Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-12-27
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I The as>em olage was composed of s'solid
men, - its members representing an az
/ gregate of over Que thousand millions
Of dollars. In some of the Discussions
there was more or less friction, .especi-
ally where the interests of catIIe-men at
Chicago and other northern DOintS
appeared 10 clash, as ia quarantine and
some other matters. Ii is proposed Ia
| ask Congress to lease for grazing pur-
poses the arid lands, now unoccupied.
lying between she ninety eighth nerid-
ian and the Sierra Nevad4, excepting
those parts of California, Nevada. Ore
gOn, IdahOs and Utah. that lie within
tiEe~e limits. 1t Is claimed if grazeEs.
are allowed TO lease these lands, the
cattle interests of the country Will be
doubled, if not trebled, At present,
those who occupy tracts Of the arid
. lands know that they may be sold at
any time, and have no Inducements to
build tisterns, dig wells, and make 9th
er Improvements, as they would if they
could lease them for term of years.
Perhaps the most important subject
discussed at the meeting was that or q
national cattle trail. IL was proposed
to ask Congress 10 establish, for facili-
tating the moving of cattle, 8 trail SIX
miles wide, 10 begin at some point on
the Red RIVER, land extend To the north
ern boundary of the United States, aud
10 protect it against unsafe animals.
ETC., by the necessary Laws. The Com
ventiun, before it came to close, re-
solved itself into 81 The National Live
Stock Association of America" A con-
stitution was adopted, and a full board
of officers elected. Gov. John L Rnutt,
of Colorado, President; Gen n. NJ.
Curtis, OF New York. nr.t Vice Presi-
dent, with a Vice President from each
State; Amos L. Atwater. st. Louis,
Sc .retaTy. A strong committee was
formed, charged with presenting to
Congress the inIerests of cattle men,
including the leasing of the arid lands
and opening the trail above mentioned.
Tie privileges To be asked by the cattle
men, have called OuL some unfavOrable
comment, and it is not imprObab that
they may meet with strong opposition
when the subject comes before Con-
gress. The interests involved are vast,
and the subj5ct concerns not the cattle
men alone, but the Whole c)unsrY, and
calls for wise and broad stateSm4nShIps
When the cattle-men come 10 Congress
for privileges, aud ask TO be protected
in them by laws, it will be proper for
that body to consider the relations OF
the veal by and powerful cattle-cumpa-
MES to the people of the States and fer-
ritOries in which they are located.
Complaints are numerous that thee
companies are law unto themselves,
that their agents and managers treat
the settler as having no rights they are
bound 10 respect. The prosperity of a
new country depends upOn the 50 tiers.
A family IS of N IRE Importance 10 its
future than any syndicate of absent ca 80
i5alists. The country is large enough
for both the settlers and The catJle-cpm-
panies, and each should be secured in
their rights. The people of st. Louis
we're evidently pleased to have the cat
tIe-men meet in their city, and treated
them to Examinations, parades, and
nLher demonstrations of respect The
Convention was welcomed by the NJ tyOr
If St. Louis. and by Gov. CIttenden,
who IN hi, address stated that four nun
dred thousand carcasses of beef were
exported I'd EuroJe in 1888 and that
Texas alone ~eut four hundred thousand
beeves to other States aud Territories.
Gen. w. I. Sherman, now a resident
of st. Louis, also welcomed the mem
bers.
It Is estimate that there is invested
in the various stock ranches and stock
associations an aggregate capital of
three thousand millions of dollars, aud
that One-thiFd of this immen 20 sum was
represented in the Convention Few
have any idea Of the extent of the cattle
raising business. The Fexas Live st Ick
Association, which has a large member
ship, owns one million head OF cattle,
the same number of sheep, and three
hundred and fifty Thousand horses. The
value Of its stock Is about fOrty-dVe
millions Of dollars. The largest Of the
a .esse .-gs.ss 81
Texas Live Stock As7DcIatiou, which
owns four hundred and twenty thou sand
cattle, ABOUT four hundred and fifty
thousand horses, the value of which, in-
Guiding great number Of Il ,cSs Of
sheep, is over nine millions of d liars
This assOcia' lon has one million six
hundred and fifty Thousand acres of
land, and employs fifteen huIdred men
as herdsrs, etc. Seven as sOciatiOns ia
New Mexico were represented in the
Convention. The largest OF these is the
Northern New Mexico Cattle Gro Vers'
ASSOCIATE IN; this owns fifteen millions
of &C Is, which practically cover three
counties. Eight hundred thousand cat
tie Craze upon their lands. and an im-
mense number Of horses. AIessrss Hua-
ter and Evans, with headquarters ia
ST. Louis, Mo, have over eleven ~ lion
acres Of land, which comprise ranches
in the indian Territory, Texas, Kansas
and Nebraska. There are several other
large firms and companies in ST. Louis,
which together control nearly nine mil-
lion acres of land, and on thee vast
areas are over half a million of cattle,
with an aggregate capital of four MILL
ions of dOliars.-( american Agricullu.
ralist.
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