Show I The Eastern Cattle Market You have m idea said a gentleman gentle-man iaterested in a wellknown stock company how many cattle are now going east Unless there is somewhat of a letup the chances are that someone one will be badly beaten The following fol-lowing extract of a review of the cat Je market at Chicago is taken from a it cular sent out by a firm there Receipts Re-ceipts of cattle at these yards the present week have been by far the largest in the history of the live stock trade of the worldabout 10000 greater than the highest previous record The causes were several outside of mere chance The farmers markted their cattle because they heard that the rates would be raisfd between Chicago and New York The southwestern ranchmen ranch-men rushed their shipments along because be-cause it was given out that the rates would be raised from 25 to 60 per car from Kansas City to Chicago and the drought in some sections made the shipping a necessity The number received re-ceived this week will be abut 27 000 head against 40000 last year and ti > tOO last week |