The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-18
ARE JUBILANT
OVER PROSPECTS
When Packing Houses are
Both Running.
WICHITA WILL GROW
Dold and Cudahy People are
PrOcIaiming It.

TIE people about the packing houses
+ and the stock yards are j1ailant over the
( prospects for their future. They firmly
believe that this city is destined 10 De
one Of the great packing eenters OF this
country. and hey are able TO give a
good and sufficient reason for their faith
! = reporter for the Eagle called at the
/ packing houses yesterday. and he came
away with his faith IN the future OF
wichita raised by several degrees. Fred
+ Dold was not in his Office. but Superia-
teldent Charles Darrigrard was there,
ana he said Mr. Dold was mere thar
anxious &c get ais new plant finished and
he said:
When we get another crop Of corn
enG both the packing houses running.
Wichita will be q hummer. I feel per
fectly safe IN saying chat in less than a
year Dold VIII be killing 1870 hogs and
20 cattle a day. OF course, We will get
started long before a year but } name
that time because I think conditions viii
Do more favorable for the packers thea
than now.
The capacity OF the new plant viii b.
. 70 hogs a day and 400 cattle. BY in
creasing our killing we win be able 10
lessen the expenses compared with the
Increased product The administrative ex-
penses and the fuel bin for q packing
house OF SO hogs q day is about tho
same one with a capacity Of $50 hogs
The large house takes the same clerical
force and the same heads Of departments
a. the smaller house. ard they all have
[. be paid whether the house IS running
o. not
T am basing my calculations for the
number Of hogs and cattle We viii be
killing shortly after we get started from
cur business before the IRE. Our house
Was then too small and we were com
PEELED 10 buy green cuts Of other packers
and ship them in because we could not
supply them with our capacity AT that
time. Our killing capacity was TOO small
for our trade. Some people think that
being compelled 10 90 out Of business
for a tire that We viii have % 20 slow
and build UP our trade again. I have no
fears Of that We can sell ell The meat
VIC can cure
There are just 50 many hogs and Cattle
in the United States 10 Kill. and If they
arc killed n Wichita they viii not be
killed anywhere else and there is a de-
mand for them all. The packers Of this
country can find q market FOR an the
cattle and hogs they can set 10 butcher
have no fears FOR the future, and you
wiz see lots Of business at the packing
houses If the very near future"
when the reporter called at the John
Cudahy packing house he found them
busy IS bees IL every department When
Manager c r. Harrison had a little time
10 talk ne said:
The future OF the packing interests IN
this city seems very bright to me. We
Nc
course. we have been for the last six
months passing through one CT those con-
ditions that occasionally comes around
unfavorably for packers Cattle and
hogs have been too high for the packers
u make money. x takes lots Of money
now TO run the business. and there is 10
profit, but we came here 10 dig and we
viii be doing something while the other
packing houses are doing q big business.
We are here to stay and push our bust
ness.
we can handle 1.Oo9 hogs a day with
our house when conditions are favorable
for the packer and just as soon as they
are favorable we viii run the house 70
its full capacity. If we can get the hegl
and I guess they viii come when there Is
q demo nd for them. 4 good corn crop
this year viii change the conditions here
Il VIII very soon make difference In
look Tor very much cheaper hogs before
The first % next November
We VIII increase our cattle killing just
as soon rs CRASHED cattle are ready LOT
the market we ought 20 he Killing 500 70
On a week now but We cannot get
regular supply. We are now investgat-
ine L. fad how soon the cattle IN Texas
VIII be ready for market. and when we
may expect To set fat cattle from there
Nobody is making any money on cattle
aow. We are killing high-Qriced cattle 20
hold our trade, but We are not making
any money on them There IS however.
nothing disccura gfng IL this IL IS simply
one Of those conditions with which the
packers expect 70 cope once In while
The location of wichita for a packing
center is all right and the town IS going
10 keep coEling. You are going - zee Il
grow faster in the next few years than
il eve- did before. Since coming here
have become thSr0ushiy inou q With
the idea that Wichita e going 10 be the
great city q This Bis southwest
sSome. people can never he made . I'M
dsrstand." said Superintendent Brown of
the Cudahy house. chat packers keep
rieht along whether they are making
money or nos. We have been paying ot6
money for corn-fsd steers, and We know
when we buy them that they VII lose IS
money. AT one zine last winter ve kept
riebt along buying hogs wLea We knew
tnat every one q .he1a would lose VI
ere dollar a head
somebody SAID the ether day II Ar
u-aar Is }osinc ua1zr On cattle WY
doesn't he quiz killing them He dare no-
cuit He has an army ~ ren werslrs
for h.m. ard he mas dis--ihut-nS h7as
asl oser thtz country ale usiEht SO
au over fhe word ale has his ul-- his
ans ae4 rares au2 De cannot stop
the ma cll-sers rrust b i,srt moving. He,
Is veE - she 0-ler packs-s. k-0T that
tEese coa6lao1s w.ii change. and theu
they VIII make noley- The consumers
81 ueat are kiciSlng about the high
vices E5r meal. hut they have 20 more
cec1slou o. EieS thaH the packers Rave
sErs Z Taylor q Augusta VAS 81
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