Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-12

price Of hides.
Owing to continued r.ins IN the sheep
growiNg sections Of the state, 1t is
thought the tail wool clips OF Texas will
De Ct very light shrir ksge.
Nat Powell has returned from Mig
scu1i where he was In attendance upon
The Cooper county fair. He bought g
bunch OF fine stock up there.
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The United Ststes Economist says: Mr..
Francis, the Boston wool buyer, is down
IL Texas with q visw TO purchasing iber-
ally, sad thinks that prices Will be 81 least
as good IS they were Ia the spring.
sweetw.tsr Rscofo: The fall clip Of
wool Is coming in. The clip is rather
ight, but 0. good quality and cle&n. Beef
rush Will ccmmerce later, possibly IL
sixty days.
Jim ard Billy GUlilsad recently bought
1900 steers from Gesrne { Sou of Belle
Pain, paying IS for yesrlingS Sl2 for twos
and Sl5 for threes and tours. They
intend to carry them all through the wiz
ter, part O! them having been driven to
their Hsckberry pasture end part held in
Callahan county.
So far the grass has been too soft
generally throughout Southwest Texas to
2ut big fat on the steers, ba. with little
Try weather to mature TIE lUxurisnt
sroWth of grass thst ncw covers the face
Of tbs land, TIE prospects for lsrge crop
81 fet winter grass 5eeyes were never
better than This year. Nothing but &
severe wet winter can prevent the ma
turing OF the lsrgest beef crop the COM
ng winter and spring that ever has been
known in that section.
Henry Fl. Mclean, leading spirit
amoDg tie cSttlemen CT Colorado, VINO is
znowu TO nearly every bsrol CT Texas
ither In business or social wsY, snd
who has been sick in the City CT Mexco,
as 80 fnr recovered as to bear removal
q Denver, and has now slnost regslned
perfect health. II has * PRESSED him
aelf as thoroughly en rapport with the
movement for the big convention at ST
Louis, and has promised his hearty sup
port 10 the furtheIance Of its aims, the
oasssge Of local inspection laws being, in
1is opinion, what Is wanted to re -estab.
sh competitive markets over the coun-
try.
AS there are many strangers in this
country who have not passed winter
iere, We would suggest the necessity OF
,roviding shelter and feed for stock
D on. be led sway with the ides that
hese are not necessary because but few
ave heretofore provided them. The
conditions are not what they used to be
Ind the barbed wire fences have struck
blow At the open range cattle industry
which hes made it impossible to winter
cattle with profit without better csre than
formerly. If cattle csnuot exercise their
own irsticct Ia hunting for shelter but
are co1faed In pastures il IS absolutely
imperative from a business standpoint
to sag nothing OF the;hum.ne sspectof the
Gaze, tbat they be 3 q lrded shelter during
the severe weather Of winter Mobeetie
Panhandle.
The Hon. c. W. White CT Waco, Tex
who has large cattle interests 10 Texas
and New Mexico, passed through the city
yesterday on his way vest. Mr. White
stated to GAZETTE reporter that he irsd
recently been travelling over greater
portion OF the stste and had seen promi-
nent csttlemen from all SECTIONS, and they
commended the purposes OF
the meeting Of cattlenen and butchers TO
re held in S.. Louis on November 20, and
that from present Indications more Texas
cst.lsmen will attend this meeting than
az cd A
held in St. Louis. Mr. White stated that
in his opinion the passage OF live stock
inspection laws by the various states and
territories requiring towns and cities to
appoint live stock inspectors whose duty
it should be to condemn ell meat tins!
does not come from animals inspected on
ioof and found to be healthy, would
restore competition among cattle buyers,
and in consequence better prices for cat
tie would be secured. Mr.. White stated
thst ne had recently met Mr.. Geo. W. Lit
tit aald, the well known cattleman of
Auatin, who Is one Of the largest cattle
oWners IN tie Uoited States. Mr.. Little.
4 cid assured him of his Intention to attend
the, SS&Ebuis meeting and stated that 1t
~ The only meeting OF cs.tlemen that
had ever been called which promised any
tangible hope Of relief to the cattle indus.
try. Mr.. White sisted further that he had
been In Colorado and that sill of
the Colorado cAttlemen that he had seen
had fayored the St. Louis meeting and
sbst there would undoubtedly be o large
delegation from that state.
Il fs dus to Mr.. White to s.ate that he
hsd the foresight ct the meeting Of The !
n Northwest Live Sock Association, which I
Was held in Wea.herfor', Tex over two |
years sgo, to ohsr resolutions condemn
ing the pernicious methods OF the Chicago |
beef combine, calling on cattlemen to |
lake action to protect themselves from
this gigantic monopoly. Mr.. White |
,lsims that cattle values would speedily |
i1lssce to such an extent that il would |
lad millions Of dollars to the wealth OF |
Texas IL the cstslemsn of Texas would
"a! their shoulders to the wheel and as
list the csttlemen Ct other sections and |
he butchers OF the country to SUCCESS
ully accomplish the work which will be |
nauSurated at the ST. Louis meeting.
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The following from the Stock Farmer
,elps to reconcile the belief in scarcity
cattle in the country with the continued
ioodlrg OF the northern markets: The
;attle trade is improving and is safely re-
uruing to diyidend-psyipg basis in