The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1883-01-06

see how they are managed.
Reporter What facts have you that
influence you regarding the future
greatness of Texas truck farming?
Mr. Higga Last year the American
line, my old company, in order to dem
oustrate to the people that this class of
product could be carried safely to the
Northern markets, run farm on its
own account at Palestine, Texas, and
not only had to carry the product, but
sell it; and l sold tomatoes, peaches, and
Texas truck in general, right in the st.
Louis and Chicago markets as late as
the latter part of July, in competition
with Arkansas and Southern Illinois,
and a fine profit was realized, which
showed that with proper facilities and
transporting, even as late as that Texas
vegetables could be sold at profit. As
regards potatoes, last yoar Texas was
backward with her poteto crop, md IL
did not come in as early as usual II it
had done so great deal of money
would have been made, rs that is one Of
the best products to get early to mar
ket, and the next year ought TO send
not less than 1000 carloads OF new po-
tatoes to the north in the months Of
April and May, which are bound to
bling 50 to "a barrel, and il market
cd earlier a greater price can be got.
One Of your largest farmers here pro-
posed TO plant crop of potatoes be-
tween the rows Of his cotton, and he
could mako money enough out of his
potatoes to raise his cotton, while, l
think, he could better reverse it.
Reporter about dressed beef
in your carsp
Mr.. Higgs Well, we have that all
arranged and fixed You possibly have
heard that meat company has been
raised at Victoria by some of the best
and wealthiest cattlemen, in that Sec
ton? My brother Captain Higgs, is
president of the company, and has Just
returned from the North, where he has
been to purchase the machinery and
outfit to set the works going We shall
do all in our power to make it a success
and, with his experience and backing
his company has, you can rest assured
that there will be no failure in this in
stance, but the business will go on fol
all time.
Reporter--It would seem to be
strange Victoris. instead o
somewhere in the Panhandle?
Mr.. Higgs-There you are mistaken
, 1t is the best place for many reasons, anC
one thing you can understand, the cat
, tlemen on the coast believe in dressed
beef, in refrigerator cars; the cattlemei
up yonder believe in Fort Dodge an
: Kansas City live stock commission
merchants. Fhe two things will nc
work, and q slaughterhouse must XII
. beef to ship, bee luse tho owners wan
. ii shipped that way, and not alive.
slaughter-housein the Panhandle woul
starve, because Fort Dodge and KaI
sas City would not let il run. Wal
! you will see some very funny doing
: by and by in the cattle business, bu
), the Victoria slaughter-house has gon
. up to stay in the business, and il a rim
:, is necessary to run it they will make
Y dressed beef ring, which to my mind
y more sensible than q live stock RIM
y which has dominated the stockmen {
i long, but which now is hunting for
= tree to climb. Dressed beef is all righ
; just wait and you will 500 lots of fur
i they are having plenty OF it up Mort
;. For years the trunk lines oontrolle
" the traffic in the East. Quietly, and
y degrees dressed beef crowded the liz
= stock ont OF New England, until OF
:, day it walked into New York city. 90
70 it don't amount to anything" the lii
y stock pabobs and rich butchers sal
~ Well. it has been the hardest nut
n crack. The great metropolitan pres
- which is always on the side of the pc
u pie. took up the matter and argued
for the interests OF the people, nnd Il
~ result il it has come to stay. Yo
no doubt saw through the pape
al that Vanderbilt and his crowd hi
Q formed combination to bring dress,
IN beef East and bring down prices al
Is thus ruin the Chicago fellows. tran
IS. ported that beef for them while W
Of with the American line, and the best
y, the Joke was that, as the newsboys SO
Is they got stuck" ON dressed beef NJ
IL sold it to the very men that they we
w trying to undersell. For this reaso
81 The Chicago men had their mark
es and customers on hand-the Yande
or bilt combination had no market and /
u. place to sell it. They killed the cat
q to keep the st. Louis stock yards
~ custom, for all the good cattle were 6
III ing 70 Chicago. II was ship it dress
" or shut up the National Stock Yarl
m That was the occasion of the so-call
p combination. Mr.. Vanderbilt h
at nothing to do with 1t, but Alberto
ou butcher, Eastman and his crowd di
ss but they could not compete with I
r. old establishment OF Chicago men, Sw
lie or Hammond, without forming marks
Se of their own, or make a allure OF
m You see it takes years OF diligence a
Al, care to build up your dressed beef bt
Is, mess as those men did in new Englar
", and hence aftor once II is establisht
l no newcomers, even when backed 10y
n Vanderbilt, can run them out. It "
o, be so In this State when once the VI
,u toria Meat company establishes itse
ne no livestock ring can hurt il OF railro
m combination ipiure its business.
W Reporter-I neglected to ask you o
~ important thing. What kind OF refri
~ orator car do you propose TO use?
10 Mr.. Higgs-Our own car, the saI
=, as used by the A. II. Il. company, wi
y, some improvements. We are gettii
wy out new patents and devices oonstai
w ~, as the necessities Of the busint
~ show themselves.
"a Tho new car viii be higher and ion
y, or, with larger ice compartments, ant
~ model in its way and carry the stutl
~ perfection.
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