The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-04-19
WESTERN CATTLE AND RANGES.
Addresses Delivered by President Cor
ham and Governor Click at the
Meeting Of Sfockmen at
nodra Gfkx

We copy from the Dodge City Daily
Globe of Tuesday the following addresses
delivere at the recent meeting of cattle
men at that place:
In stating the objects of the meeting
Sir. Arthur Gorham said: They are
two fold. In the first place, that we,
representing the great business of this
section of the country, may bind our
selves together in a permanent organizes
tion-a Caltiemen's Associaiion-tor
mutual protection, and for the general
advancement of our interests.
Secondly, that the cattle-men may
have an opportunity OF coming together
tor better acquaintance, and for the dis
cussiou of questions of common interest
1.-The time was-and not very long ago
either-When the great country tributary
to this point was occupied by compare
lively few herds of cattle; when every
man had his distinct range and plenty
of it, so that there was comparatively lit
tie danger of herds interningling The
cattle man was independent of his neigh
bors, and gathered his cattle and con-
Quoted his business generally IN his OWE
way and as he saw lit. Then cattle were
cheap, aud the loss of few head, more
or less, was a matter of little thought.
Horses were a trifling consideration.
The expenses of the business were light,
and the profits propoItIonately large,
and there was no necessity of an associ-
alton of this kind.
NOW all is changed. The ranges are
filed up-crowded to overlooking; cat
tie of different herds intermlngle in
almost inextricable confusion-so that
the greatest labor and greatest expense
of tho yKyhnfa Uo0R1. WORK iS UQfharInnr
and separating the herds. Our cattle
have largely increased IN value, and
represent money, and the loss of even
few is s thing to be felt, and To be guard
ed against if possible. The cast of
horses is IN important item; the exptn-
seS of doing the business haFe Increased
in every way; and profits have proper
tionately diminished; and it behooves
US TO combine and systemic our work
that the greatest good can be accom-
plished with the smallest expenditure of
time, labor and money.
1--WE must learn to save much of this
can be done to infinitely better adj
vantage by combination of effort-by
an organization representing such an
enormous amount of invested capital,
and holding the power consequent there
on-than could possibly be done by
$1,000
divIdual.
"As for the second object of the meet
ing. The business OF cattle raising is
peculiar in this respect, and with the
almost single exception of farming,
stands pre-cminently by Itself in this
that there is no competItioa--indeed
there is an absolute community of IN
terest, even 10 the extent that we are in
measure dependent upon each other
in order that we may so conduct our
business as to lead TO success in results.
The broker on Wall street, the merchant
on Broadway, cares nothing who his
next door neighbor may be; he knows
that he is his rival-his competitor in
busiuess-and that is ali. He asks nuth-
ing from him and expects to give moth.
| ing in return.
Yet these men, and those represent
ing other trades and mercantile pursuits
| with interests antagonistic in many re-
spects, and having the advantage, too, OF
being near together where they can cas-
lily reach each other when occasion Tt
quires, haYe found it to their advantage
and indeed 1t has now become an &C
knowledged necesssary-to band them
selves together in organizations OF this
sort, in order that they may meet from
| time to time to interchange ideas, discuss
subjects of mutual interest, and study
each others ways and processes.
If this is OF benefit to these men rhoW
much more so must it be to US whe att
NIT that for the successful execution OF
much OF our work we are dependent on
on each other and feel keenly the neces
| sity of harmonious, joint action, and Ia
boring, too, as we do under the great dis
advantage of being located so far apart
that it is often exceedingly difficult III
get at each other when 1t is most neces.
sary 10 do so.
81 believe that meetings of this kind
can be conducive only of good to us. Il
may be when we have disbanded, and
each is on his way home, that IL will be
| difficult for any Ole to recall an act Ol
movement of this convention, that he
can see will directly rebound TO his in.
dividual benefit But # we have sue.
ceeded in making new acquaintance
| and friends amongst cur fellow c1ule
men, if we have cemented old friend
ships, if we have gained one particle oil
additional confidence that Our interests
will be better protected-that our calves
on distant ranges will be branded for US
and our straYs headed homeward-if we
have acquired one new idea whereby we
can conduct our business more easily,
more thoroughly, more economically
more satisfactory, we should go away
feeling that it was good for us TO have
| been here"
Governor Click said: ut is a well rec
| oguized fact that western Kansas, Texas
and the Indian Territory furnish more
meat than any other country in the
world. In the east, the large farms
have been divided up into smaller ones
and the result is that stock raising can
not be carried on to any extent. Mhilt
farm of 100 acres is sufficient 60 work
and make living upon, it is not large
enough TO raise stock on very eXten.
sive scale But the business of stock
raising requires a greater and larger
| range to carry 1t on successfully. Cattle
| raising, therefore, has become the leac
| in Z business of western Kansas, and in
stead of our meat being produced by Tho
| Eastern states it is now produced by the
| Western states, and the business of cat.
| tie raising is increasing each year. 4
| few years ago the New England STATE
| purchased their beef from Ohio and
! Kentucky. remember years ago
| when was small boy
that the Miami and Sci
| 10 valleys in Ohio, and the state of Ken
lucky, furnished most of the meat in
the United States; but in that shor
time the country has been filed up aud
farms divided up into smaller ones, I'M
til now western Kansas furnishes more
meat than the state of Ohio or Ken.
lucky either. That business is increasing
and now the western plains are becom
1 ing the greatest stock raising country
in the world. They are now becoming
the great center of The United States for
stock raising. My friends, this business
you are engaged in is an honorable
business and q profitable business If
| properly conducted. It dates back tt
Abraham. as we read of him raising
cattle. You arr engaged in the busints s,
of raising meats for Europe. Their
lands are such that other business than
stock raising is more profitable
"In this country you have the ranges
/ and all the facilities in the world tc
raise cattle and make a success Of il. Tt
| make a success of the stock raising bus.
iness you must raise better cattle. /
would pay you better to raise cattle thai
| would weigh fourteen to fifteen hundTee
| pounds and get from one and a half 10
two cents per pound for your meat. II
would cost You very litiIe more money
and you would get from fifteen to TWEEN
| tY dollars more money on the he ad than
| you now receive for the long, fank, slab.
| sided Texas steers In this place you are
raising high bred short horns. In place
| of waiting four years, you have in two
years in your thoroughbred what the
Texas cattle make at four, furnishing
better meat aud taking less feed and al
tention at two years old than Texas
steers at four. and being located as you
| are, you can make more money trans.
| poriiRg such cattle than you can the
Texas steer Again, yon can command
/ 80 3 Il
with your millions OF dollars of wealth
and therefore command the Situation,
and they must come to yoHr terms
| IApplause.
a Good Start.
Chicago, April 13.-Mayor Harrison
announces that he proposes TO convince
the people that the Newspapers have
traduced him He proposes 70 make