Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-08-03
ANOTHER OUTLET WANTED.

Inc IeSas cattle FEVER, Splenlc leNeTi
murrain, alkali poisoning or whatever
it may be called, which Is now caus.
ing 40 much excitement in stock cir
Giles by reason of sick cattle being
taken from the Indian nation to the
stock yards at Chicago and because
of an outbreak in Nebraska, will be
used to the prejudice Of Texas cattle
and be the means of proclaiming in
slant quarantine against all Southern
cattle whenever sickness of any kind
breaks out In the herd, of older states.
Whether with or without reason it
matters not, but Texas cattle are
saddled with the blame for every
disease the veterinary profession
is unable to define or to cure. The
state of Nebraska is for the time being
under virtual quarantine against
Texas cattle, owing to the Union Pa
citic raising the transportation rates as
means of protection for local stock,
and the scare is likely to cause other
action by state authorities unless
something definite Is to result from
the investigations on the range and at
Chicago. The Missouri Pacific sys-
TEN, anticipating something of this
kind aud fearing to be loaded down
with cattle, did order that no Texas
cattle be received by local
freight agents in Texas, because
other lines might be prevented
from receiving the stock and from car
rying the cattle to Chicago and the
managers of the road are entitled to
much credit for prompt and judicious
action in this, as also IL revolving the
order directly they found that there
would be no stop to the traffic. except
ing only the stock billed to Nebraska,
which they could not deliver. Had
cattle been received and strung out all
along the road and the Chicago au.
thorities refused to receive them, the
owners loss would be very great, so
that stockmen who may have had
their shipments delayed one day
ought to thank the road for the
inconvenience in consideration of the
saving from possible loss.
With the trail closed, or likely to be
closed very soon, and with the posi-
bility that Texas cattle shipments
might be stopped at any time by reason
OF u few diseased cows arriving at Chi
csgo or some other market, il would
seem that the great cattle interests
here should have some other outlet
which cannot be stopped, and which
would furnish market for yearlings
and two and three-year-olds accord
ing to valuation on butcher-block
basis, and it seems the part of wisdom
to seek for this outlet now, for on it
may depend the future of the stock in
terests Of Texas.
Had not the system of refrigeration
which commenced in Texas died par.
tally from mismanagement and
mostly for want of capital, the eyes of
the stock interest would naturally turn
III this direction in such times as
these aud would receive comfort i'm
the knowledge that only an increase
OF capacity of the works would be re-
CURED to use the whole supply and
render any other outlet UNNECESSARY.
III Is not the intention here to make
matters worse than they are. or to
speak as though the situation was
serious, because the trouble at Chicago
seems TO be over now, but if stockmen
would think of the future at such a
tihie they might be more disposed to
resurrect q uefunct institution TO ena-
PIE them to sell their beef at any price
than ii working simply for additional
profit. It's nothing against the sys-
tenn OF, refrigeration that it could not
stand here without capital and saddIed
ia lhe commencement with debt, with
interest payable at two per cent. n
month. because meat refrigeration ia
successful where there is not near IN
much In favor of IL as in Texas In
taxes money to run II refrigerator the
same as any other business.
TWO-NrAp n,n