Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-01
Highly Developed System o
Service for Stockgrowers
and Packers and Great
Work II Does.

best Of our information. and knowl-
ridge. :.
81 The average layman or man outside
the circles of the big cattle, hog and
theep business, doesn't differentiate
much between the stock yards com
lpany, and the live stock exchange. It
eli sort of goes in together in his
mind with the business.
They are two separate organiza-
lions, however, though both are con-
.rcrned with the great business on the
South Side.
THE Live Stock exchange might be
described as the selling Organization
while the stock yards company owns
and operates the facilities there for
receiving. holding and shipping the
cattle. hogs, sheep. horses and mules
tg Membership Roll Large.
ssMThe South Omaha Live Stock Ex.
change is, therefore, an organization
sof live stock commission men and
stfaders doing business on the Omaha
live stock market. II has forty-seyer
scommission firms, and twenty-five
sfirms Of traders, on its membership
;yoll. =.
These firms have their offices ant
business forces in the big exchange
shuilding on the stock yards grounds
sThis building is owned by the stocl
wards company, which rents the OF
fees to the firms. Here are also ths
telegraph offices, postoffice, telephone
sssT rr .nr n bus;nes. TODAY |,
.LLne eon a;a,;aaS Ths v.r;oms firm,
nigny s ir,sn a. Zach ciass az stock
sss ' a.n.rsi ruie These salesmer
s.n i .h.;r lines and hav,
w SHp srov,;n,.rce among live stool
wue so,aa 81 ,he firms even hay,
tbr.e cattle statesmen. two
~ ,,,rse Noe statesmen. and so on.
~ 49, SeYve Inc Shipper.
The live stock Is sent here, con
sSs;oned bv the owner to some com
mission firm. II Is unloaded by thu
i~asnck Yards company and delivered
~ he mems. Each commission firm
Fhse certain oens>i in the yards se
.ca,t Tor the reception Of stock con
..sicned TO Il.
Cattle received are sorted into thei
several classes, according to theil
AvaIues and the uses to which they ar
~ he nut. whether they are intendet
for sale to the packing houses, or 4
sbe used as feeders until they tat
fen 10.
The stock Is then fed, watered an!
offered by the statesmen for sale. Al
The packing houses have their buyers
zach packing house has buyer to-
each class OF cattle--highly trainet
sneeialists in Judging beef on thu
= l,oof Each packing house has alsse
i buycr In each OF the several divi
SONS ~ the hog and sheep market.
SIX Agents Of Owners.
~ Thus the commission men. who arr
the agents Of the owners, get to
( rether with the people who wan
cattle. and the prices are, ADJUSTED
ma sales made. \
- Il Is noteworthy here, that Will
he ,rice Of live stock has been tend
ing upward for long time, and tn
stock Yards company has improves
Id facilities right along, it toda.
charges only the commission charge
twenty years ago. While everything
That The company must buy has ad
esvanced in pricc. its one commodity
service. has been kept down TO tn
Same price. And the cattle seller o.
iii ranch can get more and bette
Ser service here than anywhere else |
the world.
@ Bulk Nebraska Business.
- S;xtv per cent OF the live stock r,
GENTS Of South Omaha originate
M sNebraska lie balance coming froi
sst'olorado. Nevada, Iowa, Idaho, Or,
uou Montana. Wyoming, UtaI
s. South Dakota and Missouri.
& The live stock raisers OF N,
sbraska alone received more than 500
sssf)lil 600 for animals sold in Sout
Omaha last wear. The packing PLAN
md The stock wards together repr,
sssrnt an investment OF S2SO0O,0 0
emniov an average OF 10000 peopI
and nav annroxifnately S6000O0O
year n wages THE packing industr
Ayenresents more than half. 81 the tot
s.stnanufactures Of Nebraska and Z,
ssreeds the total gold production
she United States and Alaska b
more thsn s20O00.0O0.
In th;s great industry the men
N hers ~ the Live Stock exchange a
s.s.hc ,;veiv agency standing betwes
s ssil.rs ADD hnvers
Th;s great ORGANIZATION makes ar
.,sarcss iii rules for trading on II
martet
s Commercial Moral High.