The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-07
WHERE ne HIGH COST OF BEEF Hell
Bv Frederic > Hasl1iinI.

|I8 BY Frederi
IN the chorus OF protests against
Ithe present soaring prices OF meat
IIthere is an important side of the
matter which seems to have been
AT Arst glance 1t seems
1T gems to be a unanimous vote taae
'Iprices are too high. but there ie one
man who has not been heard Ersan.
IWhtle Journalists Indignantly aIsa
Legislators encourage the farmer 20
raise more cows, while housewives e e
itab1fsh public markets and tie r!Il-
Innate consumer sadly parts With ms
aluItfmate dollar for small STEAK
medium. she cattlemen of the West
Iscontinue to say nothing and ralse
LISTERS.
The changes brought about in the
Aigreat range country that sfretcnaes
through q dozen of our biggest states
NEconstitute one of the most strikln
features Of the expensive beef situa-
s!tfon The high priced steer traiAs
1Iprosperity in his wake. He has gtsen
the raising Of range stock new lease
OF life as a business and he is revoa-
IEtionfzing Its methods; 1t is due 70
him that the six-cy1inder automo6lte
lis supp1anting the cow-pony. ta1e
the daughter of the ranch Is invading
the fashionable finishing schools OF
1.-THE East.
Among Smaller Owners.
The change is naturally most read-
/ lily noticeable among the smaller OWL
ers. The cattle kings have always
been wealthy. but the men with Two
or three hundred head of stock.
whose name is legion. are getting 2
first taste of prosperity. 1t was NO
livery difficult matter to accumulate
lsuch herd few years ago; the dt-
IlfcuIfy lay making it yield living.
the owner usually let the antmais
range at will, to increase or starye
Tor perish from thirst in q dry year u
|1fortuae decreed, while he Allied e SAD
| Idle for one of the big owners y
thirty dollars month. Today. tnas
Iex-cowpuncher is in fair way TO s1 y
Ia rich man. whose cher proo elsn,,S =
thow to dispose OF his sudden Weaita-
HE will buy anything from phono-
graph to an oil painting, but MS "a
tyorfte purchase is an automobile
The conventional sketch of the
lnew West depicts party OF TOURISTS
from Chicago In six-cyllndss cal
!whizzing past ranchman who kcllngs
Iprecariously to 9 rearing ana terrl nj,
Ebronco AS matter OF fact, you VIII
usually find the cowpuncher in the
| lear. Many sections OF the cattle
lcountry. notably the great rolling
/ plafns of the Southwest. are admin,
Iably adapted to automobihng. anu
! 1.-THE lighter, cheaper cars nave "
Iyaded them in force. 1t is true tnas
until the manufacturer produces =
machine capable Of following the eL,
Iraffc eyolutions of a three-year-od
steer the humble cow-pony remains
but the auto can anu
\ does do much Of the work OF the Seam:
and wagon.
In the Small Stores.
one notes the measure OF tns
i change in the little general stores
y scattered over the COW country 6 ~
!. side the big Mexican spurs anu ~. IL
4 coils of hard-tWisted 1artat rope, .ne
heavy Texas saddles and the cartrlus se
belts stand racks of auto tires anu
barrels of gasoline engine pumps anu
shark plugs and wrenches. tour,
iii from the East recently happened
/ an a gathering of cowmen in New
Mexfco saloon. They were hanne-
shirted. high-hatted, high-booted az
literature depicts them; some OF Ihs
| more conservative still chung 70 lns
x-shooter dear to romance. SUD
1; denly came the announcement that a
1 drove of heifers penned nearby naa
broken the wire fence and departed.
The owners Of the truants made for
the door, where a dozen muddy ag :. .es
we're parked (fruit of long habit
about the h.tching rack. I,
You try Dead Hore Canyon. SAID
one Of the searchers st1,ll follow the
creek. The four-cylindeT engines
suffered furious1y, and they were
of. Such is cow-punchlng up-to-
date. >. .,,.
Ther seems to be something about
the efeortless speed of the auto to fas-
cinate the son Of the range. there Re Is Is
i han die who is the owner Of FIVE ma
4 chimes. It is true, you will often
find him on the front porch with : =
/ IN the repair shop. Uncle Eds idea
of automobiling is to step on the
throttle and watch her jump.
A Typical Case.
This mans rise to wealth pre-
sents a typical case. Fifteen years
Eagc. two partners In eastern new }, ~
Mexico, large cattle owners, dectdea
Ito 90 out OF the business TREY sold