Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-14
ROUND-UPS.
II Stockmen Would Market the Cattiu
nos u Demand The Priees
ould Be Better.
shippers dave TO Contend Against
SIockmeu Hopeful.

Tooe Odem, s well-knowh Dallss stock
man, is in the city.
W. B. Foster, q prominent Indian Ter
ritory cattle grower, is in Fort Worth
looking for some threes and fours TO take
to the nation with him.
e.
A. G. Startz, stocKmsn Of Smithson's
Valley, Comal county, WAS in Fort Worth
yesterday, and will lake home with him q
Thoroughbred Holstein and seven head OF
Hereford bulls, which he has purchased
from Powell Bros.
Maj1rA A. W. Hind Of Pecos City,
vice-president OF the international RAnge
Association, Is in Fort Worth. He says
there has been refreshing rain in the
ives. lately, Snd everything in the way Of
stock business is looking brighter than 1t
has for Blk years. The csttlemen are all
hopeful Of coming ont In good shape.
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The Bracket News says the sheepmen
are taking advantage of the good prices,
and already most OF the muttons on the
market hzya been disposed Of at good f5-
ures. Mr.. AcLYmopt has sold about
II, 600 sheep this spring ct good prices.
Mr.. G.. W. STANDARD still has some very
1ue msttops for which no doubt he will
receive the highest price yet paid. Dave
Clarkgon sold 400 CHI ice head at 81 each
and as MGLymont was aware Of the price
we Infer that h. received about that fig
ure for his last shipment.
-.
&C. G. French Of the i've stock commits
lsfon house Of W. W. McIlhsny & Co.,iwss
Hound Yesterday seated in front OF the
fPickwick, In answer to the reporters
query for news, Mr.. French gave ex-
pressien TO his views on the matter OF
prIces for cattle, question now engag-
ing tie attention of growers, 10 the ex-
clusioR of almost everything else. II the
shippers would study the market, he said,
and send out nothing except what is In
demand by the buyers, there is not
the least doubt they would be
better satisfied with the prices. There Is
no doubt good stuff Is in brisk demand st
values that give the growers reasonable
prCdt, but there Is so much scrub stock
beng pushed TO the front that prices for
the better article are kept down, 80 that
the quotations on all sorts are below
Whist they should be If the business was
more closely looked after by
those who keep the markets supplied.
The sheep market is perhaps the clearest
example of this situation. While some
kinds of sheep only bring about 50 so,
other and better kinds are bringing spler-
did prices. A great many Of the Texas
sheep are not such IS are in demand, and
their going On the market but serves to
hold down the values Of those kinds tina:
are most needed.
gentleman who was asked yesterday
about the shipping accommodations be-
ing furnished this yesr by the railroads,
eaid that they were but moderately salts
factory to the shippers. The shippers OF
sheep appear to be most injurlously al,
fected by the condition Of things, the
rates being higher than formerly and tie
ehrinkage in the length OF the cars from
what the contract calls for, affording
room for considerable kicking. When
the double deck cars were first put In use
east Of the Mississippi river, the rates for
sheep were: 800 per doubledeck car
load to S. Louis or Hannibal from any
part CT Texas and SIT per deck for
the remainder Of the trip to Chicago.
LAST year the Chicago and Alton road re-
duced to S2s 80 fer Couele deck car.
This WAS ar agreeable reduction to the
shippers, of course, but in comes the
Texas Tfa& &c Association and raises the
rate from Texas to Missouri, in such d
way IS to make an apparent reduction on
the through shipment, but IN fact to make
the total rate from Texas points to Chi.
cago $3.50 50.
Another matter that causes discomfort
to the shippers of all classes is that,
sometimes when q CAR Of a certain length
Is called for in the contract, the roads
furnish q car lacking foot or so Of the
stipulated length. This matter causes
bat little loss IN one carload, for instance,
but when prices for stock are 80 low es
to leave the growers such elm margin
of profit, every little additional expense
! Is worthy Of consideration.