Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-06-23
TEXAS RANCHES.
Big Farms and What is Raised on
Them-The Outlook in Texas.
INeW York Worldl

| New YORK WORLD
eyes, there are some big ranches in
Texas" said gentleman from that
State, "some larger than the State of
Rhode Island. From the gate to the
front door of Captain Dick King is fif-
teen miles. There is some talk of cut
ting them up, and the Governor recently
told the stockmen that it would have to
come. AS far as the profit goes, the
larger the ranch the greater the number
of cattle and sheep raised. The taxed
cattle in Texas in 1881 were 1000, 900,
valued at S26,000,000. Those cattle,
worth in Texas S25 head. are worth
here $45. No further back than 1872 they
used to be killed for their hidesand tallow.
The profits in the cattle business are
enormous now. But Texas is not all
cattle ranches and farms. We have
cities growing down there and big ones
too. wish some of your manufacturers
would go and see the country; | think
they would find it would pay them to
60 there and start in business. New
York should do something to secure the
Texas trade for herself. The openings
for that and for young business men are
very good. There is scarcely town
along any of the railroads in which
young man could not settle and do well.
San Antonio is a beautiful place, rapidly
growing; and Galveston is destined to
have big trade in the future. One
company proposes to ship fruit from
this place as soon as the Mexican Steam
ship Line is running, distributing
it by means of refrigerating
cars throughout the West. We
will also ship early vege
tables. expect before five years to run
train loaded with early vegetables
from Texas to New York. Beef can be
brought here from Texas, and good beef,
too. If the butchers don't want to take
it, we will sell it ourselves. The day
has gone by when refrigerated beef can
be talked down. New England won't
take anything else, and the day will
come when New York will be as fond of
it. The establishment of Slaughter
houses in Texas will give speedy and
safe solution to the question of stock
raising. There will be, think, mar
ket for 10000 cattle and the same
number of sheep year, as soon
as the trade is success. The
refrigerated beef is better, be-
cause the cattle are slaughtered be-
fore their flesh has been heated up by a
long and tedious journey. We do not
anticipate any real resistance from the
railroads, because a great business will
in time make its own way, and the great
railroad managers are not going to re-
fuse steady line of freight coming to
them day in and day out all through the
year. Mr.. Gould has told us he would
bring our beef here if no one else would.
If he does he will have the earnings of
his road increased s., 1000, 900 year for
doing it. We propose in the third or
fourth year to run 25 or 30 cars of beef
a day. All the railroads will have to
do is to pull these cars we load,
unload, ice and provide our own places
for doing it. We propose to start the
business in May, 1889. The first year we
will kill 80, 900 to 60, 900 cattle and 300,
600 sheep. Most of that meat will 60 to
the North-to Chicago and cities in that
section of the country. 1t will take the
place of the live Texan cattle now sent,
for our people will never drive when
they can slaughter and ship. SO we will
have market for our meat at once, and
without having to go very far for it.