The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-12
. Y. Pre-emiaentIy the Foremost
State ia the Union.
> ATTAINMENT IN CATTLE RAISING
r.cxeries Are Needed and the
INDUSTRY viii Keep Ahead
Of the World.

,v eschewed politics. In part his address
= as follows:
Not only easily first among the cotton
raucing countries OF the world. put aiso
~ raising OF cattle and stock there Is
.,sstiop that Texas stands present.
-,s,, the foremost State in the Union.
.andence. as in the past, upon natural
.,raga and the native breed OF cattle
rravented our stock raisers from real
- me full value OF this great industry
"a Ssvelopipg 1t into that magnificent
~ IN which 1t is now attaining. AS 1t Is,
weyer. the Improvement in stock rails
in Texas, and especially Western Texas.
ring the past ten years has been VOL
rf,l. This Improvement is largely due
the transformation of the Spanish cat
today thing of the past, into high
,ae cattle of our best beef stock The
sut of this interbreeding has been, not
lie IN increase the value Of the cattle OF
state upon all her broad pastures, but
3 produced steer which can be taken
ne feeder and increased in value from
4 to $50. The feeding industry has al
adv attained respectable proportions and
Increasing largely each year. The mu-
Bal benefits derived from it by the stock
iser. the feeder and the agriculturist are
ssily seen. The process is simple The
iii II has attained a proper age for mar
Of, the feeder purchases the steer direct
Iou the range and transports it to some
Rrieultural portion of the State to be
Rttened; the farmer is furnished home
harket for his grain and cotton seed
roducts at a price largely in excess of
HAT would be received with transporta-
lon charges added in case OF shipment to
brelgn markets. The result is plain: The
kock raiser receives more for his cattle.
he feeder makes a profit and furnishes
mployment to many industrious citizens,
nd the farmer can raise crops which Will
held gain instead OF loss. In addition to
his. another, and probably more impor-
ant result will be attained. The farmers
kill grow less cotton and more grain; crops
lin be more diversified; the cotton acreage
educed and farming made profitable. Per-
ans there has never been a time in the
history Of our State when the necessity
or this movement could be more forcbly
Impressed upon our people. Cotton is
bringing the lowest price, with the ex-
Iepton of one year, than at any time with
|n the past half century. In fact, the
klices realized are not only Improbable,
but II continued hereafter-and there seems
b be no prospect for betterment II pres
knt conditions continue TO prevail--the
Small farmer can and should raise and fat
len few beef cattle in connection with
bis hogs each year. retaining enough for
bis own consumption and finding ready
market for the remainder. Raising cotton
hnd buying supplies which should be pro-
iuced upon the farm can not and will not
lay, and is the cause of the overproduc-
Zion and low price of cotton. But the
femedy is at h'lnd 4 greater variety of
products can be raised in Texas than any
State in the Union. Diversity the crops;
faise less cotton; grow more grain; fatten
)nore cattle: open up new field put the
grain which can not be shipped with profit
! to solid beef, which can; and the farmers,
PIE feeders and the stock raisers alike will
receive mutual benefit and profit, and the
Plight of prosperity again illunine all parts
|d our fair State.
industries to which | desire to call your
attention, is the establishment of pack
|eries Essential as they are to the pros
|perlty Of any stock raising country, par
|ueularly is 1t so In our own State. Nc
reason, l may say no excuse. exists why
Texas. the largest stock raising State in
the United States, should be forced al
enormous expense to transport her cattle
and hogs thousands of miles to packeries
Wnen they might be established here a,
meme the great shipping cost cut off, thou
sands of men receive employment and the
prce OF cattle and hogs materially en-
nanced With deep water On our coast al
READY secured the larger developments
promised In that direction. with cheap in
terror rates guaranteed by the railroad
commission, with the low ocean freights
win the raw supply ready al hand, Texa.
pacKefies can compete profitably in the
markets OF the East, in the markets oil
EUROPE, even In the markets OF the world
Europe with her teeming millions. her
sast standing armies, her large non-pro
ouctiVe classes. must be fed, and Texas Il
"a position now and should do a larg,
Fart or the fesding The crowded East II
oT own country must derive their food
supplies elsewhere and we can now enter
upon equal terms with .he great packerie!
u .ne west for their trade. I am happ,
~ say mat most propitious beginning hat
ueen made in this direction. but what ",
rsed Is more packeries and more fat cattle
~. ne advantages can not be underestimate
ne benefits derived will be mutual: the
p.oliIs VIII be distributed among our wliolt
Psopie- With ocean steamers loaded Will
reAas grain and Texas c.tile prepared u,
aeAas packeres leaving from Texas ports
W. W. VIII soon have flood Of Eastern ant
rreropean money pouring into the State
se eAas wiil become the Mecca OF mos
n nssirapie class OF immigrants. our peopi,
HdppN, cuUteNleu anu pros
pslnus and we will the sooner attain tina
"a, ,snh 10 which we are inevitably destined
Nis Empire State of the Union.
,m4eed' we should seek to utilize on
t , resources and raw material of al
Mus Nus mere at home. One OF our creates
n.eus Is more manufactures. Why shoult
80 send our cotton to Eastern mills to b,
s span into cloth, our wool to foreign manu-
wt tsosies to be turned into clothing. on
s.a' to distant States to be converted int,
49,, buying back our own products II
,ranutactured form. paying the freight botl
r s Ewing a heavy percentage TO tn
a .r,uuiemen and irofit to the msnufactur
80, wnen with manufactures at home w
b oain zeal direct with our own mills. avoit
~ y freight charges. keep the nrofits o
w., nanuracturers in our own State AM
s rarely add TO It's material devotion
NH MN. Too long have we depended solel
hs spn tne soil: too long have our resource
~ in houred into the coffers~ OF the East
49, Us iurn the tide. build mauufactorles
or, annsh packeries. erect mills. utilize gu
49, ~ raw products ana reap the benefits an
p,,,,, which have heretofore made multi
n .nnres In the North and Eset an
psmners in the South.
"niie wise and beneficent laws by tn
s rnerai government are necessary an
M, y patriotic citizen should use his ut
IN - ehusavors To have them enacted. ye