The Cairo bulletin., 1904-01-13


gullible government. this is the point
where the American stockman insists
on rising and entering a general de-
NAL and also special demurrer
This scheme is now being worked in
Arizona, in fact. in all the western
states and territories by some com
bine or other Land grabbers are
blot on Twentieth century civiliza'
ton, and the old COW boy methods Of
dealing with horse thieves may have
to he resorted To in order that the
land may be conserved for the com
ing generations.
lregret to say that the year just
past has witnessed SO many failures
among honest, hard working, patient
and accomplishing stockmen OF the
/ United States. Without apparent rea-
l son prices began TO drop. and they
/ have gone from had to worse until
/ we see the cattle kings in the Here
1 ford and Short Horn world forced into
( bankruptcy. their hard-eaned for
( tunes dissipated. and their careers
4 blighted. Win some one kindly give
us positive reason for this loss of
hundreds of millions of live stock
values. 1t must be conceded that the
consumption of meat was never SO
great, or the retail prices never SO
high. 1t must be admitted that we
still have growing foreign demand
rather than closing of markets
against our meat products.
1T is patent to all that American
labor is today receiving the highest
average wages ever enjoyed in this
Union. Finally, ii must be conceded
that we have a general prosperity
throughout the Union, and only the
Wall street grumbers and the army
Of sycophant sufferers hanging on the
fringe of responsibility, who coddlt
their pee wee brains that they car
buck the tiger on the stock marke
and lose. as they always dot il
only these gamblers who have honest
. ~ bit the dust financially speaking
during the past year. We can &C
, count for all their bad breaks
! But why the producer of meat, WIFI
, feeds the world. would be singled on
: for financial destruction is altogethe
. another proposition Here is wher'
, the greater combine called the pack
! ing kings comes In. We all conced
: they have made colossal FORTUNES
/. We know they have converted the oil
/ neighborhood slaughter house wit
q its Odors and nuisances, to giganti
Y abattors, where the bi-products ar
n all saved and every ounce Of the an
/ NAL is turned into profit. We prC
+ ducers have paid for the hundred
}. of millions now represented by tn
1 big four, so-called. We common
o their success. but we protest agains
# the gigantic monopoly they hay
q forced on the people of the Who'll
n country--both producer and consun
O err We protest against the Withdraw
v al of open competition In each an
n all of the great markets of this coul
T. try, in the agreement made even
3 day between the buyers of thes
houses.
h I'VE demand laws that will pr
IN vent daily meetings Of packers al
- their agents To arbitrarily fix Il
10 prices to be paid on the hoof; an
n also on the block. Every stoekman
H. this country is generous and wlli
.na to give and take hut he certainly o
4, jccts TO giving the whole profit
q raising and feedingBof live stock
4. 4 merciless Aggregation Of packil
rs house capitalists. who by their q
Of tons want The earth. It was the
" reasons that forced a large numb
RS of the biggest producers to meet
o. Kansas City and organize the Inc
r. pendent Packing company, with
A. capital of $4,000, 900"