The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-05-27
DEAD MEAL.

Some weeks since, va made note OF
the presence, in Texas, of hr james
Macdonald, special agricultural com
missioner Of the A-oismaa, the leading
paper Of Edinburgh, sent hero 90 look
ont for the extent and probable porma
Money Of the dead meat trade which
has grown up within the last few years.
aud which has takon our Scotch and
English friends so much by surprise,
We have the Scoismau, Of May .
before us, which contains Mr. Macdon' |
AIDS first letter, written from New York |
soon after his arrival, and an editorial
article referring at longth to the subject
and Mr. NJ Is mission Both the editor
and his correspondent disclaim in adj
vance any purpose to cayil at the Sliua'
ton, and the tone of both articles lead
us 10 tho conclusion that they regard
tho enterprise as already fully osIob'
lished, and that the four cents per
pound advantage held by the American
shippers will insure IT, permanently IT
appears that the meat shipped 80 far
ranks strict No, 2, even by their oXact
ing standard, There Is only ono grade
above il, and that 10 40 costly that only
those fortunate people who have large
incomes can afford to use IT, The dead
meat enterprise is boon to the poor OF
the British empire. Az we said above,
the paper does not cayil at the situa.
ton, and Mr. NJ, mission TO America
does not embrace the purposes of dc.
feat. lie is here to determine If IL IL
the purpose Of the American shippers
TO pcrseyoro, and, after determining
that, he proposes to look Mt the chances
left for the successful employment
of Scotch grOaiers and capital here
and who will compete with our own,
from tho ground up, so to speak, In
this light, Mr. Ms mission will bo
warmly received both south and west
aud we will meet and warmly second
the efforts of the Scotsman and its able
correspondent,
No other of the states of the union
will present 80 many advantages to the
Scotch grazier as Texas, Nowhere can
cattle or sheep be raised within fifty
per cent so cheAply MS here and with
so little labor Our Texas soaports are
equally advantageous as points of do
parturc, AS arc those of New York, Bos.
ton or Baltimore, and the cattle can be
driven from any part Of the state over
tho same limitlcss pasturNgc without Il
cents additional cost sayo only time
and trouble. We only hope that the
enterprise of the paper named and the
trade which has been established in
dead meats already, will be sufficient to
send thousand grNSiors and million
OF capital to Texas for embarkNtion in
this the most promising enterprise
which has yet been attempted in con,
noction with our gigantic cattle busi-
ness.
Right here duty we owe to the en-
terprse may be mentioned with great
proprety Instead of driving hard bar.
gains with the Scotchmen when they do
como, let us treat them very liborally
Lot us make some sacrifice in order to
attract this valuable immigration. Let
us sell them lands at cost prices, and
supplies of all kinds at bottom figures
Let our stockmen take steps to act in
concert, and send the result to the
Scotsman for publication.
We have already many Scotch citi
zens in Texas, but they like the people
from all other countries, are scattered
over the state but we know of no sin.
gle instance where any one of them has
failed, and those who have embarked
in the stock business, either with sheep
or cattle, have accumulated fortunes.
1t is n promising field, both for them
and for us. They need the grazing
ground, and we need tho citizens. We
trust to have more to say in tho future
ON this subject.