Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-09

he hsSt step in the direction CT reform,
SID vii DEVISE measures that cannot fail 10
eBd tie preaent monopoly Of the Big Four
Tae-e ri &c fully 1860 delegates present,
cheap rates having been msde by the raj!
roGcs 81 over tie country. al CT the
butchers associations will send repre-
Seatstiyes, the cattle Interests will have
slroGg delegations from the gTest Routn-
west anc west, and b0sEds OF he3lth Of
sevsrsi CT tie large cities VIII have CiticGIs
present e disc0s5 the sanitary features
Il the movement. Health bosrds G.!
Pittsburg, Fors W&yEe AM Detroit have
already slgEtted tdcir intention 70 rarGici
pate il the debate.
Governor LurY CT Michigan, Governor
Moonlight Of Wyoming, Governor A
HadleY CT New Mexico, ard Mr. A. L.
S.unty, president OF the State AlIisnce,
lows, viii % present.
PRESIDENT ANDREWS VIEWS.
The Hon. Z. Z. D. Ancrews, president
Of tie international Range Association,
passed through 81, Louis Yesterday On hls
return TO Texas from Montana, where n
has jus. Concluded the fsli shipmenle G.
5eeV5s irom the rarges C! which
ne is manager. III. Andrews stated
to,s Republic reporter thSt the
Northwestern csItlamep, With whom be
Mad convened CG the subject, took deep
interest IL the sGcSass Of ghe meeting OF
CsJ3lemen srd butchers to BE- held IN S..
Louis November 90, and qaiGe Ium0e%
CT them Will attend the Meeting. ME
Andrews further stated tE2s ne had re.
ceived lettsr5 from promiaent western
crttlemsp representing interests in al
- f1S \
support 10 the measures which It's s.,
Louis meeting propcEcs TO insugurate; to
re-es ss5li6E ompEtitive cattle marsess,
snd 20 have such sanitary laws snactjd IS
RGuld -sjse OUT beef products ABOVE I'll
vest, jaGging by ghe expressions Of the
western DewsPape!e. ara by statements
C western men, is substantially pnis
n suppor. OF the meeting, st the sAhla
sine il would not BIS surprising II sana
teT untufuaatial pspeTs 1ers purchased
~ the 6eef combine 10 oppose the
ef1rls The cattiemsn aGd busclers OF the
Cdu9lry are making TO emapcipste them
sGiVsa frCm tire De9f monopoly, which
mas rendered thsiI business urproftsbIe,
Enc is isss making theis c0Dditi1c one Ok
sefvitudc 10 Ih2ss scuiles9 combines.
Tee beet question csn OILY re SUCCESS
fully hsndisd by concert o! acton on tha
paZg Ct Gil Interested paris n the United
States.
at il Ior this reasor," continued Mr.
Andrews, ".hst tie Iltcrnst.oG Range
Association, which is 5 LEGAL association
ii u nsliorel sense, being made up
in its membership entiraly of
men from Tie -snge country, cs22ot
successfully accomplish the work of
establishing competitive csgtlo markets
il tle UGited S,Gses, and break up the
power OF lhs percent beef combine, with
Gu! the &C. operation 0; he caule ra!saIs
ana the cattle :eeGsr5 CT TIE western ana
central ssAtes, So we'll a. OF the butchers
OF the entire country. The Consolidated
Cattle Gr0Tare' Association, which is 50
ou:grcWta Of tie cid Chicago Gad ST.
Louis associations, is 81 association
which 20 participated IL eS lis meetings by
i've stock com misat0n merchants, dressed
oesf opsrrto.s, dsiTymep, breeders,
newspaper men and csi,leme1. represent
ing il the aggregate euch diverse tlte--
este thst il cGpaot be expected 70 EaEGie
the beet question, for the reason r4at il
this association 51CUli take action lC0k.
ing towards tire re establishment Of COM
EetitiTe csttie mzrkets, il 0oU!d prove
detrimental 60 s1o interests. OF the
CbicsGo Creased beef operators,
Who, 1 An informed, yearly Gee
tribute money to GcirGy the expenses CT
The association. | have heard that
Colonel Charles james, president cs Inc
Butchers National Protective Associs-
sion, attended @ meeting CT the CoEsoh-
dated Cgtt!e GT0WerE' Assc citation In Chi
csgo Rt the request Of some OF The Texas
rage nan, and when Re had obtained the
floor and attempted TO 6pesk On tina beet
question, and ID SLOW up the peglicioue
methods Of the Chicago packers and the
evil effects their operG:ions had On b0t&
cattle producers and butchers, he wss
promptly ruled ont OF order.
Debating PRICES
The cattle industry has been suffering
for years from the operations of the
Chic1go dressed beef oper6icrG, who have
obtSiped such control CT the markets Of
the country es 20 enable them TO dictate
prices to both producers sad consumers,
snd the association which claims to rep
resent the cattle interests of tie country
which does rot lake action 10 protect the
best producers from Combinations
which iEjafiously efec. their interests,
falls short OF doing what it should
DO so benef: the interests IL claims 70
represent, TIE cattle cusinesg is pur
sued Ike al cthss bUslpess-for the cake
.; mekEg money. The business OF
raising cattle, 80 well ss the business Of
fdLteaing them f1r ms.kei, was pEofEa-
bic one as long ss tie beet trade WIS
subject ID natural conditions; in oth6r
words, SIS long as we had competitive
buyers q. our cattle Inhrkete. New
tbs. ell competition hss been virtu.
q y cr I'D GU, snd tltt four Or
I'VE II us have almost abJoiu.e con-
troll OF the nsrks.s, the cattle
busi1ess is lot prosperous, sld is not
plying satisfactory interest on the mo5ey
invested. When We consider th.t west
Of the Mississippi river alone, invest
ineats in cattle amount to over $500,
600, 0c0, and tina. thege investments are
not remuGarstive even though the con-
sumers Ct meas products ere paving as
much on al average thFopghou: the
United Ststes for mest as they paid at
D Time whea cattle vaiuee were ope-
third higher thsn they aye today,
and when the business Was prosper
Gus, it will be aeen that something is
radically WTorg, ard that il is high TINA
Tor the people, who are interested in the
beef trade, 10 unite and take steps TO re-
dress tie grievances from which they are
suffering. IisnY CT cur nsiional cattle