Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-14

the third largest market In this coun-
try within i've years. You can pro-
dticc the cattle. There was never II
time In the history Of the business
when every condition was so favorable
for the shipment to the home mnrlSct
as 1t is right now. Although the de-
mand FOR beef IL light on account OF
the dun business. there has been an
advance OF more than % por cent With
In the last thirty days, There Is now
a great shortage In cattle. Every mar
ket has been sending out circulars,
trying to get people To snip to hem,
but they cannot shlp the cattle unless
they have not them. Instead of send.
ing them to one market ana letting
them send them to another they
should be sent direct. Chicago ~
good market II IL well established ana
and ~ not going TO be affected ny any
thing we do. But what we want is
closer one, from which the product can
be gent direct to the consumer DO
not let them be tossed around like
football from one market 70 another,
New York lH great alaughterlng
point They have n great advantage
In many respects, But had she been
In the same shape ns she Is now, the
dressed beef industry would never have
had the same foothold that II has now.
Formerly they had to XIII their cattle
and sell them the same day II IN
! different now | am not talking New
York alone: take Philadelphia, or nny-
| where else. Naturally the man In
| Philadelphia wants to buy his cat
| Tie AS chcaply as possible, You ship
| your cattle TO England. OF course you
] all understand that those cat.s are
slaughtered as soon they get to the
| other side. These cattle that go over
alive are slaughtered and sold ms
Scotch and English beef; evidently our
cattle are shipped Just as well az they
| are on the other side. bullock IN
this state taken when years old, Is
good enough TO 80 on the other Side,
You have got everything right In your
| own hands now, and II seems TO me,
gentlemen that before this conven-
tion ad1Ourns, you want TO say that
you are going 10 have what has been
the greatest benefit to Illinois, TO Kan
| pas Missouri and Nebraska-a home
market. It is at our door. We have not
got to go and beg people at Chicago
10 buy these cattle.
Now, ID seems to me you want to take
charge OF what you have, and, by CO.
operation and determination, decide
that you are going to make a market
here, and that you VIII OFFER your cat
tie first here. II you start them from
here. you have the right 10 say where
YOU want them to go. But we VIII
agree to do this, We win agree IA
have buyers, within ten days, on this
market, buying cattle every day but
sunday, TO enter into competition
Three weeks ago today, there were
1900 cattle In Chicago. About 100 OF
them. native cattle which had only
ridden short distance. sold above
the Texas bullock, but, had the same
100 been shipped as he was they
would not have brought the same price
Now the time has come when the pack
cry cannot do a successful buslnesl
without having the Texas cattle
do not think there is any one Industry
In this country that demands the at
tentlon that the live stock Industry
does. / believe what little business w
have done out here AZ the yards has
been quite satisfactory to the shippers
/ would like TO ask Mr.. Loving how
as a whole, the people are satisfied.
Mr.. Loving have talked with q
good many OF the people that hav'
been shipping there. and have neyel
found a man that was better satisfied
shipnlng elsewhere. Some said theS
mad got more than they would at Chi
cago.
Mr.. Simpson continued; We do moi
| claim everything. but we do claim
this, that the home market VIII pay
Won more than anybody else. Last veal
! No shipped a little bunch Of cattle Il
, Omaha, and on the same day, Their
, we're Montana cattle on sale In Chicago
I AT the came price. Chicago. as RUE
) sells for little more, because 20,
are A little further on. The average
cattle that are sold nearer home ne
/ the man more money. NOW wonll
, ike. gentlemen, to have you considei
/. this matter. And | would like. posi-
I bly,, when these other gentlemen ma,
/ made their talks. to say Just wore
4 or two Afterwards. -. -...-..