El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-27
eron concern. the receipts were the
following, by months.
Total $4,000 N--Nse tl-'-H $3.50 -V-'
Two Packing Plants ASSURED

! Total .--.-Sa.SsS s1.c2s 1886 1855
Two Packing Plants Assured
The assurance that FL Paso VIII soon
have two SlauEhuerlng and packing
uIants has given = stimulus 10 raisers
OF fat stock in the Rio Grande valley
and on the plains near TINS cay + arm
ers are going in for hog raising IN the
Panhandle country and have taken
great profit from shipments To the To-
cal market. Local butchers are picking
III prime animals all over the south
west To meet the demand for dressed
meats.
The packing plants 10 be built are
those of the PeytOn Packing company
situated Just east of the Norris L Mon
StockyardS nod under construction
and 10 cost about $4,000, and the
Cameron Packing company, adjacent 10
the Cameron Union yards in East Fl
l'aSO- when VIII cost upward OF SlUV--
r9o when its several departments are
finished The PeytOn plant VIII work
up all the byproducts Of slaush Uttered
animals and manufacture compounds
soaps. fertilizer and the like besides
packing for the trade sausages. lard.
hams and bacon and many Other
e0ibleS. at the same time cooling for
butchers fresh meats Of all sorts. The
Cameron plant is designed TO be cen
trail killing place. where a large fer
tiiizer factory VIII be installed to work
up the refuse.
Mexican Plants Closed.
Revolutionary changes In rT- state
of Chihuahua have caused the shut
down OF the large plants of tie Chi
huahua Packing company in the state
capital and the Juarez Abattoir com
pany in the city across the river. They
may resume operations when the south
ern country is at peace inasmuch as
many Of the animals killed in them
come from below the United States
quarantine line. the difficulty OF pro-
viding meats that viii pass American
inspection viii, IL is believed ii event
impOrtations from Mexico from inter-
aHf.r.r ont
dressed meat trade in FL Paso. Besides
the enormous demand for Inspected
meats here the California and Arizona
markets viii quickly take w all Of
ferings produced IN this city. even IS
they now do great herds of far stock
shipped from Fl PasO's territory
The Mexican situation is responsible
for great falling off Of cattle i'm
portations through FL Paso and other
border ports During the reign 81 /
villa thousands OF head We're rounded
up and sold here for funds to keep the (
revolution going but since the Car
rama party gained control OF Chihua- ,
hua ard sonora. the placing of an eX-
port tax OF from SI0 To $40 American Z
money per head on cattle has sus- /.
pended movements. Cattlemen in Fl I
BaSo say If was arranged, even on the Z
high tax basis, TO bring $4,000 cattle !
last year with authorization Of Car /
rama himself. but that when the work
ing out Of the movement was begun Il !
was found impossible TO do SO at a I
profit on account Of the many army !
commanders and local authorities that /
would have to he taken into the deal. 4
No movement from Mexico Of any /
magnitude is expected until the Inter /
national complications between Mexico I
and the United states are adjusted !
Much litigation has arisen during the ]
past two years over herds shipped out
u Mexico. in spite Of all the precau- Q
ions taken by the catt1emen-s associ- /
atoms TO protect their members, and
L has been decided by the big import /
rs to buy nothing more from the other
side Till conditions improve.
Mexican Imports for 10 Years.
The movement Of cattle from Mexico