Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-01-10

| account for Ms&t ~ BE &c
service which 90 h4Ee suffered -
this progress'
Thea again oar treas iae saeker
has fnIlen IA tse wsy q error 10 the
stisrnnr dsyebynsn; o. bis branch
al the industry ana eooaonicai ear
ketlns X lis Gre he packer stands
unique and alone. he has c~oavcrted
The waste u TIE slaughtered AniEAl
irto gosc. b. hRe the a!lroA1. LAs
bser a great force in the upsuiie!ng
os the oor=Eerrial world ye, and
We presume SIS, 20 prove Tat after
all Be Il bot humAa. TIE packer some
tinss errs-ms.ases perhaps o. the
( head and ros the hear. but none The
| less erp~Exive 10 otbsrA | xN not
dwell won he txo-dsy market which
no hes estsbliahed. whereby The sur
psss shlpnsnf a one day y used 20
bar me price Of supplies the reKt.
Others more competsrt Sill tell yoG
atcrt ihat The packer claims he
x4ass a steady market fed BY steady
I supplies Market nzn!puisiioEs
sDeh as hare .<ca practioed ia the
past are no. eoadaclye 10 stea6inesS
fs X q square deal vhea the feeder
rrsces are ia Tor Eecord cuts Of tat
stuff. wAea such stuH IL bought 70
XII aaa not 10 feed Does ihss treat;
meat enoograge M breeding and feed
lnx Al nrstclAss animals. Is This
progress.
owr eOgesnmel,t ghe granaes; last!-
tuloa In his,op tss too made mss
taks@-sins a omission and nesiect
prirrzrily cse. perhaps. To cur oEn 81.
aetisr. Thoagh mllions are annually
erpendaa for ne benefit n agr1nitur.
81 asa commercial interests. tie live
stock gneg8sry has received scarty
reco9Eltsu We are mt afraid o.
fr1:eynallsta. Governmental interest
ii aB9 eIrection ~ scieatific livestock
Advancement, Ii carried OF to a less
snseaz In our soeaiies frsternai GOV.
ernrnsst than Ia any other civilized
eoantry. Is this p~rogressf
Cshey mistakes hare been made
which uay NOS 10 charged to any
specific interest o. hssnch OF the bus-
lrexs. For instance. cnr method Of
snarketsng In unscien,ific and crude
Often neither time nor place OF ship
rnent II considered tbs result being
excessive or unequal distribution Of
. ypEies On the various markets. We
sap. az soyse railroads make rates
hy Instinct This evil results from
ignorance On the part Of the shipper,
He las no data or comparative infor'
raatkn Tor his guidance 81 hand. and
shsps when he gets ready and where
his Instinct may determine. Al Ger
tain seasons Of the year The great
cry "car shortage goes up. Whilst
do not believe that the railroads with
hold these cars from phiianshropit
motives. yet, in my judgment, m,
friends. were they available Ak this
times and in the quantities the ship
pers order them every freight engin'
In the country would BIO busy fHaulini
livestock, stock yards facilities woul'
be paralyzed, packers TOTALLY unable I,
KIN or sell our stuff. tho markets dc
moralized and many of us bankrupted
Tho shortage OF airs compels us 4
make a fairly even distribution OF on
shipments In spite OF ourselves, an,
thus maintain comparatively stead,
supplies and prices. We do from fore
Of circumstances that which W
should do from choice, chance. no
science. guides us.
From what has heretofore been sal
hope that | will not BIO classc
among the pessimists. I o man
encouraging and hopeful signs for on
industry. He who loves ua tells u
OF our faults; our virtues win TAX
care OF themselves. But In this az
OF progress and science are we keel
Ing pace, In there nothing wrong
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