Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-03
A BOSTON VIEW
OF THE GREAT FORT WORTH
PACKING HOUSE
And tho Slookyards-0n on Immense Scale
viii the Transaction Do conduolsd-Ad-
vahiasOs OF FOh Worth.

There has long been q widespread sen.
ument In Texas TO the effect that the
slockmen of that state have been plnced
~ q tremendous disadvantage by the fact
that the great dressed beef companies'
of the United States are so far removed
irom the Southwest. This feeling is not
entirely confined to the cattomen of the
Lone star stpte, but Is almost equally
strong IN Arizona and New Mexico In
Is q fact which seems homogeneous 10 the
visitor TO the Southwest, that the peo-
pie OF that section sell SO many cattle
10 and buy meat supplies from such ~
mote cities as Kansas City, St Louis
ana Chicago. Such an anomaly is curl.
Gus enough but Il has q very depressing
erect upon the cattle industry of the
southwest. Naturally when there has
b'en 80 strong u demand for a market
near homo there have been some nttempts
10 supply such u need, but In the past
the attempts have been unsuccessful.
AZ present, however, Boston capital has
been enlisted To- do what other capital
has failed To accomplish aud, as unusal
when Boston goes Into an operation, the
AFFAIR ~ 10 be- conducted ON an ADEQUATE
scale IL Is authoritatvely said that the
stockynrds and slaughter houses viii be-
the largest in existence aud that the site
OF the new enterprise Is to be within two
miles OF Fort Worth, Tex.
IN return for the location Of the enter.
PRISE IN the Southwest il IN understood
thut the Texas cattlemen have agreed IA
supply the new company with cattle al
the market rate thus insuting n con.
slant supply for tue Fort Worth stock.
yards. IL Is also claimed that cattle cam
he hnd, In good condition Tor slaughter.
FOR a longer time during the year than Is
the case further north this circumstance
being due Ia the mildar climate OF rho
South. Whether the cattle viii be led
on corn in the Southern stockyards as M
the Northern h not announced, hut rs
many range fed cattle are already
slaughtered for local use in the South.
west u may be found possible 20 dis
pense with Ut least some OF the "corn
feeding now practisod az the Northern
stockynrds. The solution nf this problpm
VIII be watched with some interest mil
even N corn supply is found ueecssat-,
it seems quite possible 10 secure such n
supply cheaply from some OF the neigh
boring sections. The experience of fhe
past however has by no means demon.
su"veu th0t me cattle cannot be raised
on good grazing ranches, as the experl.
meats conducted IN some parts of rexns
and on the best ranches of norfhotn
MeAlce seem tO show that corn IN not
absolutely necessary,
In any event, however the Fort Worth
enterprise VIII De watched with some
attention 10y the BUSH ess mon az the
East as well as by the cattlemen AT tbe
Southwest Heretofore the con,pnrative
monopoly. enjoyed by few Western
hrins which have controlled the dressed
peel industry has served to enrich the
dressed beef trust of Chicago az the "a.
pence OF millions of consumers of ment
products, II is TO be hoped that me
tort Worth enterprise win decline al
enter the combination which has 10 LONG
dominated the trade and that tho mona,
Poly VIII at last be broken. The devel.
opnents which have already been brouehf
70 light by the congressional nvestis,o'
lions during the past few years have
served TO create general feeling ~
hostility TO the trust, and any cooperation
Which ~ able to break the m0naDolv ana
whirh viii be satisfied with REASONABLY
profits can confidently count upon ths
support Of consumers generally. There h
large section of the United States thef
may be supplied BY the proposed industrv
n the Fort Worth company win DIM ~
compete with the Chicago trust and ahe9
once the. people discover that com
hsutor OF the trust Is In the neld tho
lehss corporation win have coi,iisI snn.
port IL Is decidedly 70 be hoeed. there
fore "a atthe hhht will be made.-Boston
Advertiser.