The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-03-25

Samuel Clay, Chris Boyer, Stephen Pen
seneau.
There is hardly live stock market east
of the Mississippi valley which does not
show less average of business than five
years ago, and we do not now recall
single one which has in that time heen
able to report an increase. Indeed, at one
or two points the live cattle trade has
been entirely suspended, while several
New England markets have almost broken
down. There has been some shrinkage of
business at such intermediate places as
Pittsburg, though the fall-off has not been
as great as further east The reason for
all this can be summed up in two words
dressed beef. Business has been crushed in
someinstances and badly crippled in Others
for nothing else than the enriching of
two or three Strengthening monopolies in
Chicago. All this damage has been done
directly, not to speak of the injury done
Indirectly to tens of thousands of stock
raisers in the els Mississippi states, whose
stock has been deprecated in value from
the same cause. Is it strange, under the
circumstances, that eastern farmers, stock
raisers and others interested in the live
stock industry, should look with dissatis-
faction on the increasing encroachments
of the western slaughterers? Would 1t not
rather be strange if their feelings were of
a different nature? Can they be blamed
for thinking that it is about as well for
the railroads to grow richer through a
scheme for their protection as for half
dozen western men to amass millions in
driving them into bankruptcy? Cattle
production in some of the best feeding
states in the union cannot and will not be
destroyed in this summary way.-National
Stockman and Farmer.
THE WESTERN TRAIL.
The trail designated at the Colorado
City meeting and within the limits of the
territory of the Colorado and Brazos as
| ISOLATION is as follows:
Commencing at Colorado City the route
goes north along the county road, or old
Mckenzie trail, to find water on Sulphur
creek, fourteen miles; thence to Snider,
Scurry county, to water at Deep creek,
eleven or twelve miles; thence along same
trail watering on heads of Ennis, ten
miles; thence to West Mckenzie noun
tain, taking the Smoky Brown road to
water on Double Mountain Fork, eleven
miles; thence to Yellow House creek, five
|
lowing south line of said pasture to head
of Slick Nasty, where additional water
is furnished by tanks, fourteen miles;
thence along south line of Espuela
pasture to corner of Llano
pasture; thence north to and crossing Salt
Fork of the Brazos, fourteen miles, where
there are several tanks constructed; thence
north to head of Lake creek, ten miles;
thence north thirteen miles to tanks on
plains and lake on ranch of Kentucky Cat
tie company; thence north eleven miles
to heads of Crawtish where Kentucky Cat
tie company build tanks; thence sixteen
miles to tank No. 1, in southwest corner
of Floyd county.
The total distance is 125 miles, and the
trail is approved and endorsed by Major
w. V.Johnson, for the Kentucky Cattle
company; S. W. Lomax, Espuele Cattle
company; Colonel W. G. Young, Llano
Cattle company; A. j. Long, for Licking
ton Cattle company; William Holloway
for himself; Jack Welsh, for Cal. Sloan
and Mr.. Holmes, for himself.
. THE GOODNIGHT TRAIL.
This trail as indicated on maps now pub
lished commences at the termination OF
the Colorado and Brazos section in the
southwest corner of Floyd, at tank No. L
at head of canyon, and runs to tank near
mouth of Running Water; thence to head
of South Tule; thence to head of NORTH
Tule; thence to head of Terra Blanca, or
: south line of Deaf Smith county, where il
+ stops short.
From this point to the north line of The
!, state is about 100 miles, over which terri
@bo 10 tn IA
but the trail is promised by Colonel Camp
z bell, of the capitol syndicate, and as that
Y syndicate control the land, the trail can be
considered as established.
i If there is to be any designated tral
: from the south to Colorado City, it mus
: run through the territory under control Of
s the Colorado and Concho Live Stock as
:. ISOLATION, to meet at San Angelo, on the
q 17th-Fort Worth Stock Journal.
LIVE STOCK INTERESTS
= Chicago handlers of live stock have ad
; dressed petition to the chairman of tn
committee on commerce of the Unite'
States senate, in which they protest agains
the passage of senate bill No. LIS, en-
= titled "a bill to regulate the trans
Y portation of live stock" The particular
0 ''And for the regular feeding and water
g ing of such stock in transit at interval
J. not exceeding twelve hours each" TIL
!, petition says:
1.-The above quoted clause of this bill, i
|. put in force, would do great injustice t.
It the live cattle producers and shippers o
X Idaho, Wyoming, Dakota, Indian Terri
# tory, Nebraska, Minnesota, Kansas, Iowa
N Missouri, Texas, and, in fact, all the cat
r. r Reproducing states and territories in tn
- west, southwest and northwest where tn
70 distance by rail to the live stock market
,s Is over a twelve-hour run. Under this ne'
~ law the western shippers would be com
PEELED to use some worthless palace stock
car in order to meet the laws require
~ ments. Cars of this kind have bee
~ side tracked at different wester
i is stock yards for the last ten year.
I Ie and offered free to any shiI
10 per who would try them. Practice
~ shippers have tried them, and have refus
o. ed to use them second time. In all thes
u palace stock-cars the cattle are fed an
y watered in the cars. Where the car
y made with partitions separating each ste'
10 the steer is compelled to stand in one Pr
90 sition until, exhausted, he drops on h
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