Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-03-04
HEAVY CATTLE
IMPORTAT|ONS
LAST THREE MONTHS OF 1919 IN
MATAMOi,OS EXPORTS SHOW
GREAT INCREASE IN NUMBER
OF CATTLE RECEIVED.
GREAT NUMBERS SHIPPED
MEXICAN CATTLE BY TRAIN
LOADS LEAVE BROWNSVILLE
DAILY FOR PASTURES AND To
FORT WORTH MARKETS.

Within the past few weeks the cattle
shipping industry in Brownsville has
grown % such proportions that i T. pro
|viding ~ mu-h traffic for the railroads
right at this lime a. it, the vegetable
and trucking industry at the Lower Rio
Grandr Valley. During the past three
weeks the day has been rare that has not
seen a train load of cattle leave north
ward. some for pastures in South and
West Texas and others for the Fort
Worth markets.
Tho number uf cattle exported from
Ithc Matamoru> port 40 The Brownsville
port has numbered from five hundred g.
"a thousand hcad daily. coming from Ill
parts ~ The state of TamaulipaS. some
from sections south ~ the city ~ Vie
tnria. others from the western limits If
the STATE. There has also been n large
number ~ cattle driven ~ this port
from points iii the State If Nucyo Leon
controlled hy the cou~titGtionaliStS.
Cattle BUYERS are .n Brownsville from
all points ~ the State. some of them
are buying for the markets. others are
clttlciu,n who are buy ing >rurkcrs Tor
their ranches. There are probably thIr-
IN OF them ia the local market. and MOI
content with doing their purchasing a.
ne cattle are driven into M%ltamor0S.
mauN ni them make automobile trips
nln the interior III TamaulipaS. buying
un the range. Competition ~ running
high. but II IVY stated that the rInrumra
Nh T~amauIipa> are very ~anNiuIS ~ tGrn
their attic into cash and i'm MANY in
stances sacrifices are being made To- do
".
The report oi United States CnnSui
lUhu~uu uf MltaIHoru, which has Just
lru ~uhm tied a. the Department of
state. shows tint dun i". he calendar
wear 1919. cattle tn thr value uf Sl.2ilihn
Ecrr exported from NatamoroS ~
brownsville. ~ this amount. Consul
johnson >latrs thai the greater proper
;inu was exported during The last three
months WI 1913. Part NJ that tImr was
micr thc DID tariff laws. and part unIcr
hc new. when the tariff on cattle was
removed entirely.
T. u>ui johnson states that the vaiuc
uf cattle already exported ia the nrr
Nfffl MalA NuFN a~ HNWfM vi tifil NAfAt
that exported during The entire year ZOE:
The removal of the tariff on tins >idr
was followed hy Inc inauguration nj an
export duty Dn the Mexican side. for war
revenue, II - gold \ head, "a railing thr
former American import tariff. Later
TIE revenue was raised a. So guld " heat
TN the cnn>tituiiunlli>t>. a. \ y uiiu
live measure it> IN said. but il hld no
effect un the heavy export uf clttl. The
outgo continued. Muudat the export
dnt, was again changed IN \ n, nir.
tho con>titHtionali~t> requiring tha ~f
iu tuu>titutiuuHii> money be- pal un
the export duty a. each dollar ~ tWcri
can money. This does not aftcc, itc tt
Of the duty. and the order va. m f,r
The purpose NJ circulating the cla>litN
tinnali>t currency.
This steady uutgu of cattle I'll IN ihe
state uf TJmaulipa> has grown ,n here
III ~ proving Y rather troublesome mdt
ter 49, the military authorities .n III