The Arizona champion., 1891-03-21
TRUST Or C.TrLE OWNERS
Prices. of Animals on the Hoof to Be Ad-
 vanced Fully 30 Per Cent.

In the month of September it wa, announced in the Herald that Wil nam T. Hunter, large cattle owner was endeavering to form an ass0Cla ton of Cattlemen and ranch owners for the purpose of doing away with the commission men at the stock yards and thus swing Sc cents a head on all cattle shipped 10 the yards and al~O 10 avoid paying yard age. Mir. Hunters scheme was al that time fully set forth in the Her aid, and the opinions ot several well, known commission men and packers were obtained on the subject Mir. Hunter has now prepared a formal ClrCulIr, which he into his sending to all the cattle ownrrs in the country
 lie says thai Tn September he sent ou, d number of circulars to cattlemen asking them if they would j,ln the 1 association, and that he has received So per cent oi favorable replies. Tue ] objects he aims a, are:
 I. To form an a.sociItion to pro 1 tect ourselves.
 2. to stop shipping cattle at a certain time to accomplish the obj ct,
 5. 10 build stock yards at most ad Isable 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- slve ylrdase charges.
 5. To advance prIces 30 per cent.
 He claims that thlS will save mil, lions of dollars, and eventnl!ly the price of cattle vii! be raised B per cent, or where it was in 1882. The circular goes oa to state that the forming of an aSsociltlon Is an easy matter, but IT must be so strong and determined thlt when a m .mbrr re> celve5 an order from h. dqulrters he must obey IL. The reason for stop ping shipping cattle when an order i Is received to that effect Is to accom- plish the object of the association. which can be done successfully ia 20 other wiy, as il will be impossible for the packers t0 do 5u,InesS without the cattle. The building of stock yards for receiving cattle will cost very lttle money, and this will be advanced. Any amount of suitable land can be secured inst as near such cities as Sioux Cry, Iowa, and Hutchinson, Kan, as the Union Stock Yarts are to ChIcago. by agree Ing to build yards on It. The assp. cidtton can save S6, 100 annulliy by handing the cattle witn its own employees. B. miking a small charge oi 5 cents per held where 77 cents Is nov pald 5o Cents to the broker and 5 cents to the stock yard com pany. S2 900 900 each year can be realized, wnicn viii pIy employees furnish money to advance on shin. ments, and also be u>rd for buying cattle iron small producers ani the few men who refuse to joIn the asso cIatlon. If $ cents per head accu- mulates too much money IL could he used as a "beneft fund" The clr- Cular sa}s:
 The price can be advanced 9 per cent Without tre retaIl price neces,a. rIly advancing. In 1882 choice beeves weIg1lHg from I2o) to r5oo pounds brought oil al average of $500 per 100 pounds, and porter, house steak relalIed for E cents pound. h 1889 the same Kind and weight of beeves sold tor S4 o5 per loo pounds, and porterhouse steak rstalled l'i 2 cents per pound. No reason why Pnces cannot b. pat back 10 $ 6o and kept there.
 As an Idea oI what will be done by the association, let Ii be suppo,4d that man has 2D, ooo held of earle welgnlng on an average I2Do pounds each, or 24,ooo, ,OCo pounds. Tn Sc al the present market price of i cent, per pound. would be worth So6o,o1o When the plIce Is advanced to 515 cents (3o per cenD per pound the cattle wll be worth S5Go, ,ooo more. not Incll Ing the SIJ.ooo C5o cents Der heaO which will be saved bv ,eading the cattle to the association $ yard. The most important thlng to De done IS to regulate and control the production, and that can be readily accomplished if it Is found that ever production Is one of the causes ot the bad condition of the cattlemrn. Entire ranches can be . purchased and sent 10 market. which will in time reduce the producuon and when theIShIpplng of cattle Is thoroughly SystematIzed there will be great change from the present con l dltlon.
 MT. Hunter claims that he has un- limited capital to draw on and has the promise of many banks to pro- vide money, so that the adyanclng of money 10 cattle owners can be easily arranged unul the association has us own funds. MT. Hunter will leave Chicago on Nov. to perfect the organization, and intends work Ing uIl he has secured enough cattle men to Joln the association and made 1t so strong that the shipment oI cattle Will be stopped on hls order. As the range men Go not ship IF the spring, tne first people to secure to obey orders will be the native cattle men. The order to stop shipping