The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-12-23
TEXAS CATTLEMEN.
MEETING OF THE STATE AssoCI-
ATlON--IM PORTANT BUSI-
NESS FOR CONSIDER

In view Of the fact that the cattle interests of
the stats have Jagged for the past two years, the
annual meeting OF the Texas Live Stock associa-
tSn ON which tbo is mn to DE BE- held ss1t at month pS
promises to be of unusual interest. There will be
many and very live questions brought up for dis
cusson, and leading cattlemen hope to see a
| The STATESMAN yesterday asked Major George
w. Littlefeld, who is chairman OF the executive
committee of the state association for his views re-
gaTding the coming meeting
Said he, "You ask me why there should be a
gathering Of cattle men In Dallas on the occasion
of our annual meeting! There are many reasons,
sir, and they are all OF force and are important.
In the first placet Ia our ANIMAL meeting and mat
tiers of vital interest are before us that must be
considered. IL is only by concert Of acti tina
we can hope to achieve success. 10 obtain this
we should know no south, west or east Texas nor
aay other sectional feature Of the state hut we
should work for one common purpose, and that,
the good of the cattle business. BY concerted nc.
ton, backed by the means and the proper energy,
we wonld again see the cattle industry prosper
and become pride to the state In this
day and time, when we have the
| Farmers Alliance, bankers association, the
dressed beef ling, the butchers association, and
Others too numerous to mention In fact, you can
find any business of any degree of magnitude but
what 1t Is held together by some kind of aseocia-
ton why Is IL that the great cattle business Of
| Texas cent agree, and find soon within our state
association place for all the different interests Of
| the cattlemery
IL is TO be hoped that every man who owns cattle
within the state will 20 10 Dallas, for there Ia some
grand work TO be done, II we bring the cattle bust
ness back 10 IT. former prosperity,
Among the many points that will be discussed,
none are OF more Importance to the cattlemen than
the present laws of our state. We have no quaran-
| tine law against cattle. RE governor has power
to quarantine diseased people, diseased horses,
sheep and swine. but not scintilla Of
| authority TO stop diseased cattle from
coming into our state, and II they were here he
has no law TO quarantine them within any bounds.
| Why should there he such negligence on the
part OF those who have entrusted 10 their care and
keeping the interests of this great states The gov
ernor has done his duy, and ha the cattle inter.
ess Of the whole state stood together as one man.
| having but one Object-that the greatest good 10
our business-we would have had such protective
| laws we need. IL IL sud
| experience IL a dear school. We have just had 0
little experience, for within the last two weeks the
cattle people, from one side OF reyag 70 the other
| have read, with fear and trembling, te reports
about the diseased cattle at Dallas. This shows
| one weakness and we should zee TO II that at our
meeting at Dallas, on the ! lth ut Jgnnary,a com
mittee IS appointed VINO VIII before
the next legislature and urge the passage Ol
an act that will give US what we need
| in the way Of aqnarantine law Next our interests
needs good and wholesome laws g0yarning tho
school and public lands not forcing the cattlemen
TO pay alike per acre for every ae ton OF schoo
| land he leases. It's not all worth the same. and
should be leased according 10 It's value for the
| Grass Il grows Next If that yexed add important
| queeiiOn-ralr0ad freight rates. The cotton men
are very much inter. sted in freight rates You
can ship lot Of freight from any given point In
Texas 10 another place 100 miles distant within the
state rs cheap you can ship the came goode a.,
say from the city of st. Louis 10 the cost OF Texas.
Manufactures = and home industries can
never prosbef so long as the laws
| of the state don't control the
| railroads. Look TO Il and secure such aws as
dive equal protection 70 our home INDUSTRIES as IL
| given those Of other states
| Next. and by far the greatest burden that IL on
the cattle business, H. the bold of the drfesad beef
| rino of Chicago. Our cattle are not worth mOre
! than half what they ver two years ago Yet TIC
,eopIe Of the north and east are paying just "a
mueh for their steaks to-day they did then. The
concert OF action within the ring At Chicago Gets
the price for all the steers siiipped There's ana u
have TO walk mp and take your medicine like