El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-11-07
FIGHT ON STOCK
YARDS RENEWED
Brack Says St. Clair Wrote
"The Jungle" About
Morris & Co.

Picturing the Morris & Co. as the
corporation around which Upton st.
Clair wrote his famous book The
Jungle" Capt. W. B. Brack, represent
ing T. r. Rudy, John T. Cameron and
others who are seeking to have council
pass an ordinance prohibiting the
building of stOckyards within the CITY
limits made a bitter attack on Wnat ne
termed was the beef trust FrlQay
evening before the city council. he
charged that Morris q Co was the
very heart and life of the beef trust
and said that, If they were allowed 10
build their stOckyards in the clty hmlls
of FL PasO they would squeeze the NE
out of the independent cattle business
Of the southwest.
council considered as a committee OF
the whole, the passage of the Ruddy
ordinance. If passed II VIII prevent
Morris & Co. from building their yards
on the property they have acquired IN
Cotton addition and will compel all
stockyard companies to build IN re
stricred district outside Of the city
limits Final action is expected to be
taken by the council at its meeting next
Thursday morning on this measure.
Dyer Makes Statement.
John /. Dyer, representing the FL
PasO Union StOckyards company, pre-
ceded Capt. Brack Friday evening. he
charged that John T. Cameron Is Try
ing to secure a monopoly on the Stock
yard business of the southwest by IN
Producing an ordinance seeking 10
eliminate competition"
When Mr.. Cameron was cross ques-
toned by Mr. Dyer he said that he hau
buried about 1000 dead cattle in his
stockyards" and the attorney in his
closing arguments charged that he Is
operating unsaniuary yards and wants
to prohibit the building of sanitary
yards The attorney for Morris & GO.
said that his firm did not intend at IhlS
time to build a packing plant. sui
he said that just as soon as the VaIIey
was well irrigated and hog farms es-
tablished the packing plant would be
constructed.
Judge John Franklin, attorney for
the Southwestern Railroad company,
cross questioned Mr.. Cameron and
stated that if a restricted district was
established below the city and the rail-
road companies had to run spur to
load cattle it would work a hardship
on the cowmen because the railroads
would make them pay more Tor each
shipment Of stock.
Reviews Bank Deal.
In his examination of Cameron, at
torney Dyer asked him If the Rio
Grande Valley Bank and Trust COM
pany did not hold his (CamerOn's) OBJ
legation for between $4,000 and $4,000
on account of a note taken over by the
Rio Grande bank from the old Guar
anty Trust and Banking company.
Cameron's answer was that there was
a suit pending. Attorney Dyer then
produced papers in suit Of ". Cooley,
trustee. for the bank, against Cameron
and the Southwestern StOCkyards COM
pany in which the southwestern yards
set up that Cameron had given a deed
of trust in the name Of the company
and that it represented his personal
debt, and not that of the company, &C
cording to the papers read by the at
tOrney.
The attorney for Morris & Co. an
nounced at the meeting that the com
pany was not seeking an exclusive
franchise and that it would not be ac-
cepued if it was offered as it would
be illegal