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A TKA1N SEPARATES
A WestBound Passenger on the Texas and
Pacific I133 a Narrow Escape
Special to the Gazette
Axedo Tex March 10 What might
have been a repitition ot the horrible
Lake Shore disaster that occurred
recently in which so many lives were
lost and which shocked the entire coun-
try was happily averted on the Texas
and Paolfio this morning by the presence
of mmd of Engineer John Berkms and
Conductor Thomas Eaves of No 3 west-
bound passenger The train was heavy
and making pretty good time As it
rounded a sharp ouryo just at the top of
a heavy grade three miles west of this
place the train separated Engineer
Uerkins took in the situation at once
gave the proper sienal pulled his engine
wide opon and flew down the track out
of the way of the rear end of the train
that was following closeafter him
Conduotor Eaves applied the automatic
brake and Brakeman Ed Menschan
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the traok and planted some topedoo3
against any approaching trains that
might be following
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and when all was over a long sigh of re-
lief was breathed by the passengers and
not a few were the compliments passed
upon the train crew
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THE CONVENTION
The Biggest Gathering of Cattle-
men Ever Known
The City Full and Hundreds More on
the Hoad Delegates from
Six States Coming
Interviews with Leading Cattlemen on
Matter to be Considered When
the Convention Meets
The Eef rlgerator Idea Indorsed by Nearly Every-
One The Government Sends a Bepor
ter General Notes
As has been predicted all along by The Ga-
zette the convention that will meet this morn-
ing will be the largest meeting of cattlemen ever
held in the Southwest if not in the United
States Night before last the hotel corridors
were crowded with strangers and yesterday
morning the trains brought In large additions to
the crowd from all points of the compass It had
been estimated by some that the attendance
would not exceed 1000 people but those who
thought that way were undeceived before night
The evening trains poured delegates from Color-
ado Wyoming Texas and othor states and ter-
ritories by the hundreds and at S oclock the
crowd at the hotels had become a perfect jam
Where will they all be put was aked by
many
The answer was Somewhere and the
bureau of information was taxed to its utmost to
attend to those who failed to secure rooms at the
hotels They were sent to private houses in dif-
ferent parts of the city but before 9 oclock it
became evident that the rooms offered by private
citizens would soon be exhausted and so it
turned out and then there came a general hunt
by the committee for more accommodations
The hotels placed cot3 at every availablo place
and by so doing furnished many with sleeping
quarters
This state of affairs it appears was expected
by all the visitors and no complaint was heard
from anyone they put up with what they got
and seemed clad to get it
It was remarked by many that the collecting
hundreds embraced the finest body of cattlemen
that had ever assembled in the state at any time
or at any place The oldtime hurrah element
were conspicuous by their absence and thoso
who are here will compare favorably with any-
body of men ever seen in the state The broad
brim white hat the jingling spurs the swagger-
ing walk of the old times were not seen but in
their stead the Derby headpiece on dignified
cultured brainy men was to bo found Those
who expected to find in this meeting the typical
wildandwoolly cowboy of the dime novel
stripe have been disappointed they are not
here nor will they be here
THEY COME TOR BUSINESS
These men who are in the city today are here-
on business though there is hardly one in the
crowd who would object to a good time which
Fort Worth hopes to give them The talk
among them has been The condition of tho
livestock industry what has caused it and
what is the remedy for existing conditions
Some say tho Big Four has us grabbed some say
overproduction is the root of the evil and oth-
ers give their idea of what has caused the low
ebb of the cattle business for vears past It
would filr volumes to tell aU that has been
talked of since the clans began to meet Some
of the ideas are full of meat while some of
course are wild and vapory The most promi-
nent idea however that has cropped
out in all tho talks is that
tho solution of the cattle industry in Texas
particularly is refrigerators which all or nearly
all say will create a home market for cattle and
the proposition to establish refrigerators in
Texas is regarded favorably and if tho parties
who propose to operate them will gain the con-
fidence of tho cattlemen the cattlemen will put
their shoulders to tho wheel and try to lift things
out of the dcep ruts in which they have been run-
ning for years
yearsFROM
FROM THE NORTHWEST
As to the crowd that sjillbe here no ono can
be found who is willing to risk an opinion It
seems as if the crowd had not half got in last
night and then it was immense Telegrams
came in all through the afternoon of big trains
coming full of people At 0 oclock in the after-
noon the Der r train came to the landing with
delegates from Colorado Wyoming New Mexico
and the Panhandle of Texas While en route to
Fort Worth the delegates from the points out-
side of Texas called a meeting on the train and
organized by electing J L Brush chairman and
A M Pryor secretary A committee on resolu-
tions reflecting the sentiments of the party to
wards the Denver road was appointed and the
following resolutions unanimously adopted
Whereas the management of the Denver
Texas and Fort Worth railroad have placed a
train of Pullman coaches at tho disposal of the
cattlemen along its line
Resolved that we return our hearty and mer-
ited thanks for the same
Resolved that in the completion of this line
from the mountains to the sea we notice with
pleasure the results of genius and the effect of
wellinvested capital
Resolved that we regard this magnificent
north and south line as having tendency to ce-
ment the business interests of the tracts of coun-
try through which it passes to populate it with
many thousands of industrious fanners and cat-
tlemen who are now and will hereafter transform
the arid plains of the Rocky mountain country
into thriving homes bring the dwellers of the
South to our health giving climate and afford
new outlets for our mineral agricultural and
live stock products
Resolved that our thanks are due and ten
teredtouen Cameron Messrs Duncan Mc-
Cormick Leavy and Ware for courtesies en
route Joseph W Bowles
Chairman
THE WYOMING DELEGATION
The Wyoming delegation on the train was as
follows
J M Chadwick Ralph Friend Joseph G
Pratt A S Mercer editor Northwestern Stock
Journal James M Newman A W Haygood
H B Ijams A H Hord J E Schooler O F
Miller J P Whitehead C F Fisher
Miss Mercer accompanied her father
THE NEW MEXICO DELEGATION
The New Mexico delegation consisted of
Charles Spring stock grower and farmer of
Springer New Mexico one of the most promi-
nent men of the territory Francis Clathore
manager of tho Maxwell Land and Cattle com-
pany Maj F D Locke manager of the Home
ranch at Raton Richard Steele a pioneer of
New Mexico G E Lyons inspector of the
Northern New Mexico Cattle association A
Young S Needrighause James Norman man-
ager of the Western Land and Cattle company
Dr S J North of Clayton John Harrison of
Clayton A Saith of Santa Fe Col John
Love of Clayton Jordan Hutson of the Cedar
VaUey Cattle company James H Norman of
Clayton J C Hill of the Keystone Cattle com-
pany R J Towner secretary of the Northern
New Mexico Stock Growers association Hon
Stephen W Dorsey
THE COLORADO DELEGATION
The Colorado delegation Is as follows W S
Curtis of the Henrietta livestock company Wfll
iam HowaU of the Chicago Hvestock company
S Lovertons and wife J F Zell and wife A
Smith and wife E A Kent and wife H S
Holly William Thompson P A Howard C
E Pugh George Voorhees Dr Charles E
Louis H Beddle assistant attorneygeneral of
the state J L Brush H H Metcalf secretary
of the Colorado stockgrowers association J
L Bailey Gen W L Campbell exsurveyor
of Colorado Joseph W Bowles mayor of
Wynetka WilUam Barth Henry Gebhardt
president of the Denver packing company J E
SIstter
The above were the accredited delegates on
the train but do not embrace half the passen-
gers The Panhandle of Texas furnished a big
crowd from Tascosa to Wichita Falls Those
with whom a Gazette reporter talked said that
the morning trains would bring many men who
could not get off yesterday
FROM THE EAST
Up to last night the representation from the
East was small but telegrams were received an
nonnciag that big delsgations would reach here
FORT WORTH TEXAS TUESDAY MARCH 11 1890
this morning One announcing that Chicago
St Louis Kansas City tho states of Missouri
Kansas Illinois and the Indian Territory was as
follows
Nevada Mo March 101B90
J E Smith Fort Worth
We will arrive in Fort Worth 630 a m Tues-
day with four Pullman sleepers full of delegates
and three coaches full of cattlemen Arrange
to meet us Sam Hunt
G L S A M K T-
In addition to this the Santa Fe will arrive
with big crowds from Kansas and additional
delegates from New Mexico and it Is not going
to far too say that there will be 000 delegates in
the city today
A FORECAST OF THE CONVENTION
What will be done in the convention cannot bo
given in full but it can really be but conjec-
tured Among the questions however that
wi 11 be discussed will be the quarantine lines as
recently established by the government tariff on
hides no tariff on olcmargermo refrigerators in
Texas deep water on the coast and many others
of equal importance The refrigerator men are
here in force and will bring the matter in its
strongest shape before the convention and an
effort will be marie to induco individual cattle-
men to take stock in the enterprise An appro-
priation for deep water on the coast will prob-
ably be indorsed and resolutions against the
presidents order as affecting the Cherokee Strip
will be offered This matter has caused any
amount of talk among the cattlemen and it has
been provoked by the following order issued
from the department of the interior at Washing-
ton
Department of the Interior f
Office of Indian Atfairs >
Washington March 5 lb90 >
To D J M Wood United States Indian
agent
Sir Yon are advised that the president of the
United States by proclamation dated February
17 lffJO has directed the removal of all cattle
and other livestock from the Cherokee outlet
lands said removal to take place not later than
October 1 next and so much sooner as said lands
or any of them may bo or become lawfully open
to settlement by citizens of the United States
You aro advised that the proclamation above
referred to confers no authority upon anyone
holding cattle upon the said outlet to drive said
cattle upon any other Indian lands and you are
therefore directed to use every necessary pre-
caution to prevent cattle moving under said
proclamation from being driven upon the lands
under your jurisdiction and if any of such cattle
shall be driven there you will turn them back
and drive them from the reservations with the
aid of your Indian police
In the event of your inability to prevent the
invasion of the reservation by such intruding
cattle you will promptly advise this office by
wire You will also see that no attempt be made by
any cattlemen or others to negotiate with any of
the Indians under your charge for the privilege
of grazing cattle on any reservation or partV > f
reservation under the jurisdiction of your
agency
Very respectfully
T J Morgan Commissioner
You will keep a closo watch upon any cattle
which may be moving towards the Indian lauds
under your charge and promptly report by wiro
the presence of any intruding stock there You
will also use due vigilance to prevent the in-
vasion of the reservation by any cattle infected
with a contagious disease and if such cattle are
driven upon any of the reservations you will
have them herded and corralled in an isolated
place and ask this office by wiro for instructions
INTERVIEWS
Prominent Delegates Talk The Statistics
Bureau The Strip Quarantine
William L Black of Fort McKavett is in the
city for the purpose of attending the stockmens
convention and as Mr Black has been an active
agent in working up this movement a Gazette
reporter took occasion to inquire what would be
the probable subjects of discussion
I can hardly answer your question Mr
Black remarked but as far as I am concerned
I shall try and impress upon the convention the
importance of establishing a separate bureau
for information and statistics in each of tho
cattleproducing and cattlefeeding states This
is in my judgment the explanation of the want
of confidence that exists among cattlemen We
do not know anything about the business we are
conducting We do not know whether we are
overproducing or not and the consequence is
we cannot induce capital to buy our cattle and
are compelled to accept whatever the Big Four
chooses to give us
If we had a Bureau for information and
statistics located in Fort Worth for Texas in
Denver for Colorado and in other central points
for other states it would be very simple for tho
secretaries of these organizations to cooperato
with each other and estabilsh a system of in-
formation that would bo almost invaluable to a
cattleman Take for instance the daily ship-
ments of cattle to Chicago Kansas City and St
Louis Under present conditions we cannot tell
if tho runs will be 10000 head or 20000 head
but if we had telegraphic information daily from
all the prominent shipping points we could tell
exactly how many cattle are being shipped and
a shipper could hold back a day or two if he
thought best
But the most important feature connected
with this bureau of information would be tho
establishing of confidence on the Dart of pro-
ducers and dealers If it can be demonstrated
that we have no more beef cattle than the con-
sumptive and export demand calls for a produ-
cer will be encouraged to hold and the dealer
would be disDOsed to pay him a higher price
than he would under existing circumstances
You cannot expect capital to invest in cattle as
long as there is any talk of overproduction If
you supposed there was more wheat than would
be wanted by the home trade and export de
maud I do not think yon would bo likely to in-
vest much money in wheat and if you thought
there was more cattle produced than wa3
wanted you would not be very apt to put
your money into cotton but by means of the
wheat exchanges and cotton exchanges which
are nothing more nor less than bureaus for in-
formation and statistics you aro informed
from day to day and from week to week of the
condition of the stocks of these staple products
and you aro able to form an intelligent opinion
based upon the law of supply and demand which
controls every article in trade that I have any
knowledge of
I shall take occasion to lay my ideas on the
subject before the convention and I believe
that a great many thinking men will support me
in tho matter It is nothing new and the
reason why we cattlemen have not introduced it
before in my opinion is because we are so
scattered that it has been hard to get any con-
cert of action This interstate convention
however will overcome the trouble and if it is
deemed advisable to keep a statistical record of
cattle and the convention recommend the
organization of bureaus in each state I think it
will be done and I think such action will com-
pel the exchanges in Chicago St Louis Kansas
City and other points to cooperato with us
What do you think about the refrigerator
scheme
I believe in refrigerators and my honest
judgment is that Texas and Colorado wiU nat-
urally attract these in a very short time It is
certainly great folly to ship cattle alive if a
largo saving in transportation can be made by
slaughtering them on the range But we must
not lose sight of the fact that this refrigerator
idea will only benefit those parties who engage
in it If I were to take stock in such a concern
I would expect to buy cattle from producers at
Chicago prices less freight and charges In
other words I would not be willing to give my
Texas friends the benefit of the margin I had in
seUing beef It is human naturo to be sel-
fish and I do not claim to be exempt
from this evU We all want to make as much
money as we can in as short a time as possible
and hence I do not think a refrigerator would bs
of any immediate relief to the cattlemen of tho
country except they all were to engage in it
and this would be next to impracticable I be-
lieve in the old adage Shoemaker stiok to
your last I want Mr Armour Mr Swift and
as many mors as possible to engage in refrigera-
tors In Texas but I would rather not undertake
to do a business that I was not perfectly familiar
If we can once establish confidence in the
cattle business I think you wiU find plenty of
men wiUing to deal in cattle just as they deal in
wheat and cotton now and if a few large dealers
wiU devote their time and capital to buying up
the small producers steers that he is now com
own account to the Big
our the cattle trade wiU soon be concentrated
in the hands of a few men and these few men
can have an understanding among themselves
and can very easily lock up the supply for a
week or two and the result will be that refriger-
ators will have to be removed from Chicago and
located nearer the producing ground
I hardly think tho refrigerator scheme will
be a matter for discussion in the convention
for whfle the idea would be a good one for
Texas there is certainly no need of refrigerators
in Kansas and Illinois and the cattlemen are
suffering as much in those states from the de-
pressed condition of the cattle trade as we are
No sir the whole trouble with our cattle
business is want of confidence and the man
who can suggest a means of restoring confidence
will do more good for the cattle industry of the
United States than can be calculated
I believe that stata bureaus tor information
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and statistics is the initial step that we should
take but I have no doubt there will be many
other plans recommended for there will cer-
tainly be gathered together as much intellect
and ability at this convention as ever was to-
gether in the interest of cattle before and I
have great faith in some practical good resulting
from our work
J p addesgton
Mr J P Addington of Henrictia is registered
at the Ellis He is a member of the executive
committee of the Northwest Texas cattle range
ass cciatiotf and general manager of the Indian
livestock company which is now feeding about
22000 head of cattle and will market about3000
head next fall Mr Addington is a wellin
formed as well as a successful stockman and
regards the convention as a gathering of great
importance to cattlemen throughout the entire
West He said that the cattle owned
by his company being in the Comanche
country were not affected by the presidents
proclamation The going into effect of the
proclamation next October wUl cause no rush of
cattle to market Some may be disposed of
earlier than is usual but no greater number will
be put on the market than if the order had not
been issued
The question of commissions for the sale of
live stock would be one of the things considered
by the convention It is one of great importance
to cattlemen and will bo discussed in all its
bearings Representatives of Chicago commis-
sion houses were already here and were busy
talking with stockmen concerning the com-
plaints of the latter of the excessive charges for
selling livestock made by the Chicago livestock
exchange
Mr Addington reported the condition of
cattlo in his section as very good He was en-
thusiastic in his description of the progress and
growth of Henrietta He believes she will be
the city of that section of the state and that no
bettor field for the profitable investment of capi-
tal energy and enterprise can be found in
Texas Crop3 look good though rain is needed
to insure the abundant harvest which a fertile
and generous soil is certain to produce with
favoring circumstances Henrietta has two
railroads the Missouri Kansas and Texas and
the Fort Worth and Denver She is looking for-
ward to securing the Rock Isla nd and to the ex-
tension of the Missouri Kansas and Texas to
Seymour to give to her growth aud development
an additional impetus
A P BUSH JR
Mr A P Bush Jr of Colorado Mitchell
county president of the Northwest Texas Cattle
Range association was seen at the Pickwick ho-
tel In answer to inquiries he said that having
been absent from the state for some time he was
not prepared to talk intelligently concerning the
work likely to be accomplished by the conven-
tion There were a number of very important
matters that would come before it for considera-
tion and its proceedings will be animated and
full of interest
When asked what effect the presidents procla-
mation ordering cattlemen ro remove their
stock from the Cherokee Strip by October 1
would have on the cattle market he replied
I am no extremist concerningthepresidents
proclamation and do not share the views of
those who prophesy disastrous results to tho
cattle interests of the West and Southwest if it
is enforced It will not materially affect the
market Theiewillbe no glut for the reason
that it will throw no unusual number of cattle
on the market It may prevent the maturing of
a large number of cattle and cause them to be
sold earlier than they would otherwise be but
stockmen will not send to market any moro
animals than they would if no proclamation
had been issued They will market about so
many animals in any event
To an inquiry as to what ho thought of the fu-
ture of the cattle market he answered
That is a conundrum which I confess I am
unable to solve We hope for the best but the
wisest among us can give your question no cer-
tain answer
Mr Bush spoke favorably of the refrigerator
enterprises He believed they were backed by
men of means and of energy and if properly car-
ried forward would prove profitable to those
whose money is invested in them and beneficial
to the cattle interests
The condition of cattlemhis section he said
was good The winter had been mild and the
losses were merely nominal Like nearly every
portion of Texas Mitchell county was filling up
rapidly the influx of settlers being constantly
on the increase Colorado City was growing
and her business men and citzen3 are confident
that she is entering upon a career of progressive
development and permanent prosperity
His attention being called to the dispatch
from Arkansas City which was published in The
Gazette of yesterday and which contained a
letter from Indian Asent Wood to Hon H F
Williams informing the latter that he Wood
was authorized by Hon T J Morgan commis
sioner of Indian affairs at Washington to
allow no arrangements to be made by cattlemen
or others to treat with the Indians for lands for
grazing purposes on any reservation under his
Woods charge and that any cattle put to
graze upon such reservations will be driven off
bv tho Indian police
This letter Mr Bush regarded as a supple-
mentary order the effect of which would be to
deny cattlemen the privilege so long enjoyed
by them of grazing the stock within the Terri-
tory He could not tell whether it was intended
to include such tribes as the Osages who own
their lands or merely the Otoes and Pawnees
In any event it would prove more or less harm-
ful to the cattle interests and would put cattle-
men to much cost and inconvenience to secure
proper feeding grounds for their stock during
the summer
WCLEWIS
MrWCLewis of MaaonMason conntyis one
of the cattlemen who is deeply interested in the
commission question For some time past he has
been engaged in circulating petitions among
the ranchmen of the Southwest
asking the state exchange of Chi-
cago to adopt a one per cent commission as-
a basis of compensation for the sale of cattle
instead of the commissionof fifty cents
per head which prevails at present When seen
yesterday afternoon he talked freely and emphat-
ically concerning this question say
ing by way of introduction that
in 16S3 W T Keenan Sons of Chicago
sold cattle at a commission of 1 percent and
they aro willing to do it yet The charge of fifty
cents per head worked an injustice to the South-
western cattlemen Their range fed steers
marketed in large numbers gave the commis-
sion less trouble in selling than the com fed
cattle of Illinois Iowa and other northern
states that are marketed in small lots yet the
Southwestern cattlemen were compelled to pay
tho same price for selling their animals bringing
25 per head as the Illinois stockman whose
graded and cribfatted beeves bring 50 per head
The proposed commission of one per cent is
not an arbitrary one It proposes to give tho
commission man not less than twentyfive cents
animal nor more than fifty cents so that
Eer will receive on an average thirtyseven and
onthalf cents per head It will benefit the
stockmen in another way by stimulating the
commission men to sell for the best obtainable
price in order thereby to increase their own
compensation The question will be called up
in the convention and will be carefully consid-
ered and freely and fuUy debated before being
acted upon
What effect wiU the presidents proclama-
tion have on the cattle interests in the South-
west
Well we intended to put a lot of cattle into
the Strip but of course wfll not do so now
There are 250000 head of cattle fattened every
year in the Strip and Territory Shutting ns out
from these grazing grounds whero we have
been accustomed to mature and fatten our cat-
tle brings us faoe to face here in Texas with
the question of feeding We will have to raise
our cattle at the corn crib and the sooner we
get at it the better It is more profitable to raise
corn and feed it to cattle and hogs in Texas than
it is to raise cotton Our farmers ought to
realize this and give corn more attention
than they now do Cattlemen are improving
their herds So far they have shown a par-
tiality for Herefords and Shorthorns Texas is
one of the best states in the Union for hogs
There is no hog cholera here Hogs can bo
raised fattened and marketed here at a profit
What we want is places to slaughter and cure
them within this state Texas annullypays a
large amount of money to the Armours and
other Kansas CItvand Chicago packers for ba-
con and pork that ought to be killed and cured
within her own borders By shipping cattlo and
nogs to Kansas City and Chicago cattlemen
suffer a double loss by shrinkage In
the first place and freight In the eecond
If we had slaughtering houses and refrigerating
establishments at marketing centers in this
state we would save what we lose now To
make packing houses a success in Texaa they
should run the year round This can only be
done by corn feeding our animals Forcing us
off the Strip and out of the Territory is a pres-
ent nardship but it wiU prove an ultimate ben-
efit If stockmen will only bear in mind that
their interest lies in the direction of les3 cattle
and more pounds they wiU recognize theneces
Bityof feeding and marketing better animals
Stockmen ought to take stock in refrigerator en-
terprises It is to their interest to do so
One of the purncses of the convention wUl
bo to unite tho sto ekmen of the cattleraising
portion of the West and Southwest Thero is
need for statistical information concerning the
cattle interests and industries of this country
We ought toj know from day to day the visible
YOL XIV 1NT0 150
supplv of cattle as well as the grainmen know
the visible supply of grain Some people think
cattle are on the increase in Texas This is not
true Figures obtained from the office
of the comprtoller of state show that
there were returned for taxation 7549
106 cattle in 1SSS and 7261769 in 1SS9 a
decrease of 2S7337 There was an increase
in valuo however or 1396746 showing that
better and more valuable animals are raised now
than in former years
What legislation will the convention be like-
ly to ask of congress
I think congress will be asked to restore the
duty on hides and to remove the tax on oleo-
margarine One of the results of removing tho
duty on hides is that the Australians have begun
the establishment of canning establishments
They kill the beeves for their hides which they
ship to the United States They can the flesh
vhich they send to Europe whero taey
threaten not only to compete with but to
shut out American canned meats A restora-
tion of the dutv on hides would deprive tho
Australian of fiis main incentive to establish
competition in Eurone with the Armours and
restore our home market to us The oleomarga-
rine tax ought to be removed The government
has a surplus of revenue and the tax has not
benefited tho dairymen while it has and does
work injury to the cattlemen
4 Will the convention consider tho question of
freight rates
Yes while we get the benefit of the cut from
Kansas City to Chicago we are made to suffer
from excessive rates from here to Kansas City
and St Louis Temporary reductions work an
iajurv rather than a benefit When the rates
are low cattlemen rush their stock in upon the
market and glut it A fall in prices results with
a loss to the stockman of moro than the gam
by low freight What we want is a reasonable
and a permanent rate This we think the rail-
roads ought to give us
DEEP WATER
A reporter met Mr J B Simpson of Dallas
who is attending the convention and at onco be-
gan interrogating him on matters pertaining to
the meeting
What action do you suppose the conver ou
will take was the question asked
The result of its deliberations will bo diffi-
cult to foreshadow and the probabilities aro
that its action will be more or less Ineffective as
is generaUy the case with like conventions bat
there is one supremely important thing it could
do and the only thing in my judgment that will
solve the great difficulties that now environ tho
cattle interests of Texas and of the entire South-
west and that is to pass the strongest of resolu-
tions for a deep waterport at Aransas Pass
Could English and other foreign ships enter
that port for cattle and refrigerated meats then
within less than twelve months the grasp of tho
Big Four upon the throats of all cattlemen would
be loosened and the tariff upon aU railway linea
reduced
English capital would flow into Texas and
establish quickly the largest refrigerating plants
in the world Deep draft ships adequate to the
task of transporting the entire herds or Texas to
Eurone would darken our waters and
the greatest problem ever presented
to cattlemen would receive its solution
Tho legislature of the state of Texas should
take the requisite legal steps to issue 10000000
of 3 per cent bonds and with her own money and
men construct this great work The state need
not tax its citizens a single cent for this purpose
sinco the harbor tolls would be more than suffi-
cient to pay tho interest and sinking fund on
such bonds
This is my solution of the cattle question and
beyond it I see no other
J A BUD MATTHEWS
J A or as he is bettor known Bud Matthews
of Throckmorton is a young and prosperous
cattleman who has grown up so to speak
among the herds He is a sensible stock grower
and is doing good work in grading up his stock
The longhorn has disappeared from my
herds ho said to The Gazette man and
their places are taken by Herefords and Short-
horns Do you think the convention will do any
good That I cant say do not feel that I am
competent to anticipate what it will do I hope
however that good will come of it We aro in
bad fix and are being ground between the Big
Four and tlje government The latter has taken
the Strip from the cattlemen and the former has
had us under their thumb for years a-
Do you think refrigerators would do any-
thing towards solving the problem
I most assuredly do and would welcome the
day that saw them in operation in Texas
Do you thinfc the cattlemen generaUy would
take hold of them
If they have people at the head of them who
the cattlemen have confidence in they would
undoubtedly do so
What is the condition of cattle In your sec-
tion
As good as we could ask The winter has
been very favorable and the cattle are in una
shape The loss has been nominal
J f ROSE
This delegate is from Eden in the Concho
country and to a Gazette man said that the
cattle in his section were in fine fix and ther
were plenty of them Not many old steers ho
said but an abundance of twos Yes I am in
favor of refrigerators and believe they would be
a world of benefit to Texas cattlemen if started
up here They would give us a home market for
our cattle and enable us to save much in the way
of freights and shrinkage I believe too tho
cattlemen would stand by them
A NATIVE TEXAN
Col A C Jones of Beeville is a patriarchal
delegate fiftynine years old and a nativeborn
Texan In his early days ho helped run the In-
dians out of the state and has fire enough in him
to do it again if the opportunity presented it-
self In answer to a Gazette mans questions
he said
I dont know what the convention will do I
am afraid there are too many here to do any-
thing Twenty or thirty levelheaded fellows
and there are lots of that kind here
could do more good than all this
crowd I would like to see something
done though before I pass away I ha vent got
long to stay in this world and I want to see the
cattlemen on their feet again There is some-
thing radically wrong with our business Yea
I believe refrigerators would be the best thing
for us that if we would stick to them after they
started up and not be tempted to withdraw our
cattlo from home institutions by a little better
price offered by the Big Four just to break-
down competition Deep water would also help
us and if the general government dont give it to
us we should give it to ourselves
HON ELIJAH FILLET
This gentleman is ot the Nebraska delegation
and believes that overproduction is tho root o
the evil that has brought the livestock industry
to its present condition The supply of cattle
he claims has increased faster than the demand
but now relief is coming naturally During tho
last year the surplus was cut down and the dis-
position to improve the grade of cattle is grow-
ing stronger Better cattle will bring better
prices
The ranges says he have all been over-
stocked in the past The grasses which a few
years aso were long and thick are now by
having too many cattle foraging on them eaten
down to the ground or tramped entirely out
These ranchmen have found within the last two
years that they must unload and this is the
cause of the present extremely low prices Tho
market has been overstocked with these surplus
cattle from the plains that are used for canning
purposes and it has effected the medium grade
cattle of the states further east In addition
the homesteader is gradually narrowing the lim-
its of the ranges and has been hastening this
saleThis
This unloading is proven by a glance at tho
receipts of the different stockyards for theyeara
1S8718SS and ISO At the Chicago stockyards
alone there were in round numbers 425000 moro
cattle received m 1S87 than in 1SS6 In 1SS3 thero
were 200000 more than in 1SS7 w > ile the increase
of 1SS9 over 1888 footed up over 415000
Going back a little further we find the receipts
have doubled since 1883 there being that year
1552000 cattle marketed to 3023500 In I8S9
Thi3 we can see at a glance is out of all pro-
portion to the increase of population Further
this increase is for Chicago alone and when we
take into consideration the other packing cen-
ters that have sprung up since that tine we can
readily conceive that prices had to decline from
the relations of supply and demand
Mr FUley does not believe rairoads are respon-
sible for the low price of cattle and rejects the
idea that they are trying to break down tho cat-
tle interests for the reason that they are not go-
ing to km the goose that lays tho golden
egg
COLE2IAU COUNTY STOCmraN
Ballroads Charged With Being the Cause ot
the Cattle Depression
The foHowing Kill be presented to the conven-
tion during its session
Santa Anna Colhman County Tex
March 81SS0
To the Chairman of the Stockmens Convention
which convenes at Fort Worth on tho lltn
Inst
Dear Sie You are requested to lay before the
convention the foUowing preambles and resolu
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