Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-27

tn!eS WlsL6SSGS already tAAulubu ny lHe
senate committee From the testimony
CT Mr.. sim ". Osborn, fre light agent Of
the WscEsc, Il sTpesrs that Is long ago
IS 1875 Il e NsT York Central, the Penn
sylvsnia sad Erie railroads and their
connecii rs, tie Lake Shore, the Great
Western OF Canada and otherg. gsVe o
FeO~;a IS SIS g cs- to parties in Chicago,
who became Botorious at the tine undsr
ths STYLE 6f "sls EEsneTs." This gave
C5icssG ;ne great advantage which has
beer corfEned and increased by
sUha'qlanf Discrimination until in
1887 The Chicago receipts ct
casEle amounted 20 2.3S2.000 head,
Of which l 500, 900 were Slaughtered and
dressed there. Mr.. Osborne does not IN
derstsnd that such discrlminnsions exist
st present, and he believes that New York
fixes the prices OF cattle that go to NsS
York. When question ed or this later
point, with view TO bringing ont the
amount CT "sym pathetic Influence" exA
erted over New York oy the Caicsgo COM
Dina, he stated that those Who attempt
10 ship directly to New York would prob
ably ind that IL would be "more conven-
iisSF" TO sell in Chicago.
The testimony ct Mr.. c. C. Slaughter
Of Dallas illustrated the ccntrcl CT Chi
csgo over the Kansas City market. II he
refused to sell his cattle In Kansas City,
and shipped to Chicago, tae details OF the
transaction preceded tee cat IL aad tee
same firm that had bid in K1rsas City
woult be the only ,a:m bidding IN Chi
c6go.
Mr.. Brewster Cameron CT Arizona teg-
titled that Chicago controlled ell the cat
tie markets OF the untry except those
CT Cslifornil, as he knew from expert
exec as shipper. He teFaeiy summed
up the advantages 80 the seller by say ing
that when cattle got into the hands Of the
Chicago combination their owners "hsd
the privilege Of lsoking through hole in
the fence at them"
The testimony Ct Mr.. J. c. Beatty, an
extensive raiser, buyer and seller CT cat
tie from Ell Paso, Tex shows that In
spite of the interstate commerce law the
railroads Ground up" the cattle Of the
country into the pens OF the Chicago
syndicate. About year ago Mr. Beasty'a
arm built refrigerator snd attempted to
escape Chicago By shipping TO the only
mafket left open-the Pacific coast.
Here We quote from report OF the testi-
mony:
The railroad agent said to TIE president OF
our refrig orator company that HIS obligations
to Mr. Armour were such that he could not ct
cars for us to ship our cattle ont the Pacific
ccast. The refrigerator had to be shut down,
an Mr. Ar our began putin beef 10 refriger-
ator cars. He broke The market from 5H cents
pound to X cents pound, and the raisers
Mt ar Ell Paeo were compel. ed to ship to Kansas
City at loss. at present the witness shipped
his beef to the City OF Mexico, which vas
b etter market the year round than the markets
in this country.
Much Of the testimony is plainly Sc
fected By the !eer Of the power OF the
Chicago syndicate, bu. the Investigation
has already gone faf enough to prove that
this monopoly wEs created By the same
| discrimination In railroad tariffs that cre-
sted the Standard OIL monopoly. 1t is
even greater in its Influence and more
vicious IN its workings than the Standard
| OIL Company, and IL the states can pass
inspection laws to break Its power and
restore competition, they cannot bs passed
too quickly.
The N.tionsl Veterinary Association, q
representative body Of delegates from
sanitary boards ard veterinary business
throughout the United Statee, held its
fourth annual meeting st the Grand Pacific
in Chicago on November 81. Mr.. a. A.
Holcomb Of Wyoming, presiding. About
twenty delegates were present. Psperr
on Texas fever were reSd by Or. Pau
PGquin OF Missouri, and DR.. Lamb, the
staIe veterinarian Of Nebrasks. Drs. A
A. Holcom5 Of Wyoming, Herbert Halo
way Of Montana, xnd DR.. Lsmb of Ders
yer, were appointed to consider the ques-
ton Ct Texas fever and to recommend ,
quarantine line in Texas, from south oi
EhEh cattle should not be brought north.
1 The Committee proposed line which WAS
I aaeRsed, running on county boundaries
in zigz,g direction from point on the
river where Wilbarger and Wichita coun-
ties Din to the southwest corner OF Val
Yerae county on the Rio Grande river.
Cattle from the counties ying south OF
this line, Il Was sgreed, will no. be ad-
mitted to other states sad territories IN
| less they are seventJ-f7e dsys north or
west OF the line.
Qftthe states and territories affected by
tie qusranti1iIg OF the Texas cattle,
Montsna Territory, Wyoming Territory,
Dakota Territory ana Nebraska ware
Represented on the committee, which sub
Wstted the report by stste or territorial
isanitsrisns, and sgreed to enforce the
quarantine laid down. Officers Of other
states, 1t was thought by those present,
will probably enforce the same .quarsn,
tine.
A. F. Msory, P.ttsourg, Pa, gentle
man who 10 Interested IN large cattle
ranch in West Texas, has JUS returned
iron trip to his properly, where he
tfouS everything in first-class condition.
3,Hs,ssys the company has not made any
Isaoney during the past season, but the
outlook is good for fair profits next rear
Il nothing unforeseen occurs.
A queer load CT cattle has arrived q.
Garden City, Kar., in the shape Of herd
Of eighty-three bunsloe5. The herd Is
the famous one raised BY Warden Benson
Of Stony Mountain, Norshwes. territory,
since 1877, from young bull and four
heifers. They have been bought BY c. j.
Jones Of Garden City, Kas., who has for
some years been making special stQSs
OF the buffalo, sud has ct present sshsrd
OF about fifty on his ranch IN KsnsM BE
began crossing them with cattle, I'd hfs
experiments have been successfasSS the
hali-breed bpffalo being hardy ard
striking animal, while much less wi,ain
! nature. The raising OF The bIson hskbe.