Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-12
THE ENGLISH DEM1ND.
Why Cannot Great Britain be Supplied acith
Beef From Texas.
LIVERPOOL, ENG, Nov. q, 1855.

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LIVERPOOL, ENG, Nov. q, 1855.
| To the Gazette.
| 1t has been a subject of wonder here
that Texas being such an enormous cat
tie breeding country, the people con-
nected with the trade there have never
been impressed with the importance of
embarking in the fat cattle trade, espec-
tally now that there are such excellent
facilities for the railing and shipment of
them to Liverpool, England, where there
is enormous demand for them, and at ex-
celent prices, and any quantity meet
with ready sale, in fact there
is unlimited demand. Fort Worth is
quite as well and conveniently situated
for the ports of shipment as the North
west states are, where all the American
cattle are at present shipped to Liverpool
from, many of them sent from as far
west as the Rocky mountains, and many
of them evidently Texas shore cattle,
taken up North and fattened previous to
shipment to Liverpool. Can there be any
reason why the people of Fort Worth
should not lay themselves out to fatten
cattle and ship them direct to Liverpool
via Baltimore and other ports? The rate
of freight is about Sl2 per head
delivered in Liverpool, and the
killing expenses when landed, including
selling commission, is about So. Of
course the railway expense in America to
port of shipment has to be added to this,
which will comprise the total expense of
transport from Fort Worth to Liverpool.
Now the best states fat bullocks will be
worth in England from 12@I4c per
pound, and even inferior graded cattle
a pp worth Ia ha
owners would only combine and
go in and fatten their best
grade cattle and ship them
direct to the Liverpool market them
selves they would be able to make very
large profits. 1t is fact that enormous
profits and fortunes have been made by
some of the Chicago and New York cat
tie handlers after the cattle passing
through several hands, and of course
profit for each, all of which the Fort
Worth cattlemen would save, as their
cattle would only have the salemen s
commission to pay in Liverpool for sell
ing the meat, etc. Do not
let it be thought for
moment that our markets can
be over supplied. There Is a ready sale
for all the cattle that America can send,
and the demand increases every year. al
though there is on an average about 2000
live cattle and about 10 ZOO quarters of
dead meat coming here every week from
the Northern states, all of which is sold
in all parts of Great Britain from Liver
pool as the distributing point. The Fort
Worth people have great advantage
over the Chicago and New York
men, as their cattle would be put on the =,
cars and run right alongside the steamers
in Baltimore without n stop and without
transhipment or passing through anEi
middlemen or dealers hands, as in THAI
North states, which means a large profit
in itself. There is little doubt but that
there is enormous profit, taking the traded
already done by the Northern states, aHd
taking all the advantages possessed AsI
Texas. The thing speaks plainly foT&
self, and the great wonder here is thu
this enormous collaborating state has1
laid dormant so long. In June and July
we had visit here from your respected
citizen, w. f. Somerville, Esq, who
during his sojourn i'll England went fully
into the particulars i'll every detail of the
trade with us, and was amply sat7sf
isfed of the ''bona tides'' of TUG
trade aud its profitable working. AnothAr
gentleman no doubt well known to yo9s
who is largely Interested in Fort Wortfs,'f
W. Glen Walker. Esq, Upper Nor