Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-20
ROUND-UPS.
Scottish Farmers Want American Cat
ts for Feeders, and Take Action.
- Possibilities of Texas as q Hog Raising
ss,s-Cattle Prices Being Elevated
by the Big FOur.

The people of Scotland have been COM
,-,,rng for some time of the embargo
,.osd BIZ the government of Great Brit
~ American cattle. The law as 1t
~ stauds compels the slaughter within
,.u dsvs after landing of all American
tits which is IN effect an absolute in
,fjtton of the introduction of feeders or
.,ors rattle from the United States. The
.,,nIv Of cattle in Great Britain is far
inv the demand, and this embargo
sgaips. American cattle is one of the
sss.ons why beef is so dear all over the
yingdou. scotch people, knowing
.bls TO be the cause, and
-isb,ng the cause removed, have
Ian action in the premises
"a are eudeavoring to have the restric-
.ian removed so that they can import
snadsr. from the United States and ma
,nrs them for the market in Scotland.
mass meeting of the people was held
q, Duudee recently for the purpose of Sc
Srr,ur the needed relief-the modification
If the law so that American cattle could
Ia introduced without having to be
.rsnghtered within ten days-aud it was
amended By farmers from all that section
~ scotlaud. After the lord provost had
orened tho proceedings Mr.. Andrew
untchesou, in moving the first resolu-
,jon. said that the importation of store
cattle from Canada had proved so sue
cs,sful in Glasgow and Aberdeen that
he hoped Dundee would get a share of
tbe traffic. It was difficult, however, to
make the scheme pay unless they could
manage 10 carry along with them the
Importation OF store cattle from the
United States as well as from Canada.
These cattle were forbidden because of
the existence of pleurO i'll some of the
Eastern states. He did not think there
was sufficient reason for prohibiting
these cattle from being sent to this coun-
try except under the condition OF COM
p1lsory slaughter on arrival. Pleuro was
not like the cattle plague; it could be
controlled. Moreover, many people
we're skeptcal as to the prevalence of
pleuro, and he read letter from Pro-
lessor williams of Edinburgh in which he
stated that he had examined thousands of
United states cattle, and in no instance
did he discover any sign of pleuro-pneu-
nOnia cOnt8gion. These cases of sup
posed pleuro were merely cases of lung
disease, brought on by exposure, and
not Of an Infectious nature. These tes-
timOnies, Mr.. Hutchinson added, ought
10 carry great weight and cause the gov
eminent to look carefully into the ques-
ton. Canadian cattle were a limited
commodity, but states cattle were prac-
tically unlimited, and what they required
was free trade in cattle with a reason
able amount of precaution against the
Introduction and spread of disease. Dun
dee was deeply interested in this ques-
ton, because the removal of the restric-
tons on American cattle would give a
great stimulus to the cattle companies
aud would set them on their feet and add
g q head TO the value OF every cattle
beast in America. 1t would do good
also 10 the farmers, for although it
wOuld bring down the price of beef, raw
material would be cheaper. He was
certain the American cattle were freer
from disease than Irish cattle. He
morsd-''That this meeting, represent
Ing the town council aud harbor trustees
Of Dundee, and farmers and others in
this and neighboriug counties interested,
are strongly of opinion that it would be
IN the interests of agriculturists and the
community generally that permission
should now be granted for the importR-
ton Of states cattle on the same condi-
tons as at present exist III regard to Ca
madam cattle, with such reasonable pre-
cautions as may be deemed necessary by
the authorities.
Mr.. A. Wilton of Couston, said he
would go upon the principle of free
trade. So long as this country was made
the hunting ground not only of the nat
ural but also of the artificial productions
Of other countries, 1t was unfair that
agFiculturists should not have an OPP
portunity of getting raw material on the
sane terms. 1t was far from being
fair trade that fat cattle could be
brought INTO this country and poured, as
hWere, into the beef market, while they
we're prevented from going to the like
market to supply their legitimate wants
IN the same way as other countries did.
II they had got as many diseased cattle
from Canada as they had from Ireland,
Vanada would have been shut out long
ago.
The resolution was then adopted.