Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-23

room. Colonel Thomas Armour, chair
man OF the joint committee, presided.
The report OF the Joint committee Of
the International Range Association snd
the Butchers sNArioasl Protective
Association Tss read By q.
IL. TaYlcr of Denver. The report cites
the dangers OF the combination ind coz
ceGIstion Of the markets Ct the country
IL the preamble, while the resolutions
favor combined effort CT the part Of
butchers &nd Cattle men 10 s. cure such
legislation IS will restore the cid ccndi
ton Of tina trade, go that instead
Of having only two markets
for cattle n the country, there will
be hundreds Of points where b1iSk COM
pstltion will iluIe to the benef. Ct emsll
de.leIs and co1Gumerc
ColoEel Char es James, president Ct
the Butcher National Association. i'd
dressed the convention at length, recitiDg
the results CT his Investigations In various
cities ss TO the Wcrkir gs Of the dressed
beef comb ne. In Boston he said meat
thst could be bought 10 New York for %
cents per pound WAS selling for 124 cents
In St. Louis precisely the same cuts and
quality CT beef cCul1 be bought st 6 and
G1 per pound. Ha explained this wide
difference IN prices by asserting thai the
drefsed beef men were at present engaged
in wipirg out the So Louis butchers snd
small dealers, and when they had accoms
plished this they would advsrcs pricss
from 20 20 80 per cent. Hs said the pre-
gent convention q conference had sccom-
phshed all that hsd beer expected. It
was simply IN entering wedge in the
n q IN q IN
An address By C.. e. Slaughter
o1el James o. Bfoadhesd Of 81. Louis
the stste insocc!ion law. Louis
Can't ron Of Arizona made brief addresses
&C, A. OdsleY, representing the Texas
Farmers Alliance, read psper On the
growth CT trusts, ard A. ". Hill:srd OF
the IGteInationsl Range Asso citation one
or the meat question.
Secret COL ferences held places the
butchers and range men in favor OF the
passage Of laws providing for the inspec-
ton Of cattle on hoof only st regular
live stock ysrds, ard the inspection OF
meat for export at the request OF ex.
porters.
FEE" s6CBDBhS.
ST. LOUIS, Mo Nov. 90 While the
j oint convention OF the range men and
butchers was Ia session In he exposition
building, M citing Of committees from
the We stock exchanges Of Chicago, 81.
Louis, 0mshs and KsnsSs City was neld
at the Southern hotel. They were
reinforced BY sececers from the c )nA
vsn,ion, and edap.ed set OF resolutions
setting forth their views, The preamb IL
recres that whereas On INSPECTION and
approval Of neat proGu Is necessary &c
commSad thu col Aimee CT the consumer
and suca inepectlon and APPROVAL Should
be mace pnGer authority tree ircm local
pr 16ices, and the interest OF producers
anu coEsUmers slike Gemsnd the bes'
fhci!i;les far the marketing OF live stock
snh products, therefore II IS
Resolved, that we fsvcr national in
| spectiou law, providing that II shall be
unlawful 10 transport from me State inc
smother state OF fcre,ga country suy beef
payk, mutton or veal 10 be sold for hui
msn food which hss NOT ne en- Inspected
alive at !hn strengthening plsce By i2spec'
tors CT the U.i.ed States and fund TO bS
hesithy.
The resolutions favor The appolntmen
| OF practical stoukmen e5 national inspec
tors and ppose local or state Inspection
laws which shall hinder free Transports
{ tion and the marketing Of NEST proc ucts
that such laws would have q tendency Il
destroy competition, and would 70
command the confidence in foreign coun
tries that national inspection would.
copy Of the resolutions will be MALE t,
eSch United States genstor and congress
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