The chronicle=news., 1913-08-25
MEAT PRICES ON
The RISE. DUE
TO SHORTAGE

Chicago. August 25.-What will
people eat instead Of meat or what
athcr item will he cut off their bills
OF fare when the retail prices Off
steaks aud rOssts begin to show the
effects Of the dcluGe OF live stock
that has arrived NJ the Chicago aud
other live stock markets recently
~ the result Of the droukhts. short
water and high corn: That IL what
the Wholesalers OF various commod-
ities are figuring on right now. the
certainty thst live stock prices are
EoinK to skyrocket heights before
sprink being based upon the short
axe that existed before the scorchinE
began which has compelled farmers
and ranchers 10 market hoGs. cattle
and sheep with = rush. Tho coun-
try has been despoiisd Of It's live
stock In \ way that In believed 10
mark IN era Of new hiKh prices for
all meats. That the biz meat pack
crs will come In for indIctinK and
cussink . taken for granted by their
attorneys. They always act blamed
for high meats. With receipts Of
hogs enormous and corn prtrcs 20
INK w. range and farm cattle and
sheep coming to market by trsniloads
because feed will he lacking or OK
brilliant the situation of the blk con-
Germs which convert livestock into
meats and by-pro.iucts II not one en-.
WED by stock yards veterans. "iic-
tween the upper sud neither mill
stones they say. With III. discon-
tent sellers and buyers to contend
with they will have their hands full
~ In other pcriod~ Of r-ndjustmcnt.
The shortage Of hogs this sprink MAS
aided by the enormous Losses Of them
In Iowa and other states by cholera.
and that Of cattle and sheep was due
tn the passing Of the range. With
wheat and flour high. fish In tn.
grip Of = trust and many staple gro
cerirs scarce what con be substituted
for meat: The retailer of meats IL
beginnink to worry and he should.
The thrrshink problem has been
aided to the hot weather disromiorts
by the prediction In CHICAGO that In
the northwest the harvest Of oats and
barley would bc simultaneous with
wheat this year. aud that the crops
Of western Canada will hc . half bill.
lion bushels. Not nsay yeass sso
the threshink rig that would turn
out 500 bushels was accounted salts
factory. although today the ronbi-
nation harvesting and threshinx out.
fits will cut. ihrcsh aud sack four.
teen to thirty acres Of grain In one
day. Even the Increase Of capacity
has not solved tho problem hut the
task would have been impossible had
the thrrshcrs not been provided with
higher power and higher spced ma.
chimes which also are able TO travel
from Arm TO farm al higher speed.
The efforts Of the manufacturers
have hcen ccntrresi on tho new dis.
iirct where tho areas of new acre
age added annually have been large.
M In those opened by the new trans
continental Of Canada. the Grand
Trunk Pacific. Tn. thrcsh Of the
n~w crop will require particularly
bie increases In machinery In wcs,-
ern Canada ~ the wheat. oats and
barley ripcncd almost simultaneously
and the aggregate wan virtually be-
You'd the largest crop ever harvested
some sOO. 900. 900 bushels. The
means to thrcsh that crop In time
to get II started toward markets he
fore snow flies has called for the
shipment of trainioad after train
load Of thrcshink rixS. the need for
which at the time was questioned
In somc quarters.
| Frontage on old Lake Michigan
has attained high value on the north
shore OF Chicago Rs was shown by
| the sal. OF the last big tract. one Of
the last big tract. one Of ninety acres
at a price OF $4,000 to $4,000 an
acre. The tract has a froniag" OF
500 feet on the lake and extends
back TO the right OF electric and
steam railroads. Incidentally II
showed the shrcwd business judy
mcnt Of Mrs. Scott Durand. the 80
cicty woman who has made great