El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-09
THEY GO THE
OTHER WAY
Cuban Cattle Shipments Now
Go By Way Of ,Tampico
1T is SUGGESTED THAT
The Chamber OF Commerce Make An
Effort To Simplify the Progress
Of iSendlng Cattle Through On
Bond, And Thus Secure Ship
ments AGAIN Via FL pdso.

W. !. Cox, the we'll known cattle
man. Just returned from the conVen'
ton a. F.. Worth, has gone down the
line OF the Mexican Central to Ch1hua-
hua and will there look after the snip
ment of thousand head OF cattle TO
Cuba by way of Tampico.
''This IL distinctly case Tor the
chamber of commerce. said a pro-
mineut csttleman here this morning,
''and it involves point which should
be taken up with the railroads concern
ed as once.
The HERALD has chronicled and
noted frequently the immense ship
ments of cattle through this port the
past fall, and in the early winter, and
it has noted the decline of shipments
and rightly attributed the fact to the
fall in prices in the Havana markets.
But now shipments are beginning
again, and, as you see, they are going
by way of Mexican points altogether.
Something should be done by the
chamber to bring them around this
way.
'Take Mr. Cox for instance, and the
people with whom he works the Cuban
cattle trade. They have steamers
touching at Galveston, aud at Tam
pico, and they can have them sailing
from either port they choose, to Cuba.
L
their cattle through this port and this
country in bond, by way of Galveston.
Most OF these cattle have come up on
the Mexican Central. OF course the
Central would get a longer haul by
way of Torreon, and Tampico. and to
secure this, they have probably made
such a rate that shipments have gone
that way.
There is no class of men more ad-
ait no
cattlemen. They are liberal and good
business men and good spenders, and
they do town good. There are few
cattle in the Immediate vicinity of Ell
PasO, aud most of the cattlemen who
come here come with the idea of buying
cattle from across the line, and bring
ing them through in bond.
s'But to most of them there is some
thing of a bugaboo in all the red tape
and formalities necessary to get the
cattle across the line. If all this could
in some way be abolished or lightened,
not only would this become q greater
cattle center. but it would become far
more important port of entry. AS 1T
is now, with each train OF cattle sent
through In bond, special Inspector
has to be sent, at cost OF three dol
lass day and expenses, to look after
the cattle. This al, n makes marked
difference in the cOet of transporta-
ton in favor of the Mexican roads.
IF suitable and proper action is
taken in time to insure the retention
of this as the principal center for Mex
lean cattle buying for Cuban and other
shipments in this country, il will mean
a great deal. All the money involved
would change hands here, ali the cat
tie crews would be paid off here; much
feed would be purchased here. and
above all this city would become the
headquarters of cattle buyers Of prom
inence and wealth.
1.-THE proposed Pecos Valley extension
would give a very direct and short
cattle line to the best cattle markets,
and would, possibly, help to create a
demand for Mexican cattle in those
markets.
SIT is, therefore, very advisable
that the chamber of commerce, when
it is in position TO do so, take some
action looking to a simpler means of
getting cattle across the line, without
al the present fuss and feathers and
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