The Arizona champion., 1891-04-25
TRUST OF c.TrLE OWNERS.
Prices of Animals on the Hoof to Be Ad' .s vanced Fully 80 Ter Cent. .,

.s vanced Fully 80 Ter Cent.
 In the month of September it was announced in the Herald that Will liam T. Hunter, large cattle owner was endeavering to form an associa. ton of cattlemen and ranch owners for the purpose of doing away with the commission men at the stock yards and thus saving SO cents a head on all cattle shipped 10 the yards and also to avoid paying yard age. Mir. Hunters scheme was al that time fully set forth in the Her, aid, and the opinions oi several well known commission men and packers were obtained on the subject. Mr. Hunter has now prepared formal circular, which he intends sending to all the. cattle owners in the country. He says that in September he sent ou, a number of circulars to ca,tlemen asking them if they would joln the association, and that he has received So per cent of favorable replies. The objects he aims at are:
 @ The price can be advanced 70 per cent without the retail price, necessa. uly advancing. In IS8a choice beeves weighing from 1900 to 1900 pounds brought on an average oi Ss .6o per 100 pounds, and porter house steak re,alled for IS cents a pound. In 1889 the same kind and weight of beeves sold for s4 os per 100 pounds, and porterhouse steak retailed for 2, cents per pound. No reason why prices cannot be put back 10 $. Go and kept there. -
 As an idea Of wba, will be done by the association, let it be supposed that a man has 20, 900 head of cattle weighing on an average 1900 pounds each, CT s4, 900, 900 pounds. These, at the present market price of 4 cents per pound, would be worth 5000, ,ooo When the price is advanced to sII cents (3o per cenO per pound the cattle will be worth S36o, 900 more. not including the SIo.ooo (so cents per head) which will .- be, saved by sending the cattle to the association $ yard. The most important thing to be done is to regulate and control IS received 10 that effect is to arcom. plish the object of the association, which can be done successfully in no other way, as it will be impossible for the packers to do business withou, the cattle. The building of stock yards for receiving cattle will cos, very little money, and this will be advanced. Any amount of suitable land can be secured just as near such cities as Sioux Guy, Iowa, and Hutchinson, Kan, as the Union Stock Yards are to Chicago, by agree ing to build yards on it. The asso. citation can save S6,ooo, 900 annually by handling the cattle with its own employees. By making a small charge ot a5 cents per head where 7s cents $ now paid 50 cents to the broker and z5 cents to the stock yard com. papy. S2,ooo, 600 each year can be reallzed, which will pay employees furnish money to advance on ship. ments, and also be used for buying cattle from small producers and the few men who refuse to join the asso citation. If zs cents per head accu. mulates too much money it could be used as "beneht fund" The GIT. oular says:
 I. To form an association to pro. tect ourselves.
 ?. To stop shipping cattle at a certain time to accomplish the object.
 3. To build stock yards at most advisable points to receive cattle, where packers and dealers may pur. chase from the association.
 4, To do away with brokers and commission men and save the exces- stve yardage charges. .-Exchanse.
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