A Man Who Raises Beeves

CHICAÖO, April 18. - S. W. AUerton does uot agree witli Seoretary of Agrioalture .Morcón that there is á combine among the big butchers to advanoe the prioe of meat. Being himself a dealor in live cattle, and so a competitor of the "Big Fonr," or the Armour-Swift-Morrls-Hamraond combinación, his opinión iriBy bo said to havo weirht. Ho explnins the rise in the prico oC becï as a natural conspquence of the falling off in the supply. ïhose localities, western Iovva, Kans;-,, Nebi'iinkit aiia Missouri, whiuh have nitherio Mipi 'lifd the m:rkefs with beufduring Jii::rch, April and .iay, have no cattle, or very few, to sell this yuar because they have had no corn with whioh to feed theili duriflg the winter. Allerton aya: "Throughout Illinois, Indiana, Olwo and eastorn Missouri the farmeis oau'.t afford to feed eattle eorn, beciiuse it ís worth too nuich - generaily 4ü cents a bushel. Tlie cattle we raise are, tberei ore, placed upon (lie m.irket to the bfst, luivamasfe in the fall. But in Iovva ano Ncbiaska, Knnsas and A.issouri corn is worth only '0 lents a bushel as a genei'ni Lhing, nnd whi re thero is a good erop it p iys bettar to put it Infco beef. ïhis Win Ik; done to the bestadvuntaga by stali iei'iling lor Ihe spring luarkeo. 'i-.a.st. year, as jou know, we didn't ralsu enough to live upon in Nebraska, and tbroUghout lliac región wliich has gupplied the spring ir arkec with beuf, nnd ol course tljcro re no cattle for sale. ïlie Biipply is cutoff and tho prioe must go up. I take no stock in whac riecrotitry Morton says regarding a bcuí ring, Tluy are ihe laso men in the wond to advanoo the pnce ot beef. Thoy have in fact tried repealedly to keep the price down, beoause they are the ones who losa on a risiug market. Tho shippers make monoy by advauclng pricos, but the slaughtorers and the dealers in dressed meat maku money on a falllng niarket. 'The reason is they cannot advanco the retail price ot meao without great damago I to their trade. The moment they attempt tj put up the price the people cease to buy meat, and the demand falls oLf. Isaw In one of tli' papera n bhorC tune ao astatemeftt to the effeot that the pai.-kors ïuake at least ÍS7 on uvery headof cattle slaughtered. Tliao is absurd; if they make 37 cenis tbey do rtemarkabiy weil, and in the i cüiü-c ot i year aro making a great del ol uionèy. 'P.opie wonder how the 'Big Four' and others eau buy the cattle in lowa, ship it to Ui'.ic.'go, dress ;t, sliip it bück to lowa and ihc;i sell it in competición witb huiua," jpntinued Allerton. "It ia o;Hy to understaud how tliey do this. With t lx ir ta onderall uppliances ! Lor hHiidling eattio and disposing of portions which might go to waste in country abattoir, they can astually slaughter (he cattlo enuugh cheaper so that they can compete in the 'same markets with tha home butchers. For Instan ce thoy can ' dispose of iht tallow ;ind trimniings to ' better advantage, and tliey can got 3 or 4 ( cents a pound moro tor the hides. "But teil me this, if the 'Big Four' do ! not make a good marfcet for beet, why do ' 6hipier5 salí to thom? ïhey mlght _send thelr cattfe on to Pittsburg or BulTalo, where they would not have yard charge to pay, and to a donen other markets, bufc thüy don't do that. They send thüir cattle here, and are always glud to sell to the 'Big Four, ' because they make tho domand for the cátele. They have niado Chicago the great live stock center that is ia, and 1 consider Mr. Armour aud Mr. Bwlft and the rest the greatest benefao fcots tho farmers of the west have had."