Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-11-05
w. E. SKINNER TALKS.
crvrNG THE INTERESTING INSIDE
srsroRY OF THE FORT
WORTH PACKING HOUSE.
he Thinks That Another Packing
House Can He Located Here
At an Early Date.

The recent sale or the pachihs h"""N
IL a matter OF great interest to our cit
izens. and the announcements OF what
d. to be accomplished by the new own
ers are subjects for congratulations
In talking with u Gazette represent
alive yesterday MIR. W. B. skinner
who was largely interested in the os-
Establishment said:
Fort Worth has now an opportun-
.ty OF deserving the name Of livestock
center OF the great state OF Texas In
the packing house deal contaminated
in Chicago. There IL possibly no state
in the Union where the Importance OF
the creation Of a livestock market CEN
ter means as much as to this state
The very foundation OF i1 commercial
Importance being livestock naturally
the business men and wealth holders
OF the state must DO deeply interes ed
in any thing that win show an ad-
vanoement to the industry. The poo
Pile of our stnte have, however become
ekeptical as TO the possibility OF private
or outside corporations being able to
give them a livestock center that
would put tho state on n basis with
northern states that have centcrs OF
this description and l am glad OF this
opportunity to give your readers
few Ideas concerning this by reviewing
the past efforts In this direction
'ln the first place 40 have livestock
and packing center IL iB required that
the market he furnished at all seasons
Of the year with every class and quality
OF livestock In sufficient quantities to
operate a large plant to full capacity
without any loss of time whatever.
The attempts that have been made at
different points In the South ana South
west to establish packing oentcrs did
not have these requirements. consc'
quently could not operate to an adynnt-
age, The undertaking OF the creation
OF a livestock and packing center at
Fort Worth was n well advised propo-
eition, but put into effect too soon; that
is at the time the original promoters
of this market matursd their plans
and constructed the present packing
house and stock yards the receipts OF
the class OF hogs and cattle that were
needed TO compete for trade could not
be had, and the necessity existed for
their buying outside OF tho state,
which OF course could not be done TO
any financial profit when their pro-
duct had TO be sold In competition with
old established packers. The viclHsl-
tudes of n busineHs so conducted would
be liable to make the iinanclers weary
of an attempt TO continue the fight
10 unevcnly matched, and the newt
able would surely follow. There were
those. however, who had faith In the
property and kept Il running along all
the time, preaching the doctrines OF
home preparation OF cattle and hogs,
for a home market which has unques-
tlonably had a pronounced effect In
the cattle feeding and improved hog
raising that has followed
These people then induced outside
nj al "a AsV l...l
abundant knowledge of stock yards
and packing houses to come TO Texas
and SEQ what there was hero, and this
capital was convinced that the time
was rlpenlng very rapidly when the
needed livestock to make proper CEN
ter could be had and undertook the
task OF setting the property out right
What foliowed7 The close OF this pur-
chase IL known TO all In the worlds
financial panic OF 1884, but with the
tenacity that can only be evinced by
people OF wonderful resource the stock
yards and packing house were kent
running when old institutions We're
calling over one another In their haste
10 break up.
These people never Intended opcrnt-
ing the packing house, believing that
proper parties to operate pncking
houses We're those with an already os-
tnbllshed trade and with the capital to
Dranch out and acquire new fclds. and
gust as soon MS money got n little Iii
easy again they have Accomplished
their desire. While packers generally
conceded that the largest volume or
business In their line was in the south
yet u hesltancy 10 enter into new nm
dertakings by those already having
large operations TO control had 10 he
overcome. and today one Of the larg, a
concerns In the country has secured
ahe packing house. and with million
dollars at their command the surplus
from present operation, they will nut
IN enough to operate the house TO lts
fullest capacity. which means more
10 the state that Il ia possible for us 10
bend.
II Is the Intention OF the president
OF the stock yards. Mr., O. w. Simpson.
w.ho engineered this deal, TO take M
lines Tor the purpose of bringing an
other packing house here as quickly as
possible, which he feels can be accom-
piisneu very shortly.
When We point to Omaha and Kan.
sas city as the most recently made
livestock and packing centers. their
rapid growth and immense deveinn-
ment into metropolitan cities. some
.dea can be had OF what this means 10
Wort Worth and the state" ~
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