El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-06
Fifteen MILLION CATTLE ON
RANGES IN FL PASO TERRITORY
This City Is the Great Primary Market of the Country
For Cattle Mexico, West Texas Arizona and
New Mexico Ranges Sending Their
Livestock to Market Here.

tributed to the frequent embargoes i'm
posed by Mexican authorities on exports
of cattle through the port of Juarez
and the establishment in that city of
packing house which slaughters about
800 animals per day, for shipment into
the United States in bond as refriger-
ated beef.
Not all, however of the cattle slaugh-
tered at the JuareZ packing house are
shipped to the United States. Some
of it is used for local consumption at
Juarez. and in the city of Chihuahua
and more of it goes to supply fresh
beef for the Mexican armies in the field.
To Enlarge Juarez Plant.
The Juarez plant, which is being op-
Grated by the Pioneer Packing com
pany, of Chicago. though alleged to be
owned by Gen. Villa, win be enlarged
this year, it is said, to capacity of
1000 head of cattle per day and will
furnish a market for an annual aggre-
gate Of that many thousands of cattle
which hitherto helped swell the total
number of animals passing through Ell
Paso on their way to the slaughter
pens, pastures or feed lots of the north
ern United States.
Export Duty Helps Juarez.
One 70 the influences at work to
bring about the building up Of Juarez
as a packing center, and the curtail-
ment of shipments of live animals to
FL PasO for sale to northern buyers, was
the high export tax collected by the
Constitutionalist government on all ami
mails shipped from Mexico.
Early in the year 1914, after the state
of Chihuahua fell under Constitutional
list domination, this export tax ranged
from 81 to $40 gold per animal, based
upon age. Latterly, however, an ex-
port tax of $40 gold per head. flat, has
been charged AS there has been no
imposition Of export duty on dressed
beef many Mexican owners found
greater profit in selling to the Juarez
packing plant than in selling to Amer
lean feeders and packing houses after
paying the export duty charged.
Many Cattle Inspected.
The National government requires
that all cattle, imported from Mexico.
pass a rigid inspection and Ell Paso has
been made headquarters Of the United
States bureau of animal industry for in
spectlon purposes, covering a territory
extending from Sanderson. Texas, on
the east to Yuma Ariz, on the west.
and besides Ell Paso, embraces the open
ports of Preside, Texas; Fabens, Texas;
Columbus, Y. NJ, and Douglas Naco and
Nogales, Ariz. a distance of $50 miles.
The Ell PasO Department.
DR.. T. A Bray is in charge of the Ell
his assistant. DR.. II. NJ. Hart is at
Douglas, and DR.. J. HOUgendobler is /
located at NOgales, having taken the !
place at that port, Of DR.. L. j. Proper. /
For the inspection of meats sold at
the branch houses of Swift, Armour /
& Sulzberger, and Morris 1
& Co, in FL PasO, DR.. c. r. Bertrand is /
in charge, with a corps of three inspec- !
tors.
DR.. Bertrand also has charge Of the I
fT1Cranffnr n Skinned he
Juarez packing house. in bond, to Kan |
sas City, where reinspection is made !
by inspectors under the supervision of 7
DR. o. E. Trey, who is said to have been !
employed and to be under the pay of I
Gen Villa
The inspection at Juarez is under the !
same regulations as are those prescribed /
for inspection within the confines of 4
the United States.
Big Increase shown.
During the year 1914 there were in (
spected at all ports lying between San /
1erson and Yuma, total Of 345,232 cat (
tie, Of which 2S4.232 were cattle on the /
hOOf. These figures will not compare /
with the figures showing the total 4
livestock handled at Ell Paso, but it 4
must be remembered that many of the ]
cattle inspected at ports east and west /
Of FL PasO were shipped direct to mar 4
lzet without being compelled to pass /
through Ell Paso stockyards.
During the year 1913 a total of 1907 \
10 animals of all kinds were inspected, /
Of which 184,O3S were cattle. This /
would show an increase of 154,522 ami [
mails of all kinds, or 10O,194 cattle in /
1914 as against the previous year, prov
ing that while there may have been a ,
falling off in imports Of Mexican cat
tie on the hOof at Ell Paso there was a
great increase at other points
Report by Months.
The following table shows the inspec-
lion of livestock by DR.. Bray's depart
nent, by months, for the year 1914:
Total all
Cattle Animals
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