Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-06
CATTLEMEN'S MEMORIAL
The PecOs Valley Live Steck Assecia.
lien Of Texas PotluOn tho Congress
Of the Uatted Siaies.
They are Opposed To the Bill ab JiiShiDE
the Bure.u of amin Al InduEtry and
Essabl,.hiDE n ,UOmmIsslOn.
spscial % me easette.


lowing m IN Jrial 20 Congress- was unsn.
Imously adopted by the Pee Valley L We
Stock Association IN session Today:
Whereas, bill is before the United
States Senate, and has been repurteC
upon iGVorsbly by the committee ofegri,
culture, wnicn is entitled, ga bill toapre.
vide for the establishment of Bureau Of
Animal IOdustry, etc !" and
Whereas, the title to said bill ia znais-
leading, and the effect Of said hff
will be to abolish the Bureau
Of Animal Industry as now constie1 ed,
and to subs iLute in its place, q board OF
three persons to b. sppUin4edS by the
President, who will rave all the powers
now vested in the G mmissioner of A2Ti
culture and sdoi ionai enlarged powers,
IS in ssId bill provided; snd,
Whereas, the said oil virtually creates
comm ssiOn as contemplated in tie
Miller Cary bill, without The features
sp-clsiy commended by the ConsOli-
dated Cattle Growers Association aud,
Whereas, the COnsolid sted Cattle Grow
ers' Association st its last sDnusl meet
ing held in Kansas City unanimously rec
commended The passage by Congress Of s
bill known ss the Miller C,rey bill, with
the Change that tbs Commissioner Of Ag-
liCul ur- ould be g member of the com
mission OF three sought to be created and
exc ficiO It's chairman, said bill ex yressly
providing fUr the maintenance of the
present Bureau OF Animal Industry; and
Wner as, the Commissioner of Agricul
tuTe and the Bureau Ut Animal Industry
hive given evidence of their ABILITY to
protect aud promote the cattle Interests
If the country, and hsve been commended
iGE their efficient Efforts 4 this direction
By al sock associations in the . lited
SAFES; Rld
Whereas, it is unreasonable to believe
that new and untried men who might
constitute the new board contemplated
by the obj C ionsble bill now pendlng in
Congr, S., could better serve the cattle
industry Of the nation than the present
officers Of the Blu eau, who have had
years Of training IN their work; snd
W6aress, the controlling spirits Of the
Legislative committee who are attempting
to mizlead the authorities az Washington
as TO the rue wishes of the cattle owners
of the country are men who have noto-
riously sought, under pcetext Of dis
ease, 10 shut off healthy Texas cattle
from me markets Of tse country for
mischieyous purposes, and who were
mainly instrumental in creating the
blockade of Texas cattle at Camp Supply
in the Indian Territory three yesrs ago,
by which the entire drive of that season
was bg0ckaded and held on short gcsss,
reaching northern ranges after being re-
leased by the Efforts of the present
officers Of he buresu in such an impover-
isned condition as TO die during the win
terIf blowing, causing loss of over mil.
lion dollars 10 citizens of Texas, Colorado
and elsewhere. Therefore be it
Resolved, that we call on all cattle
men in Texas and Officers Of live stock
associations to write Immediately to Con
gressmen expressing their objections to
the bill referred to, and asking that it be
Bureau Of Animal Industry iastsad Of
neH board TO be appointed; and be it
further
Resolved, that We call on Texas csttle-
men TO attend the meeting Of the InterIa
tionsI Rspge Association to be held in
Denver March %, 1888, en- masse to aid
the friends Of Texas in Colorado, New
Mexico ard elsewhere, who have hereto
fore successfully defeated the machins
tons Of the schemers Of the legislative
committee OF the Consolidated Cattle
Growers AS ocission in previous Efforts
to prevent the wishes OF the stcckmsn OF
the West for heir owe selfish purposes.
Resolved further, that we respectfully
petition Congress, through our Repre-
Hon. W. T. Lsnham, and Sen
stors Coke and r sgsu, to so amend the
bill Sc TO leave all power conferred in the
hands Of Commissioner Of Agriculture,
or else to have adopted the bill recon-
mended by the Consolidated Cattle Grow
ers' Association al their Kansas City
meeting as previously stated.
G. N. FRAZIER, President.
A. ". HILLIARD, Secretary.
4 resolution was also adopted request
ing Texas cattIemen to answer the fol-
loving circular, sending answers to the
agent United States Bureau of Animal
Industry, Fort Worth, Texas:
To the ORners of Texas Csttle: Ny
attention has been directed to the fact |
mat the recent settlement of large por-
lion Of the country over which Texas
cattle were formerly driven 10 northern |
markets, has placed such obstacles in The |
WGy OF this movement as to cause the |
larger portion Of such cattle to be shipped
by rail. The authorities Of the various |
states and terri.ories having prohibited
the unrestricted Introduction Of cattle |
wholly or in part by rail en- &C.
count Of the alleged danger frem splenic
fever, it is important TO determine the
part Of Texas from which cattle can be
safely shipped to northern ranges. In
order to secure complete and reliable IN
formation as to the limits of this district, !
| hereby request the cattlemen of the fol
lowing named counties to send answers
to the questions hereto appended, dl-
rected to the Agent Of the Bureau OF AMI
nal Industry, Fort Worth, Tex:
Counties of Archer, Bsnders, Bell,
Bexar, Blanco, Brown, Burnett, Calls
hsn, Clay, Coleman, Comal, Comanche,
Concho, Coryell, Crockett, Dimmit, East
land, Edwards, Erath, Frio, Gillespie,
Hays, Hood, Jack, Kendall,
Kerr, Kimball, Kinney, Lampasas, La
Sale, Ll&no, McCulloch, Mason, Maver-
lex, Medina, Menard. Mitchell, Nolan,
Palo Pinto, Parker, Runnels, San Saba,
Shackelford, Sommerville, Stevens, Tay-
Ier, Thruckmorton, Tom Green, Travis,
Uvslde, Wichita, Williamson, Young, Is
walls.
l. Have you purchased any bulls or
other cattle, or do you know OF any that
have been brought from north OF the
south line of Kansas to your vicinity or