Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-12

the gtOCkfncn knew tnal NC bpoN' ~ to~l
friend and knew what he was mitIn
about. lie said can OF yon Can rerncn
ber when there were numerous buyer
!. for your bccves. To-day ih She city
Chicago there n virtually but one--Ph
| u. Armour. His monopoly is one Of th
most gigantic and Oppressive that eve
existed. How does u work. Why, on
OF his men VIII bid, we will say, D cents
Perhaps the owner does not want 70 TAX
that for load Of steers, and VII
seek another purchaser, An agen
Of Swlfps will bid a anI
one 81 Ilmnmond's but .. I'M
. buyer win of course take back bis bceye'
! 60 the iirst mnu, who WIZ then decline y
give what be- formerly offered the sccOnf
viii do the same, and the consequence j.
that the cattu IRE sold no n sacrifice e
the lowest bidder. knew q Texas tnGi
from Ellis county "a thus be robbed OF
5000 by these shrcwd schemers They
are tho refrigerator men, the drcascd-bcei
aud cannod,n cai shippers. Now, unless
tho shippers Of live stock have some
show IN the way OF O difference In rates Va
Eastern consumers, they will be frozen
I ont. The past has demonstrated that.
I They cannot BEGIN TO cope with this giant
monopoly II they have 20 pay as much per
/ pound for shipping live animals as the
Gamers and dressed meat men do their
/ products, How does this affect the stock
menl That is easy 20 answer. Where
there IN but practically one buyer
can hG not pay whatever he likes for
cattleY BY holding M the hands Of The
llPe-beci shippers Is not competition On
couraged2 by competition cannot caitle-
men get more for their steersi There.
fore, | ray that when Commissioner Fink
adyancGd ratc5 on dressed beci from 40
20 10 cents, ho did Just and fair thing,
and should receive the unqualified appro
batlOn u every cattle raiser In the state
Of Texas" TApplausc
AZ the conclusion Of Capt. Reeds re-
marks tho question OF adopting the reso-
buttons was put aud unanimously car
rcd.
FORT WORTH TuEln rAvomTG
About the last business done was the
selection OF the next place OF meeting,
over which thcrc was no little fun had
a dispatch was read from Mr. w l.. Ma
lone, general manager Of TuE GAZETTE,
aud Philip Hale of the Live
Stock journal inviting the convention to
come 10 Fort Worth In 1877 Mr. Geo Il
Loving placed Fort Worth IN nomination,
seconded by Mr.. Garner OF the stock
Col, John A. Simpson placed
Dnllns IN nomination, and made quite q
little speech In advocacy Of that place.
SO did Mr.. Slaughter Col Cunningham
urged Fort Worth IN a neat talk. T.. j.
Simpson thought 70 settle the dispute 10
would De better for them To- come bnck
10 Wcnthcrford next year Applause.
10 hogan to look Blue for the Fort. II al
ballot had been taken Just then II Is lln-
certain what the result would huye been.
At this iuuctnre Mr. John S. Andrews,
who had Just entered the hall, came
10 the front and made rousmg
speech u favor of Fort Worth,
llo was aware that tho gentleman from
the Quarantine city (Col simpson, wax
trying to iako snap judgment on Fort
Worth Tint city was the friend OF the
9tochnpu and had done more TO advance
their interests than any place IN Texas. /
Cheers, long and loudsl Simpson and
Slaughter again spoke IN favor of
Dallas, Mr. II T.. ID. Andrews was
loudly called for, Everybody was grow
ing Interested In what promised TO be the !
liycllesi contest of the convention. Mr.
Andrews said "Fort Worth needs no
euloglsm at my hands. cheorfully con
cedo the hospitality Of Dallas, but the |
occasion does not call for comparisons,
nor ~ II u question OF rivalry Dal. !
las had tho convention since |
II was held at Fort Worth |
and u belongs to the last place by the |
law OF citation. The princcly hospitality |
Of the people OF Wcnthcrford could not
DO surpassed promise you II will be |
exercised In an equal degree at Fort
WORTH
Col, Simpson then aaid that he was
only pushing Dallas TO draw out the |
oratory OF the Fort Worth men and would |
Withdraw Dallas and moved that the Fort |
be elected by acclamntion, which was
done amid hearty laughter aud applause. |
Resolutions OF thanks TO the press, the |
people OF Weathcnord and Mayor Buster |
were passed general Invitation TO the !
ball was read out, and then the well. !
loved and gcnlal old president, rising |
said 81 now pronounce the convention |
OF stock ralsers OF tho Northwest Texas |
association adjourned, 10 meet In the
city of Fort Worth on the first Tuesday
after the second Monday in March, 1887. - |
His gayel fell, and the hall was quickly
cleared
PROMINENT rERsoNAGEs.
II a vote We're taken on tho handsome
man IN the convention, Cal Sugg, than
whom there isn't n clrycrer cattleman In
Texas, would take the blue ribbon. Cal
Is "well liked, too, having goodly herds
In Montana and the Nation, though he
makes Fort Worth his headquarters.
Capt W s. lkard 81 Henrietta, arst
OF the association, Is "A ma
tive of Parker county, and is thlrty.olght
years OF age. He has been in the stock
business for yenrsand isa very solid man.
lie is one OF the lizard brothers who with
the llarrolds, sold out In 's8 to tso
Fraucklyn Land and Cattle company for
ShfO0,000 lie has ranches IN clay aud
Archer.
lko Pryor Of Austin Is the sole repre-.
sentative Of the Capital city lie Is !
tail, stalwart man with blaol, hair aud
eyes, very pleasant manners, has his cat
tlo up north, and * vigorous advocate
OF o national tgall.
Mai w b. Sayers OF Gonzales il
brother of Hon, Jos ID Sayers, one Of
the Texas congressman, whom he strik. |
lngly resembles lie ISN'T among the
talking members OF the convention, but
on the outside ls0 genial comrade.
Col, XII Carter an account of whose
"a. -. a. az.