Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-23

the markets of the north on pre-
text Of disease, unmindful Of the
fact that cattle values are sympathetic
and that decline in value Of cattle In
Texas on account of needless restrictions
entails g proporticnate decline In the
value OF sll cattle from the Gulf en- the
south to Montana on the north. Under
these circumstances is 1t to be wondered
that the cattle industry has become the
prey of combinations and that the price
the producers receive for their beeves Is
determined more by the beef manipu-
lators of the country than by the laws Of
supply and demand. The Armours and
Morrises Of the country have fattened on
the life blood of the cattle industry Of the
west and wrung their millions from the
csttle-producers Of the United States
without cheapening beef to the lsboring
poor of the nation.
BY cooperation, beef producers may
secure price for their product based
on the laws Of supply and demand, and the
coming meeting Of the great International
Range Association presents the opportu-
nifty for cattlemen to secure the benefits
within their grasp. Heretofore all efforts
seemed to have ended with the adjourn
ment of former meetings, and that moth
ing tangible has been accomplished is not
only not surprising, but was not in the
very nature of things possible in the ab-
sence of continued work and effort. Texas
cattlemen, from the wealthy owners of
large herds to the humble possessors of
small stock farms, should lay aside for
the few days required for the trip to Den
yer, all other business, and attend the
meeting of the Association, ami
mated by determination thst
will overcome all obstacles to accom-
plish substantial beneficial results.
Texas is the greatest cattle producing
state in the Union, and her delegation al
Denver should stand shoulder to shoul-
der acting as a unit in support OF all
measures tending to the general good
and serve as phalen1 round which csn
rally the honest cowmen Of the north. /.
is not our province to map out the meth
DDS that must be pursued to place the
cattle industry Of the country sgain upon
prosperous footing, but who Will GAIN
say the statement that any man OF ordi-
nary intelligence controlling all the cat-
tie in the west could place his product in
the hands of the consumers Of the
east without giving half its value
placed toll-gates on all the pathways
from the ranches Of the west to the
butchers stalls In the east? By acting
together the entire cattle industry can
secure results the same as could be
done by the controlling action Of one man.
Texas eattlemen at the Denver meeting
owe It to their sell respect and the hon.
oroble record they have always main
tanned to stand by the Department OF
Agriculture and uphold the hands of the
Hon. Norman J. Colman, its able COM
missioner. The legislative committee
of the Consolidated Cattle Growers AS
ISOLATION Of the United States is being
controlled by the men who have made q
pretext OF disease to shut healthy
Texas cattle out from northern markets,
and regardless of their sophistries 1t is
we'll known by all who are familiar with
the facts that these men are seeking to
strike down the Commissioner of Agricul-
ture because he would not prostitute the
power entrusted to his hands
to aid them in their base
designs on the cattle interests Of Texas.
Thanks to the power welded by Texas
Congressman in the legislative halls OF
the nation, these schemers cannot get the
Legislation they are striving for in the
face OF the united opposition Of our Rep
resentatiYes. Texas csttlemen' have
nothing to fear and no iavors to ask be-
yond the hight of commerce in healthy
cattle, which will be secured them by the
general government as long as It's powers
are in the hands OF honest mer-Who are
not Identified with the combinations and
monopolies that are crushing the life out
of the cattle industry and seek
to, still further tighten the chains
by securing for their tools the quar-
antine powers Of the general government
On to Denver should be the cry of every
COW man in Texas, and 1t is among the
possibilities that 81 head may be added
to the value Of every head Of cattle in
Texas by the wise and earnest efforts Of
t e Texas delegation, which would mean
an increase OF 10000. 600 to the wealth
of our state, Iesult that would certainly
justify an effort.
THE TATE DEFAL LEGATION.