Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-11-20

] EuOB5 lOI PH.O1s
Sold, October 20 IL hogs, 1850
pounds, at $7.75, total $220.SS.
Cost of yardage, cents per head,
SO cents.
Cost of commission, 10 cents per
head, $12O.
Net gain, $146.30.
ID. o. Lively, i'm November Chamber
of Commerce Bulletin.
Stockyards and their allies-pack-
ing houses, do not have shut downs.
There is a market at the stockyards
every business day of the year. The
products of feed pen and range are
saleable without regard to time or
season. A bushel of wheat is fixed
measure, but a steer, sheep or hog is
valued as to his condition. If they
are fat and fine-not coarse-each
pound of weight is worth more than
! If thin and i'll conditioned. The
money that is ready to be exchanged
| for meat animals is distributed. No
man or combination can prepare for
sale or own all of the marketable
| livestock no more than can be cor
nered all of the chickens and eggs of
! the country. A central livestock mar
J.
: yards is the greatest single CONNER
cial blessing that can come to town.
| More all the year round full dinner
/ pals go with the maintenance of a
livestock market and its packing
house adjuncts than with any other
industry Portland has a full fledg-
ed livestock market from the stand
point of facilities and Portland is to
| be congratulated. Portland and the
country commonly spoken of as the
Pacific Northwest require and can
adequately support "Class Az live
stock market.
There can be no question but that
that there is at this time nearly
enough cattle, sheep and hogs in the
country tributary to Portland to sup
ply the existing demand. But the de-
mand will increase. This section of
the United States is settling up with
increasing rapidity. New people are
coming in daily. New avenues of de-
mand are opening up. The fresh and
canned meat demands of Hawaii, the
Philippines, China, Japan, Manchu-
ria, Korea the west coast of Mexico,
the countries of Central America and
South America on the Pacific and Al
aska-illimitable fields of consump-
tion--should and ultimately will be
supplied from Portland. This city is
specially fortunate in it's location as
/ a place of export and is the only live
stock market except BuenOs Ayres in
the Argentlnes that can practically
drive its live cattle and sheep from
the range aboard sea-going ships.
Packing house products chlIied
meats, canned meats and lard can be
loaded out of packing houses aboard
Orient or north or south bound bot
toms, and no like products from the
middle states can be mountain hauled
in competition.
There Is one phase of the livestock
situation in thispart of the country
that may be considered difficulty.
That is the custom or tendency to
ship half fat animals to market.
Farmers or feeders of the middle
states only ship thin livestock to
market to supply a demand for
"stockers." Much of the livestock
that comes to Portland is too thin to
be butchered and there should be a
general movement throughout the
country to. change this condition,
such a movement is well worth while
as it will add fully % per cent to the
value of the marketable cattle, sheep
and hogs of this section ANY claim
that because Oregon is out of the
corn belt livestock can not be fat
tened Is absurd. Like crop condi-
tlOns surround St Paul (Only more
sol and in 1908 that market receiv-
ed 1,13S,419 hogs. Porkers tell the
story of a oountry's feed and animal
fattening abilities much clearer than
,f4 4, oh fc
no valid reason why Portland shOulu
have to go 20 Nebraska for hogs to
supply a lard type demand, Better
finished cattle, sheep and hogs should
come to Portland, and with the adj
vent of the new Portland Union
Stockyards and the consequent quick
ened demand IL is only question of
J time until the livestock raisers OF the
| Northwest viii respond with the
| classes wanted, No effort should be
4 spared by commercial organizations
or the press to bring that condition
about, and the rapidly wideTlng diff
| ference in prices between thin and fat
animals will make the marketing of
the former an Improbable industry.
The marketing OF properly finished
! livestock has always been the best
paid branch OF the husbandman's ef-
fort, and the livestock market at
| Portland is willing and eager 10 give
proper remuneration for what its Gus
toners insist on having.
Lively Writes Letter.
Under date OF October 90. 1909
Mr.. ID. o. Lively writes to the Inde-
/ pendence Enterprise as follows;
II have just been handed clip
ping from your publication of oe-
toher Sth. In which YOU take the
Portland Union Stock Yards Com
pany 10 task for making an excessive
charge to the stockmen OF oregon
for It's facilities,
Having been a newspaper man
for some tine, and knowing the
craft generally. l can say. without
imputation OF seeking 60 flatter that
the true member OF the fourth es-
tate. docs not want TO misrepresent.