The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-03-12
A Great Cattle Scheme.

| uOWH III AcAds anu ~>cN McANO. AHlS
plan in brief, is to ship the cattle alive to
England and there slaughter them. They
are to be shipped over the Northern Pa
cific road to Duluth; thence across Lake
Superior to Sault St. Marie, at which
point they will be transferred to the
Canadian Pacific road and taken to Mon
treal or Quebec, and then reshipped to
London. This scheme seems to origin
ate with Moreton Frewen, who is con-
nected with a company Of cattle men
owning 1000 head of cattle.
WHAT lie SAYS OF 1T.
In letter to J. NJ. Hannaford, of the
Northern Pacific road, dated at London,
Feb. End, Mr.. Frewen says that he ell
closes circular and also letter that he
had written to one of the London journ-
ais in regard t. the scheme. These pa
| pers were submitted to Mr.. Cakes and he
is understood to have looked very favor
ably upon the project. The letter is writ
ten to the London Morning Post, and
goes on to state that there is vast coun-
try in northwestern America occupied by
| over 100000 of cattle, including the
states and territories of Wymoning, Da-
kota, Nebraska, Montana, Idaho, etc.,
| which, by the recent development ofthe
Northern Pacific road, can send it's cattle
to Duluth, a city at the head waters of
Lake Superior. This entire district, IN
area six times as large as Great Britain,
has not only never had any contagious
cattle diseases, but veterinary science in
America has not hesitated to declare that
owing partly to its great elevation (over
1000 feet, and also to its climatology, the
possibility Of contagious disease is pre-
Guided. From this natural sanitarium
the British farmer can, owing to the re-
cent railroad extension in the states and
Canada, draw his supplies. From this
enormous table land not less than 5OO-
600 four-year-old steers of excellent quail
ity, weighing ninety stone each, can be
shipped from Duluth down the great
lakes, Superior and Huron, to the Cana
dian Pacific road, and then taking ship
at Quebec be landed in Liverpool at
cost of only Is head. The Canadian
government would, undoubtedly, allow
this supply to pass through her territor-
les In bond. Giving the value of these
cattle at 60 head on their western
ranges, here we have a nearly unlimited
supply of store beasts delivered to the
British farmers for ETA head. Such
animals are worth at least 922. 1t is not
too much to say that trade Of this mag
nitude, at such prices offers an entirely
new feature to agriculture, and whereas
the home breeders on these highly priced
lands can never assist the farmer to drive
out the dead meat trade, which is starry
ing the land and underseling both bree-
der and farmer. The cheap raw materi-
al from the west, if received and well
coined, can bring about the happiest of
agricultural revolutions, and while help
ing the farmer, profit also the consumer
to scarcely less extent.
SHORTENED A THOUSAND MILES.
1t is claimed that the journey to Eng
land is shortened by over a thousand
miles, and it is claimed that the country
tapped by the Northern Pacific would
supply England with over four hundred
thousand beasts each year, which is
about the amount that America now sup
plies England.
HIS CONCLUSIONS.
Mr.. Frewen writes to Mr.. Hannaford,
under date of Feb. IA, in which he says,
II am writing you a line to say that
everything is going much more smoothly
for my project, that I mentioned to you
lately, and the government here are in
Producing bill for the very purpose of
making easy shipments of feeders for
this country by way Of Duluth, the lakes
and Quebec. This country could take
now not less than two or three million
head Of cattle annually if we out vest
could supply the beasts, stocks on this
side have SO run down. believe cattle
will soon travel up to your road from
New Mexico so great will be the advan-
tages derived from line shipments to this
side"
IT LOOKS FAVORABLE.
The prospects look very favorable in
deed, and if carried out to conclusion
will be severe blow to Chicago, which
has heretofore had a monopoly of the
business.