, 1884-04-09

vember,SisS3, which committee prepared
a careful and c~onservaiiyes bill covering
necessary measures, which bill has passed
the house of representatives and is now
before h senate of the United States,
WmRsAG,CStmn commission firms
and cattle dealers of the Union stock
yards ofLChicagO have seen fit to oppose
such legislation and send a committee
tyith legal counsel to Washington to lobby
for defeat of this bill, and
4 WHEREAS, The members of said firms
have repeatedly stated in published inter
views lnthe Chicago press that they OPP
posed said bill because its covert object
was to quarantine the-state of Texas I'M
der the plea of existing contagious dis
Texasi eatteD ttbf the ltHica6D 1maSEef in
summer. .Pheref6re, be it 4Gs- .f,irT-
Resotued. That we desire to express in
most emphatic language that this ~associa-
ton of cattiegrowers, representing two
hundred millions invested in breeding cat
tile, approves, indorses and supports in
the fullest sense the measures of said bill;
that they regard these measures as 'abso-
lutely and vitality important to the perma-
nent security of their business; that as
producers and contributors TO the taxable
wealth of the country in one
of the largest industries of the
United States they demand from
congress such measure of protection as it
has heretofore granted TO other great pro-
dueing industries, Be it further
heSoteed, That We regard the interest
of the commission firms of the Union
stock yards of Chicago as those of brokers
only, limited to the commission which they
receive for selling the stock; that the vast
interest represented as %centering in the
yards is not the property of these men,
but the property of those who produced it;
that the firms referred TO would not suffer
by its entire destruction, except in conse-
quent loss OF business to themselves, 1t
is further 70 nj sd
Rssetred, In answer to the suggestion
OF intended INJURY to Texas interests, that
members OF this association are the largest
custoplcrs for Texas cattle in the west and
hope and expect so TO remain; that over
one hundred and fifty thousand head have
been bought lay this association for deliv-
cry during the cunning ummer, and that
It knows of no cattle disease in any part of
Texas to Justify the application of quaran-
tine measures in that state. Lastly, be it
o Rtsotred, In view of the above facts,
that this association regards the action of
commission firms above mentioned as orig
mating in a selfish and narrow view of
their own interests; as highly injurious to
the vast cattle producing interests of the
plains, and deserving Of our unqualified
e~enslIre. Further, that earnestly APPROX
ing Of and desiring the Immediate passage
of said bill, it is our duty to appoint Il
committee to voice this opinion in Wash
ingtons and use every honest means to
secure this end. Ill.,.
TEXAS CATTLE.
10 Mr. Clay then remarked it had been
stated that the cattlemen here are op-
posed to the Texas men. This he denied
in toto 4He then offered this old-timc
resolution for consideration,
RESOLVED, That in the face of strenuous
Opposition to the Animal Industries bill
before the senate, a committee of three
gentlemen be sent to Washington to ad-
yocate the views of the association in
connection with the bill.
Mr.. Clay thought that three committee
men should be speedily sent to Washing
ton to oppose Hon. Emory Storrs and
those whom he represents in their
hostility to the Cattle Industry bill.
Mr.. Sheedy said that he had been
dealing in Texas cattle for a great many
years, and that there was nothing to be
feared from those cattle in the way of
disease. There never has been a case of the
diseases complained of known north of
the Kansas Pacific railroad; and what is
more, there never will be, for our great
altitude precludes this. The Chicago
stock dealers have a great deal to contend
with and are placed in a peculiar posi-
ton. They certainly ought to be treated
with kindly consideration and it would be
well to confer with them. As to the foot
and mouth disease, also pleuro-pneumo-
mia, l think there is a great deal of un-
necessary alarm. | am in favor Of quar-
antining those states where the disease
actually exists, 1t is no more than right
that we investigate this question and
then place the censure where it properly
belongs,
CHICAGO COMMISSION MEN.
Colonel j. II. Pratt said that the asso-
cation had been in correspondence with
the Chicago men and they disregard our
wishes. He consequently thought that it
might be well to ignore them in our deal
ings.
He then offered a resolution substanti-
ally to this effect
At this point the question arose upon
Mr.. Clay's resolutions, and they were
unanimously adopted.
At this point Secretary Sturgis entered
into details relative to the correspondence
that had been conducted pertaining to the
Animal Industry bill, reading much that
has already been published thereon in the
press.
A somewhat desultory discussion now
ensued upon Colonel Pratt's proposition
which he had embodied in the form Of a
resolution.
Various Views.
Mr.. Wood, of Chicago, thought that
the resolution would be a very bad one
to pass at present, A great many of the
Chicago men are in favor of the Animal
Industry bill, and no undue action should
be taken here to excite their prejudice.
Many of the opponents to this bill in the
cattle yards of Chicago are honestly OPP
posed to it, We cannot consistently OPP
pose the dressed beef interest. Home
industry must be protected. The com
mission ought to be wiped out by it,