The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-12-20

make the companies TO what extent they we're de-
PENDENT upon then. But the railroad not the
only Ierffns OF whom they planned. The cattle
brokers' actec sort OF mddemsn between the butch
and the drovers and charged three donars
they received aggregate Of half million Of dollars
every year which OF right belonged 10 the butchers and
that wss the osgan of the cattle brokers' and made
whatever reports plensed them. On ono occasions
tbe reporter Of tia paper reported cattle at s67
head which did not sell average OF than s4S.
Thee cattle belonged T. Mr.. A. Q. Bryant, aud he ap-
Iesed to him TO state II what he said was correct.
Mr. BRYANT teplied that his Batemen snbstnntini-
y correct. Af'er tsw further remarks MIR. Nc
Bride, Mr. Bryant mrde sta enens about the rate
charged for The alton If cattle from the West
New York That trans poraton prices of stock almost
used up half ot the proceeds q the SAFE Oh such stock
A farmer came here from Liking county. Ohio with
three hundreo sheep, after paying ali expenses he
lacked $l4 OF having anhng for his stock Bis sheep
were al eat up by ,ha enses Of transportation besides
ich be lost sJ4 al e,ved Osheep was SO CO.
after paying expenses They bad right he c0aeaied to
demand maxim I'm mt ani pledge tia. they would
hey that. lhe sunake Of the opinion that
tie brokers could be eney done without and thst the
butchers and the dr,yers hould be brong 1t into i'm
mediate connection VI eacb other. As TO the reports in
the New York T,tune they were generally eckno wsdged
he said, to he false and cat tie broker had told him.
(tbe speaker tha he reporter OF that PAPER know
ports, would be ruined. The owners Of cattle out
West had come TO believe the reports in the Etu and
had refused to let The droyes have them except ut rates
which wou5 allow profit after hec Importation to
he New York markets But this was not al 1t raised
The price OF teef to the consumer to exorbitaut
mount Under these circumstances, the only thing left
for the broker TO Go to select another paper which
would be reliable 1t corrupt Sheet aud if it's
corruption exposed the farmers OF the West would
take away from it their patronage st0p should he
laid, be put to circulation there and It's poll
tcal hsreses while the NEW York HERALD any other
paper which possessed character for honesty and truth
should be establisted 40 the organ Of the brokers.
The President said tat the freight perhaps conveyed
the railroads from the West during the present year
alone, would amount to $500 600; and such its i'm
prance that nearly three hundred per cent
in the last Ave years.
Afr McBRDE called the after ton of tho people Of New
Yorh TO this subje of the most Them
New York il the great 1t between the old world
and tie Eew-the great commercial empori1m; and
the ailroads the by which the people
supplied with provisie the companies who
to great extent TO blame ior the high rates for Which
they sold ut present.
Mr.. McNEL the next fpesker. He dsnoruosd the
monopoly Of the RAILROAD companies and pledged bis sup
port to any movement which might be set foot to
check their power and punish them for the injustice they
had done the drovers.
On motion Of Mr. MCBRIDE committee OF two from
each Of the following States and two additional to the
present committee were npponted--Eent lucky, Ohio,
Illinois, Indiana and New York. The commit.es Tins APP
poiI ted con sists Of the following gentlemen
Edward Ater W. II. asFiis, Illinois.
Elijah Iitler, Joseph Province, Indiana.
S. q. Wcodt-E j Miles. New York.
als ssrs Tucker and Ware, Kentucky.
Joseph Mcbride, Jose ph McIhersou, j. f Rush. A. Z.
Bryant, s. G. Renpick, Ohio.
The resolutions reported by the committee were
unanimously adopted and after taking up q collection
the meeting adjourned till further notice by the com.
mittee.