New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1915-03-20
A BEAUMONT PACKING
HOUSE.

In the history Of Beaumont an
there will never come a time j
the history Of this city when
packing house would not be MOI
important than any other col
ceivable industry that could h
established here. Lumber an
oil may some time play out, bu
the livestock industry, propert
nourlshed never would play on
1t would grow and multiply i
value, but it never would gro,
less. 1t has wider possibilitie
than the rice industry and j
more certain than any agricuI
tural industry.
This is natural livestock coun
try. Its only serious drawback
are cattle diseases that can b,
easily eradicated. 1t has bee,
shown that the cattle tick can b,
wiped out and there is little doub
that Charlton and hog cholera cal
be controlled or avoided.
No section of the country is
more advantageous than this fol
the raising Of silo-fillers. The siIc
has solved the roblem of furnish
ing stock with cheap feed the
year round.
The one thing that now stands
In the way Of this section being
profitable livestoc reproducing
country is a reliable home market
where the small producer can sci
small lots of cattle. sheep and
hogs.
1t is the small producer who
makes great stock country, as
well as great agricultural coun-
try. 1t is not the big operators
who make a rich agricultural
country. 1t is the small farmers
A reliable home market for cat,
tie, hogs and sheep, where the
small producer can find certain
sale for single animal is the one
thing that will build I'D a live
stock industry in southeast Texas
and southwest Louisiana. A pack
ing house will make such a mar
&et possible but nothing else will.
New Orleans is inter ested in a
packing house and the New Or.
leans Times-Picayune said on he
~ bject:
"The old story that the south
n not as well adapted to the pack I
ing business as a more northern
climate has long since been aban- :
Fort Worth, Texas, is
one of the largest packing centers
Of the country. Atlanta has two
packing houses, and most of the
larger southern cities do some
packing. New Orleans has beer,
somewhat delinquent or various
reasons. It will now have
chance to get busy. The good
that will follow can be
seen at glance. 1t is not alone
that the proposed establishment
will start here an industry that
will give employment to many per-
sons. but that it will make this
city a better market for cattle
and hogs and increase its bust
ness with the neighboring section
hich have stock To- sell. There
I've been many complaints on
his score. Without 1 disc ussing
whether these complaints are well
founded or not. Il must be obvious
that a town which has no pack
ing house and most Of whose cat
lie and ho2s are for local con-
Dumption only, will be easily
1verstocked with a possibility Of
lower prices. This. at least. is
what number Of those who have
lhipped here from neighboring
Itates complain of; and they have !
Jent many Of their cattle to st.
louis. where. they say, they have
received better prices. IF this be-;
10. it has hurt us in many ways. !;
or If the farmers and cattle
vrowers have sold their animals !.
n st. Louis. it is natural that
hey should make their purchases ,
n that citv. But whatever the !
ruth of these stories of small pri-
es for animals shipped here.
here can he no dispute about the
act that packing house will !
ave tte effect of Strengthening
~ New Orleans ,srket tr;t
I n~ more csttia onI ha~s fra-e :
he cogntr. and this will tend to
THAT COLD YOU HAVE !,
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