Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-02-03

'rhe first carload of fresh meat
ever carried on railroad was on the
New York Central, some twenty-five
years ago. Failure upon failure fol-
lowed in quick succession, and then
the interest in the matter lay dor
mant for many years, until it was
again revived by a Western company,
located in Texas, who commenced OPP
er1tions by placing the meat steaming
hot in a car that had never been tried.
OF course, that did not last long. After
a while it was discovered that the sue
cess in shipping beef lay in the atten-
ton received in the slaughter-house
in its transportation in reliable re-
frgerator car, and in the hauling and
disposal of it by experienced commits
sion merchants, who believed in the
business and were not members of
Strengthening ring These points fol-
lowed is nearly all that is necessary to
make this business good and growing
branch of our commerce.
Fifteen years ago they commenced
to ship beef from Chicago to Boston,
and from 30 cattle q week it grew in
few years to 1900 week.
"Thc second dressed beef line to
| New England now ships 80 to 40 cars
OF dressed beef day, amounting to
] l,200 cattle, and, with the other party
spoken of, making the total shipments
! 200 n week, or 80, 600 cattle month
to Boston and New England.
/ HE said he contemplated erecting
ut various points in the stata, slaugh-
tering establishments for the purpose
of Transporting dressed beef and NUT
ton to the North. There have been
efforts therefore, in Texas To transport
dressed beef to the North they were
failures; we will not ask why. But
one reason was that they did not es-
tahlish a market before they COM
menced to ship. We proposed to sell
our own beef, and to sell it as Texas
beef or refrigerator beef. Wherever
refrigerator beef is regularly supplied
to the people they prefer it to any
other kind. Take New England, for
instance : the people will have no 9TH
er kind of beef, and the shipments of
dressed cattle from Chicago to New
England are about 10000 carcasses
month, and as consequence, the
; Strengthening of cattle there has been
almost wiped out. We now come to
the producers interest in this matter.
He can figure out the shrinkage and
loss for himself. 1t amounts to mill
lions of dollars per year, with attend
ing inconvenience that swell up the
cost of handling the cattle and sheep
in the method now in vogue to enor-
nous proportions.
The total shipments of cattle per
head from San Antonio for 1881 were
1000, and of sheep, 80, 0e0 head. While
this business was but drop in the
, bucket, we can still use it as an argu-
, ment, for it reprepresents the total
loss to somebody of $4,000 thrown
away. Now, if the shipments from
; the state for 1881 of sheep and cattle
/ be figured on the same basis we have
a waste of over S2,000,000 lost by
} shrinkage in 1881. 1t is estimated that
u ready sale and market can be found
| for 300, 900 cattle and 100000 sheep a
year, which would be about 81, 0O0. 600
/ per annum paid out in Texas by these
Strengthening establishments, and
: which would be handled and kept
right here.
I'VE should wish to commence OPP
erations in May 1888, and have regll-
: lar daily supply amounting for the
(; year to $4,000 cattle and 300, 900 sheep.
t Asto the quality, we can utilize any
/, thing on the ranch that is alive and
Y healthy, though sheep must be fat and
e dress 45 pounds. This enterprise is,
. or will be, Texas institution, and
: is deserving of the support and good
: will of the people of Texas.
), 1T is all bosh for New York butch
ers to talk about $4,000 being taken
i out of New York if western beef
comes to New York. If western beef
e comes to New York ten pounds will be
: eaten there where one is now, and
e the New York butchers will do
as the New England butcher did--go
IS to selling dressed beef; and as the Chi
d caso Tribune puts it, Instead of rails
ing money to fight Western beef. they
? had better go to work and buy it, II
l. Is simple questson oftime and dollars
e ana cents, and the dollars and cents
q are on the side OF dressed beef. for n
L steer eats and shrinks about $26 from
y nan Antonio to New York, and that is
le Jus. SO much money thrown away,
u anu lust as soon as the grower finds he
'e can put that $2l in his rocket no a
Sc profit, 1t will be done and so il will he
II all over the United States and
1t the day is coming when the beef will
IS come from the place it grows and
e .he saving will begin at home. for ifit
$, y cheaper to ship dressed beef from
7 7 Inicago TO New York than to take it
= awe WIN, will it not be cheaper to
~ snip IL all the way dead instead of
X aiiNes some people say that there is
. no saie Tor the hides, tallow, etc.
= mnefe me cattle grow, That will do
:. ~ ,or ma. man whose eyesight is not be-
:, inv Evnu y, .iie eity limits of the place he
ara az na ~, nut 70 men who travel and
az Iar,pp os,eu such talk is bosh, for any
$ arg slaughtering establishment will
have sense enough to tank tha;r at @,ii