The Glenwood post., 1907-10-12
CHEAP MEATS
THIS WINTER
FAILURE OF RAILROADS TO Pro
VIDE TRANSFORMATION RUNS
PRICES DOWN.
HITS ST0CKCR0WERS
GREAT NEED OF DOUBLE TRACK
ROADS INTO WESTERN
TERRITORY.

Denver.-Now is the time of year
when thousands of dollars are drawn
from the eastern money market and
shipped to Denver in order to move
the gigantic shipments of cattle that
are being rounded up on the ranges in
the Rocky mountain ranges. With the
scarcity of money in New York 1t re-
suits in an abundance in local banks.
and the money will continue to flow in
for the next three months.
Local commission merchants who
handle the cattle are telling the same
old story of the railroads lack of suf
ficient facilities to handle the live
stock, and now that the roundup sea
son is open and hundreds of herds of
cattle are being brought into Denver
daily, the railroad companies are re-
fusing to handle the enormous output
and hundreds of carloads have been
refused already
They Don't Keep Pace.
With the rapid development of the
West the railroads have failed to keep
pace with the growth and conditions
| this year among the shippers of live
| stock are worse than they have been
| for several seasons past The trouble
| is principally experienced in getting
| the cattle shipped from Denver to
| points East
The railroad companies say that this
| condition is not due to lack of proper
equipment, but is the result of the
many one-track roads which enter Den
| Yer. This onetrack system, they
claim, has greatly retarded them and.
with the increase of traffic, they are
unable to meet the demand for sars Oh
| trains.
The rounding up of the cattle on the
ranges and the shipping of them to
| Denver will continue until December
| The output this year will not he as
heavy as last year The past season
on the ranges has been a good one and
grass has tlourshed splendidly. Most
! of the live stock received has been
| purchased by the packing companies
| and slaughtered. The cattle are in
| good shape and the feeders will prob
ably do small business this year
Prices Continue Firm.
| The price on all grades of cattle con-
| tinues to hold firm and prospects are
for a good, steady market The receiv-
ing of the cattle hardly ever effects the
price, unless there exists a scarcity.
which generally results in an increase.
Meat will be cheap and plentiful
in Denver this winter. owing to the
commission men being unable 10 Sc
| cure proper accommodations from the
| railroad companies for the removal
East. The Union Pacific railroad was
compelled to refuse $50 cars of live
stock for the East the other day, being
unable to arrange for transports alton.
| With the other railroads the story is
the same.
The collecting or rounding up Of the
cattle on the many ranges and the
| shipping to Denver, and from here the
| transportation East, constitutes me OF
the greatest industries in this country.
and the money and labor it involves is
! SO great that it can hardly be reck-
oned. This is the busy season and the
| time when much money is put in circu-
lation. The prevailing circumstances
among not only the cattle raisers but
all kinds of produce men is evidence OF
| the rich, f1ourishing and prosperous
| condition of the West.