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Show A -Aft -QP cfe-tspiss . , it ambling of the pufi- lrl r fir meat of every , by the statement "" , and othtis Intci- , , mdlton. such ns ' " f i ii I y of cattle, etc, ,'1" i i condition, unit , al trust ' It la lh i r of cattlo Is ' ;fnc of I ho ndded HB- ( lilbhost prlco In t r h r ' ' Spirit to Stock O rower. , K I getting till the ,,!, I I"l " of me it hJk n srll said the I, , I; of Armnui A. , r i mi pit the rnttle i lh picker hit In rl I whit will )oii ,,r i Nfin the piik- ,i,i nl D Tleaso, , Ii nn our cattlo TM ' ii hi prh o nnd , I i hi lik the cnttlo tl Fresent Tnc a on Hoof. i n Hi Ii i IHntr from f I l Tli fo mor figure 1st ml n nit tli I itler foi rnrn-f rnrn-f Tl vv iKhl of tho m i t it ir has decreased in I to 1 00 This Is th n p ha been rhort F i 1 h ! In en undcr- I In th V I nwi the rals-.o rals-.o j nuns Block on r r r ') no rattle left i i ill t were on tho fi s h i I I ht up by tho t i i 1 tug fattened for y r N biaaka One It M tdeei i shipped h i 1 h Iwiu , were sold k r r v pei head. Sympathetic liaise. r 1 n filling off In If f in Ihe retnll trnde 'i i I h pil The price o i h ing up In sym- hi' f Ilium h thoie Is no 'I lii ' of hogs Proh- i i 'Ii fa t tint people i nl II I he f hive been ;fm tliu In reaslng tho Ii " ih t rinnl I'hlrkcna 1 1 Iniilnr lo show the " n 1 letninl I be- 'tr i i ' 1 hlrh i next win. n fit I n In tho hlblory of ii tl Increa-e of Half Cent. f mi- in t ileih rn of Salt 1 "i ' ii nnd retnll. re- 1 ' llll i nie getting j I url rei K r ns ngnlnst n of t t v ,i Hhcop I it tli imr prke, iind 1 ' huh r Coin- f- f ii il in re ici, nie i mo t tit tho . I t n iiliend I 1 n. is Clly nnd ' r Ii oni 1 tents I 'h prltCH, Iho ' i thin (nveiH j 'ii ii". of mnnll higher Trie 3 Predicted. '' ' ' 1 however thtt up iluilnir the 1 ii Dili hope the ' " ei nnd tiiilto i hi h the tun- '' it leil hlhirlouit T i huh pili of ' lid with per- l inteK until i Ii ed on the niur- r ur SiilpCiltle in rtom Knst, I'le r ittle In thN . " I lllpptd lo , 1 1 oIIki llautcrn II I of n locil il II linient. "Iho u . , I Ii 1 1 been In tho ,? ,'', f t ulte n Jit t lo 1,1 2 "' ira 'IhH Ii , ' W tern cinwei, ,' i llinlleil tu iiho ',,. I 'iiu of the sup- " I' bio Hint In n ,, . ' i - innipolletl to ,, , ' ' 'li l.i t In whtth r, " k" iniuli htiihtM p"tt Bold m shops. r ' r lii Hint only , . I ir or a Ktier In n . r lh' country. , .' linu l-oo piiuinln, " .- ' Jl iible me it r 'ii'lll r of tho (.11- . ,, . I- hide hnofH nnd , ' iid till ills whli h J , ' I xeiy little tf ' i r which Kiiiiio -, . i mninon h ij- ',h I i liibllKhmcntB "' ', ' or I He plB Is . ' I nnd Hu Dtniu 1 i I Wcj on Decline. I"1 pllerH of cit- H "Od b,erii I 111 C HICMIlllly It ' ' ' ' iiii bo no r In Ihe pi ho 'i r Koodii A "h "limit J2fo, ' , ' I'nie proMilI- '" I Iheie Is no V - 'ho nlhei ,i. of sliiies nay " of i, KIllH t mid me in nil " u pill on Pnfi' o Butohcrs r ' " hives sonio ' i '" iniouiu and I limn n ' nrn lumed i i ' 'ho beef 'i tho dealer l ir'eitiousn ' I 14 W ; ' 'onis ii m h HI 121, 10 00 lor lolllnir " I so i 'em,, v rt ,l 4 hi t i . ' 2n '. ,' 1 nl" I II I ' "llllllllliKS e-i " I I i ' III IS 1 i : f ' a suine fl i ' ' "' "HiIiik which v I' !,'" knottli Iko '- "' ''ii olhti Hut u, " I "III on a heer ' ' i r r.l"ilt. nut or Ih nil Din main. il inmiy nir cnnllle cstabllshmerts do business on such ii em ill mm sin. Waste In Cutting. .,,n"Wo". """ ,hM" "fo nnny i.LY . M ,l,H.t lmve to ' carTfully proflt nn.'i0110 '" golnR "' m ' h Jr'a' n'"'"H look llKht at wo mil .f "l0 n,ol,,h l'r Instance. ll,,"nV.,hT,M11 "K ',0"fl t 7,i 1- ly ?n" '" ,he ' irkel 'J he cu- oiPt , ,Z i "'" '" n Kctw't" t,lllnk li-noin li-noin iiy, n!'"0, .", f,,t '",l" f" for M,V.n. U "' ",0 rl,Ce '""' '" worn, T."'"?1- ,"""ts J"l ln "! i..t . "'I'OH'fhotise stenk Wo (Oiild , h ",'" 'or IS .enlK hut he wants It thlc k a thick one would cost iniieii' "."'1 .wp ",0 ,mt J""1 "t micli A meal man who woull ton. "hn"'' rr" '''" vnr nt rt proiit must observe these i ulcs ".Never tut a smnll piece of meat to PlVe n tuslomer the lst lulr. It vou do. )ou ore out .Never sell n loin or porterhouse steak for less than three time, the con per pound of the whole leer I or shoulder steaks one nnd onc-nair, onc-nair, rib roast, one and one-half. Irish's Kxplnnntlon. In the April Torum Is an article by fdeh ?n,"e I1"1"'' Wh( tlrlbllt.ll tho LS. Pi .1 pf.,f ln 'no barren rondl-ini.' rondl-ini.' -v? W""'rn1 P"Olle cnrlnR n on by sloek rilsers ho sijs until the have been eaten hire There be. In no vccelatloti Hie rain has pissed through the Kiniiml like n selve and hni been canled nvvaj lapldly In deep cuiB The meadows hive beiomej a 'Cattle have Rtarctl below the point or sustenance Mr them " sns Mr Irish, and sheep have followed to eat what lemalned to the roots, and tramp the Mirfite Into dust The nurlculliu al set-Hers set-Hers hive their rreeholds Invaded by noma lie Hocks and herds Itlvnl slock-men slock-men hold n portion or tho lntnie with Winchesters llomkldes redden Iho striiRBlo ror survival, and a (truit In-dustry In-dustry la dylns or starvation Tho whole region his loss water for Irrigation, Irriga-tion, and jetuly urowa less Invltlnit to Ihe settlers who seek n homo support-ed support-ed by Hint inenns " Leasing Dan necommended. Tho remedy for Iheso evIN. Mr. Irish belkves, I, to be round In n plan which wis adopted under similar londltlons In Texas nnd Auslrnln. where Hie uraz-Inu uraz-Inu lands wero leased, and tho linges In lime tesinred lo ihelr orlBlnal feed-Inc feed-Inc lapiulty. Colorado, Idaho Mon-tan Mon-tan i, Nebraska, ttlah and Wvomlnu now lease nRr sntH nds and tie-rive tie-rive from them an Income of more than 1 00000O a e.n. The Tedenl Oovern-monl Oovern-monl Is belns ursed to adopt the smuo iclhy Willi Us 400 coo 000 ncies of Rra-Inc Rra-Inc land weit of Hie moth meridian It han been lrinmniended by Ihe National I.lvo-htock nHMiclallon tho Amerloin t'tlle-(linvei' association tho I'atlfle bloikmen's iismkIhIIoii, the Seuctarv of ABikiilture In his lart reoit, and l'lesldint llooscvclt In his messnKe to CoiiKirss. 'lhls would result, Mr Iilsh believes, In vastly hit reusing the sup-pi sup-pi of ntllo and lellevlmt tho living expenses of millions of people. What local Oiowcrs Sly. Local caltlo nun agree with Mr Irish that tho i also Is wildly due to In-rieised In-rieised prhes of feed, and they nie In-(lllinl In-(lllinl in make llj,ht (it Hit- mist' Idea Novcrtheki.H It Is tonimonly believed be-lieved that Kroners will piollt but llt-llo llt-llo on ninmit of the ndvniued price, exitpt In cases whcio they own their own fied. No Benefit to West. J. (' l.eaiy, manager of the Union Stock) in ds. Is of Ihe opinion Hut the Western stockmen will not leap ulty np predible henellt fiom the hltli pilco of beef "Ihe tiouhlo Is Hint the prices will go off berote the Western tattle will be i raily foi the nuikel, Cattle will bo rushed In fiom other places before the Western gi lss-fe I cattle will be leudy foi the maikct The lesult will be tint tho prices will go olf and our peopjo wilt i,et 113 benellt Aestcin iiilbeis ii ie sul'i'lving about " pel nut of tho locil demaiid and ate getting good prices ror this stutf but not as i,oud us they got list ear." Itlse Is Nnturnl. "It Is Just as li itural for the price of beef to go hlshcr as It Is foi tho prlco of potatoes to go higher," said M. K. I'iiisoiis. ' l'ced Is some mil expensive, expen-sive, It coals mono) to mako beer and that la nil theiu Is to It. lorn cotton f.ecd inenl and nil rako aio twlco as hlhh In pilco as they weie a join ago nnd that li vvhv beef Is higher. I don t take mi) Sim k ill all this talk about it beef tiust No trust tun contiol the meat ultuntlon. 'Iheie Is a sc uclty of bier, time Is a big foreign dcniind be-t be-t iiuse of tho Rlniku In the I'hlllpplnes and South Afilci, nnd theso tauses tomblned with tho high prlco of reed m) making high pilces or beef. The stockmen of the Wist mo not piolHIng b) tho high pilces except vvhoio they own their own feed "Iho pilco of Inef will go higher," Mr, Pnisons continued, ' befoio Iho Hinm-fcd Littlo biklu to como Into the niiUket 111 June, 1'ilces will go lower then, but not near so low ns they weie. '1 hue are pit nty t r I ingo initio In the Wiwt. but rat tattle are vei) scarce." 13. I'. Saunders Gloomy. 11 T. Saunders takes a gloomy v low of tho luluro as It ulates lo beet mip- "Ihe slluitlon Is alarming." ho said dlscusjliig tho mbjttl "tho hu)-fed mllto nie practically t leaned up In tho West 1 Just finished shipping 40iK head or fat steira fiom Iho Illg Unlo lialsln In Monluna and that clenns nut lint district Tilces of beef and mutton and pink us well will go considerably hlghei Iho glass lei ratlin will not to leady foi the miiket befoie July oi Atlgusl There la an abundance of joitng rnltlc and feedoi-s The) nie rheaiei than the) weie last ) ear be-raiiso be-raiiso of the scntclty of feed, but llifio Is a Kiirclty of fat o.ittle 'Cattle me now higher than they weie In 1SS3 ' Mr biunrteis said "Ihey weie high then because of the scan ft) of teed. '1 lie coin crop last )tnr wan but TO per tent or a full crop and It Is peifeclly nilutal th it beef should be high It m I from B0 to KO under present tondltloiis lo fatten n steer. All this talk ..bout Iho rii. I. tot. It Is made out or wholo lolh li) tho jellon Journals Tin IruU ex Ists nnvvliiin els". '" ''?". ;rltl' beef, million nnd polk Ih li'll'InB ' sIcHkmaii and ihe fnimoi When Iho rninid Is prosperous ever) holy Is prni prrous Labor Is, gelling Ki'od wag's ii ml there Is no ininplaliit ns In the high pilco of beef from thai source Chenper In Two MontliB. Secretary of Asrbulturo llllini;" Interv lowed by an I'ln,y'"?fp, a few dnya ngo, and gave his view or the situation fiom Ihe stanipnlnt of pint mi"ranl ul kl l',ir' 1Ie '1 ln I predict a fall In tho price of beef Sir tVrtet. ulncre ls "othlng lo hln-vu, hln-vu, . '"""hers In an) tlt5 fiom ma-to ma-to .?" areenent nmong themsovej maVi ta,i '.'u11 '" nno ' tho oslern !,. K A. fo'.Ll"! l'"rl'oe of bu)l-ig cat i i,Lm nR.them 'n'mod to theli illy, ini- ti r""' nn 'oU1 Kt n t,ro11'- P"'-1mm P"'-1mm ll. tn'! m the Mme fnnspoi-lallon fnnspoi-lallon rate given to cveiy one else n,,!'eV, Fet0 ",'ower rite becomes a """"P"'1"' s he Is nt once given a uiscrlmlnnled against Why Beef Is High. ' I do not know w liether or not there is a combination on the part of the packets to put up the prhc or meats ?,,. ." " mton" "f knowing I do E; howevei lh.it owing to the Jlioitness of lost )enrs com crop the . . . ".."frp ""l ahlf " food ihenp for market Ctt,ll '" "" "' 'ttU'n tl,em 'There nie plenty pf grass cattle ln '""ll") oni la high and the .Jim ,.lla..bcn Rising It to their 5.1. i "t 'louble the ofdlnar) prlie nVi M"lh ror col,on " o" n to help tide ovei. The farmeis have been getting 7 lenis a pound foi rattle on the hoof .i.H "ver:,Ko 'eer going Into thlcago iiiesises at lift) pounds to Ihe htiudied rn.tH 7""'. itlmated ihu li it calf costs 7 tents a pound on the hoof, It .,.,cn,t " ""t9 when dteseod I Irst-class beef dtesscs nbout sixty pounds lo the htm 1 red ' con-Inued con-Inued th- Seeietui) and the woilds hlgh-waur niHtk along this line Is between be-tween slly nnd seven!) pounds but the nveiagc Is about nrtv i oiinds This will give rome Idea nt what ment rosis the bulther The thohe cuts nre al-ways al-ways run up In prlie and this Is wh ,.".r l", Pay " """ll for our meats While beer will be cheaper when ine giass fed raltle nie In market ible Shape this mime will not operate to reduce the pike of the products of tho nig as thai animal cannot ruteu on HiKh Wages; High Meat. 1 hose ire some of the prime onuses ror the high prl.es or meals Theie nre others of equal Import into Wnge3 irekoil Inlut the) nre hlghei thin eva before This enables ever) one to en whenever he fancies This cnndl lion denies a hetv) deinnnd for food products, and all of them are unusti-nil) unusti-nil) hlfh Another cause for the Increase In Ihe supply of beef Is Ihe dialn on the corn supply lo fatten horses and muls for our foreign mirkets There Is a large demand for mules and horses for uso In South Africa. These animals must he fiitened the same as rattlo In nider to bring a satisfactory prlre These ate some of the nutinal cauns which rontilbute to brlnrlng about the exlsllns condition, but It Is Impossible fpr me to say whether. In nddlllon lo this, the packers have arbltrnill) adled an) thing to the price, as that is a mntler with which I hive nothing to do As to a Monopoly. ' if ever) one secutes the same transportation trans-portation rntc It Is not potslble for the pickers entile!) to contiol the selling sell-ing price Of late enrs the t hlcac.o I itkeis have sent meat to ncarl) every city and town In the I'nlted states, and tho old mtthnil of tho butchers dres-i-lug beef for the local maikets has dla-appeaied dla-appeaied The packers save ever) thing nnd uso ever) part of tho cattle. Noth-lug Noth-lug Is wasted If thero should bo an Investigation to determine whether Iheie Is a com. blnatlon of the packers for the Inoieas-Ing Inoieas-Ing of prices, those conducting It would have lo Inquire ln.lo alt of the factors which Influence tho price. If such a combination exists. It piolnbly would be fount In lower transpotta-Hon transpotta-Hon rales, but, of couie, 1 would not piesume to Fay tho rillroads discriminate discrimi-nate ln favor of the packers, for I havo not means of knowing. 'Ono of tho featuies of an lnvostlga. Hon of this kind would bo to get ut the lato allowed by tho transportutlon i onip mles rrom the Held lo the slaughlcr-houses tho lates nre irgitlnr an uniform, so fni ns we havo been able to knrn Hut what the) mo fiom thu slaiighter-hou'o lo tho consunit r In a tiuestlon on which 1 havo no In-lorin In-lorin uloti whatever. Theio Ih tvllenlly a large supply of slock stoc is shtep and hogs hut not enough coin to fatten them The suppl) of (.ittle at Chicago shows that fat tnltle me scarce In nbout two months theie should be some lellef, an Class red cattle will begin to leadi tho market within that time. This depends on the locallt), however. Cattle havo been nn giuss since April 1st. Those which weie In good condition nt that lime will bo leady for tho maikct eirly In June. ' |