The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1913-07-31
NO CHEAP CATTLE EXPECTED
Official Of Swift Packing Company
Does Not Look for Any Decline
Of Price of Cattle


sion among cattlemen that there
is going TO be much of reduc-
ton in the price of cattle. even
with the tariff revised along the
lines that appear to have been
agreed upon by both branches OF
the United States congress. In
commenting on the cattle out
look, the st. Louis Globe Demo.
crat, one of the leading republi-
can papers Of the country, SAID:
Ii is the consensus of opinion
among packing houses and COM
mission men that the beef prices
are here to stay, and the only
condition likely to lower prices is
for farmers of the corn-produc-
ing states to go back into the
business of breeding and feeding
cattle. Chances of competition
from foreign countries IN the
cattle market are considered re-
mote. Summing up the prospect
of an invasion from other
countries an official of the Swift
Packing Company said.
Canada has no beef cattle
headed this way. There is an
excellent reason for it beef
cattle bring more in Canada right
now than they do in the United
States. The best of beef cattle
are bred over there and any sur
plus goes to England. Much has
been said about the droves Of
cattle to be expected from Mex
leo if the duty is removed. In
vestigation shows Mexico's much
talked-of cattle surplus has been
shrinking steadily since the revolt
against Diaz. Anything in the
way of surplus no doubt would
be shipped over the border if the
duty were removed. but the
supple would soon be exhausted.
Those Mexicans are all alike.
They II give you anything they've
got. but they seldom have any
thing. The beef supply of Aus
tralia is much over-estimated.
Several dry years have reduced
the supply and the herds are not
big enough to make much differ
ence. because the Australian
cattleman is more provident than
the Mexican and will not sell un-
less he GETS a good price Beef
from that country will be shipped
to San Francisco and will not
have much effect on other mark
ets. It is from Argentina that
the big shipments are expected.
but until stockmen in that coun-
try eradicate the foot and mouth
disease now prevalent in their
herds. cattle from that country
will not be allowed to land in
ports of the United States and
the carcases of these cattle will
be barred from the markets of
this country until adequate in
spection, such as native-bred
cattle are subjected to. is estab-
lished and enforced. "
William Cassell, head buyer
for Morris and Company, said he
could not see where the cattle
market is likely to be affected by
tariff legislation. We will be
moving along about the same
gait, =" he said. mo matter what
congresses does. Cattle are high
and scarce here and the same
conditions exists in other coun-
tries. | can't see that il will
make much difference if the bars
are let down for there are not
many cattle on the outside trying
to break in. "
General Manager K. F. Bisbee
of the National Stock Yards said
he thinks the tariff changes. what
ever they may be. will not make
much difference in receipts or
prices. Beef is scarce in this
country. because we have eaten
it. he said. and the only way
is to resume breeding and feed
ing cattle. The grain reduces
the fertility of the farm. while
stock raising increases il. With
the present high prices. plenty of
profit is to be made in raising
good cattle. "
Reduced to figures the supply
of cattle in this country was r.
534. 600 head six years ago. and
il is now 90. 572. 600. During |
thot rariod tho not.tllafion hos in