Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-06
ROUND-UPS
A Difference of Opinion as to the Result
of Secretary Mobiles Orders.
cattIemen should Not Be Deceived by an Al
vance in Prlces-Interesting Statistics
General Stock Items.


at don e believe the fact that the cat
tIemen will be compelled TO vacate the
Indian Territory this year is going to be
half so bad on the cattle interests as some
peonle think it will be- said Mr.. Sam
Hatcher TO q GAZETTE reporter yestet-
dav. 'sThere is no doubt that the cattle
will have to leave the Territory, anu
that there will be individual cases WneEe
II will work hards hips, but IN the nam
it will not hurt cattle interests. You See
it is Just this way: The cattle IN the Cher-
okee Strip are all steer cattle, anu VIII
be~fattened and sent to market oeIore
October. This would have been done
proclamation or no proclamation. me
only difference is that no more Cattle CAL
be taken in there. .-
"But. Mr.. Hatcher - suggested the
reporter, ''where will those Texas cattle
ind a market that would have gone 10
the Strip had it not been for the orders
of the government
.sTbose cattle will be held and fat
tened in Texas and shipped directly to
market when they are fat-that Is,
provided no other market Is opened up
for them; but Montana, Wyoming ana
other localities will furnish good markets
for Texas stockers.
els there range sufficient IN Texas IoI
the cattle to be held on?
eCsStainly there is; Texas ls py no
Tnearss overstocked with cattle. There IS
plenS of good range here for all the cat
fle tAst would have been pushed TO the
Tndif a Territory. It is just as tell you,
the p aturlng pastures will be IN Texas
hereafter instead of in the Indian Terri
tory, and it will be the best for Texas
csttlemen.
s'But viii not the shutting out of cat
tie from the Nation tend to cause rapid
increase of cattle in Texas?'
Eyes, the supply will increase, but II
will not increase over the ability of the
state 10 care for them, nor will 1t ~
crease the general supply of the coun-
try 1850,
s'whatl will become of those large
stocks of cattle in the country along
Red river, a large proportion of which
are she cattle?'
tsThey will be brought back into
Texas, and as 1 said, will be held mere.
There is plenty of pasture in Texas LOT
them. and they viii get along all right
AS I said, there may be indivlduai cases
where hardships will be worked, but as
q general thing, cattle, interests are not
going to be hurt.
AN OPPOSITE VIEW.
ar. r. b. Harold is of different
opinion to that expressed by Mr.. Hatch
er, and says that the effect of the gov
eminent S action will be most disastrous
TO the cattle industry, not only IN Texas,
but all over the country.
ssIt would not have been so bad, ne
said to a GAZETTE reporter, eff only the
orders in reference TO the Cherokee Strip
were enforced. Those cattle there would
have been gotten rid of this year any
now. but the last order will force on the
market hundreds of thousands Of cattle
that will not be fit for market. The re-
suit will be a depression Of prices, ana
ruin to many cattlemen.
'sIf il had been so ordered that the
cattle from the Strip only should be
moved this year, and until October Il
39l, given TO get the others out, then
ne cattlemen would have chance &c
ork their stocks off, but as il is nc
nance is given them and they VIII be
.y,iea 20 gIut the markets that are III no
force" '-4sS,r the market. As | said
cohul'Ioh ~ me result-a depression
there can De Dut O-aELrr,ll., - and TnCJiaI
in prices, not only for Texas nSs oil one
Territory cattle, but the cattis. = II ,,
the country viii feel the effects oA.N.atfI,
"CouId not the large stocks of tSStte
now held in the Nation be driven Ihl'
Texas and held heTe?''
ono sir, the range IS not here TO
them. Thave about 5000 in the Terri
tory. 1000 Of which will be ready 10
market this year. I can handle the 400
all right, bat what of the other 200
head! l can Craze about 1000 of them il
Texas but the other 1000 Will have to b
forced ON the market before they ar
ready for it,
Are there many in your FIX?
'iAlI in as bad and many in worse fix
The waggoners have about 40 ,OOO hea
in the Nation that will have to be move
out. They have about 100, 900 acres G
land in Texas, but that is not suthcien
10 Craze one-fourth Of the cattle. The
can't lease pastures here, TO bay woui
take fortune, and the result viii D
their cattle will be forced on the market
There are others in the same shape tha
we are, and there is no way out, and tn
cattle interests will suffer terribly D
this condition of things.