Show S WIT THE STOCKMEN e Those regulators of prices to which producers are so frequently referred a by tho people who traffic In their commodities I modities at the greatest centers of In2 trade namely supply and demand have been severely Jostled In a livestock 8Ue live-stock way during the past twelvemonths twelve-months The shunting was not of the Ion manhandling variety this time and Ct tho murmuring therefore la of the character of mild complaining over 1 disappointed hopes unrealized expectations r expec-tations and In canes burstcd speculations J specula-tions Tho whole disturbance came r t with the drought or through panicky r acts which followed upon Its anticipation C13 anticipa-tion and tho even tenor of the way the stockman had Intended to pursue In g marketing his products at stable prices was Immediately Jarred by the Btampede to market which followed this realization A fair supply became at once an overwhelming gorge and ant an-t active demand changed to faltering desire which was regulated by Immediate Imme-diate consumptive needs or glittering ii speculative possibilities Comparatively rh Compara-tively few people out this way expected ex-pected a year of big prices for the Utah turnoff but all looked for a continuance n an tinuance of the previous years doth do-th mand for feeding cattle and sheep and a3 the plans of dealers and growers were laid accordingly An agreement or understanding l a derstanding between the former and i latter along these lines was reached early In the year und quite a good many cattle and sheep were contracted for spring and summer delivery at prices varyingly lower than the same classes of stock had changed owner r hL 1 l I L Geo M Cannons Blooded Cattle ship for In 1000 The big end of this contract stuff resold at a profit to our I speculators and went out of the country coun-try early otherwise It would be inc In-c the buyers hands now as the drought shut off all trade In feeders and while differently prepare for the block but and sheepmen had been realizing they I were still remunerative and encouraging encourag-ing to the legitimate breeder on these ranges I The cattle of the State came out of winter quarters last spring In good I shape which resulted not only in the branding and marking of an exceptionally excep-tionally good calf crop but In starting the herds out for tho summer In better ± flesh than they have begun business Aylih for many years The season continued con-tinued favorable for cattle and after the spring months for all sorts of range live stock But we have long since left behind us the expectation of making very many fat cattle on the range grasses of this State They indifferently In-differently prepare for the block but 0 small percentage of the 50000 cattle consumed annually In this State and make feeders and stackers of the balance bal-ance of the surplus It Is coming to be much the same sort I of an experience with our fiockmas ters also The hulk of Utah sheep will I be on the feeder order presently unless methods change to work a different conduct of the business Cattle during last year were better fleshed however than they have been In recent years and the quality of the youngsters turned off denoted an improvement inbreeding I in-breeding which Is very gratifying to everybody Interested In the reputation Utah cattle bear Our cowmen are again building up both In the quality and quantity of their holdings and while the day of the really big range herds has passed to never return wo arc gradually breeding more cattle In Utah In small bunches divided among a larger number of owners which z really promises better attention to the I business than wan secured for It through the old methods The Importations of good blood last year were comparatively very numer 4 S f j I L A A 5I S i Gee M Cannons Blooded Cattle 1 ous and next years yearlings will 1 make l morn creditable roundup for tho State than buyers have had opportunities I opportu-nities to make selections from since F the big days In 84 j For various reasons the home consumption con-sumption of cattle has Increased con sdcrnbly during the past two years pnvnifoty 20 p < r cont until wo Arc now 4 killing tor Utah ncedy something like t 4 JI ittle xvrtily I Ann ibis large local butchering falls to provide a sufficient supply for our own people a during lout y Inr the river packers shipped In I coldstorage stuff representing in pounds 2000 while our own ItUlcra own1c boucht beef on the hoof In adjoining States njjgregntlng RQOQ head more it appears from the best data to c Obtained Ob-tained that the shipment to tho market anrt Bate of cattle for removal beyonfl Statd lines were slightly In excess of 40000 bend last year They fell HCv oral thousand short of the previous I years disposals nnd were chiefly on the young steer order The disposition of buyers TVJIH to handle offerings only nt prices reduced from the old figures and though bettor cattle and carrvlng more lltuh owner generally speaking weie obliged to cut them loose for leH I money than the previous CarK crop hud sold for The average prqq received re-ceived for cattle shipped out was 51D per head The cattle killed at home were more matured and a larger percentage of leers wero Included In the kjll than our butchers have ben pushing t the ffhuinblea of late years Prices have been high camparatlxely s aklrig and thoso homo sales havq therefore been t a much higher average It is Fafe to say that It was not leas than Fae per head Tho loss wan light during the ca believed that tho mortality It Is not lec mortaIty I the cattle from all causes exceeded among the calIe frm al causes ceeded more than fractionally 1 percent per-cent The loss therefore from drought would be about 1000 head as recent estimates es-timates of the number of cattlo In tho Slate fx the holdings of Utah breeders at 320000 Deducting from thin number the eucing year the cattle killed for home use and the loss which make a total of 104000 reduces tho herd to 10000 The Increase for the year approximated ap-proximated closely was 150000 and thIs added to the not herd makes the number num-ber of cattle now In the State a creditable credi-table total of 36C000 They are worth it a low estimate 1S per head or about 565SSOOO There were very close to 3200000 sheep In Utah when the year 1901 began and I there are more In the State now Their holders are looking forward rather than backward Tencent wool Is profitable thA hackr fitable and sales of mixed sheep at an I average of S260 make good money for V i ir 4I L rzvJ Z D I W I Frank Beckstead Stockman our flock masters Their business last year Was done at about those figures as compared with Mcent wool and 3 I ahcfp the year before There Is not much comfort therefore in lust years i figures The winter was unfavorable to a good growth of wool and the clip was lighter and for the same reason the blddle mother failed to turn up at lambing time with the average quota of sucklings I was a shrink all along the trail for flockmasters When the weather and range began to favor them the oolbuyers met them with hammers and wjicn they struck the markets with their mutton later all but tho early sellers found they wero then up against the real thing And yet everybody admits that both the wool and mutton market havo taken supplies decently under the circum dlcenLy crcum stances At the outset of the year there were nearly 400000000 pounds of wool available for manufacturers use This year there arc said to be less than 100000000 pounds on hand and all the OOOOOp weaving industriously The drought forced many tens of thousands thou-sands of sheep under packers bids iigalnst the range offerings from the corn Slates and it also withdrew buyers buy-ers from the West for the feeder kinds to a man In view of this combination of circumstances flock masters have been obliged to put up with very much lessened revenues from their business which Utah men reckon as being closo upon a 30 per cent shrinkage from their earnings in 1900 They are not downhearted over the trimming The prospect looks good In the face of the light stock of wool 1y L rc l W P Noble Stockman I on hand It seems certain that tho new clip will sell for an advance of a few I cnts on tho pound and signs and con dltlons so far point to a big lambing I long wool and light loss for the coming I spring A few of our big dealers and i breeders are footling sheep and lambs In Eastern ijtite notwithstanding the fact that corn threatens to touch the 1 mark They are using screenings I largely for a diet and their deals are big ones Top beef at Eastern markets Is polling for 650 per hundred hogs at 7 and sheep at 475 Therefore then la room for an advance In mutton that would make theso local oprrators all sorts of money and It Is to be hoped that their enterprise will be rewarded by such profitable outcome out-come Through these feeding deals preparatory prepara-tory to making next springs sale tho outright selling during the year on the markets we have exported In the I last year approximately 500000 sheep I The home consumption has been GOOOOO and the loss Ig 1 estimated at 35000 making mak-ing a total deduction of 1035000 from the flock with which the year began The Increase was about 1100000 which leaves the count at the opening of 1902 3265000 an Increase of 65000 during tho tweve months Lust years clip of wool taken off Utah sheep weighed 1700000 pounds and was worth 10 cents a total or 1700000 Tho sheep sold brought an average prlco of S2r or a total of J25001000 The stock sheep on hand are 1 not saleable at as high a price as deals were made for a year ago by 75 cents pep head A fair valuation for them Is I 235 each At this figure our flocks are worth 7346250 but i Is not probable that our llockmaslers would sell them for that money A year ago they wore I estimated to be worth nearly 59000000 and their owners doubtlexa owner douhlCS regard re-gard them as equally valuable yet Tho outlook for the Immediate future Is certainly cer-tainly good and there seems no reason to doubt now that next seasons demand de-mand for wool and sheep wilt be very heavy or that trading will be other thfen very active Tho corn States will he drained of the woolly boyji by spring to an unusual extent and the people back there will be figuring by the time gross comes If not before that n repeater In tho way of droughts need not be apprehended drouuht For home consumption the butchers arte faring a ery limited supply of all sorts ota stuff and It now seems prpbuble that local price for beef und muuun will advance sharply At pres eat values are about where they were a year ago a little lower if there be any difference except in the cost of hogs and the big end of this supply except at this limo of year cornea from outsldo tho State I la not believed that our own producers furnished over 25000 hogs toward the total number of 125000 required for tho State consump tion in 1901 Figures indicate that we imported upward of 52000000 worth of hog products and they mako a bad showing for a State which is a heavy producer of small grains and alfalfa In this climate and with such adjuncts favorable to tho raising and preparation prepara-tion of hogs we ought to be making all of our bacon and lard to the advantage ad-vantage of our produccro and prducer consumers consum-ers alike A gratifying Improvement In our horse business Is noticeable Prices have advanced very considerably In the lost year and the attention of our people Is again being directed toward the Improvement of Utah quality qual Shipments out of the State havo not been numerous aa compared with those of adjoining States but between now and spring It Is expected exportations exporta-tions will Increase Agents of the British Government are In local terri tory for large supplies of horses of the cowpony variety to be shipped to South Africa and the farming States are also likely to make heavy drafts upon the range country to replenish their depleted stocks There arc supposed I sup-posed to be about 130000 horses In Utah VAt V-At this writing the livestock Interests Inter-ests of the State are in good shape Grass Is fairly abundant on the rangca and there is snow on the desert earl than usual for the sheep The herds and flocks generally speaking had I good flesh on their bones to go against I the weather with and they ought to come through the winter physically ft The hay stacked up was limited in quantity but sufilclent It now seems for the demands of an ordinary season The storms thus far have been help ful rather than hurtful Utah stockmen stock-men are hopeful und their voices join tho general chorus Ring out the old King In the new newJAMES C LEARY FLOUR Tho past year has been the best year for the flour trade in the history of the State and the mills have all worked well up to their limit of production There was a shortage e In the wheat crop for the year and f few mills in the southern part of the State have had their output slightly curtailed on this account The shortage throughout the State was caused by drought on the dry farms and an Increased acreage planted to sugar beets In the Irrigated districts The shortage was made good so far as the millers were concerned by the shipment into this market of a large quantity of wheat from Oregon and Washington thus enabling them to turn out more than the usual quantity quan-tity of Hour Millers were s rushed during the first part of the season that about 100000 bushels of wheat were shipped by farmers to the mills dn Colorado Colo-rado but suoh shipments were less than formerly The output of flour has largely exceeded ex-ceeded that o any other year In the history of the State and the demand has kept pace with the production at a slight advance In prices over those of lat year During the year some flour has been shipped to neighboring States and a few small shipments made to the Orient but the increased demand for home consumption has absorbed nearly all the product of tho mills During the past two months wheat and flour In this market have been higher than at any time since the Loiter corner In wheat at Chicago The Indications are that the present prices will be maintained for some time and will probably show an advance before the next harvest With a good average wheat crop In the State there would be a surplus of wheat and flour for shipment ship-ment to other markets The highpatent grade of flour retails now at 52 50 the straight grade at 5220 and bakers No 1 stock at 220 per 100 pounds p BRICKMAKING The brlckmakers of this locality have had a hard struggle to meet tho demand de-mand for their product this season owing ow-ing to the Increase of demand over the former year but all have increased their capacity during tho season so that now they are able < to meet all requirements quirements During tho past season a largo number of fine residences have been erected nil using the finer quality of pressed brick Tho heavier buildings build-ings of the year was the two additional buildings at the University grounds i the continued work on the Catholic cathedral ca-thedral the finishing of the Deseret News building corner of South Temple and Main streets the B P O E buildIng build-ing on State street Spencer Clowsons extensive building on First South the Rivers building on Main street the threestory Goldberg building on Main an extensive addition to St Marks cathedral ca-thedral on First South street a large warehouse built by A Keysor between Second and Third West and the large wholesale house built by Mr Keysor fronting on Second South between Second Sec-ond and Third Vost now occupied by Emanuel Kahn wholesale grocer the tearing out moving and erection of larger buildings by the Continental Oil company the large and extensive building of the Latterday Saints University Uni-versity known as the Branch a large new building by the Utnh Foundry and Machinery company at Ninth South and < Main tHe new Cllft building on Main street a large building by the Salt Lake Candy factory on Third South between West Temple and First West streets Add to this the palatial residences of Senator Thomas Kearns T D Wood C S Cosgrlff all on East South Temple street many largo terraces ter-races have been erected together with smaller tenements for rentbut the supply is Inadequate to the demand Tho erection of the new smeller by tho American Smelting and Refining company com-pany at Murray tho new smelter by the United States Mining company at Blngham Junction and the large addition addi-tion of the Blngham Copper company and Highland Boy reducing works has served to keep tho brickmakcrs busy day and night The surrounding carrjps of Park City Blngham Mercur Eureka Robinson I have drawn their brick from this market mar-ket Lehl Sandy Provo Sanpete val hey Grantsvllle together with Idaho and Wyoming have been Hcbmlly supplied sup-plied from here The outlook for the coming season looks promising which In the main is due to tho immense Increasc of the precious metal output of Utah over preceding years and the sturdy miner finds this a safe place to Invest his surplus sur-plus and enjoy the luxuries of life Following Is I tho product of the year The Salt Lake Pressed Brick Co15500000 Enterprise Brick Co 7GOOOOO Kirk Brick Co 7090000 Other yards 500000 Manufactured SOEft 000 On hand January 1901 The Stilt Lake Pressed Brick Co GOOOCO Enterprise Brick Co 2000 OCO Kirk Brick Co j 1300000 Added 35200000 On hand January 1 1002 The Salt Lake Prcapcd Brick Co 40000 PrOfcd Bric t Entorprlw Brick Co 1S00003 Kirk Brick Co 150 Brck a 1000000 6100 Total used duringaca3pn 7W000 b S |