Show LIVE STOCK MEW morion say their protest frore a combine washington april 23 secretary Secre lary ton was resolutions one adopted by the st louie uve stock lachange yester the about tb alleged picker combine and attributing be reductions in the price of lire in the last two week to eccli axi he said the lock exchange would lead kcf the belief that the alleged combine of dressed beef concerns existed as they term it lie lias aused a decline in alie price of cattle on the la ft a similar calamity has not occurred in the price of dressed beef it remains the tame and in some cases Is even higher statement coupled with the prices beef answers their complaint amaba april 23 the live stock exchange today censored secretary of morton cor his ideas at present the areat dearl of the cattle interests of the country in cr enting a impression aa to the relative cost of cattle and beef after the manner of till investigation bis resolution was adopted that we the member of omaha live stock exchange call the attention of the honorable secre tary of agriculture and the country at large to the fact that daring the fint three month of the present year cattle at a ill a full corn crop in illinois indiana and id jacent territory fell off 17 percent isai kansas receipts fell off 13 per cent increase in and a in the very heart of the aroath country fell off 32 per cent on account ot this shortage cattle prices advanced from 1 to 2 per as compared wito u year adeo and the higher prices for beef naturally followed with the higher prices for beef and the aRit atlon oh this subject consumption fell off and cattle values declined in conse fluence we regard this present depression tn cattle values however as only temporary as the indications aae that the next three month of hi year will wl altea tea a further reduction tn ane available cattle supply of fully SO per cent we are satis tied mat there can be no possible packers on account of the increased number in all the leading markets and the divor ifield interest represented by them chicago abill chicago live stock adopted beet of resola blont setting forth receipt at ali a four principal western markets eo far bare been bedd less than for the aade of 1804 and ats result briten leave advanced causing ft increase in prices of aed beef the resolutions declare exaggerated report and false conclusions widely circulated a the cause of the recent advance lo 10 prices and euch unfounded reports have caused tho decreased consumption of beef resulting in a de of the trad and lower for cattle the exchange requests the public to withhold unell the department of agriculture ahall thoroughly in the matter it pronounces the present agitation based upon the of among the 1 dealers unjust and injurious and say the statements beet forth are substantially untrue and the whole industry li depressed thereby and the interests of the feeders and shipper of the bole country placed in jeopardy |