Emery County Progress | 1901-11-16 | Page 2 | High Prices for Beef Predicted

high prices for beet predicted according to information received at the headquarters of the national live stock asboe atlon in chicago congress w dve the western land situ atlon brought to its attention tt is winter in a new and startling manner A number of prominent cattlemen of the west who 1 ave been quietly in vest gating are prepared to show that during the past five years there has been an enor noi s decrease in the number of cattle in this country a de chease which seriously threatens the beef food supply and that unless speedy action be taken by congress in the couise of a deiy few years beet will be selling at such fabulous pr cea that only the wealthy can afford to indulge in the luxury of a beefsteak