Show AMERICAN CATTLE Effects of tire Fifeiustt Decree Upon Tills Country Chicago Feb 26 Speaking of the decree just Issued by the French government gov-ernment prohibiting the importation of American cattle Nelson Morris the well known packer said We shipped 18000000 worth of cattle I cat-tle products to France alone last year and this great trade is absolutely destroyed de-stroyed by the order of the French I knew this was coming some months and with the exceptions of two ago wih exceptons to or three carloads not any cattle products have been sent to France in the last ten daysThe The effect of German and Belgium embargo has been to reduce the price of cattle of the classes shipped to teM countries by 510 a head and this French edict will even more unjustly affect the stock yards This line been the effect on prices notwithstanding the fact that I the supply of cattle has been cut down to twothirds on account of lack of I eeclThe The effect on the product is even greater than the effect ou the live cattle trade especially a fat as France Is concerned We were shipping 7000 cattle a week and as many or more in addition in the form of the product France has been taking a great deal of lean f cattle for soups and this class will be very injuriously affected by the new efllct irhile as ici dressed bee and potk k toduct the result will be even more far reaching |