New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-09
TRANSPORTATION or LIVE STOCK.
REMEDY FOR EXISTING ABUSES TO BE FOUND IN
IMPROVED CARS.

IMPROVED CARS.
TO the EdttOr or The Trf6Hhc.
SIR: The attention which the timely articles
on The Transportation OIL Live StoSh Wticn nt'c re-
very satisfactory Illustration OF the deep Interest
fell, the subject They have been forwarded 10 ne
and on my after weeks travel through the
South ind them here, some sent by cattle shippers not
INV clients ana others from my New York clients, and
all asking correct errors of public Opin-
ion The abuses practiced daily by the keepers of the
dumb animals in transit have never been fully told True
II these abuses wholly unnecessary to the
safe ana rapid transportation OF live stock from the
West the markets. wnile at the same time they
are Improbable TO every honest shipper
Naturally, the question that arises, tuen, is Why do
these abuses exist and how are they to be prevented
know is fashionable to berate railroad managers
IL is to be assumed that men VINO have invested their
money in railroads or any business do what VIII most
cOnduce to the popularity OF their trade aud attract
customers whose money must make the profits OF their
business What wise Will tell the railroads OF some
universal law whereby every grumDer VIII be satisfied
even IL some pet ronctd rule be followed So, IN the
matter OF cattle shipments Inc catue dealers ana snip
pefs the law the railroads, and 1t Is absurd to
hold pretend to hold railroads Responsible Tor the
abuses mentioned III your issue o. May H. ana az Other
times. The cattle always III the immediate charge OF
employed by the shippers ana the railroads are re-
sponsble only Tor their quick ana, 80 lar as teycan
effect 1t, their safe transportation The trunk line
railroads have feeding and watering yards ut Toledo,
Cleveland, ana other available points and they
are, anyone can understand always ready TO side
track the cars aud unload whenever INC shippers ask 70
have II done. But the excitement OF the I'VE STOCK az
tending their transportation i'll ordinary stock cars
together with the proddng straning and other abuses
accompanying the unloading and reOadng OF the cattle
lead shippers TO make long runs and few stops
The disposition 10 run 10 congress- rcurcss WncD
dlcnlty either real or supposed arises tmuch as
"A child runs 10 Cs mother Whenever Its fingers are
pinchcd Is bad one The present laws are probably
all that needed to govern regulate the Transports
ton OF live stock What wanted Is not further egisls
this subject, but the employment OF proper cars
constructed animals W receive proper care
rest and nOurishment ia transit and by which they will
be delivered at the Eastern markets ia about as good
condition when leaving the Western praires; which
prove Increased profit to the shipper. over the
present system and rebound to the satisfaction OF the
consumer If system can be adopted by which IL can
be made TO pay to take proper care oI the animals IL
adopted.
Sometime ago the american Humane Association
offered reward OF $4,000 for the best improved cattle
car {" III which animals can lie down. and he watered
aud fed their way to the markets. The effect OF this
oner In stimulating inventive ingenuity was quickly
shown by the records VI the Patent Office not less than
Improvements In stock having been taken since
the offer made. IL was not to be expected however,
that that particular association would any really
valuable improvements, OF the conditions OF the
award that the inventor should assign his
interest IN the Improvement To the association.
The result however without being called upon pay
Its offered award hns been to secure all that was de-
sired by the association. The really valuable ana basic
patents have now been bought and secured from the
patentees nj price many times greater than the
the award offered by the alton and are now
owned and controlled 10y powerful compaLy that has
already made ~ practical demonstration OF the hu-
manly, commercial value, ana profit OF It's system and
that proposes TO do "a II has DONE that when agitation
about laws has ~ lar failed To secure, namely,
remedy all the evils loss and damage the live
stock and practically well ~ in the letter the
existing laws, By combining the shipper the railroad
aud their improved system OF transportation, III the
common OF correcting present defects and innu-
mantes, and increasing the profit to shipper rail
road, and insuring also humanity toward the animals
transported by their system, that the horrors your
describe, and which make vegetarans OF such eos
mopolites AZ our excellent aud distinguished fellow