Daily Republican., 1889-03-19
Protection Against Chicago Beef.
[coMMUNIoATED.l

Having seen and heard of several com.
munications in the public press in regard
10 the subject Of Chicago beef, 1t will not
DC out OF place for farmer TO devote a
lew thoughts to the subject. The first
article noticed on the subject was from
Dr. Welch. but his article when IL first
appeared was SO much ont of order In
regard to facts, and so much resembled
his other article 10 the farmers in regard
to what they lost by way OF voting fdfs1
protection that thought II hardly worth
while to notice either article until d num-
Der OF other letters appeared in the pa
pers. 10 show how absurd the DOCTORS
articles are shall endeavor to present n
lew points In each of them In his letter
to The farmers he endeavors to show how
much higher price they have TO pay for
Their sowing machines, and agricultural
supplies, such as machinery, paint, hard
ware and lumber under prutgc ion than
they would have 10 pay under free trade
Now, as far as the patent right Is con-
oerned II has nothing 70 do with protec-
tion., But look at. the price of those
artcles-sowng machines, agricultural
machinery, nails, paint, wooden ware
and lumber-in q general way are
cheaper hero than In any other country
on the face of the earth. In fact we are
shipping these things 10 England, aud to
most OF the natives OF Europe, and they
buy them because they are cheaper and
better than they can get them at home.
Hence what difference would It make
In the price OF those articles the duty
was hundred or q thousand per cent, 1t
| would not make particle of difference,
or change the prize single cent. Since
the doctors article in regard to the
farmers paying high price to pay Tor
those articles owing to protection Is all
moonshDe, for we in fact are manufac.
turing twice as much OF those things as
England. or any other nation on the face
OF the globe, and arc in manher shipping
thom throughout The Wor d.. Wien the
doctor speaks OF the bill now before the
State Legislature, u pas ed, havirR a
tendency 10 make meat dearer, he only
displays his ignorance of the subject; ii
he Ind said tie tenden would be to make
our meat healthier and better, aud purify
the market, there would be some sense IN
his declaration. Ask any OF the hotel
keepers or regular buyers of meat
whit ther meat Is any lower now than be
fore the Chicago syndicate got control of
the market, and they Will tell you the
| price OF u steak, roast, or a round to
salt down Of apparently cool msat, Is as
high today as tn years ago, when in
TACT they ought to he great deal lower,
for thin! s, land, cattle, AID everything
has deprecated since that time almo.t
third In value. The way matters stand
now, the Chicago syndicate supplies
almost all the meat in our market, and
In the course OF another year, II there Is
not u change by way of legislation, the
farmers in the near States will cease to
| fassh aud th rns all la. NJ
What then Will he the price of meat lu
the market! Ohica o will charge her own
price Tor there viii bo DO opposition.
WI, II II bill before our Stat Legisa.
ture goes through, then In that case the
chicago Arm will either have to ip tho
cattle in here and have then IN 'pected on
the hoof, or on the other hand, send in
their agents here and put up their works
and kill here. In either Case their cattle
wonld be inspected on the hoof, and
would be met by our best cattle 10 the
market, aud The compatlion between tina
two, the east and tie west, cT the home
and the Chicago, would keep down the
price. But the way matters st4nd now
the price Is well up and there 10 very little
good meat in the market. WHAT the
Doctor says about old cows and bulls
shows very plainly that he does not ug-
derstat Il ths subject; we, the farmers,
have plenty OF good state-ied steers and
oxen, bu5 they dou't get TO market be
cause Chicago eenis in the beet, froih tue
poorest Kind Of cat lie, with ItXas fever,
big jaw, pleuro pneumonia; cattle, Il
they cost them auythln. don't cost them
more than two and a halt cents pound,
and what they s-ll here Tor about i've
aud fvi AGd hali cents per pound.
Good Chicago sierra are quoted In the
market on loot al about live and i've and
a half cents per pound, about the came
price they are quoted la Philadelphia.
II any man would suppose taat Chicago
llfm or any other trn west would slaugh-
ter their best cattle, worth five cents or
more on foot, and ship the meat In here
aud sell H. ns they are doing at + ur, five
or six cents pound, they mutt have lost
their reason aud would bc Il lit person iog
u lunatic asylum.
There Is no Inspection of cattle, either
at Chicago or Kaus IS City, but there Is
AN insp, ctor a. st. Louis, in Missouri,
aud there vas thirty Thousand head
OF stock ana swice condemned la 81.
Louis In The last three years, and IL
stands to rea on that there 1t more stock
offered at Chicago aud kaus s city; where
tie is no inspection than at st. Louis,
whore there Is a regular appointed in
spector. Since you might he safe IN say
| ing that there Is at least thirty -thOu-and
head OF stock slaugh cred by these west.
ern syndicaes every year or often, where
do you suppose this emnunt oil meat goes
TO, Philadelphia, New York or Boston }
where the best home fed cattle is sent,
nos much thiuk; hut mOre likely 1t
comes into Wilmington to compete with
! the old COWS and bulls spoken of and is
the main cause OF the old COWS being in
| troluCed into the market. What the
doctor Gays about the farmers nf Chester
county, boosting that Wilmington is a
market for their cd played out cows Is
only the result a deiu,ion OF his loony
rain; for the most OF the old cows that |
have sold ior years back, have been 60 d
to parties in Chester county. A man was
at my place a few days sgo from Kennett
| Square, wanting to buy COWS 10 ship t.
Philadelphia. He sad he had bought
! item - !6w Is price as six dollars head,
aud paid fourta-::i. Guii ' ;asc a car .,,,,i 10
snip them to Philadelphia, since we are
shipping TO other states, Instead Of Chts-
ter county shipping here. The doctor Is
great lad TO blow about mGpoplles, ami
Ia this case he IL favoriGg one of III,
grandest, basest, swim ling monaplies Oh
| the face Of the earth.
Think of four men millinpn!rfs grind
ing down the poor tanners OF the West
10 two cents per pound for their
cattle, and when they can no longer afford
TO feel safe to drive Their cattle, as poor
as carrio0, to market TO compete wi h the
diseased and ievered cattle from Texas,
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