El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-21
E ASOMARKET
FOR STOCK HURT
Policyof Morris & Co. Doing
It, Many Of the Cit
liens Believe.

It is finally beginning to dawn upon
the people at large, as it long ago
dawned upon the cattlemen of Ell Paso,
that Morris & Co. are pursuing a dog
in the manger policy, which is result
ing in the building up of packing
house industry in Juarez at the expense
of FL Paso.
since Cudahy & Co. have had their
killing plant in Juarez in operation
the importers of Mexican cattle have
found market for their rough graues
and are enabled to 'cut" their herds
closer and bring only to this side, Tor
shipment to the eastern markets, the
top stuff which they know will bring
At Ell PasO's Expense.
This operates to build up JuareZ, as
a cattle market, at the expense OF p
Paso. It is a good thing for the cattle
growers of Mexico, who are seeking
market for their top stuff in the
markets Of the United States. Ihefe
should be a similar killing plant on this
side of the Rio Grande and there, no
doubt, would be one here but Tor the
opposition of the Morris interests 70
the building up Of a real sIockydtus
with a packing house attachment which
would do for the cattle producers OF
Arizona, New Mexico and West Texas
what the Cudahy plant in Juarez is DO
ing for the cattle producers Of MEXICO
No Hope From Morris & Co.
AS was said in the opening para
graph of this article, it is firmly Pc
lieved, by the cattlemen and oy the
general public which has been aroused
to take an interest in what has been
going on in cattle circles during the
past few weeks, that Morris & Co, VINO
have large packing plants in Oklahoma
City, Kansas City and elsewhere, nave
not the slightest intention Of bulIdlnS
a killing plant in Ell Paso or Of permit
ting anyone else to build a plant IN
which the coarser grades or caIlle
could be converted into merchantaoIe
nroduct and give their owners better
Drice than it is possible to obtain under
conditions as they now exist on THIS
side of the Rio Grande
Americans Not Benefited.
Even though JUarez is developed as
a packing center at the expense OF Fl
Paso- the cattlemen of the American
border will not be benefited. They VIII
still be left to the mercy OF MOTIFS q
Co. if the latter are permitted TO mo-
nopolize the stockyards business OF r.
Paso. They can not ship their OIL
ooIorsn and other undesirables to
Juarez for slaughter. They viii, rather
be compelled to take what MOTIFS q
Co. see fit to give for them or snip
them back to their ranches. win sun ~
an extensive alternative 1t Is easy 20
see that most of that stuff Will go 10
Morris & Co. at any old price winch the
latter may see fit to give Tor them'
Delay Is Dangerous.
uuon the pending ordinance deIlnlh8
tbe territory in which packing houses
and kindred institutions may De toCa .stSl
with reference to the limits OF lne Slty
Of FL Paso has been one of the potent
causes for permitting Juarez TO get the
whip hand" over this city as pachlns
house center. If the city goVerhIl,eut
would only let it be known thaS
slaughter houses might be esta0ilsnte;o
within the city limits or that all Kill
ing ulants and stockyards must go 70
some point outside the limits OF tnS
CITY the cattlemen and others lnt erestSu
| in the development Of the cattle Dusl-
ness could govern themselves acCOIu-
ingly. ~,-..,..
That Juarez has beaten FL Paso 20
! it, is not the fault Of the cattlemen-
They have been trying for two months
| or more to have ruling on the Dues
ton but it has not yet been hahueu
] down. In the. meantime things are
,i'Irnine- smoothly at the Juarez plant
and cattle which ought to be slaugh-
/ tered in this city are being converted
| into meats for American Consumption
! in a foreign slaughter house by foreign
1 Foreign Labor Benefited.
[ Besides. not only will an industry be
built up in a foreign land and Foreign
/ labor be benefited at the e1pS 1- IS,,. Ei
/ up FL PasO but the Juarez packing
| uiant is being operated where all the
! Odors from the gases generated ~ M
! decaying offal will be waited by the
summer breezes over the business SCI q
| tfon of FL Paso. The people OF II
Paso will suffer all the d1scOm1orts OF
| the plant without having any OF tne
1 benefts which might accrue through
/ having her surplus labor employ Gu a.
! remUnerative wages
| Might Have Been AYerted.
Had heed been given the cattlemen
| who asked that all stockyards ana
/ killing plants be located down the Rlo
! Grande two months ago When the
| question first was raised the Juare4
! uIant would not have been put IN con-
/ ditioD TO he Operated. in its present
( location where it will ever be menace
/ to the health and comfort OF the resi-
! dents of FL Paso. Juarez might. nave
\ a packing plant but it would nave peen
/ on the river we'll to the eastward OF
/ the present site at a point opposite the
| prouosed location of the killing plant
| and stockyards of the Cattle Ralsers
! StOckyards association
Action Is Demanded.
I 1t is not too late yet for =! Paso 70
/ have a. packing house or klllng .plaht
/ at which the cattle raisers OF the
/ states of Arizona, New Mexico and
| West Texas may find -NarkeL lot tHe
! product of their ranches and where
| they may get the same or similar
| benefits now given the cattle growers
of Mexico by the Juarez killing plant
! through a market for the caIue not
| fitted or finished for the eastern mar
1 kets. All that is needed is prompt
! action by the city council in the matter
! of saying whether stOckyards and
| packing plants may or may not pc
| established within the city limits. me
| cattlemen prefer that all be compelled
! to go outside but would like to nave
| some decision made in order that they
| may know what to eXpect-AdV.