The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-05-25
DANGER AHEAD!
CONTINUED From LAST WEEK. !

INC breeder pure and simple, but 1t
z different matter when we come
= the cattle raiser and then follow on
q the country at large Our agricultur
our export, prosperity depends yer
Z much upon our exports. Euror
= needs lot of good beef. She has
e taste for it, we have the grass an
2 the gram to produce it, but we are nc
= advancing in the quality of our cattl,
= 1t is retrogresslon instead of prores
SION, and this in the face of the herces
{ KIND OF onslaughts from other coun
tries tor a share in theb usiness O
: wlnch we have almost had a monoo
? oily. Probably very few persons or
= this side the water are aware that al
? ready this country has lost its suprem-
: lacy as the greatest exporter of beef
? TO the United Kingdom, the United
: States last year dropping back to sec
. ond place while the Argentine forged
= forward to the front rank. Not only
tins, but within two years the exports
. OF beef from the South American re-
: public to British ports have more than
doubled, These are startling facts.
and it needs no Daniel to interpret the
handwriting on the wall. The Arpen-
tine meat classes with our range and
third grades OF meat and is hitting
them hard. Moreover, not alone are
| these grades affected, but the in
iiuencc is felt all along the line. The
following extract from an article ap-
bearing in the March I'd issue of the
SCOTSMAN, Of Edinburgh, is aproro,.
and OF more than passing interest:
| , South America can we'll af
ford big prices for Scottish Short
horns. This at any rate is the
81 reflection that is brought into
one s mind by a perusal. OF the re-
turns showing the imports, INFO
Great Britain from foreign cou,-a.
tres One Of the most striking
features in these returns for the
:' last Jew years is the phenomenaliy
RAPID growth in the quantities o:
certain materials imported from
the Argentine Republic, Much I
has been heard of the great deyal
opment Of agriculture and stock
raising an that country. and in the, I
british import tables there is am
pie evidence that this informat,o, {
is well founded. In the year 1905 r
g the total quantity of beef imported 6
INTO the United Kingdom was g. t
o37,521 cwts., and of this more ., e
than one half-2,5SO,15s, cwts - / e
came from the Argentine. So rap "
IDLY IS the beef-raisingl i,ld,is:r,& Il a
growing in that country that with. s.
IN two years its export Of beef i'll 81
to this country has been more st
than doubled in quantity, SO that d,
Tor the first time the Argentine IS Z
ranks as the country which sends ii
: the greatest quantity of beef to the W
United Kingdom. For many year, m
the United States Of America held al
long lead, but last year that m
country had to play second fiddle. tn
IN rreegard, to, valpe the Argent;ne. i'm
does not compare quite so favor. ca
ably. ,.. Thus, ,ior. about, one-third tn
OF million fewer cwts. of beef i'm It'll
1905 the United States got s4,s14- me
GIL, as against f3,75l,7so to the La
Argentine. The totafvaluc of beef, Wi
imported into this country in 1905 ply
was tS,911 1913, the United States in
and the Argentine getting the inv
whole sum excepting about one tar
third OF million. The Argentine
is maintaining its lead, for in Ian
uary last it sent us nearly three
tunes as much beef as in January.
1903, and about 10000 cwts. more I
same from the United States of
men OF fresh mutton the Argen- soil
Inc sent us more than one-third of will
our whole foreign supply last year farr
Fthe value being f2,45s,915 out He,
II total of f7,336, $50. Again, as can
o maze, the .Argentint has out the
lone the United States. Last of t
ear it sent, us 1854 500 cwt of solv
maze, valued at 5000 S62-thc stan
- '"'>'N VI tiiC III POI tea maze loil
elng t ,O34,14S. 1t is thus seen line
hat tor these three commodities of t
-Dee1, mutton and maize--thc beer
Republic took over duri
lo,3oo,OO0 from this country in w
9Oj. Scotch Shorthorn breeders legis
eed nave no qualms Of CON peoI
nous III accepting long prices cons
ON Argentine buyers" of {
rgentinc is casting her bread upon varie
waters. She is flooding her es- 1901
,ias With good blood. She is pre- begu
ng to send this blood back to of t.
amin the shape of steers, The farm
cultles OF the longer sea trips are parts
g eliminated to considerable de- demo
and our packers are, viewing the exact
'tlon with a good deal Of fear and way
ousness.tblt is ncw-problcm for rigat
! TO deal with. THERE'S natural ton
udice against American s,lneat- .Th
because it is deficient in any way, Of s.
while Britain throws all her mar the S
w1de open we close ours. We favor
# impossible to import Short Of tn
except under $500 fine and This tons