Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-01-21
Tha nnttle Trnil.

The Chicago Inter Ocean does not
condemn the general plan of cattle
trail from the Southwest to the North
west, but is of the opinion that trail
Of the character proposed to congress
should he ridlculed out of that body.
The objections of the Inter Ocean are
given below in full
Its proposed that the tran shall extend
"from Texas 10 the British POSSESSIONS" OF
course the northern init Ii rot o. en- to dis
pute, but why say nnm Texa,P why not
from the gulf OF Mexico? What objection
can there be 10 extending The trail south OF
the Texan line that would not apply to the
county north OF that II e. at lea a part OF
it? j. is seneraly supposed that owing TO
the scarcity OF sater in and near the Ro ky
Mountains the trail woaid have TO be
located enst Of the west line Of Kansas. Has
the Lone stara right 10 ask tr ~ for her
Gait through Kansas which the herself
does not extend 20 them7 These are Ques-
lions which will be sure TO arise and It may
be set dawn as reasonably certain u At con
grefH win not compel Kansas alone 10 take
dose for Texas. The latter might as well
take her own medicine, and that without
wrs face either.
The bill viii h has been prepared coutem-
| plates hat the secretary of the interior shall
appoint three commissioners TO lay out and
mark by me es and bounds what the bill cal s
"qutrantined national trail and grazing
ground." II Is not easy TO see how a strip OF
land extending a Thousand miles or So al d
d signed as a roa way for hundreds OF thou
sands OF unruly cattle, could be quaran ined.
/ We dee nothing In the bill whieh indicates
that any provision Is to be made for p otect
ing the cattle along the rout nom contact
/ wi h the cattle In transit, or feeding upon
the same grounds Nothing is said, appar-
emily, about fencing, or any other method OF
| quar4n inc The term seems to be- out oil
place, put In 10 allay apprehension The
tran committee need not imagine that the
mere term Quarantine" will allay Rppre-
htnsion.
II Ia proposed that the trail shall be OF va
rying width, six miles being the widest and
mere road way in other cases. " here
corn,helds way their plumes and the land fl
owned by private pni ties the trail il to bG
narrowed 10 a roadway But the moving
cattle must Craze. They must come eating
aud drinking or perish 10y the way. They a,'
not camels provided with what might b'
called ounAt' In case the regular mes
gives 5ut on the way. To obvia,e The diff
Guilty Of a narrow trail, In spots grazing
grounds are to be established at interva
along the trail not TO exceed twelve mile
squaae.
The st. Louis dispatch which gives the out
lines OF the bl adds. immt dately after th'
statement OF grazing grounds that they, 5
well az the lrail are To be "atnety a. man
tined, and no cattle allowed 10 leave Them 81
long as there ara any signs OF Texas feyt
} among tbem,n To one at all familiar will
this fever such statement Is lpdierous. II
, singular but indisputable fact that pei
fectiy sound Northern cattle are liable L
+ contract fever II their hoofs come In con
tsci, IN certain seasons OF the year wit
, tracks freshly made BY Texas cattle, oyel
though the latter are TO all appearances per
fectly sound. Nobody. we believe, has eve
been able TO explain this remarkable faol
bntin the light OF It the foreGoiI provision
: is a surd. The does not seem to be any II
stricuon as 10 The time OF year whom ckttl
may be trail,d norlhwaId.
The bill assumes that the required trail
can DO laid down altogether upon publ
/ land. No donbi Il could be largely, but no
! wholly. and il would be necessary to arquir
title, under the right OF emins Mt domain, I
: potion OF the ground necessary. kven
J such were not The case the appro pr iatio
/ cont mi latea by the bill Won d be who'll
inRdlquate, namely, sle,0o0, That wuui
hardly pay for The preliminary survey.
the United states wants % so into the cattll
: trail husinsfs 1t can do 40 under the clause {
+ the constii ;tion about interstate eommercl
/. Tor surh a iFaii would be Is much part {
commerce sa railroad We do not dout
: the Legality Of the proposition but Il woul
] make qufo serious iuraads upon mr. treai
MY reserves 10 do the huslnes up Ia a salts
Z. fse Org SAY. IL would be lily iusnlnfo IA
J MATER At az without prlTlaink lras m