Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-03-14
IHE GAzTTE F0RT WORTH TExAS wEpNEspAY MARcn d laal

your splendid wholesale aud retail business
hulh'es, your tasteful aud con,nodI,ns
npNth hunse, your stock yards ami nncl..
.ns nonsc, more than rupnil for the limo
spent " doing t. Tho impression III
pspepeiliy is sure 10 follow The most
Nnsnal inspection OF your condition While
~ knowledge Of the surrounding trim.
~, ss country ie VI the most general ma
W.T. aud lacking ~ tho detailed kuoyyl.
edge, which belongs ID ths.e vho t,svci
nnlough y thoroughly, know from thc
nasule OF things, that prosperous eitles
NV never Ia any other than prosperous
IN 10 know In a statistical way that
lvNas + the greatest cattle growing state
~ wv Union. For the past twelve years,
49, Waluhed with pleasure the ont.
lVuttnE OF YOUR ranches at The leading
lNrlhern markcie. Twelve years aro d
vomparatvely limited number came over
" KANSAS city market. In which | ain
earnestly Interested and closely Identified,
unr buyers at that date were mostly
sp'culatlle, and chances were hardly
eNrh ihat The owner would accept AZ.
spvehlalors bids or COURSE. am here 20
nufocate The merits Of Kansas CITY. as
The most profitable plnce for mo sonib.
west 10 market her surplus cattle. 1 am
,fce TO say however, that " we had NO
hrger or morn financially able line of
buyers than We had IN 1882, l should
hardly have the assurance 10 nppcal to
2 Texan for the sale Of his cattle. The
demand has essentially changed both In
nature ana iis size. Instead Of epecu.
itionS. we now have packers TO buy tho
cattle The best modern I've stock = lie
one which has the largest hacking In
dnstries. Chicago, hns acnuirtd her pres.
igc because two-thirds of her cattle rc-
ceipls nave been Killed by Chicago pack.
ers, and no other western market could
npproaN such q proportion. until lIansas
~. entered the list as a packing center.
NaW SIX local hnilscs. four OF them very
heavy operators, are regular daily huyers,
ana 90 not fan much ghort Of huyiuE two.
thlfds Of the arrivals, All OF HE other
hlg dressed beef mon Of The country. pct
a part OF their supplies now al I[pnsos
Cily, so that what l. familiary known
Us the big Four are the main stay of
w market as they have long been at
Chicago
The Biz Four do not. MS 4 ponplsrlv
md enormously supposel, monopolige the
killing Of cnttlc mud thc distribution al
hcet' MI OF the big cities Of the country
nave what you may call either small
dressed houses or large butchers. The
aggregate business done hy these Il very
large, and Kansas City 5 heavily patron.
1Sd by them as source uf unpiica.
'ffth W. ~ NAlNH NNlANfNlllNtl NfUlNMu IAr
fat cattle, there Is very littlo left for the
| spcculator To do at Klnsaa City any
more The butchers, dressed hocf mpn
and exnnucrs cau out pay and do out pay
| the Spectator
4 IN the summer, WHOM Texas cattle arc
| being marketed freely, the best untiy,
enttle are much neglected. II the former
| can he had, Texas bcef Il good enough
| 70 meet The general requirements Of trade
| having punlity enough aud moro convpp
| lent weights than the LOO To f.GW
| pound native hcoves. Kansas City hn,
never needed so many TcNus cattle as al
| present Ono day last week ont Of fifty
| SIX cars Of fed Texans lifty-Gvo cars sol.
! Tor local slaughter, We want 100000,
| cattle this year 10 be used about ns fol
| lows For local slaughter, 10000.
! head for siuckcrs and fcedens, 35OOa.
h@di for spectators. eastern butcher,
| and exporters. 100000. | viii promia,
you that we will bill 100000 range cittl,
alone The account OF sales will tell IN,
J story Of prices, but this Is being toll
every day. rhorc are number of reXa.
| cattle feeders In Fort Worth today. VIII,
have been converted 10 Kansas City fol
the best OF reasons Wis the biggest ue
| proceeds, The day OF refusing Kpnsa,
CITY prices and going ON 20 Chicago /.
practically a thing Of the pact,