Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-24

From the Chicago stockman the fol-
lowing Is clipped:
The stock yards company Is not do
ing business for the fun there is In 1t.
neither is II an eleemosynary instltu-
ton, The stock yards company ls a
business concern, organized to do busl-
ness ON business principles. its prin-
clpal business Is TO make invested cap
ital yield n profit and is one OF the
business enterprises that has made
Chicago famous. As business en-
terprise It is shining success. But.
the stock yards company Is Il human
creation and is not altogether fault
less. however suave may appear Its
representatives. Greed. IN common
stock yards parlance ''hogglshness." Ia
one OF the cardinal sins and II de-
yelops that the Illinois Central rail-
road is not the only IAN Hog insti-
tuition In this great city as late de-
velopments Indicate that the stock
yards company Is n hog for revenue.
Heretofore the company has depended
principally upon yardage charges and
u good long price for feed, for It's rev.
enues. Some idea OF the income of the
company may DC bttlntItu iIpul tHt
fact that during the year 1898 the yard
age charges for live stock arrived at
the yards amounted, in round numbers.
TO {l.5OO,OOO All hogs arriving are fed
corn Mt least once while on the planks
of this company. the charge for corn
furnished is uniformly 81 per bushel,
the cattle and sheep get hay at least
once at a uniform rate OF $40 per ton
for prairie and $50 per ton for timothy
hay from which anyone can READILY
see that the company gets neat In
come from this source. With these as
the principal sources OF revenue the
company has grown. and fiourlshed.
and developed wonderfully. and 1t ls
now charged that Il proposes 90 reach
out. and grasp, and sand-bag, and rob
in true monopolistlc style. From
late circular issued 10 the commission
men. in suave Language and profuHe
numbers. II IL learned that this COM
pnny proposes TO add from s250.0OO 70
siO0. 900 per year 10 Its income by I'M
posing trackage charge OF from
eighty cents TO $50 per car for every
car OF live stock received at these
wards. the language OF the circular
being 40 TO 70 cents per car for de-
livery nj these yards - :. and y SLIM
liar amount being charged for its re-
,urn empty" Undoubtedly the com
many is amply justified In making this
extra charge but the justification falls
10 appear in the circular. Simply the
cold fact that the charges Will be made
IL set forth.
Contemporaneous with the announce
rnent OF ievying a trncknge charge by
,his company comes another announce
ment from the several railroads that
on and after June !, 1924. they VIII
make an extra charge OF - per car
aver the regular freight tariff for de-
IlverinR stock at the yards.
II would seem that the object or BOTH
,hc railroads and the stock yards
company should be TO hold out Induce
ments 10 Increase the number OF cars
~ stock coming 10 this market; but
n can hardly be expected that the I'm
nosltIon OF an extra tafin OF sssO 10
a 10 per cnr on every car OF stock sent
Ia this market WIN induce stock rais-
ers and shippers 10 come here when
other markets are bidding for Increased
business. -.
II does not appear that the stock
Yards company was driven TO TINS
foeasure IN q heroic effort 20 make the
Yards self-sustaining but has more
ne color Of a bold attempt at extor-
tion and has created a large amount
of unfavorable comment from commits
sion men at the yards, many regarding
II Is a blow that viii tend 10 drive