The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-02
Reasons why the stOckmen OF Kansa
and Colorado will go Tn AEexIeo

the consular reports contained in tue
monthly publication issued today by
the state department, is one from Consult
General Sutton, OF Matamoras, on the
subject, Beef cattle in Mexico and in
the United States" The report is large
ly devoted TO discussion OF the propt
Osition that while the supply OF beet
cattle comes, of course, largely from tho
portion OF the United States lying west
of the Mississippi, the prime aud beat
sources, the basis of these herds, mast
come III the future they nave
In the past from Texas anu Mexico.
He says that the increased price
Tor such cattle Will greatly stimulate
cattle raising in Mexico, and the ex-
ports thereof will in all probability
reach 100000 annually within few
years. st. Louis, Chicago and Kansas
City, he says, are the chief western CEN
tiers OF the cattle trade. In those cities
and farther west some idea may be OBJ
tanned OF the immense number of cattle
sent from the plains. To make good
this drain and I'd supply the de-
mahd tor more cattle 10 stock the
thousands OF great ranches all over
the west, is the great problem of the
present. One year the stOckmar goes to
Oregon, another to Arizona or New
Mo- Of RlifOrnia, after breeders for
.la z0ande1i Of his herds. His main
EeiEAnce has been however, the state of
Texas. There e ne spot in the world
sFAeEz ~ g can b kalsed SO cheaply
ezz. -7e time 3es so near an an.
la On DE plans of Texas.
aes beea this demand and
1ztS Eez afiven from Texas
1910 and $50 that the average
aHnlzf aeszaeE = that time was only
10 s1g While in all the staLes and
teffit1tles west pf the Mississippi the
average annua1 increase was 90 per cent.
II needs hearty class OF cattle ON these
plains 10 stand the severe extremes OF
heat and cold. The young stock
from the east are too tender to stand the
test, and in a severe winter thirty per
cent of them die of cold and hunger.
In Texas the cattle are more hardy and
hence the great demand TOR cattle TO
make the basis of the herds. While
Texas has nearly or quite 4, GOO, COO such
cattle, yet the conditions are so favorable
AID markets are so good, ranchers there
prefer TO keep all breeders and sell only
the three ana four-year old steers to be
driven north and west to fatten for beef.
Then breeding COWS and heifers, the
hardy and prolific base of their herds,
they will not sell except for high prices.
Hence, for the last two or three years
the cattle men OF Colorado and that
section haYe begun to look beyond Texas
and into nerthern Mexico. Roughly
speaking, line drawn from Guaymas,
on the Gulf of California, to TamiOca,
on the Gulf OF Mexico, represents the
chief cattle range OF northern Mexico.
From this enormous territory deduct
one-third for mountains, deserts and till
able land, and there remains swo-thirds
as grazing land. Over all this territory
III every extreme vi climate, from the
thin, cold air, vi the high plateau to the
low hot lands III the coast VI Tamauli-
pas, range the hard projenItors VI Inc
texas cattle. Long horneu, large bOned,
saunt, lHInense beasts, they are simply
IIaIacs upon which tile sweet grasses OF
hansas aud the west wall make
nue breI 1he descendants Oh .he
1ne Stock brought from spain 10y
The Spanish coDqueTors, nature
HAS adapLcd them through generations
Vi urgi ct 10 tncif VIVID IlIe. They arc
marry tneY are wIId, anu while their ra-
ting as 10 Class Is low, yet the good DlUod
vi Inc past generation ~ still tIcre. They
themselves Will make good beef when
they are ialtened on the western plains,
UuL crossed with the improved bulls
from the eaet or lrum Europe one or
NO cruSSes brlngs tItcm lar above what
the same would 10 Tor tue ordinary class
Of cattle In the UnIIeu States. La morrill,
ern Mexico there Is an available area of
three hundred Thousand square miles.
About IWO-LhIrds vi the territory Is suit
able for raising cattle. Since Ihe latest
order Oi Tie treasury department, based
On desisIOn OF the supreme cours re-
garding the free importation of cattle
Ior breeIIing purposes, the imports OF
tIis elias, oi cHLIIe iIOm Mexico have
Dccn increased.
Mr. Sutton says that stockmen Ul
TEXAS, New Mexico, Arizona, CulofadO,
Kansas, ETC., will take advantage OF The
treasury decision, and GO 10 Aexico in
greater numbers Tor breeders. 1t will
also give greater impulse TO the cattle
raising INDUSTRY In northern Mexico.
Even before this was known, conditions
were so favorable that large numbers Of
American and English stoekmen had
started ranches Land can be found in |
such immense tracts, ct such low prices, |
taxes are so low, labor is so cheap, the |
climate is 50 favorable that even with all |
the risks and expense Of living In .
Mexico and paying an I'd vaiorem
duty of 20 per cent on the cattle sent |
TO the UnItec States, they had figured |
out an ample margin OF profit. by the i
0EElElOu u I'll CO0AB OAAC -~1A4A ~ SAAS4- II
stock, when properly inVOaced, will go /
into the United States free Of duty. The /
demand is so much greater than the sup
ply thai il will hardly change the prices 1
thereof perceptibly, but viii simply add /
20 per cent to the value Of one hall their /
stock. In the states of chihuahua, /
Coahulla snd Nuevo Leon, 3 large /
amount of grazing land has already |
heen purchased, and the active pros /
pecting has considerably increased /
prices. In Tamanlipas but little has /
been done, as it lies OF the line Of the i
railroads, which are being most active
ly constructed, and along the lines of /
winch stockmen hefe mostly followed. /
In this state of Tamaulipas, however, is /
perhaps the most perfect breeding and /
rraxing country for cattle and horses IN /
the world. There is more water than /
In Texas, the soil is very rich, and If 1t
does not rain there are very heavy deWe
70 keen the grass green. The state has
4 front of about 25o miles along the Rio
Gtraude ana about 500 miles along the
Gulf of Mexico. Unlike the other
states Of Northern Mexico, the noun
tains do not cut il all up Into narrow
valleys A large portion - very
level and IN the whole state there is only
= very small portion OF waste lands or
Back htty miles from the |
froutia. % where Americans can buy
real estate, the people live IN the old
Ieudal manner. Mr.. Sutton says that
.Omewheze in there toward San fernan- II
10. soto La Mamma. Victoria. Tnla OF
Ihereabouts, is, IN his 0ptnion, the best
,uauing fOr stoEkmen 70 buy cattle and
aorses for export % ranches on which
o breed them.