The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-09-05
WATERING AND FArrsNINa sroCB

Talk of stock raising in Texas and the Far
West is always interesting, but the most sue
Cessful man in the line of raising valuable
stock is Mr. Jay Gould. Mr.. Gould, some
yesrs since, concluded to breed stock from
bis superior blcoded Western Union bull,
which he ascertained fattened rapidly on
water and sold we'll in the market. The first
cross of Western Union was with line of
stock owned by Mr.. Ezra Cornell, known as
the Erie, Michigan and South Michigan breed.
This transaction cost Mr.. Gould So, 900, 600.
chiefly in water. Mr.. Gould then crossed
Western Union with the New York and Mis-
sissippi Valley stock, at cost of $50, 90,
which at once fattened up Western Union to
4,eOoCCO This done. Mr.. Gould
crossed Western Union water and fat
With breed krown as the Pittsburg,
Cincinnati and Louisville, at cost of $780,
600, which rs soon as it was transferred to
Mr. Gould's ranch, was fattened up to 81, 0OO,-
OU0 with 5000 600 worth of water. After this.
Dir. Gould struck several lines of stock in
Pennsylvania and branded the herd "West-
ern Union" He then rundown a breed
known As the Atlantic and Ohio, valuable
chiefly for their hides, which he crossed with
Western Union for 5000, 900 and Immediately
exhibited them as fancy, worth 100000.
4 thus time Mr.. Gould heard that there were
eight small scrubs roaming about. These he
lnssoed and mis- success was celebrated by
putting the valuation of 81, 100000 on
Western Union, OF which just 1919, 900
sss water. Mr. Gould's stock had thriyed
so we'll on water that he at once
concluded TO distance all competition
and permitted Western Union to absorb the
fluid to the amount of 100000, which
brought up the value of the Western Union
herd to S22 O0O, 600, of which $40, 775, 600 was
water and s.. 225 600 meat, hide, hair and
ALLOW. horns, hocfs and intestines. The
next herds crossed with Western Union were
the American and United States then the
Pacific and Atlantic and this done, Western
Union Was valued at Sill 600 GOO, of which
t33 572. COO was water. Then Mr.. Gould per-
mitted his Western Union to roam in pas
ture where the water was abundant, and in a
short time it had increased in value to $65.-
mOO 0O, of which So, 100000 was water. The
Western Union was then crossed with the
ADtflCdu tulOu at Gust Vi 1oIVVO,VVu. Inc
Western Union herd was now permitted to
drink again, and $4,000 600 worth of
of water was swallowed in a few minutes
then Western Union was regarded as an I'M
rlvslled breed of stock and went up 10 $50
OO0OOO. But Mr.. Gould, as q stock waterer
and fatener, was not yet satisfied. Again he
crossed Western Union with Mutual Union,
after which he proclaimed Western Union
bull to be worth 500 900, OOO of which S7j-
0O0,C00 is pure water. Here We have man
who goes into the business of watering and
taitening stock, and IN few years clears $75-
OO0,C00-a success before unheard OF from
the days of Laban and Jacob down TO the
present. 1t beats the devil. AS a stupen-
dious swindle ii has no parallels. The rare
beauty of the thing is that this aggrega-
ton Of clean cut, cool, calculating scoundrel-
ism } ~ Gould is able to make the American
people pay dividends, and he is able
to perpetuste the infamy from year to year,
because the Republican party has set the ex-
ample of cheating and stealing in every De-
pariment of the Government, because il
rames laws and partisanizes Courts, so that
monopoly rsscsliiies can be perpetrated, and
The men who are guilty of the villainies can
| escspe punishment. Fattening stock on
water is jay Gould's speciality, and in that
| line OF business he is a success.