In April, 1869, a charter was granted by the state of Illinois to the East St. Louis Stock Yards Company. This company was authorized to issue stock to an amount not to exceed $200,000. The original charter of the company, which later operated the National Stock Yards, fixed the capital stock thereof at $1,000,000, which was, subsequently, raised, by a vote of the stock holders, to an amount of $250,000, to meet the requirements of the rapidly growing business. When the National Stock Yards were completed, they were more convenient than were any others of their kind in the country.
FOOTNOTES:
[5] Wallaces' Farmer, 1913, and thesis by Garver, "History of Dairy Industry in Illinois."
[6] The Breeder's Gazette, July, 1913.
[7] Lecture by Professor H. P. Rusk on "Beef Production."
[8] The Breeder's Gazette, Feb. 1894.
[9] Thesis "History of the Dairy Industry in Illinois" by Garner, 1911.
[10] "Facts and Figures," by Wood Brothers, Live Stock Commission Merchants, Chicago, 1906, and Report of Bureau of An. Ind. 1884.
[11] Prairie Farmer, 1887, p. 160.