Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-26

Il i. us aoe1fker vi the commission
fous EsRs1sn, Shattuck s Co., is bsek
,asF''3'
asj9r a. W. Riiusrd, Vice President
Eof the International Ringe As5ocis-ioD,
wEs il from the Pecos Yesterday. There
lad b-en i1e "a rs, said be, as fer west
So SWeetws;er, ana the range IS we'll IS
the grain crops WIS il splendid fix. Cat
tie matters were reported q1iet, bu.
satisfactory.
Captain S. Z. J Iuy, superintendent CT
the Rio GCende division of the Texas sud
PaCifi; Railway, who WAS in Fort Worth
las. evening on flying trip, said the
shipments Il cAttle were fairly numerous
alorg the Ele of his read. There GIG
orders for between thirty ana fity cars
per Day 10 the immediate future E4d The
animals being shipped were al fat snd
would make good ceat.
D. NJ. Langley, B 3rDon, Iu3., in s re-
ceas lssuasaf tGe C3lcsgQ Tribune, says
rGf datsSff.iA: WY - humanity ! name
assHfs CT seraI cruel.y allowed 20 5e
Vi Aeticed - the money making sharks
FF7h o.aS sss8h the ignorance End crcdui;y
Of thePE6llc? Some Bergh sAouIt rise
up SID brig TIE offenders 70 Cudign
punishment for prsctIcirg such cruel ard
unnecessary horrors on the dumb animal,
when fsr batter srd easier method
OF dehornIrg cattle can be inside
0y cry one witaOu! cost, pain or
dsbeef II tie Cai : taken when ont
few weeks old acd the !i.il9 horns Just
begin 10 bud and show themselves, 1Ld
whltehot iron held over the horn germ
for an instant, NO horn will ever appear,
and there will be nc possible danger o.
injury 10 the little dumo animal. NJ
dCubG the dehOrnlng man will st.emyt 10
lsugn the idea TO scOrn, as il Will sb0lish
ME prCfrable vocstion, buJ none the less
IL is fact worth remembering in the
practice Ct dehorning cattle.
"a.
The tumble in the oeef make. a. CHI
c.go last week is the subject OF interest
Among coWmen in Fort Worth now The
cause is ascr5ed TO the fact thSt the
WinteTfed cattle season is about closed,
aud the grassfed tcattle are beginning TO
come on the market in such numbers and
Of such poor quality, that demorslizS
ton Ct prices Is but tie natural result.
Good cattle, as always, are even Tow
bringing good prices, and it Is not
thought there will be any falling Of.
Ole Fort Worth cAttlemal IVES
asked Yesterday what he would sd-
wise man 10 do With his cat
tie If they were not fat, it being a
fact evident from the market reports tn6t
poor animals were hardly psyiIg freight
10 the place Of slaughter. Tn,s gentle
man replies that 1t YES his Intention, ana
his advice TO offers, 10 he'd bis cattle End
t2tten them until they Were IL for sale
Feed them through the winter, eaid he,
for prices Will not always be as low IS
they are now.
TIC Texs2 Scotsman and FArmer il its
Issue ci last week prints s couple Of IT.
ples 10 letters OF inquiry gsIding the
cattle eZCasgEe Now beng brought before
| the cO6men Of Texas. Iae SUBSTANCE OF
| these .et;egs IS reproduced.
c lionel c. Slaughter q DSllas
writes: 'fMe BACK is, Gcu5t, ca the
| riga, trick; brd If BE sGCu;d succeed Ii
| forming cattle exchange 20 diflsg
| no%!edgs sEJrg owners and shippers as
to how marv : G Vbgt kind Ok cattle ne
nave, ~ Wnlt Ctn-rs nave ii the whole
country, il surely would be L good thing
| for th6 cattle rEi5erS CT Texss. Bui Mr..
Black mus. remember that it Would Re
! impossible 20 run cattle exchange on
| the ssme principle IS cotton Rnc grain
! a. th5 same time there might De en or
rgrGemelC mSde thai would materially
aid the business. So much for TIE feasi-
| eilItY Of "a exchange.
"Is it practical? l would say, from my
experience, that l 7sry much dou1t Il tle
| stockmen Of Tex8s, az whole, could be
aroused at this time to come together 10
formulate any plan that would succeed,
"a almost every movement they have
m.de in this direction for the last four
yesrs has proved aborlive. They arc
making 10 money out OF their investment
snd cannot SO long as the present state Of
| Affairs SXist. Ard MAN. # them are look
iug after some other means of livsi-
hood besides their cattle. They would
sell cut, but there is practically
no market 10 stock Cattll and but a poor
one for their three snd iouE-year OLD
steers IL the condition they are in, rot
having the ist on them thaJ is Necessary
| TO insure the highest market values. This
state Of f iirs has been forced on Them
| by certain forces unforeseen. TIE nigh
plICtS VI 1907 Will lie CHOIlHOus pLSHts
caused great rumber Of people, with
| large capital as well ss small, both 81
home aud ab-osd, 10 invest ia the raisir z
OF cattle, straining their credit for more
funds to enlErge their business,
etc. The abuse OF this credit,
coupled with the downward value
Of cattle, csused great many tc
force their hai-msiured stock on the
markets during the drou,hy years that
have Just past. The removal by thc
President Of the United States OF large
number Of hSlt-mstured cattle from {
= portiCn of the IldIGn Territory, snc
many other reasons, such as t. strin.
gency Of money matters some four yesT:
ago; ell th,s coupled with large
syndicate Of capital in the hands CT
few men to corner tHe besi products
of this country, with everything il
their favor, causing them 10 make
complete success-so much go, in fees
that to-day there is reslly but one msZS
In this County, and that msrket iSffe
sided over BY set OF men that can maxi
the price any morning 10 suit themselveS
lowering it to the producer and raisinSs