Show ON c of the problems before the recent I Intei lational Range Association was to devil a means by which the difference betw en the price of beef on foot and in the utcher 1 shop could be materially lesse led It was maintained that the mark its were controlled by wealthy companies com-panies and that competition had no i longer any influence in adjusting prices Before and since the meeting at Denver events have been in progress which may resulj jn important changes beneficial to cattlemen and beef consumers The Ohio Vallefy Stockgrowers association including includ-ing ilarge area of the Central States has been organized principally to break up unfair markets The butchers of Buffalo to thtt number of six hundred have com bineil against the Chicago dressedmeat I menJ But New York City is the seat of the njain fight The Chicago syndicate and t no City Slaughtering company each trine l with a 100000000 have heretofore hereto-fore Divided the spoils equally Some mont us ago a third power entered the field said tb I I be backed financially as well as either of the others This is the Marquis de Mj > res Company whose plan when perfected is to slaughter on the ranges and Mill I direct to consumers They propose pro-pose jiothing less thanto buy out all the retail butcher shops in New York City either for cash or stock in the latter case retaii ing the proprietor as manager if satisf ctory Where parties decline to sell t ey will establish new shops The hew I ol11pany has made a commotion al readl and the struggle has fairly com menc d It will be a fight of giants and the re mlt cannot fail to be to the ad vanta e of producers in at least partially par-tially I breaking down the barriers in the wy of the natural working of the S laws of demand and supplyDenver YeIV8 T T J 7 |