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Show FOR THE CATTLE MEN. The United Cattle Breeders Associatior Means Oash to the Men Who Raise Stock Tor Market- MIDDLEMEN . TO BE FROZEN OUT, An Organization Which Controls $35.-000,000 $35.-000,000 Will Have Something to Say About the Prices of Steaks. The United Cattle Breeder's association associa-tion which is quietly being established on a substantial basis, will be one of the greatest organizations in the United States before long. William T. Hunter, widely known among cattlemen, is president and general manager of the association, with its present headquarters headquar-ters at the Palmer house, Chicago. The principal objoct of the association Is to protect the cattlemen, regulate the sending of cattle to market and advance money to the raisers of cattle when they need it. twenty-five cents a head yardage the association as-sociation will receive over $2,000,000. With this sum the employees will be paid, leave the association money to advance ad-vance men to pay the cost of shipment and leave a surplus to buy stock from 1 small producers and the fow men who refuse to join the association. By charging twenty-five cents per head it is probable that the money would accumulate ac-cumulate and it could be applied as a benefit fund. We could loan the money to the members who need it for six per cent, but any way the proceeds will be used for the benefit of the association. asso-ciation. Mr. Hunter has 20,000 head of cattle that average 1200 pounds, which at the market price are worth four cents, or $000,000. On the association advancing the price to five and a half cents per pound his cattle will fetch $300,000 more, not including tho $10,000 (fifty cents brokerage) he will save ' by shipping his stock to the association vards. I tell this that an idea may be formed of the benefit of the association and to show that the cattlemen will be thoroughly protected. ' "The controlling of . tho shipping ship-ping and production . will be of great importance. An idea exists that there may bo an over production. To avoid this we will direct the shippers of the association to send so much, stock of a certain kind in every car load. Thus we can secure a desired part of the young cattle of the land and relieve the market of the prospects of being overstocked." ' Mr. McCallum has visited- the mostj extensive cattle men of Nevada, Wyoming Wyom-ing and California and tbey are willing to join the association and promise ail stockraised sby them will be shipped to the association. A large number of the cattle men of Utah are becoming interested in-terested in the enterprise and in it they see a way by which they will receive better prices for their stock. A depot of the association will be established estab-lished either in Salt Lake, Ogden or Provo. Mr. McCallum has already been approached by Salt Lake parties who have ground suitable for the station. sta-tion. In the matter of co-operation each member of the association will be benefitted and thus receive encouragement encourage-ment that will enable him to engage in the raising of stock in increasod mini-hers. mini-hers. Mr. McCallum will leave Salt Lake soon and goes to Colorado and Texas in the interest of the association. Douglas McCallum, of New York, who is actively engaged in the enterprise, enter-prise, and Is in Salt Lake for a short time, was seen by a reporter of Tiie Times. "The association will be a success," Mr. McCallum said, "from the fact that over eighty per cent of the cattle men are favorable to the enterprise and a large number of monied men are ready to co-operate with us. For years the packers and shippers of dressed beef, through their buyers, have sought to keep down the price of live boef. In 1882 live beef sold from $5.60 to $7.00 per 100 lbs. and it now brings in the Chicago market $3.40 to $1.00, thirty per cent lower than it was eight years "Is there profit In breeding cattle?" asked the reporter. "Judge for yourself," Mr. McCallum said. "A cow weighing 1000 pounds sells for $15; of that sum, $6 is paid for freight, food, yardage and brokerage; the man who has fed the animal during three years receives only $9 for his labor. Thus you see the necessity for an association which will protect the cattle raisers and control the market. The publio need not fear that such an organization will increase the price of porterhouse steaks. Eight years ago undressed beef sold for from $5.00 to $7 per 100, porterhouse steaks selling at fifteen cents per pound. Today beef is worth from $3.40 to $4.00, and the same steaks sell at twenty-two cents per pound. I need hardly say the price on steaks has raised thirty per cent, and fell thirty per cent on beef. Our object is to make the drover gain where he now loses and keep that money from the dresser and packer." "Our circular letter sets forfb. the plan and our means of proceeding in two sentences: Wo intend, first, to form an association to protect ourselves. our-selves. Second, to stop shipping cattle at a certain time to accomplish the object. ob-ject. For instance, we may say to our members do not ship cattle until we tell you to. As all tho members co-operate for mutual benefit no man will ship cattle to Chicago until the buyers and packers agree to our terms. That this may operate right we will hold out against the parties who have 'been robbing the cattlemen and as we control con-trol $35,000,000 we will spend this in buying up all the cattle that persons not counectod with tho association may attempt to ship in." "About what amount do you expect to save per year from the broker and yardmen?" inquired the reporter. "There are two items," the cattle man replied, ''upon which w can save $6,000,000 each year; they are broker-ago broker-ago and yardage. Today tho drover is compelled to pay fifty cents brokerage and twenty-five cents yardage on every head ho sells. We intend to have our yards at convenient points; say Sioux City, Iowa, and Hutchinson, Kansas, which cities will give us the ground and we will build the fences. Thus you see the Chicago purchasers will buy through the association and we will not sell to the brokers, but leave them out in the cold. By this fifty cents per head will be saved, but a charge of twenty-five cents per head will be made by the association for yardage." "How many head of cattle are shipped ship-ped into Chicago per year?" asked the oporter. "Into Chicago alone there is shipped each month, 255,000 head of cattle; as this is only one-third of the monthly shipment in general, the number shipped ship-ped each month is 765,000 head, or 0.180,000 per year. On this number at |