The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-06-28
MEAT SCANDAL WILL
HURT STOCkGROWERs
Consideration Rife Among tn,
"Cow Men" Of Western
South Dakota.
WILL BE A GREAT Loss
Packing House Scandal Has Cause:
Market TO Fall on and Many Of the
Large Dealers Will Go Under
In the Crash.

Dendwood, s. D., June 25.-AmonR
the cnttlemen and large stockmcn o.
this region CONSERVATION Is rife. AZ
the brunt OF the loss on account O,
the packing house scandal will faI
upon them. IL In estimated that q
per cent loss In the cattle trade 70,
this season Is not an overcstimatc. AM
that the bulk OF this will touch M,
eattlomen there In no question. Agalna
the proposed Beveridgc amendmcni
they felt especially bitter. az they knew
that IL the cost OF inspection va,
charged up to the packing houses Il
would really be paid by the stock rails,
er. AS conditions now are there VIII
be n notable falling on In the demand
both at home and abroad. for Amer.
lean meats. The packing house peopI,
buy less stock and do business on ,
smaller scale. but the cattleman him.
self. who has stock that he must sci
and who In obliged To sell on a pOoi
market. will shoulder tho trouble.
AZ n consequences OF these conditions
stockmen throughout the west are feel.
ing distinctly antagonistic towards Ii,
administration. When the recent or.
ders for the removal OF fences wen
into effect there was considerable an.
tagonism TO the president then noticed.
when the government agents made ar.
rests for these and other infraciloni
OF the law by stockmen the feeling
grew. and when packing house condl.
tons were suddenly made public. with
disastrous results to these same mea
the hitherto reprossod feeling among
many or them took the form OF active
opposition.
they are familiar with conditions IL
packing houses. and that affairs hAy,
been much exaggerated In the reports:
further. as this public scandal has re.
acted upon the legitimate business %
an entire country. they arc embltteTeg
over what they consider tho unneces.
sary publicity OF the matter. Il hay,
often been through the various packing
houses OF our country" said one wei
known cattieman. and they are a.
clean rs any such institution coult
possibly be: they are In every way ~.
perior TO the small shops Throughout
the land" As the market has ALREADY
fallen of about 80 cents. the stoCs
raisers feel sure that they Will b.
obliged TO market their stock thl,
coming fall for from 50 TO 81 less PEI,
head than last year. As prices hay,
been low for two seasons past, thu
will be disastrous TO many.
There seems to be no doubt but tina;
ran thousands OF head OF cattle oyer
Uncle Sans domain. Is about TO comi
10 an end. This packing house inycS.
tigation In only the last blow To an
already well shattered system. The In.
crease In the number OF settlers has 90,
up the range so that but n small part
OF IL is available. the order to remove
fences on government land was an.
other blow TO the industry. and nov,
with the fall In prices that Is sure 10
come, there is nothing left for the
large dealer but TO go out OF the bust.
ness or else To own his land and 10
become stock raiser instead Of .
Cow man" Many large firms tina;
have been operating for the last quar-
ter OF a century In this northwest will
go out OF business this fall. some 9TH
ers will confine themselves To sections
where they own land and feed cattle.
and still others will have no course LEI;
open TO them but TO go broke"
The cattlemen have no quarrel com
ing with the matter or inspection; In;
deed, they are eager for II. knowing
that IL will protect their interests as
well as those OF the people. Further,
there has never been any trouble IN
this section with tubercular cattle
They do object, however, to the pos
sibility OF the inspection fee bclHe
charged up 10 the packers. who will In
turn take II out OF the pockets Of tbs
cattle raiser.