El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-11-14
packing houses at Oklahoma Ci'S'
| Kansas CITY and Chicago.
| - = -, .5SSs,,,- E1ouses for Ell PasO.

hacking houses at Oklahoma Ciuy'
Kansas City and Chicago.
No Packing Houses Tor n Tnsci,ine
nIants at Oklahoma City, as Wen as a.
points farther east, would nave ~
Incentive TO build a packing plahI ~
Ell Paso and if they obtain coIII "a ~, oe
the stockyards situation can LIZ y ~, IN
and otherwise dominate the situatloI III
FI Pasois territory as to keep the cdt5
tie produced under SuDJeCIIoIl -
make it so hard for Independent PACE
ers that they will be afraid TO invest
their money here. 49,, +to cat-
To prevent this very thing the Cd t
tluen took the action they did at IIe
chamber of commerce meeuh8 OIi
day night.
A BaEateIIe Investment.
The investment by the E. Paso Union
Stockyards company of S75,OOO III d
stockyards plant within the city MINUS
10 a mere baCateIIe. FL Paso should
have millions of dollars invested III
stockyards, packing houses fertlllls5
factories and kindred industries IN 80
will have millions invested II Fl 5, ~
is maintained as an open market -. a.-e
brings the question to point WhTL
it is of interest to the retail and WhoIe-
sale merchants, real estate men, pr
fesSiOnal man, contractors anu Duit
ers, in short, to every man WHO - ~
teresred in the upbuilding Of FL Paso.
$4,000 investment, will be a welcome
addition to the industries of FL Paso,
provided, however, the investment OI
that comparatively inftnlteslmal sum
does not give them control of the I'VE
stock industries of the great SOUTH
west.
VIII Cut Into Profits.
The monopolistic control, as it Is In
Oklahoma City and Kansas City, would
alone be worth $4,000 year 10 the
concern having that control IN Ell Paso.
This weighing charge, which surely
will be made under monopolistic control
Will come out of the pockets OF the cat
tie producers.
Take the matter Of feed--as the
stOckyards should be conducted where
competition is permitted, the price OF
hay is kept at its lowest possible ltv-
ing level and the competition forces the
stOckyards managers to furnish the
best quality.
VIII Cut Into ProfIes.
Isn't it fair to assume that with the
stoclSyards of this great center under
the control of the meat trust that not
only will the price of hay be advanced
but the quality of the hay furnished
reduced? An advance Of 20 cents a
bale, on the basis of the number of
cattle that have passed through FL
Paso during the past year, would bean
taking $4,000 out of the pockets OF the
cattle producers.
What Yardage Charges Mean.
During the past y months there have
passed through the stockyards of FL
Paso 312, 636 head of livestock. At a
yardage charge of 25 cents per head
would mean the loss Of S7S159 to the
cattlemen and that much clear velvet
with which to line the pockets of the
monopOlistically controlled stockyards
company. Up to this time no yafdage
charge has been made by the Ell Paso
yards and none is made in cattle centers
where the principle of the open market
is maintained.
Have Been Free to Buy.
Up to this time traders have been
free to buy and sell at their own con-
venience, No surety bonds have been
eXacted. The requirement of these
bonds in sums ranging from $4,000 to
$4,000 are issued by surety compa-
MES, nearly always a collateral con-
Germ Of the company in control of the
stockyards, and the fees charged, which
are very high, are a further tax upon
the receipts Of the cattle products.
Before absolute control of the Ell
PasO cattle market is put into the
hands of Morris & Co., the Ell Paso
Union StOcl1yards company, or even of
the cattlemen, who are organized the
Independent stockyards company, these
matters should be carefully looked into
by those who have it in their power to
grant the franchise
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