The Columbus journal., 1889-09-25

demand Tor cattle 10 have ever had In
tho history q GGpments Gbeood, thece
must b some ub0tnntial reaoo0 for the
present great depreciation IN psioA First
oane tho animal bareau biIl, md With Il
the ooW-do01oe Goire q ooa&agious
pleuro-pneum0nia; which canDed Eng.
land to enact . law obliging - to kill %
our cattle st tho port q landing. Thu
crested IN e0balgo tax of g Pr head,
Whils France and other counties En-
tirely prohibited the sale Of our cattle In
those countries. and for Q time tho con-
sumption Of beef wa stopped ct home
Every commission man In the Stock
Yards knows that the Last convention
held in Chicago On contagious pleuro:
per hundred; and, = No al veil know;
there never wae . ce9e oe oootaRioua
pleuro- in this country. Some
old stil1-fed COWS thst bad been fed two
or three years had the lung spasm, caus:
cd by eating food with al tho sugar and
alcohol taken from it.
'Some years ago / went to congress
With tho Hon. Emery A. Storms to try "a
have the government appoint inspectors.
20 that when . shipper wished to ship
his products abr06d he could have q
government inspector, and, when brand.
ed by our government a healthy and
good food, then If France and Germany
would not take our products on account
Of their not being healthy We could ne.
taliate and prohibit the importation into
this country Of their adulterated wines,
which daily demoralise our people. But
this practical Law found no friends in
congress. -,
"Next comes tho oleomargerine bill.
Congress proved by ito investigation that
oleomargerine il good and nutritious
food for the human family, and then
proceeded to put . tax OF q per hum
dred on Ole0, which amounted to- direct
tax OF 80 cents per head on all the cattle
in this country. To further condemn
the home industry it demanded . license
Of $3.50 from every one Who cells oleo'
m-sreerine. This was done apparently
to drive all small dealers out Of the mar
ket, and, il possible, to destroy the entire
industry, compelling u to ship the oil to
Holland and give her the control OF the
market Of the world. Beforet the passage
OF this Law, when we used . large amount
Of the oil at home, Holland paid US 81
forms per 100 poundsL After its passage
Holland soon controlled the market and
reduced the price to 40 forms per 100
pounda Thus, by the government tax,
together with the reduction in the price
of oil, tho value OF cattle has been re.
duced o per head.
Thirdly, the duty was taken OF Of
green hides, which allowed France, Ger.
many, and all other foreign nations to
food this country with green hides
This has reduced the value OF q steer s.
There are about 100000 head of cattle
handled each week in the general markets
OF this country. The loss on these by
the enactments Of congress amounts
each week to $4,000, making an annual
loss of $41,6OO,OO0. To protect them.
selves France and Germany have put q
duty OF 4 cents per pound on u manu-.
featured leather. Does not all this show
the stupidity OF congress?
"Finally comes the great interstate
commerce Law, which tends to build up
monopolies by stopping competition, fol
now N small shipper with . limited cap.
ital can do business. He must be an
owner Of q large number Of cars, 90 he
can get his / and 2 per cent mileage. II
is fast driving all business into great
trusts. There IL no doubt that il it con.
tinues in q few years it will either force
the large roads to own all the small ones
or drive them into . gigantic trust. II
is an old adage that Competition is the
life Of trade Why should q law be
passed to stop competition among rail.
roads?
''Thus We zee that the present low
price of cattle has been brought about
by the various enactments of congress
and it will be impossible for them to fl
up their own blunders or to increase the
price Of cattle by sending out investi.