Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-05

3uDcIlCn VIII L1e Sest senate lrYeSGgst-
log committee, go into the evils under
which the live stock industry labor hae
been kept mp, Until now it promises TO be
one OF the mos. important commercial
movements ever get on foot, the outcome
Of which will be the comr.ete res6Jast
ment, on sn entirely new basis, CT the i've
stock trade Of the country. The conVza-
ton 1T 81. LOUIE, November 20, will DE
the first step IN the direction Of reform,
and will GeYIsa measures tta} cannot isil to
end the present monopoly CT he Big Four.
TheTe VII be fully 500 delegates present,
cheap rates having been made BY the rsil
roads al over the country. all Ct the
batcheIe' associations Will send repre-
sent&tives, the cattle interests will have
strong delegations from the crest south
weet srd vest, and boards of health Of
several Of The large cities will have liiseI S
present % 5iecues the sanitary features
Of the movement, Health boards Of
PittsGuTg, FORK Wayne AMI Detroit hkVe
pate ia the debSte.
Governor Lury CT Michigan, G 9vernor
Moonlight of Wyoming, Governor A .
HadleY Of New Esxico, and Nc. a, l..
SEunty, president Of the State Alliance,
PRESIDENT ANDREWS VIEWS.
The Hon. T. T. ID Andrews, president
of the International Range Association,
passed through 81 L0uis Yesterday on his
return to Texas from Montana, where hs
has jus. concluded the fall shipments Of
beeveS from the ranges OF which
he Is manager. Mr.. Andrews stated
10 Republic reporter that the
northwestern csttlemen, with whom he
had conveTsed On the subject, took deep
Interest Ia tae success OF the meeting Of
csttlemen sad butchers to be held in ST.
Louis n 0vember 20, aad quite number
OF them VIII attend tie meeting. Mr.
Andrews farther stated that he hsd &C.
ceiyed leEtags from prominent western
c'ttlemsn repres5l ting interests in all
parts CT the range country, p.edgirg their
support 80 the measures which tue s..
Louis mseting proposes to iuEuslrste; to
-5-es .aolisE oBpeg.tlye cattle msrEe.s,
and TO have aucn sanitary laws enacted ae
would raise orr beef PRODUCES above sll
suspicion 4 disease. While the entire
wet, Judging by Ehe expressions OF the
western newspapers, aid By statements
Ct western mep, IS substantially a init
. n suppO-. OF the meeting, Ut the same
time it ~oa.d mot be surprising II soma
few u6tpGue ltiGl pepeEs we're purchased
by the baet combine 70 oppose the
efforts the cat.lemen and butchers CT the
country are making to emaLclpate them
selves from the beef monopoly, which
has rendered their business Improbable,
and is fast making their condition one of
seTvitude to those Souliess combines.
The baef question can only re success
fully handled by concert of acnon on the
part Of ali Interested parties II TIE United
States
"It Is for this reasoD," continued Nj.
Andrews, ''.hat the Iater1asion Range
Association, which is local association
IN national sense, being made up
in it's membership entirely OF
men from the range county, csnnot
successfully accomplish the work of
establishing competitive cattle markets
in the UGitec S.s.ee, and break up the
power CT the present beef combine, with.
out the CO operation Of tue cattle raisers
ano the Cattle feeders OF the western and
central sEstee, as we'll as OF the butchers
Of the entire country. The Consolidated
Cattle Growers AssL c.ettoT, When Is sn
ousgrowkh of the old CbiLsgu aud S.
L 1uis associations, Is ga association
which is participated in st its meetings by
live stock com mission merchants, dressed
beef operrtors, dnirPmep, breeders,
newspaper nen and catflemep, represent
ing in the aggregate such diverse inter
ests that 1t caDno. be expected to handle
the beef question, fer the reason that il
this association slouli tske action look.
ing TO wards the re establishment Of com.
petltive castie markets, it would prove
detrimental TO the interests Of the
Chicago dressed beef operators,
VITO, 1 an informed, yearly con-
tribute money to defrsy the expenses O.
the association. 1 have heard that
Colonel Charles James, president of the |
Butchers National Protective Associa. |
ton. attended meeting Of the Corsoli- |
dated Cattle Growers Association in Chi
cago at the request Ct some OF the Texas
range men, snd when ne had obtained the !
door snd attempted to speak on the beef
question, srd 10 show up the pernicious
methods Of the Chicago packers and the
evil effects their operations hsd on bota
cattle produceIe and butchers, ne was
promptly ruled out Of order.
Debating PRICES
The cattle industry has been suffering
for years from the operations of the |
Chicago dressed beef operators, who have |
obtained such control Of the markets OF
the country sc to enable them to dictate
prices TO both producers and consumers,
and the association which claims to rep |
resent the cattle interests of the country |
which does not lake action to protect the |
beef producers from combinations |
which iDjuriously eject IL /: interests,
falls short OF doing what 1t should |
do to benefit the interests it claims to
rer resent. The cattle business is pus- |
sued ike sill other business-for the sake |
OF 10, king money. The business OF
raising cattle, as we'll as the business Of
fatte0ipg them for market, was pre- fits
be one as long az the beef trade vas
subject to natural conditions; in other
words, as long as we had competitive
buyers 81 our cattle markets. Now
that sIl competition has been virtu-
aly CIT sd d ou', and { at four OF
i've i us lave almost absolute con-
troll OF the markets, the cattle
business is not prosperous, and Is not |
paying satisfactory interest on the money
invested. When We consider that west !
of the Mississippi river alone, invest
ments in ca. lie amount 10 over $500,
100000, ard Il at these investments are
not remuuerstivs even though the con-