Show UNITED STATES SHORT SIX MILLION CATTLE European Countries After Arter War ur Will Have Hare to Draw mw on Us Shoe Prices Price Will Go Still Higher hor Swen 0 O. NIelson one of the prominent nent livestock men and merchants of the state says that the end of the European war will see a gre mand on this country by tho the nations of Europe for fOl cattle and that cows will advance sharply In price He declares that in Canada the prices are almost prohibitive and points out reasons why sharp advances arc expected in the price of at shoes and other articles of leather goods In summing up his reasons for the predicted predicted pre pre- dieted advance In tho the price of shoes Mr Ir Nielson said Tho The United States is 18 now short abort six sit million cattle Canada has been beena a great cattle producing country and andIs Is yet et but they have no surplus Calves from C G to 12 months old are selling there now for tor 45 J per Jf f head Steers 12 months old 40 per ler head heifers 45 46 per head This is la from 50 to 75 per ier cent higher than they have ever been been- known before Now as to Mexico J It has been beena a stock-producing stock country but when the dut duty was taken off otI the tho cattle by the tho United States their surplus cattle came camet came over here Together with the civil chU strife Mexico Is drained of all kinds of at live stock South America Is also well drained No r ar argument need be used to show that the central empires are practically all drained As evidence of this look to Denmark which was the greatest dalr dairying ing count country in the world She has sold to Germany German her fat rat cows to such an in extent that they cannot supply their own cities with butter The average average price fat cows have been sold for for Is per head headin in gold It is fair fall to say that all the neutral countries in Europe have sold in tho the same way Now the then look at the result after atter after af at- ter the war The There e can be but one answer The Europeans will stock up again They will have to draw on the United States for their cattle Cattle after he war will be higher be-higher higher than they are now There will be many less cattle slaughtered When ben there thero are less cattle slaughtered there will be less hides bides and of course less leather Any schoolboy can figuro out the result With a decrease of cattle and an Increase of population th there re will be less meat less hides and of course less leather Th The da day is not far distant when a substitute will have havo to take take the pi place ce of leather in 4 part It Can can readily be he seen in iii the summing up of the condition of th uvo live stock market already shoes having made a very stiff sUf advance must continue to do do so It is my candid opinion that footwear foot will continue to soar soar t to prohibitive prohibitive tive tivo prices o 0 |