Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1890-11-05
A CAT1LEMEN,S ASSOCIATION.


PROPOSED Organization to Seears
Profits TO First Aaads.
An association 10 about to he or.
ganized whose aim will be to save
cattlemen tho excessive stockyard,
middlemen's and other unnecessary
charges, by taking charge Of the cat
tie at the home farm or range, trans
porting tenn to market, and selling
them. The objects Of the proposed
association are thus set forth in a cir
cula' just issued from the Chicago
headquarters Of the ASSOCIATION:
First-To form an association to
protect ourselves.
Second-To stop shipping cattle to
prevent overstocking.
Third-To build stock Yards at
most advisable points to receive cattle,
where packers aud dealers may pur.
chase from the association.
Fourth-To do away with brokers
and commission men, aud save the
excessive yardage charges.
i Fif,h-To advance prices 80 per
cent.
"Forming the association" tho cir.
oular issued by William T. Hunter,
chief promoter, states, "is an easy
matter, but it must be so strong and
determined that when a member re.
ceives an order from headquarters, he
must obey it, and feel certain he
will, when he knows it will! be to his
interest.
"My reason for stop shipping cat
tle,' ION your receiving rotice to do
} SOY, is to accomplish our object, which
can be done with success in no Other
way. as will be impossible for the
packers and dealers to do business
without the cattle.
Gas to building stock yards for re-
ceiving cattle it will cost very little
money, which will be advanced.
can secure any an cunt of suitable
land as near cities (such as Siou,
City, Iowa, and Hutchias on, Kansas,
. as the Union Stock Yards are t
Chicago, by agreeing to build yard
on it.
1--WE can save 100000 annual,
by tie association handling the cattl
with its own employees. BY maxim!
!. small charge of IS cents per hea'
+ (where we now pay IS cen.s-5
= cents to broker and rs cents TO stool
h yard company, we can realize owe
q 100000 each year, which will pa
< employees, have money to advance o
. shipments, ard can also be used fo
, buying cattle from small produce,
and the few men who refuse to ioi
the association. If we found b.
~ charging 25 cents per head it acc,
. mulated more money than needed,
- could be used as benefit fund.
L. "The prices can be advanced 3
=, per cent. without the retail price net
essarily advancing. In 1882, choic
;. beeves, weighing from 1900 to $50
e pounds brought on an average {
l. $3.50 per 100 pounds, aud porte
house steak retailed for Is cents
q pound. In 1889, the same kind all
weight OF beeves sold for $4.05 p'
100 pounds, and porterhouse stea
'r retailed for ~ cents per pound. N
A. reason why price cannot be put bac
= to IS 60 and kept there.
Z, "I.et me give you an idea of how
r will save you, by referring to the ca
~, tie | own and control: For instanc
| have 10000 head, weighing on 9
average 1900 each, or 24,000,O(
=, pounds a. present market price, fo'
i, cents per pound, worth 10000
;. When we advance the price to IL
i, and one.half cents $50 per cent? p
- pound, the cattle will be worth $500
600 more, not including the 5000
$50 cents per head), wall save
-, sending them to the association
: yard"
nd Mr.. Hunter desires to receive &
d. names and addre sses of all caffeine
-, His address is: Palmer House, Chic
90, III.