Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-03-15

marketable progeny, and a little more
than 144 millions of dollars worth
Of eggs. The exact total Of their pro.
duction, in dollars, Is S1,17S247.
And that, on the original valuation
OF the plant" Of 70 millions Of dol.
lars, means that the American her
has simply knocked into a cooked hat
the income producing capacity OF
trusts, mines, manufacturing combi-
nations, Wall Street and any, except
the widest freaks Of speculative stock
for the income produced by the her
is 400 per cent on the original invest
ment with n liJtle bagtolle Of ST.
.17S,247 LETT over for pin money.
If a person could get a birds oye-
view Of the shipping ports OF this
country at any day in the year, he
would see droves Of cattle, horses and
mules go laundering up gangplanks
and being hauled In sllnps up the
sides Of ships Steers and cows by
thousands stream into ships at
wharves in Boston New York and Bal
timore Mules and horses in uncnd-
ing procession day after day go into
ships in all the ports, clean around
the coast from Portland, Maine, TO
Galveston, Texas. And still more
herds go into still more shops on the
Pacific shores.
Crlss-crossng each other, north
east, west and south, all, over the con-
tincnt, rush trains filled with them,
not only day after day, but unendlng-
lv, through the day and the night,
with never a Sunday, never a holiday,
to give the whlrling wheels and the
singing rails n moments rest.
Hogs, and sheep, and mules and
cows and steers and horses-Count
them, watch them tramplng rushing
10 the sea, and then turn TO the figures
gathered by the census and treasury
departments and find that, all that
tostlng, never ceasing stream Of great
hruteq from millions Of acres Of pas
ture, does not amount IN value to one
quarter Of the value OF tho eggs laid
by the little hen. And II you add the
value Of tho hen herself 20 the value
OF the eggs, that whole aggregation
Of horns and hoofs. all those tons Of
flesh do not amount In value TO one
eight Of what fowls and eggs are
worth
Now, sweep your eve over the vast
extent Of continent from the great
ranches under the Rocky Mountains.
over the plains Of Texas, over the do
mains Of railroads and slaughter
houses, from Omaha to Chicago. Take
In with It the Immense City OF Chicago
itself. with rs duchles and prnci-
palltles OF stock yard and abattors
and factories and laboratories and
warehouses and shops. and rallroad
yards. and wharves and refrlgeratlng
plants all devoted TO seizlng the llv-
ing beast and converting him to a
uses hides, horns, hoofs
tallow and meat.
Take IN the roads that bear miles
on miles Of cars full OF that product:
scattered over thousand
miles Of lend warehouses fronting
every navlgnble nook on the oceans;
refrigerator ships that are monsters.
all stuffed full as they can hold.
watch them tear through the seas Of
the world, flooding the ports from
to Singapore.
And then please go back to the dim
colored cackler that roosts In ram
shake houses and drops her golden
egg into any old box that the farmer
happens 10 have picked up and be-
hold. all the tons Of fresh and canned
and salted beef, all the tallow, all the
bacon and hams. all the canned and
sahed and fresh pork, all the sausagesI
and the sausage meat; yes. and all the
castings for these sausages, and the
"flxings" that are exported
ns the result Of the mad hustle. hustle.
hustle, across the continents OF loco
and cars. and exported by n
hundred different lines Of ships, do not
come within 10000 tons OF the weight