The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-07-14

wealth on our eastern border enjoys no
present. day superiority over the land ~
which We live. Our once numerous an
exclusive Of occupation rancners nav
adapted themselves TO changed pliyslcai
conditions. and joined the constantly n
creasing army of stock feeding larnefs
which Is swiftly and surely spreading over
the broad valleys and producing 5aiisl1es
Of this generous Utah soil They no
longer depend upon the n-tuFai pfOuuc-
ton Of the ranges TO mature beef ana
properly finish their annual turmoil for
block use but have added winter feed
ing to their operations at home 20 supply
the present limited demand OF local kill
ers and many OF them have even moved
their s-rrr.fu= unfinished cattle and sheep
into other states. near places % big de-
msnd ii order 10 T1pen their output and
make the feeders profit between rat
stuff and the leaner kinds.
Utah Stock Grows Better
IN the progress Of this evolution it is
encouraging 10, note in this connection
the Improvement of quality attained wit n
the expansion Of home feeding. indicat-
ing as it does both the material and the
ability to do with. Utah fatteninG has,
as yet been done almost wholly on 4 tan
grains and grasses. and it can be great
Is expanded above its present proportions
without considerably increasing me lfn-
p0rta ton Of fat making cereals from
states Of more varied production. But
corn and cottonseed meal are speed-Inah-
ers IN q feeders business which are ne
undervaiued by the locally experience
ana they viii continue to Suppieiileiir
more and more as increasing tonnage re-
ducUs the cost Of their transportation otL
own succulent alfalfa and the small gram
present diet Of stock on fuii 5eed mere
Our farmers and feeders VIII make our
own supplies IF beef and mutton ItoIl
. this time forward. beyond any cuestioIl
u facilities are PROVIDED 10 XIII anu carr
them in quantities While they are IN thslf
primest condition. and they viii grdduailY
grow into the preparation OF all. or near
all of the pork hams. bacon and lard uSeo
IN the intermOuntain country. II "a mar
ket at all times Of the year IS made ioI
hogs.
Large Business Already Done.
There are. anproximateIy 1000 cattle a
year being killed in salt Lake and dis
Uibuted from this point. when there
should be 5000 for city consumption ana
nearby distribution. and the Kill OF hoss
is only about double that of the catue
slaughter. Our hotels and restaurants
buy river meat annually Representing SVOe
cattle or q third of the local XIII ana
We use fresh pork shipped INTO SAT- Lax
bv Denver and Missouri river packers
during the year to the extent OF l,oYe,Vys
/ pounds, representing probably b'ovv Ctah
/ hogs.
In addition to these costly importations
/ of fresh meats. there are averaged weekly
receipts of ten carloads Of cured meats
and lard coming into the state from the
+ packers east of US 5000 to 5Je.oVV pouu95s
of hog products, worth 10 cents a pound
"a weekly outlay Of thirty to thlrty-IlNt
/ thousand dollars for common necessities
/ that Utah can make cheaper tnan any
other state IN the union II 1s SaLe 20 - }
+ that We are sending out of the state 81
001o00 "A year for meats alone that pack
ing facilities at home would olstIlbut'
/ among our own producers, oesldes u. LII
/ enormous annual outlay for other manu-
+ featured products Of the packers Whict
/ have become staples Of consumptloi
/ among our people.
Immediate Action Desirable.
! In the interest Of the city and state, con
/ sumers and producers alike, as well as II
[ dealers. manufacturers, investors ana al
] other classes Of people. the SltuaCon DC
/ mands the organized REPRESENTATIVES, .
T our thrift should speedily exert IneI III
/ fIuence to supply the existing deficiency
4 by asitating the immediate erecuOn OF
/ packing house and local livestock marker
/ of proportions suitable to the prooucUV'
/ and cOnSumpJiVe capacity OF Indl IeSlol
/ OF which Salt Lake Is the natural center
/ Aside from the question OF eNl-holAs
! Salt Lake trade by furnishing supphe
/ to nearby cities. and some distant one
I that depend upon US now LOT SUM y
I fresh meats. the local lack of the nooeri
! facilities under discussion Is worthy IN
/ consideration of commercial leaders
] this CITY. With packing houses will com
I fertilizer. glue bone. bOne-ash and sOa
/ works. brush and wool factories, tan
+ neries wool pulling and securing plants
Z and all the other by-pTOducts users IN
. oidental TO modern livestock markets
Cold Storage an Adjunct
And preceding the new industries, smal
Z at the beginning, assurance would De III s
given, OF adequate cold storage space 10
an ample supply OF the best quaIlty meat
. at an times for home needs.
The combined daily chilling ana cary
I ing capacity of the killers in salt Lah
/ now. does not exceed two hundred cattle
( fotIr hundred sheep and three nunQre
hogs and lambs. The butchers, therefore
bl1v their supplies on the hoof IN snlS
punches from the stockInen 70 dNolu q
shrink and expense of holding them i
order to be certain of q supply OF catti'
sheep and hogs continuously, h0WeFSl
/ purchases on the moor acc uIlluldtc :
[ their hands while awaiting their luIll 4
/ the chill rooms. entailing loss OF WelSu
and deterioration OF qualJy- as We q
much expense for maintenance l-iS S
b are dead loss features unaTOldaDle ulios
present methods that viii be entirely re
moved by substituting a modern Iaolll1le
plant of suitable propOruohs- the AC5
of which is freely SenSed by every OF
Z fanoiliar through contact with the slJQd
ton: and if the project OF eStaollshIls
home market and packing house IS e
couraged at this time Dy ths 5eeoI ,e -
5 tate Exchange. Commercial cluo. pESs;;
and other institutions devoted 10 the tIeu
EXPANSION Of the city and the pfouUclI
capabilities Of the state by discussion al
"A pledge of moral support. the Ue7lFs
/ utilities viii be forthcoming
Kind of Plant Needed
Salt lake needs a packing house toda
1 with a capacity for so cattle, I.Oe9 Shce
and almost as many hogs WIN SuS s
/ = rsanf T-tah cattle and sheep could Z
Ef1fed when they are fattened, and 70
csrcasses held until they are IN their -, ~
I iStfer v-0uId profit in getting meat of BET
ter 0uaIiv which had cost the killers les
/ 19oreS- although producers would nav
realized better net prices Tor theH SUI
] raffF
~ Big Local Market.
There can be no competition betWee
local killers and the big fellows VIII!
the former lack facilities TO prepare tnel
offerings economically VITA these pio