New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-05
THE PASSING THRONG.

Apropos of the Cattle Trust talk that Is going
the rounds Just now. comes this talk with D. NJ.
O'connor, who is said to be the
DOESN'T largest cattle owner in Texas Mr..
FEAR OConnor owns IS 900 head Of cattle
CATTLE and $4,000 acres OF pasture, which
TRUST has the reputation Of being the
best grass land in the State. He
is power among Texas ranchmen. This is what
he said about the Cattle Trust to Tribune re-
porter at the Fifth Avenue Hotel last evening:
IAN I know about the Cattle Trust Is what
have read in the newspapers, together with a
bination and would not do 80 under any considera-
paid me enough for It. certainly but my land ihey
I am personally acquainted with Mr.. Loving. the
man who is supposed TO be organizing the trust
safe in saying that a trust Of which he was the
head would not frightcn the big cattle men Oh
we have not had a single consultation among our
selves as to How TO defend ourselves aKa ir ba e
any such syndicate exists will exist. and In the
Guilty at ali in driving it out Of the State
begin with such trust Is ag@hS o tn ot cons
taken the land which the trust is alleged to have
Texas. The grass that grows there is OF very
poor quality. and breaks up into dust when me
raising OF first class cattle Then there are about
fifteen bg rancneTs along Ta R we Sa e Who
know positively, will not enter into a trust. The
tIon We wiz a combne to- fight it That Would
mean twice or three times the capital represented
more than the syndicate claims to have, and
10000 OF the choicest pasture land IN Texas
No syndicate within the bounds OF my imagination
could tight such an amalgamation. 1t would be alb
solutey supreme. name you three other
whp c WGe9 an o, 6 M King a
ly Snton p Fulton and A. II. Pierce. These four
combined would have 10000 head OF cattle ana
100000 of pasture.
"Oh. no. the big cattle ranchmen Of Texas are
not losing any sleep over this so-caled trust Let
las far as I have been able to find out, Georgia's
is the only capitol building In the Union which has
been built within the appropra-
CHEAP ton" said Benjamin F. Abbott an
CAPITOL. Atlanta lawyer and OF Geor-
Gia's former Assembymen at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel last evening. Mr.. Abbott was
a member OF the State Legislature at the time the
appropriation was made, and consequently kept
close watch on It. The Assembly allowed $1,000
for the contract" he said, "and when the building
some odd cents left over We have as pretty a
capitol as you find anywhere. too. -
erned. We have better railroad connections, better
merchants and better banks than any iniand cry IN
tho United States. | was member OF the CoHi-
mittee Of Forty-nn and Of the suo-commttee OF
having in charge hg pRat Of carer
there was a clause that taxation should not ex-
coed ~ cent and that all RToper s sh bos hes
]
ever since and instead OF trying to legislate IN
such a way as 10 increase the taxing power II mas
heen reduced this year 10 IL per cent Now, l
think that speaks well for the municipal govern
ment"
! Salvador de Mondonca. Minister from Brazil to
Portugal and formerly Brazilian Minister at Wasn-
ington. is at the Hoffman House.
| SENIOR Senior Mendonca has not been IN
| NrvDoNC,A AZ Brazil since last February. having
VISIT been travelling about the Continent
for health pleasure and business
| Private business brought him to New-fork' Out
bs stay here will he a short one. MS he expects 10
! sail soon for his native country He says that the
| brazilian Government IS devoting most OF i'S at
| ,on,on ius, now 20 the currency question o"ine
"a fha depreciation OF paper money Rod mas US
| annearod from circulation and the problem VIII
which tho nnanclers Of tho country are strugsnhs
| &c how 10 bring Il back again and put Brazil on
sound money basis. - ,.,r. ,ois sanbor
! NenJouca Brazil ~ I'm n prosperous couuiu
| our progrcss cannot be compared 10 MeNco DC ,
| c,use I, must bo RENE bcrcd that We are aoOu'
! Ten times az large as Mexico Excepting Aasha
"a ,o,r new posress ions. Brazil has larger area
! ,hon Inc United Sthtes. Therefore. Brazil canno'
hc classed with Mexico. We are IN class py ou ~
! selves We have a population % between $1,000
| and ~ zoo 00 our transportation facilUes' no"
| cvor are very poor. but st will be only mater
| n, a few years until the obstacles whlcn no" Iii
| Srort MS have been overcome. ana then We WI
| rank among the foremost nations OF the "olIu'