MISSOURI. 



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ceipts and shipments of cotton at St. Louis for 

 three years, by months : 



WAREHOUSE OK NET STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND SHIP- 

 MENTS, AND STOCKS ON HAND, FOR SIX YEARS. 



The following table shows the movement of 

 cattle in the St. Louis market for two years : 



The receipts of cattle for the year show an 

 increase of 80,132 head over those of 1880. 

 The movement of hogs for two years has been 

 as follows : 



The drought exerted considerable influence 

 in hog raising and feeding, and as a result the 

 receipts were short 268,531 head. The follow- 

 ing table shows the movement of sheep for 

 two years: 



The gain is 35 per cent over the year pre- 

 vious. The movement of horses and mules 

 for two years has been as follows : 



A convention for the improvement of the 

 Mississippi River and its tributaries was held 

 in St. Louis during three days commencing on 

 the 26th of October. It was called under the 

 auspices of the Merchants' Exchange of St. 

 Louis. The basis of representation was two 

 delegates for every hundred members of each 

 board of trade and cotton exchange in each 

 city situated on the Mississippi River and its 

 tributaries, and each board of trade and cotton 

 exchange was entitled to at least two dele- 

 gates ; and where no boards of trade exist the 

 mayors of said towns and cities were requested 

 to appoint two delegates ; the Governors of the 

 States and Territories of the Mississippi Valley 

 were requested to appoint ten delegates from 

 the States and five from the Territories as dele- 

 gates at large. 



The members of each House of Congress 

 were specially invited to attend ; also, the Gov- 

 ernor of each State in the Union. 



The call stated that, u while the national 

 Government has given to the various railroads 

 up to the year 1878 nearly two hundred mill- 

 ion acres of the public domain, worth at least 

 $1.25 per acre, and to some it loaned its credit 

 besides for anticipated benefits to the people 

 during this time the Mississippi River and its 

 tributaries have had appropriated for their im- 



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