Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-05
sumers Of NEST products are paying as


Gus, it will be eeen that something /:
radically wrong, snd that II Is high time
for the people, who sre interested in tie
beet trade, 10 unite and take steps to re
dress the grievances from which they ere
suffering. II snV CT cur national cattle
groWeTs' associations had heretofore
taken steps to promote the beef Interests
uptold millions Of dollars would hay
been saved to the csttle producers Of Ihe
nsGion and the beef combine would hsVe
been broken before they had scquired
their present enormous power.
STIRRING INDICTMENT.
Gas cattle N 81 whose tn.iTe interests
are identified with the cattle industry"
added the speaker warmly, "and as one
Whose dearest life time friends have theil
all invested in cattle, propose to do 81
L csn, before 1t is too late, to prevent the
meat trade Of the United States
from passing fer all time iato
the hands of 3 few monopolists
who corner the food products Of the
nation, and sell to corhding public, cnl
nal fsts, cotton seed Oil and other ipgre
dents, under the label Of Ref ied Lsrd,
who hnye absorbed millions Of dollsrs In
rebates from railroads, and who, accord
ing to Authentic reports, sell meat from
diseased nnimEls and make money re
CARELESS Of every Consideration
OF public keslst, public interest or any
thing save their own rspsclous greed.
REVOLUTIONS never go Backward. The
people Of the United States, Though the
instrumentslity Of the pr2ss Of the
country, which has nobly sspoussc thei1
cause, are beng educated up to the
knowledge That CancaT, consumption AID
other terrible msladies that ere deci-
mating cur population are transmitted
to people estlrg mest from animals
affected WIKI csrcerous soza5 and
tuburculoses. TIE people Of the
Uri,ed S stes, by me50s CT the press, are
the Caicsgo dressed beef operators, as
reported by relisble mast inspectors COR
nected with the health departments OF
P.ttsblrg and 81. Louls. ere slEug dterin g
diseased csttle and their mes. sold TO the
pubic Cor food. am credibly info-med
rnat it will Dc established before
she United States Senate committee
charged with The Investigation oi the
beet lrsde, Of which Senator Vest is
chairman, that whole tr.il losds OF cattle
{ # 3cted with splepic fever have been pur-
chased by these firms at greatly reduced
prices on sccouut OF their diseased condi-
lioD, and their meat marketed. | believe
il telling the truth, and instead OF hiding
fsc's, believe in Supplying remedies TO
curb isviis.
INSPECTION LAWS NEEDED.
81, therefore, favor the enactment, by
the atstes, Of live 'ock inspection /. VS.
towns and cities to appoint in
spectors to condemn al meat that does
rot come from animals inspected By them
sld found 10 be healthy. LsTs OF this
character, rigjd!y eGf reed, will restore
public confidence 10 the purity Cf our meat
products, and the demand for beet Will
undoUb sedlY be increased II the United
States slone fully oae-taird mora than it is
to-day The iear Ct contracting disease
BY reason OF eating diseased NEXT is fast
curEailirg tie demand for beef in this
country. TIE unYa0legUme and unpsls
table caarEc .er Of the ice-b0x ,ues
which IS largely sup ei to the hotels
and rs lr0sd ehtlag houses Of the coun
try, ~ the Chicago packers, is beginning
the orders from the hotels and eating
ucOsEe A~i 4tS N1@Go VA 10y
not, as yet, have materially d.
it IS fact tha: this meat Is
very cf.en not eaten even after being
placed on the tables, and is thrown out
with other refuse, and when II is eaten 1t
very often produces disrrt &c \, on account
OF which much complaint is being made
The cattle iodustry is very fortunately
r sced, IL ths. 1t hiss it in It's power to
acquire commercial benefits and secure
prices tor csttle based en- the laws of
supply and demsnd, by the exercise OF
sanitary regulations IN the interest Of
public hcs!th. l an pleased to learn
that the Hon. Jsmes o Rrosdhead, presi
den. CT tee American Bar Association,
will deliver an address before the 81.
L luis meeting demonstrating the corsti-
Of the proposed legislation.
We are bound to WIZ the fight The
people Of the country are With US
Ind will be with US more snd
more as their knowledge Increases
If she facts Ia connection with the
methods of the Chicsgo packers As cattle
producers We take the position, that X cat
lie are 10 be chesp, we want meat cheap,
10 that the meat consumers will buy our
,eef more largely than they would il
prices were higher. The price OF lsbor is
he basis of all values. Recognizing this
act and working with the end In view Of
IMPLYING wholesome beef to the people
II the country, ct the lowest possible
rice cor sisteut with reasonable
for the labor and
Expense OF raising cattle, the mechanic,
scorers, clerks and workers OF the
lstiOr, can be relied on to support such
for legislative honors as will |
hedge themselves to vote for live stock |
eui,ery laws Of the character indicated. |
There is hardly town or City in the |
lortb, east or acu,h bu: whs. come one |
" more OF its bankers and capitalists |
ave investments in western cat |
lie. These investments since the |
,rowth OF the power of the Chicago |
lressed beef operators have not been pss-
ng satisfactory dividends, snd when
hese capitalists learn that their invest
nents in cattle have not peen bringing |
anu -ers,ive returps because cattle |
'siues have been ar.,feislly depressed by |
he Chicago operators out CT all pro-
,ortion to the prices consumers |
re paying for meat products,
nd that the enactment Of inspection |
AVIS, by the states, would break up she |
'eef combine, would in short scatter the |
neat business and re establish compeu- |
ion among buyers and sellers Of cattle,