, 1865-01-25
Union Stock Yard aud 1sars,, c,,,.
pANys.

1
The harners Of the Constitution or IL,
lnltcd States very wisely in the Bill Of Mcht.
laid down the principle that no map sflosif
be compelled to pat with his private pfopef
I " Without his conscnt, and against lis viii
trtcpf for public tsse: and q provision quit,
Similar to u Is was inserted in ou1 State Con
| stitution. This provision was calculated Us Z
safeguard for the weak and poor man against
the ncToachmcnt and the Iapacity OF The
mighty and the rich. The private property
fevcry cltizsn in q flee community mnst be
held sacred and only subject to voluntary
assr' etnents. There Gun BE- ouly one excco.
ton to this principle, aud fhut is the public
welfare, SaEa* gonMi see in t3-day's TIKI.
amended BY the Senate, and flud there that
said company shall have power to take mi
yAte property for the PURPOSES mentioned in
Foid bill, eycIl>against the will Of the owners
arr ord1ng to an act condemning The right o!
wy l:3 t9r ,al5 internal improvement, approved
This, Iris; very important privilege to be.
rate property of urkeilling pattics, or Of
,Jen.tae co,eft, or IN tntnn1, or q person non
co'alsos nentiA or unknown, or even out OF
Cook county. It is n question otconstitu-
tional right, and ought to be scrutlnizcd very
Toe question which will arise whether sucl,
anrisilcge can be granted under the consti-
tuition or not, depends entirely upon this
point: whether such property is demanded
for 1'ttt'e use OF for private purposes. Not
ese1ythine which may be for the public bene-
1T is !ded by The salus 1op.ii or for pub
Yards will benefit not only the stockholders.
but really the farmers, droycrs, siock-raiscrs.
packers and even the public in general, So
does almost any Kind Of business or trade,
The hnnis, for instance, claim that they arc
necessary for carrying on the trade Of the
cfuntry; hut did VIC ever hear that banking
co.Po1ation was vested with the privilee6 to
take private property 10 erect suitable build
1nGs vi bout the consent Of the owners and
liza corporation like this Stock Yard Compa-
ny can claim such privilege, why not every
single individual, who will establish stock
yn.d ftF himself? Why not with The same
right the owner Of q brewery or distIllery
claim the privilege Of fcondemnIng lind for tie
PURPOSE. to CONNECT his brewery or distillcry
by ono, two or more tracts, with switches,
with all the railroads BIZ which he intends ia
ship his beer or his hi; hwincs?
1. The tw Of 1885 seems 10 be very plain. It
speaks Of The location Of any public road, !
or otte. public srork. Now, suppose Wo have
to learn yet, that the combination aud con-
elidation Of 'all the private stock yards Of tue
city can be considered as pu51ic icork.
lhere is one singular feature Of the bill, |
which have not seen publicly alluded 70. |
Sec!iuL 5 provides. that the shares Of the |
and he'd By auy railway company doing busi-
ness at Chicago, as well as by individuals. |
DON'T this look like a combination OF the |
railroad companies to monopolize the stock |
tades It counot be denied, that majority |
Of the corpotntors and almost every one Of |
the first board OF Directors is largely interest
ed In railroads md now We see, that such
fR nT+aF nd IN %u1-
and h6d, not only part, but the whole stock /
Of Ibis new corporation without any nmita-
tion.
The farmer OF stock raiser, the dfover and
trader: who ships cattle to Chicago and has
Faid his freight, will find himself greatly mis-
tnken when hc arrives with bis lre freight in
Chicago aud has to pay another fec for carry
ing his stock TO The stock yard, where he is
politely presented bill with the remark
llat the Company has lien upon the cattle.
BESIDES the sonticrn part .of our city and
[hc West Division there Is yet another por-
lion four city, which lies north Of the Cut
,ngo river, and where already one large pack
Dg estnbllshnent-that Of =. ). Hubbard
and may he one or two smaller ones are in
operation, and where, in no distant time, u
.reat many more may be established, giving
work and occupation to quite number Of +
Industrious men, who live-in that netghbor-
loed, md who would be deprived Of an easy
opportunity to find employment, if the North
jiyision should be excluded from the market.
Trade itsclf, left fee, will seek the best
markets, and ought not to be forced to Ger
ain locality.
stOne Who Knows" proposes, in, to-day's
tribune, to concentrate oil the cattle yards
o the most convenient aud accessible parts
utside the city, whether the bill passes or
ot. I say, very we'll; if the necessity or the
eneht ofthe public or the interested parties
equire such concentration, let It be done
ut do not do it by monopoly, but let all
thers have the e1mc fair chance.
A CITIZEN,