The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-04-12
A VALUABLE ALLY.
Colorado Aiding Texas to Secure
Deep Water.

Range association, held at Denver, Colo,
on Friday, March 80, the following pro-
ceedings occurred which are of vital in
terest to all Texans:
DEEP WATER FOR THE TEXAS COAST.
Governor Routt, of Colorado, then
moved the following.
Resolved, By the international Range
association, that congress be and Is here
by earnestly urged to provide measures
to secure deep sea channel at some
point on the Texas coast.
Resolved, That copy of the above
resolution be furnished by the secretary
to every senator and every member OF
congress at as early date as possible.
This met with several seconders.
Governor Routt said they had as good
an opportunity right at their doors to i'm
port their goods as the people in New
York state had to go to New York City
and attend to that business. Formerly
the western country had been left out in
the cold because it had not the popula-
ton, and the business had gone to the At
lantic side. Congress must now do for
the west what it had done for the New
England states, and give such improve
ments on the Gulf of Mexico as it had
given the people east. All present were
interested in the Gulf of Mexico. They
could build up cities down there and do
business down there, because they had a
population behind them now which they
had not had before, as long as that coun-
try was the great American desert, and
because they had not the population. Up
to now the business had gone to the At
lantic side, and would continue to do so
unless congress deepened some of the
harbors on the coast of the Gulf of Mex
leo. He hoped everybody would vote for
the resolution. Applause.
Judge Lindsay, of Texas-I don't want
to detain the meeting at this time upon
this proposition. only want to say that
for all of this vast country lying east of
the Rocky Mountain slope, there is no
question fraught with SO much interest
and so much Importance as this question
of deep water upon the Gulf of Mexico
on the Texas coast. At this time we, not
only the cattle interests, but all Of the va
ried and vast interests of this immense
and rich country should direct their at
tention to it and bring to bear, in every
possibly way, by individual action and
organized action, all of the influence that
they can to induce congress to act and to
act early upon this proposition.
The motion was then carried unani-
mously.
FREE TRADE IN CATTLE.
Ths following resolution was then intro
duced by Mr.. G. W. White, formerly of
Austin:
Resolved, That the congress of the
United States be requested to take off all
duties upon cattle and horses imported
from Mexico into the United States.
This was duly seconded
Governor Routt (Colorado), said he was
not in favor of free trade generally, but he
was in favor of cattle coming from Mex
leo, because America got the big end of it.
Judge Lindsay (rexas), said he was in
doubt as to the resolution, not having
looked into it, He was not disposed or
prepared to discuss it, but to his mind
there we're some serious questions in
volved, and he should content himself by
simply saying that his impression was
that it was impolitic, perhaps unwise,
under existing circumstances, to adopt it.
Col. j. @. Beatty (Mexico), said he was
in hopes the resolution would pass the
convention without objection, and pro-
ceeded at length to give statistics and
reasons in favor of its adoption.
Mr.. Eten kansas City, said the OBJ
ject Of the association was to prevent the
spreading of contagious disease, and
Mexico had no law whatever on that sub
iect. 1t was the most natural thing that
breeders in the United States and Great
Britain would send questionable cattle to
Mexico. and If thnu admitted Mo~ioon
cattle freely they were liable to have the
disease from there. That was a point
they ought to look at.
Governor Routt-"l seconded the reso-
luton on the distinct understanding that
it related to reciprocity of live stock. If
we are the gamers and it does not do any
body else any harms. think it is pretty
good scheme.
Mr.. j. L. Brush (Colorado) said he failed
to see any advantage that the United
States would get by selling cattle to
Mexico. They were not legislating for
Mexico. He was heartily opposed to the
resolution and should vote against it.
Secretary Taylor said he desired to of
fer as an amendment to Mr.. Whites
resolution the following:
Resolved, That the directors of the In
ternationa Range association from Mex
leo be requested to urge on the Mexican
government the necessity of adopting
such live stock sanitary regulations as will
protect the stock interests of that country
from the danger of disease.
The question of disease among the cat
tie In old Mexico did not, in his mind,
connect itself with the proposition to re-
move the duty which was now charged on
cattle, because if cattle there were dis
eased they were brought into this country
and paid the duty just the same as if that
duty was removed. 1t had been said by a.
number of gentlemen present that
they could see a silver lining in
the cloud, that they looked for
ward to brighter days. If the virgin
ranges of Old Mexico were stocked from
the surplus cattle of Texas, and if the cat.
tie OF New Mexico, where the ranges were
sometimes overstocked, filled those virgin
ranges there was plenty of capital in the
east and In Europe to purchase those cat
Tile and stock those ranges, and the silver
lining would dawn into a noop-dav sun
ana prosperity would come back, and that
would benefit Texas and the entire range
country 1T was not for them to say to a
SISTER republic that they desired to treat
ner IN manner in which she did not
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