Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-23
THE CATTLE CENTER.
Fort Worth About to Take rts Probes.
tined Place as the Leading
Market
In the Southwest Tor Reeves, sheen. Hoe.
Goats and Evcry Sort of Flesh Food
Devoared by Man.

Inc progress of city like Fort worth
while constant, is so aradusl that onr
citizens hardly take time TO panse sn5
contemplate the wonderful strides their
nome Is making toward a commercial
supremacy that shall one day crown N 4.
metropolis. This Is no empty boast 81
lnlia,eu local pride, no idle vaporlpq Ia
SVEN the measure OF arrogant seli-con.
SelV-t Is SOBER iuefragahle fact. To-
ug foft Worth stands the hest adyer.
tlsou city IN Texas, Its name SYNONYM
Vi piuck and enterprise and public spirit,
ahd Its unparalleled growth constant
source OF astonishment TO older but less
progressive places. Byron awoke one
morning 70 find himself famous, and with
almost equal suddenness the transforming
wand OF thrift, guided by the beneflcent
hand OF enterprise was waved over a
naked prairie aud like magic a city spruna
into existence. An occasional reminder
OF the past is productive of no harm INIT
should have the effect to act as A stimu.
liant aud spur on a peopleeyer ON the alert
to build up city IN which they have "a
much cause for pride.
Yesterday a GAzKrrE reporter, in max
ing his usual rounds, encountered MIR.
Andrews of J. S. Andrews & Co, a arm ol
the beSt-known and heaviest cattle deal
ers In North Texas, and from him CLEANED
several interesting points concerning the
present status OF the cattle business
ana the future outlook. Said Mr.
Andrews' ut Is true that
the market has been depressed
for man. months, and catllemon have
worn long faces, but there are signs Of a
revival of business, and the long.horns
are beginning TO move more freely OF
late"
as there anything doing at all In that
way here Ia Fort Worth" asked the ne.
ported
"Well last week our firm sold SIG, 0OC
worth OF bulls and hoiiers of the Hereford
Polled Angus and Galloway breeds,
One member has Just returned
from Baird, where he delivered
1900 head of stock cattle purchased for Q
Colorado firm, who will ranch them il
New Mexico, They paid $40 per head
To-day we will deliver another herd O
1000 head at Ranger station ON tn,
| Texas 4 Pacific
/ 81 don't speak of this in boastin.
way, or because they are transactions o.
any magnitude, but simply because yor
asked me for itemS.n
( "But you ask me of the future" he wen
/ on, "and am constrained to remark tina
/ the prospect is cheering in superlatv,
| degree. Now take the refrigerator enter
prise Of Mr.. Dahlman Tits getting to HI
a sort of stale topic by this time, vet few
of our people are aware of MS real Import
/ ance and the magnificent possibilities /
presents, The cattle side Of the suhieC
/ has nccn dWelt on and explained enough
/ but that don't begin to Uumpru
hcnd all its benefits Fort WORT
/ is not only sure OF hein,
/ the great market for Panhandle, Indian
/ Territory and New Mexican cattle, bu
for other flesh products rs well Hereto
fore the only use we have had for sheer
was their wool; the small demand 70
thCm rs food was too trning TO weigh II
the balance Thisl applies TO goats AM
hogs and game Of every Kind The ostab
lishment OF this refrigerator Will create
home market for all these, and thousand
Of frozen carcassCs win be shipped ava
to the Eastern market"
OWN IL pay the owners of beeycs {,
sell their cattle here instead OF shipping
to st. Louis or Chicagon
Certainly it will. calculate that the
ought TO make money out Of IT, sceinj
that not only the cost OF transportation
but also a shrinkago Of from 40 TO 6
pounds on the steer, Is saved 70 the pro
Queer; and he gets Just the sam
per pound as is paid in tn
East. a clear gain Of fron
50 to IS on the head Is not think, Al
/ pNtrayauant estimate ~
As the reporter turned TO 20 Mr.. An
drews said "You will see too that tn
inauguration OF this enterprise Is but tn
beginning of list OF industries whic
are sure TO follow The example ono
set 1t will attract others, and our towr
Will enter on career Of material devel
opment that will exceed the anticipation
OF the most sangulne, It's course
onward and upward, and the word fal
has no place in the lexicon of our people.
Good Results In Every Case.
y. A.. Bradford, wholesale dealcr G