LAKE
Party of Chicago Dealers Comes
to This City.
IN TOUR OF WESTERN STATES
TALK ON CONDITION OF THE
MEAT MARKET.

4 n RAvELTNG in the private car
! "Actium" is a party Of prominent
livestock dealers from Chicago. In
the party, which arrived last night
/ from the north over the Oregon Short
Line, are 4. 9. Leonard. general man
/ ager of the Union livestock yards; W.
T.. Skinner, general agent of the Union
yards and general manager of the re-
cent national livestock exposition at
/ Chicago: John Clay. jr., of Cay, Robin
son & CO., livestock commission deal
ers; N. P. Buel of -Snider-Buel
company. r. B. Ogilvie, secretary of
! the Clydesdale Horse association; E. L.
| Van Meter of the Flato Commission
company. and DR.. G. Howard David
/ son, a noted sheep breeder from New
York
Two weeks ago the party left Chicago
! for a tour of the states where conven-
tions Of livestock growers were to be
held. A convention at Rapid City, s
D.. was first attended, and then one
held by the Montana cattle-growers at
Miles City. From the meeting of the
North Montana Roundup association,
held at Helena last week, the visitors
came direct to salt Lake. After hold
| ing individual conferences with prOmi-
Eent Utah sheep and catUemen in this
city today. the party viii proceed east
this evening to Denver.
Interest in Livestock.
Regret was expressed last night by
members of the party that they were
unable to be here two weeks ago, when
the conventions of the Utah sheep and
oattlemen were held. It was their I'M
derstanding when they left for the
west that these meetings would be held
at d later date. The interest shown
by the visiting livestock dealers in
these conventions is typified in a SOU
venir knife which they have presented
to the cattle and sheepmen at their
conventions. The knife is of the bowie
kind, with aluminium handle and fine
steel blade.
BY reason of the fact that several
members of the party have large inter
ests in Utah sheep and cattle upon
which money has been advanced for fu-
tuTe delivery, their mission here relates
chiefly to inquiTing into their invest
ments. The visitors will carefully
avoid any discussion of the questions
OF range privileges which are agitat-
ing the sheep and cattlemen, each
against the other.
Conditions Of the Market
Speaking of general conditions Of the
livestock market. a member of the Wis
iting party stated last night that he
could see nothing to disturb the pre-
Vailing situation throughout the great ter
part of the summer In quality the
stuff coming on the market is good,
and the demand is exceeding the sup
ply Referring to the recent advance
in meat prices, he said that the raise
was justihable, because the buyers had
been forced TO pay , cents a pound
more on the hoof However, he be
lieVed that with the appearance Of
prices would decline TO about what they
we're before the advance,
The visiting LIVESTOCK men assert that
no further evidence need be required
OF the growing supremacy Of Chicago
as the great market against which
Kansas City, St. Joe and Omaha are
competing, than the fact that during
last year all previous records were
broken by more thar 1000, 900 head Of
stock in receipts. Up to two weeks
ago this years receipts at the Union
stockyards exceeded those for the same
period Of last year by 5000 cars.
Mr.. Skinner has been inGisposed for
a couple Of days with severe cold,
but he expects to get out today with
his companions TO call on old friends
in the business. They viii be conduct
ed about the city by c. B. Hawver
resident agent Of Clay. Robinson &
Co. and by Manager J. c. LCary of the
Salt Lake stockyards.