Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1898-01-30 | Page 3 | Imports of Mexican Cattle

o C s IMPORTS OF MEXICAN CATTLE Quality Received In United States of a Low Grade Washington Jan 29The remarkable remark-able growth of the exports of Mexican cattle to the United States forms the subject of a report to the state department depart-ment from United States Consul Kin drick at Ciudad Juarez He gays that while it was supposed the large exports were attributable to a desire to forestall fore-stall the Increased duties carried by the Dingley act yet this has proven to be erroneous for the trade goes on increasing steadily while many cattlemen I cattle-men have exhausted their herds and all have realized handsomely The island of Cuba draws about 5000 I head er month and the consul says i that the price of cattle for home consumption j con-sumption in Mexico will soon rise to a point where they cannot be profitably I handled There are not many Battle left in Mexico and the quality export ed to the United States is of low grade ii southwest that have no effect on prices in the I