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Show , r r ambling ot th puh- '" , (or meat ot every v i ty the stitement r t, and othcis Inter- ."'r, i commons, such ns .mi- W' "ltp' e,c p r t lit Liinilltlnn, and 11 m at trust " It la ?. n.t nf rattle la ' lhr h "f the added lip;. Ifrlir liifchist pi Ice In for hi '" ' Benefit to Stock-Orowcr. tin k Is getting "II tho of i; d prlip of meat j.ls ,r it soil said the jk1 il of Armom . ,(rrl I mi pisl the cattle j 1 1 11 Hie picker hit In I I i whit will sou ,i rni i vmv the pick- , loth i r mil mss 'I'leaso. I oi ' t li i c sour caltlo Tl,. i in lib price nnd ff pi k r li 'in take the c itllo r thrm Pttstnt Trie a on Hoof. If on 111 h f ro Mdllng from npe in Th former llRiiro Is nTrx n nri I the I liter for enin- ( Th i" weight of the m rk t Hi rar has decreased ; i b r Hi I t" fM Thin li i the f P lia- heon blmrt t i k h hren undcr- 1 in in 'I iciuse the ralf-ne ralf-ne only v . mug htock on ire t II no c ittle left 1 r I ih it were on the hive y Inucht up b the 1 t Ing fittened for i ii h i Ntbtaskn One :1 th Id ideeis Khlppel rah i 1 li hnn . weie sold K3 ski f M pel head. Sympathetic Raise. I to filling ort In I f f In the letnll tnde ' li pil i The pi lee to I lining up In sym- n f liliniich theio Is no I he i o of hogs I'roh- i f i th fiK t thnt people i mt iiffnrl lie f hne heen i"lc m ilius In re islng tho If 1 h i rms.1 ( hli k.-nx ;lfi ii liuilii"- to show tho I i I ilemiml I be- niert ' I hifcher next win- i I r In the history of Ilmt- s ef Unit Cent, r mnr m t dcilers of Salt "h h 1 ml letnll. re-!l re-!l " ' r me Ret tins P I'M Irr m ngnlnst In A i r I t join Sheep 1 -" if ' nil" l lice, and r ii hlghei ( om- ' ' r i ' ninicner, arc I u no t of tho 1 ha in boon Vlteadv I v 1 in a City and ' r n from 5 cents 'li o prlece, the ' T u i th in covers ' i i i !- of small dgherFilc j Predicted. ' r 1 I hnncvci tint , "" i "P diiilmr the ' , I in thl hope the 1 ieis llml (anno i ' iiirh the rnn-" rnn-" ii ' in feel lillitrlotiK f ri lush inlcefl of !', , " lU with pei- ' J ' ' m es until ' r I on the in ii- i it SUp C-ittif in Tiom Knst. L" . '"I eittle In this f. J ' i id shlppeil 10 r , I other iitcrn I ' I i or a loial ( ' k ' HII hment "thn , . i I ii linn In the L ' ' M'llte a 3 1 1 1 1 I,,, " lK 'llllM I V,L . ' rt em Kinnet, I'"" illnilled to mm t,, , i I ill of I lie Flip-k Flip-k " I ' ihlo that In a I,, , ' ' loiiipelled to I ' r lit. in whleli I r " no inikli hlKhci bi E M , Sh0p3i I' k I "lur that onls f a I ir of n i loir Is I , i lln ninntry. I Inn i 1 .10 iiouniln, I ., f i Jlr iIiIl me it I , ' ' I e of the (ul ,,, Mi hide hoofs and I " ' ' nd riitinllu'whlLh In i , ' I eiy llttlo I . " ' mi whUh Kiimii ': i ninninn hii- I pi! i i tnlillslinientB , "1, ' or thu pIk i lri . . ' i and tin uiuiu I Hidn on I)f-iie. h ' ' I Htei of cat- H J,, , ' ed Impf hio I X ' '" ' HI he no I I ' In tho pilco I h r kipoiIh A I 'li ahout JJ .0, I ' line prtMill- I "d tin le Is no I I - Hio nihei dl- I or Ihioh Hl( I " of r. cents I , "old menu nn u ii pill op T, lliitelicr.. ,f ' ' (.Ives Bonio 1 li iiinmint and it ricim u Jr m '' nil! llliseil ' I, , " " Urn heef I" r "ns tho diulei c inerhouso . H 10 10 no "I It hnlllni; , lh III) I "Is 7 'fl ' , ' W 1 "IllllHltlBS 11 til lit " , Ulf a suilie, ' s , , "it .xeiy I ' athlliK whUh 'v lid , "" wloltf. i, "' 'I'linyotlur Hut , w l "'It o a ief J y , f ien nut of ,h l J'!'1 ""' mulii- '"I many iner- i. - 1 i cantlle estohlWiments do huslness on siuh a. rm.ill mursln. Wosto In Cuttlne;. .Im"',c". """ " nro miny tuu r'h.YI,88 ,h,.t lmn ,0 ' -arefully liront m,rtlfi"no ," Kolns "' m "" he end or '?," ,","llt '""h -KIU nt ?! ' !. .f "'0 I'onlh Tor Instan.e. - M,piJm'.a "k'" "It-I'mmd toast - the only ono In tho nurket -J he tUs- mTt ,w i 8l ,n i.1 "1U"r, l,"",k Whom Wh-om any bone ni fat J his tnhes four i1m"::,',UI "f ",0 ',lwe "I'd leafes us wi ,.f"y l"eHt nf lhnt Mli Ih" un,.i ?' ",Pr "ai"8 J""1 " rents worth or porterhouse sleak Wo could eut a thin slice tor n entB hut he "ants It thl, , A thu k one'oIiV! miuh" "'"' ."" "Ic 0,lt J,1,t thn' tlnno l'i.linr?1 """, ,,"J would roil. oWr. m" lliK "nl', nl ,l l"ollt mU8' ouere tliise rules Neer tut i sinnll ploro 0f meat, to mo a custnmpi the host h ilf. It ou do. jnu mo out Neicr sell n loin or pnrterliniiae steak for less thin three limes the coat per pound of the whnlo beer 1 or shoulder steaks, one and out. nuir, rlli rnist, one und one Inlf. Irish's Explanation. IoVm' A,Mrl! rr,In' '" "" ntlc,t b nlih Ml Ir'li..ho attilhules tho high pilio of beef to the biiren con II-lo",,f II-lo",,f 'he Western public Krnlns 1-inds They hae ben UFed In mm-Ii mm-Ii on by stock raisers he sns '110111 they hae been eaten lure There he-Injt he-Injt no cRolatlon. the rain Jus piswcd tlirouAti the Kiound like a foIp, and has been carried nwuy rnpldlj In deep desert meadows hno becomo a 'Cattle lune Rnzed below tho point of sustenance, for them " s lys Mr. Irish. ind sheep haxe followed to cat what lemalned to the roots, nnd tramp the surr-iie Into dust Thp aRrlculturnl sot-tiers sot-tiers hue theh fieeholds lnaded by nninadh Mocks nnd herds Ithnl stock-"'eii stock-"'eii hold a lortlon of the roiiRe with Winchesters llomkldes redden tho striiKRle for survival, anil n Rieit In-dustrj In-dustrj Is dslne ot stinntlon The whole region has less wnter foi IrrlRn-tlon, IrrlRn-tlon, and lenrly srona less ImltliiR to tho settlers who seek a homo support-id support-id bj that means" Leasing; Plan Recommended, The icniedy foi these clls, Mr. Irish believes. Is to ho found In a plan which wis vlopieii under slmllai conditions In Texas nnd Australia, wlure the Krnz-Ini; Krnz-Ini; lands were leised, nnd tho rinses In time, leslored to their orltliul leed-lnir leed-lnir capacity. Colorado, Idiho. Jlon-tnna, Jlon-tnna, Nebrnskn. Utah nnd Wjomlnc now lense their ht He I mds and derive de-rive from them an Income of more than tl (00 000 a jeir. The Tederil (Jovern-ment (Jovern-ment Is Inlnir urred to adopt tho s1me polliy Willi Its (OOOOOOOO acies of Braz-ltiR Braz-ltiR land west of the 100th meridian It has been roconimendpd by the National I.lve-Stoik association tho Amerlcin Cttle.fJrnweIs nssoilitlon, the Pacific Stockmen's iikwhI itlon the hecrelnry of AKiliulture In his Inst retort, und rresldent Unosevelt In his mesiiiRp to ConKress. This would result, Mr. hlsh believes. In vustlj InirensliiR- thn sup-pl sup-pl or cittlo and lellcvhiR- the living expenses of millions of people Wlint Local Growers Siy. Local cittlo men aRree with Mr. Irish that the lulse Is whnllj due to In-cieasod In-cieasod pi lies of feed 1111 1 they ore Inclined In-clined In make llGht ot th trust' Idea. Nevertheless it Is lominonly believed be-lieved that Kroner will piollt but llttlo llt-tlo on rui omit of the ndtanied rice, except In cubes whoio they own their ow n f ed No Benefit to Wc,st, J. C I.eirv, maniger of the Union Stocky irds, Is or the opinion that the Wtstern stockmen will not leap any'np-pieclahlo any'np-pieclahlo benefit ficnn the hlt.li pilco of beet ' The trouble Is tint the prices will so oir belore the Western caltlo will he leady for tho maiket Cattle will le lushed In fiom other plicca before the VAoHern Riuss-fel caltlo will be leady ru the iniiket 'ihe ieult vlll be that tho 1 rices will ro oil and our people will ,rt 111 benellt, 'i stein infers me supplying about 71 per cent of the local demand and 1110 getting good prices for this stulf but not as fcood us they t,ot hist ycir. ' Rise Is Nntunl. ' It Is Just ilh natural for the price of beef to fco lilgher as it Is for the price of potatoes to go hlKhei,' said M, IC. f'aisous, ' lc ed Is scnico and expensive, expen-sive, it cojts inonej to 111 iko heef and Hint Is all there Is to II Corn, cotton seed mull nnd nil cake 1110 twlco as high 111 prim as they weto a year nieo ami that is wlij beef Is higher l don t take un stock In nil this talk about u beef tlllst No tl lint call loullol the nietil situation 'Jheie Is 11 si uclty of bief, Uicie. In a big fuielgn ikiiuin I bo-lause bo-lause uf tho nimles In the riilllpplnes and hnuth Afilcn, nud these causes combined with thn hlKh prlcu ot feed ale making high pilccs of beef, 'lhe stockmen or the Wist are not piodtlng bv tho high pikes except vvheio they own tlielr own feed. "lho price nf heef will go higher," .Mi. r.usons conllnued, ' befoio the giuss-fed nittlo behlii to como Into tho maiket In Jum Prices will go lower then, hut not near so low as they weie. 'Iheio 110 plenty of ians,o cittlo In tho West, but fill cattle 1110 veiy scarce." B. T. Siundera Oloomy. H 1'. Hiundeis takes n. gloomy vluw nf lho futuio aa It lollies to beet sup-plj. sup-plj. "lho situation Is nlnimlng." ho said discussing tho subject, tho has -fed e itlto are pnii-tlially 1 leaned up In tho West 1 Just llnlshed Milpplng 4000 head of fat steers from tho Ills llolo buisln In Monlnni and that cleans out that dlstilct 1'iicoH or betf and mutton mid pnik us well will go Lousldeiably higher, "lhe glass fed rattle, will not le leady foi the maiket befoio Juls or August There Is an ubiiiidince or young entile and feeckis they nro ihtnpei than they weie last icur ho. cause of tho scaiclts of feed, hut theio Isiiswirclts "f fat cattle Caltlo aie now higher than they weio In 1SS2." Ml hiundeis said, "Ihey were hlRh then becaiifo of the scaiclts of feed lhe coin clop last ynir was bill CO per 1 'nt of o full cnin and It is peif.ctly intmal 1 tint beef should be hlRh It costs fiom M In U) tindet present londltlons o fatten a Ricei. All this talk about tho trust Is nit I' Is made nut of whole cloth by the sellniv Join mils The trust exists ex-ists nowheio else Tho high III' o of b.f, nilltton nnd pork Is helping e stockman and the funmr ."hen lho fanner Is prosperous 1 icislmdy is I "-p.imis "-p.imis Labor Is RittH'S S'""J, Sfc," und there Is 110 eomplilnt as to tho high prko of beef fioip lint soune Clienner In Tvvo Months. Secretary of Agriculture Wllmti 1 was Interviewed by nn tlastern 'PJP a few' dasu 8o, and gao Ids view or the summon from th stan Ipolnt of pnit UIU ,t0,Kl lMr' J'!aldin 'I predict a fall In tho price of beef fopmJ!.i.u". lllSRrn" iuttl! f en dpr i"!"3'. .Thc,e '" "othlug to hinder hin-der the butchers In any ells fiom ma-iU ma-iU r... ?" "Brment nmong themselves .nJ,i,i.n",a,ic,"t '" n"e ' ie Western ti 1 . for tlu Pun'" of bus I ig 1 it ii.1.L1!,Il"et,llem "hipped to their illy, ll"2l" " nlcl nt 11 prollt, iirct-J, iirct-J, if, ,lK. tH1! set lh" n,e trauspoi-tatlon trauspoi-tatlon late given to overs one else in .ilT V. fet" ". lontr rate hecomes n a Z ... ' 1.Vtt.mfW over nil those who are ulseiimliiatod against Why Ilcef Is High. I do not know whether or not there Is a combination cm the part of the rickets to put up the price of melts !n,.. 1' no mn "f knonlng I do h.?..: llon",er thit owing 10 the HwunpM of last yeai's corn crop the ,ir7M..wrrc "" "hp io fel i-heni. for nn.ke't ia'Ue 0 "" to fa,ten ,"el" "there aio plonts of grass cattle In f !,;"i,v V01" '" nlh and the ein . avo been Riving It to their f,." 1 ft ''onble the orillnnrs price-mimels price-mimels 60 to w) rents 11 bushel. They i,V .,.""1 fw c""n seed oil so ns to Help tide ovel The farmers have been getting 7 leiils 11 pound for iattp cm the hoof I ho average steer going into ilikago eliei.ua it lifts pomids to the hundred il.i J?""1 e-itliiiiitpd that If a ealf m ' .ce!'." a Poimd on the hoof, It win mst 11 cents when diessed Hrst-elass beet di esses nbniit sixts pounds to tho hiindred" con-tinned con-tinned the becretars 'and the woilds hlRh-wat.r mink along this line Is be-ween be-ween slxts Hiid hcvents ihiuii.Is but the aveiage Is ahmit tiftv pounds 1 his will Mve tome Idea of what mnt costs trip butcher. The choice euts hip nl-wajn nl-wajn lun up In prl.e and this Is whs we have, to pas hi mm h feu our inputs While beef will be eheapei when the glass-fed cattle ate In 111 irketable snipe nun ,nu uin not operate to reduce the prko of the pioluels of the h"R as tint animal cannot 1 men on gi ass High Wages; High Meat. "I hose are some of tho prime nusea for the high prlies of me its There are ntheis of equal Impoilance Wages aiegood Infnu t,j nro higher than evei before This e 11 iblcs tiers one to eit whenever he fancies This condl linn ere ites a heavj demand for food products, and all of them arc unusu-alls unusu-alls hlsh ' Another muse fm the Incre.ire In the bu pis of beer Is thp drain on tho corn supply to rntlPii horses nnd muli 'or our forelrn markets there Is 11 large dem md for mules und horses for use In South filca These nnlmals must be rattened the sjme as cnlllo m order to bilng a satisfactory prlc. These 1110 some or the nuturnl causes which eontilbute lei bringing nbout tho existing condition, but It Is Impossible) rw me to ans whether, In nddltlon to this, the packers havp arbitrarily ad.leil ans thing to the pi lee, ns that Is if matter with which I hive nothing to do. As to a Monopoly. "If overs one secuies the same transportation trans-portation rale It Is not possible ror the pickers entliely to control the selling sell-ing price, or late yeirs the Chicago pickers have sent moat In nearls eveiy ilty and town In the I'nlled Males, nnd the old method or the butchers dressing dress-ing beet ror the loeil maikets hna disappeared dis-appeared 'I710 packers save evtrsthtng and use every part or tho cattle. Nothing Noth-ing Is wasted 'ir thero should be 1111 Investlgitlon to determine whether thcie Is a toin-hlnatlon toin-hlnatlon of the packers foi the lncieas-ing lncieas-ing of prices, theiso conducting It wojld have to Inquire into all of tho factors which Influence the price. If such a combination exists. It probibly would be found In lower transportation transporta-tion uites, but, of course, I would not presume to say tho rallioads dlscrlml- II ite In ravoi or the packers, for I huvo not means ot knowing. ' One of the fenliiies of an lnvestlra-tlon lnvestlra-tlon of this kind would be to get nt the late allowed bs" the transportation companies Trom the Held to the slaughtcr-houbcs tho lates are tegular un uniform, so far ns vie have been nblo lo learn Hut what they me rrnm tho si lughter-hotise to tho consumer Is 11 question on which I havo no In-formation In-formation wlntevcr. ' Theio Is evlilenlls" n, large supply of stock steeis sheep and liogs but not enough com to fatten them lho suppls or tattle at Chkago shows tint fat tattle ale scarce In about two months there should be some relief, as grass fed cattle will begin to leach tho market w Ithln th it lime. This depends on the lncallts, howevet. Cattle have been em glass since April 1st. Thooo whleh worn In Rood condition at that tlni" will be iciely for the mirkct early In June" |