The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-03-30
CATTLE KINGS In TEXAS.
COWBOYs or rHE PAST WHO NOW COUNT
THEIR WEILTH BY MILLfONS

VA liz hlNuO AN AhAho'
COWBOYs or THE PAST WHO wow COUNT
THEIR WEILTH BY MILLiON&
unu,a Rise from Poverty ~ the Richest Men
IL the statc-IIsrds that Dnrken the Land
aad Fcncrs that Encioss Wh"ie Counties.
AUSTIN Tex, March 10-The cattle king
Of Texas to-day Ia tho cowboy OF ton years ago.
settled down to n sobsrer and ess dashtnR style
tito. with q big bank account Mt Fort Worth.
Austin. or San Antonio. and big hord In tho
Panhandle or down on the co1st. Tho enOr-
nous increase In the value and number OF cat
lie during the last decade has created wealth
among some cattle raisers similar to that Of
Tho silver kings. Tho Mackays. Floods. Sharons.
and Tabors fnd many countorparts here.
Tho only difference is that cattle 70 4 certain
source Of wealth. while mining 10 but game Of
chance. or all tho drovers who bought small
herds ton years ago. there IL not one who has
not accumulated money. excepting OF course
tho usual number who have wasted their gains
In riotous living. or. a. the Texans say. blowed
their cows over the gambling tables" Many
young men who came TO this country after the
war. or even during the seventies. without q
dollar. can now draw their checks for hundreds
OF thousands.
The profits In cattle raising in this State
averaged 100 per cont. from 1872 to 1882. and
in many cases nearly double that amount. for
q steer that could be bought for s12 then. now
sells for $50. and COW that could be bought for
$40 Ia worth more than twice a. much to-day.
The natural increase in herds Is rs or 80 per
cont. The extension OF the railroad system has
reduced the cost Of transportation so per cent.
and the difference goes into the pocket Of the
producer, and not into that OF the consumer.
The Northwestern Cattle Raisers' Associa-
ton. which holds its monthly meetings ut Fort
Worth. has 23S members. each one Of whom
owns more than 1000 cattle. and all together
represent an aggregate OF 1,400.000 head.
There are several members who have over
$4,000 CATTLE and twenty have over 10000.
Rsoollectng that it requires not less than ten
acros Of range for each head Of stock. and that
cattle are worth an average Of $22 head. the
reader can make his own calculation as to the
wealth Of land and beef these men possess.
The richest man In Texas at the time OF his
death was Old Maverick" Of San Antonio
who came to this country in 1857 with nothing
but u brindle COW and q dog. He was direct
from Ireland. and. landing at Galveston. came
He was thrifty old fellow. and claimed every
COW that he found running loose without a
Ss went na the nna tho moss fos
had ~, they could 90 70 watch tho slaves And
hs w as t s
ssRs y s"s ns 'rf "a sa sy
the largest real estate owner in Sun Antonio.
leaving his large family oi children moro than
Even now. not only in Texas but in Wyoming
an Sa iar3 sr Oregon 1T the SprinE round
it Is called = Maverick as a testimonlal to the
old mans thrift.
The nss ss rH the 1 fs nns h"
Goodnight. 1t lies about the centre Of the Pam
handle. on the head waters Of the Red River.
water and shelter in all tho country. Col Rich
the state neal, Corpus, Christi. has more cattle
than Mr.. Goodnight but his range 10 not SO
hs SqSGs +; the
Importation Of the best foreign breeds and In
the market, for beef or for stocking new ranch-
90. his steers and cows bring from ten to fifteen
ranchman in the State. His range Of 100000
could ,bs sold for double that money to-day
he State Of Rhode Island. It viii be realized
r. ~ slps9ssss It H. assdsisGs h.. sssn
GHits rsm Sa but no Mors 70 than that Of
and the depression that followed the panic q
be had given his wife a small herd Of cattle AND
her pin money came from beef. When he failed
~ss Sssss bach and ess
them down from Pueblo into the Panhandle Of
shey ss sn
t~re incoonita. and Goodnight is entitled Z
ioresisht taught him that tie day Would come
when the land that was then ss cheap as dir
he prevailed upon John Adair. an Irish million.
airs. whose Colorado agent Goodnight had
been IN loan him tho money to purchase land
un ThS , wss xss.
gave Goodnight third interest in the In
vestment; Although it was but seven :, year.
him out Adair comes over from Dublin one;
100000 he loaned Goodnig ht has auadrS p lee
d. as viii ss
Although Goodnight has the hrss.s and per
meat monarch, for he has upon his salt mead
the Gulf, more cattle and sheep and horse
than were ever owned ,S 6y one man before.
inch King. and no monarch ever sat upon
golden throne that was prouder than he., HI
Ss. sad wSs * hin
order unless he was present. and the entir
assembly always expects to tnste OF his none
when the meeting ndjourns. He has the hrges
income OF any man IN Texas. something Tx
s5O0.O00 year. and spends 1t like n lord
and when he dies they say. he wants to b
buried in = solid silver coffin. with gold door
plate on tho lid.
But he wasn't born so, and his career ha
been that OF successful Irish adventurer. IL
came to America about AZ as cabin boy o
Charleston. Then he became mate on a. rive
steamboat. where he remained until the Next
an vRnr N hAn hn mi IN Rrnn NINA
Vile. Tex. on a Government vessel. At Browns
Vile no kept n saloon and dance house for
year or two but didn't like the business. and
selling out. joined bontman named Kenned
IN q contract for CARRYING Government freiGh
to the military posts on the upper Rio Grandt
There was a large profit in the business. Whit
he and Kennedy invested in cattle and lands
so that In 1857 when they retired from tn
river. they had a fine ranch and large herd o
stock.