El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-04
'ST0CKYARD5IN
CITY 4 MENACE"
J. D. Jackson Thinks There
Is No Question About
Unsanitary Feature.

Secretary, Cattle Raisers association.
room No. 6, Sheldon hotel: Dear Sir
! Though not a cattIeman. nor A resident
VI Fl Faso, except for the winter
| months when come here to escape the
| rigOrs of the climate of NV home in
| the north, I am deeply interested in
the stockyards controversy which has
Deen conducted through the columns
OF the Ell PasO newspapers for the past
IN. reIer to IL as a Controversy
! Out II mas been too much one sided to
come under that general head. 7 Der-
| maps should have referred to it as a
presentation of facts from the point
Oh view of cattlemen interested in pre-
Eentlng the stockyards business from
LaIllnS under control of what your
press agent SENS to delight in calling
! adverse interests
Sanitary Reasons Good.
seems 20 me that your objections
70 the location of stockyards within
Ine CITY limits on the ground that they
are uhsanltary are well based. Whether
your objections on the ground that
morrls q Co., II permitted to locate in
the southern end of the Cotton addi-
tlon Will be in position TO secure control
! OF the cattle business to the detriment
OF the caItlemen is well based am not
prepared to say. do not know enough
ABOUT the cattle business to be able TO
advance an opinion on that score.
Experience In Philadelphia.
Ihat there should be any doubt that
( stocKyards and slaughter houses are
unSanltary cannot understand While
have never had the pleasure ~ of
living IN a great packing center like
Kansas City or Chicago, which figure
so largely in your controversy" I
nave read so much about the smells
arising from the packing houses and
stOckyards Of these cities that 7 feel
Inat am familiar with them Phil
adelphia' however, is my home, and the
little local abbatoir IN which the beef.
pork and mutton consumed in that city
are prepared for the local butchers and
meat markets, has given me a verv
good idea of what a real stockyards
and packing house could do in the wav
of producing filth, with all the attend
ant evils of flies. disease germs, OBJ
nOxious smells, etc
VIII Affect Tourist Trade.
OF course this is a matter with which
the people who, live the year round in
FL Paso and who own property here
must settle for themselves. II those of
US who come here for health or recrea-
ton or as I do, to escape the zero
weather Of the north Atlantic coast
don't like the smells which may origi-
nate in the stOckyards in Ell Paso
we can go to Phoenix or Tucson or il
we want to stay in Texas can 20 to
Galveston San Antonio OF Corpus
Christi.
There is one matter. however. on
Whlch would like enlightment In
one or two Of your press agent yarns
you have referred to the necessity for
teed lois. HOW can you hope to have
reed lots in this desert country? In
other words in cattlemen's or stock
yards parlance what is feed lot when
taken in connection with a stockyards
or a packing house?
]. D. Jackson.
But One Of Many.
MI. Jackson, the writer Of the FORE
gong letter, has raised one ouesfIou
IN new form which has been alluded
press agent" as Mr. Jackson refers
TO him. That is the question of the
erect of stOckyards and pscE1inp,
houses located within the city limits
upon one of FL Paso's greatest assets
Yiz;-the winter tourist trade IN to
this time thousands of people like Mr.
jackson have elected to spend their
W1inetrs In FL PasO, in order to escape
ern homes. They have come here to
get the benefit of Ell Paso's SUNNY
skies and her pure air. If that air Is
to be defiled and the tourists do not
IKE II, they can go, Of course, as Mr.
jackson says, farther west, to Tucson
or Phoenix, or farther east, to San An
tonic or Corpus Christi viii their loss.
however, be fully compensated for by |
eACAA VI a 9i0fVUU SLOCkyarQS /
within the city limits?
Ihat Is question for the citizens,
through their city government to de- |
What Feed Lots Are.
With regard to Mr.. Jackson's ouarv a. !
to feed lots" in connection with |
stOckyards, while it is a question that |
all cattlemen understand 1t NAV he 1
there are others of the general public,
IKE Mr. jackson, who would like to |
know. Feed lots are set aside by /
stoc kyards organizations in close con- /
nec1on, If possible, with the Shipping ]
yards IN order that cattle brought to /
the market for sale may be Dlaced /
therein to be fed if the owner so de-
sires while they are being held FOR
better prices These lots should be
commodtous. The Cattle Raisers'
StOckyards association has believed 1
that 100 acres would be required for
feed lot purposes.
Why They Are NeceaEary.
It often happens that ranchmen send |
their cattle to a market because Of
decreasing food supply
upon their ranges owing to drouths.
Upon reaching FL PasO. for example. |
they might find a declining market.
without feed lots they would be COM
PEELED to sell at any price offered. |
with feed lots their cattle could be
Ted at minimum cost while waiting
Tor a rise. This would not be possible |
IN the absence of ample acreage and
Is one Of the strongest reasons why
5tockyards and feed lots should be
outside the city limits.-Advertisem
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