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Show MEAT THA-NHPOBTATIO'N. beat's Commlfleeon (he Transportation Transpor-tation anil Hale aUleat. Wasiiisotov, May 1. Tho report re-port of Vest's commlttcoaccornpanj -lng the bills handed to the henate today regarding tho transportation anJalutf meat products is a verj lengthy one. The committee tays that when the examination of witnesses wit-nesses began in dt. Louis it was evident that conflicting Influences were at work, cspccblly in the International Cattle Range Association, Associa-tion, and that industrious efforts "wercTMOif mado to -prevent tho inquiries of the committee affecting injuriously tho dressed beef Interests ex Chicago. There was no diversity of opinion amonrf tlu u-ituceics as to price and to the fact that the methoeb of telling bjyf cattle has been entirely revolutionized during the at ten years. Thu revolution Irak the form of aconceutrationof tlie market for cattle at a few points, with tue controlling market of Chicago. ThU change, thu commltte-ti ta vs, is due principally to tbefuct that a few cnteiprisiug men of Chlchogo ore ablPjtnrougii theircnnrmoiu capital, to centralize and control the business busi-ness at that point. THE DIlESaFD HEr.J aud canning business b practical!) in thu hands of. four establishments at Chicago, Armaur A. Co , Swift & Co., JveUou Morris .t Co., and Hammond iCo. W hatevir difference differ-ence of opinion fa expressed as to tlie existence of a combination 1k.-tween 1k.-tween these firms not to bid against each other iu the purehaxu of cuttle, there was no hesitation eiu thu tort of witnesses, eveu when obviously prejudiced in favor or the jacker,. in stating that the central market was absolutely in tlie grasp of three or four houses If lliey ilice to exer-ciscit. exer-ciscit. Aaarvsultof tiieiullueuccof there bouse, the evmmitteu noticed a reluctance! on the part of cattle raisers and commission men to testify testi-fy to facts or opinions which might prejudice them iu future trnnrac-lions. trnnrac-lions. The principal Inquiry which tlie couimltteti was directed to nuke was as to the existence of combination, combina-tion, b reason, of which prices In beef aud beef cuttle had beeu set controlled aud affected as to diminish di-minish the price (old the producer without le'Kseuiug the diet of meat to the consumers. The fcts developed, de-veloped, thu committee thinks, present pre-sent overwhelming prcnf of such combinations. The committee quotes a statement from Armourn testimony, that cattiu have Increased more rapidly tliau the poi ular demand during the last flvuj ears, from which hi argued that the low price of tiees" cattle were parti.) due to production. This argument, tho committee states b not warranted by the facts nud thucommltteu has no hesitation Iu stating that a combination exists in Chicago, w hlch Mutrub the mar-kctaud mar-kctaud fixes the price of beef rattle iu lb on u lulcrcib and tho railroad rail-road conqanie'. S TO KUfMHES, thu commltteo saj s tliat Congresa, Iu the bill recently lued by tlie Senate, on the Mil je.t of trut, has gone as far as its power extends. Statu iegfabtlon must supplement that by Congress to punish combines com-bines operating within .-tale lines, aud active, intelligent tiflk-ers mint be found to enforce the taws enacted. en-acted. In conclusion the committee says: "If tlie cattle raUers of the United blates are oul true to themselvii the immedintw future piouiipes deliverance de-liverance from the present evlb. The worst feature of tlie cattle trade b thu fact that so many cows and calves are being thrown upon the market the Indication being that tbeproductrsareiauii s'rickeuanJ anxious to reahza now, without regard re-gard to the future. There wee marketed n' C hie-ago during the past ,eari,023,2o rattle, of which from tuenty-tlvu to thirty per cent were cows, KndfKur'trcenlcalver. The cattiu rakers (shu'jld 1 tlie iro-t connate nt Judges as to their own in'.cmts, Lut iflticj will accei-t a sugge-stiuu from the committee they will cease marketing their breeding and immature stock and diligently pre (are for a larger supply and a brighter future. It fa only a question ques-tion of tilhe, ami a -erv brief time, w hen tho problem will be lust of supplying our own oile with be-r. without regard to foreign marketa." Ijenil (.'rants In Xrw Mralro WashLnutos, May 1. The delo-gatiau delo-gatiau of prominent Uixs-ns frcin ew Mesico litre to secure ksrbh tion (sqscially Willi regard to the adjustment of ian.l grants in the territory called upon the Pre'deut tcxlaj. The President mil these land claims should have been ail Juste-et long ago. It was a difficult problem to determine the Lett method. meth-od. Ho hail the matter under cvn-ridcration cvn-ridcration and would e'ooll he could to secure i settlenn nt. If necessary he would scad n special message to C'oDgre. Secretary Blaine, who was called Uon, Said it was almost Incredible that llic-u Mexican Und grants had not been adjusted. Tlie Mexican government recently called alien Hon to the failure to fill tho treatv stipulations, ami he hod laid tlie pale pa-le rs before the President. nse.t. Ottawa, Maj '2. The Northwest TcrrltcriesUU icjcJllie Senate hat night. An amendment keeping the duallauguage Intact was defeated scnietor n-j- InlrrtlrwcJ. Pittsiiuiui, May I. A Reaver Falb special says. Senator Juay w as asked today aa to the truth of the report that h ws about to rtiji'u tbo chairmanship of 4ic -Sn'roim Republican Conm.iilcc He hM some mouths ago her had concluded to resign In orJtr to devote more time to private buslncsH, lt now he would not retire, iu nn event, under un-der tho fire of the enemy. He adder! that the report was .an Invention of the cmni). Dlainnutl Itoljberjr. Cimiinnati. May I A bold nmi successful diamond robbery was actum ac-tum lishe-el thb afternoon in the fito-aiof Wichlo Ilrusby twothievaa who had asked to eee some diamond ring". Tiny snatched a traj con-tilnlng con-tilnlng S30oV) worth of rings ami dashed out ot tho store and cscnic-tl A third man who had rtaj cl outside to prevent isirsuit was arrestee!. DestltntUn In Oltlatiaiua. Wichita, Kan , May 1. Twv colored men, who ramc In testay from a cnloml settlement InUkla homa,rersrt great destitution. Many residents have nothing to tieio them over until crop lime, and them b much sickness, cnuwd by the feck of food. An apal b made tor aid. I rum Vta-slilCEtoii. Wa'HI.ngtov, May 1 Representative Repre-sentative Biggs of California today Introduced a bill to roneal the civil lerviceact The House commltteo on foreign affairs acted favorably on tho resolution resolu-tion introduced by Illggs looking to tho cultlvatlonof reciprocal relations between thu United btaUs and other American republics. In the House ths Hcrulo concurrent con-current resolution was agreed to, to correct tho error In the Oklaltoam bill. Ivrs J. Co'a rrrdllnrs. Nnv York, May I A settle mentomoug the creditors of Henrv Ivesi Co. for 5 cents on the dollar fa absut consummated, 0J per cent of tho creditors having signed an agreement. |