The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-17
ARMOUR'S VIEWS
On Relation Of Packing Houses
to Live Stock Industry.

Fort Worth. Tex. Jan. 1.-THE sec
ond days session of the National Live
Stock association began at 10 o'clock
this morning. The session was devoted
10 the Introduction Of resolutions. re-
ports Of committees and various ad-
dresses as follows:
Livestock. a Business Proposition"
by D. w Smith of Illinois.
Livestock Securities" A E Deric-
queles, Colorado
Relation OF Packing Houses to Live
stock Industry" by Phil Armour.
This was read by T. F. Sothan, presi-
dent OF the American Hereford assOci-
alton
our Broadening Markets for Meat
Products. John F Hobbs. of New
York
The Railroad and the stockmen,' T.
w TomIinsOn, Illinois.
Livestock Exchanges, H ThomD-
son, Illinois.
Necessity for Reliable Statistics II
the Livestock Industry" I. G. Pow
ers, Washington
The Idaho delegation will cast a solid
vote against any leasing plan that may
come up IN the convention. the leasing
system feed in transit rates and terrni-
nal charges are subjects that will bring
forth hot debates during the conTeE-
ton
Mr. Armour's paper was in part as
follows:
The modern packing house is an
evolution developed out Of commercial
necessities. Its relation to the cattle
industry IS manifestly intimate, for it
IS largely dependent upon this industry
which in It's turn is stimulated and de-
veioped by it. The modern packing
house eminentIy exemplides scientific
commercial methods in the business Of
provisioning the world. It has logi-
cally displaced the smaller slaughter
house by the application OF economics
only Obtain&bls in extensive operations
Food has been cheapened. while at the
same time raw materials and wages
nave been advanced This has re-
suited from scientific utilization Of ma
terials that formerly in many cases
were a source Of loss rather than OF
profit Continually improving apph-
anceS for refrigerated TRANSPORTATION
solved the problem Of distribution and
this impossible on a small scale. tends
more and more each year to the in
creased inconvenience and advantage
OF the consuming public everywhere.
To the great principle Of utilization
of packing house 'OffaF may be attrib-
uted the gigantic strides with which the
great provision and dressed beef bust
ness OF Chicago has been built up du-
ring the past 20 years Besides the
packer and consumer, every cattle
grower has participated in the benefits,
because every steer has been made
more valuable
cation of modern methods results in
such utilization Of formerly wasted ma
teriaI that the value of each steer is
materially enhanced. for it is only
where large numbers OF cattle are
daily killed and prepared for market
that such utilization is possible. The
cost OF these extensive plants. where
thousands of men are employed daily,
and where expensive machinery IS IS
senr1aI 10 operation puts the saving
and preparation Of all the by-prOductS
beyond the reach of the local butcher
who can never have sufficient raw ma
teriaI to keep him going
And to the modern packing house
coupled with modern refrigeration may
be traced the marked recent develop
ment and creation Of the great cattle
markets Of the Mississippi valley
These have been OF lnCaICuIable value
not only TO the cattle interests, but to
the country at large. Because of the
saving the modern packer can afford
to pay more for cattle than the small
butcher who throws away this mate
rial. and he can AFFORD 10 sell the pro-
duct more cheapIy than would be pos
sibIe under old conditions The cattle
dealer always knows he has a market
for any number of cattle for any day
in the year they may be shipped to and
sold in the large markets alluded OF.
and ne IS always sure OF prompt sale
and quick returns.
The cattle dealer and the packer
have mutual interests Everything
that tends TO the advantage of one
must benefit the other, for where the
one is made to suffer by inimicaI leg1s-
/ Iatiou. local regulation, or for any
cause. the other feels the blow. The
closest sympathy should prevail be-
tween these two great factors in the
business and commerce Of the United
States. and while the packers of the
country may we'll feel that their mar
velOus development from q compare
lively small bginning IS attributable
to the energy. honesty and commercial
activity of the cattle dealer as much as
to their own, il may be equally true
that to the successful efforts of the
I packers is the cattle interest largely
indebted for its present influence and
prominence in the commerce of the