Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-05
STOCKMEN COOPERATE.
Advantage OF an international Range
Cattle and HOrse-G rowers'
Association.
Denver Suggested ms the Hend1uarters-
Cooperation with the st. Louis
Meeting Advocated.
| Special to the Gazette.


OF the executive committed of the Colora-
do Cattle Growers association, held at
Denver, Nov. 8, the following memorial,
or address, TO the range cattle and horse
growers was unanimously adopted:
We, the executive committee of the
Colorado Cattle Growers association,
earnestly commend to the range cattle
and horse growers of the arid regions of
the United States, Northern Mexico and
British Columbia, the memorial issued
by the New Mexico Cattle and Horse
Growers association, October 81, 1885,
calling on all those engaged in our great
industry TO meet in Denver, Colo, for
the purpose of organizing an International
Range Cattle and Horse Growers asso-
citation. We believe that Denver, by rea-
son of its location in the geographical
center of the range country of the CONT
nent, as well as on account of railwaykfa
cilitics connecting it with all points in
the arid belt, is the natural and
most convenient point for the annual
meetings of,the proposed association and
for permanent headquarters. There is a
strong and growing sentiment among
ranchmen that the influence of a central
lied association representing the plains
cattle aud horse business will be best
.
ship our common interests, whether the
owner have but small herd or counts
his thousands, by locating headquarters
of the association in the range country
To many cattle and horse men who are
important factors to all that pertains to
the highest good of the industry, the es-
adjustment of centralized range associ-
alton at point remote from the range
country is an anomaly which has created
a lack of wholesome interest in associ-
ated effort. The unharmonious elements
that would naturally surround and, to II
greater or lesser extent, influence a range
association established at any of our
Eastern commercial centcrS will always
destroy individuality and render its work
unsatisfactory to the range interests.
Those Objectionable features would soon
disappear by locating the headquarters of
the range association at Denver.
lnasmuch as St. Louis has been
godfather to the National Cattle
and Horse Growers association,
in which the range interests have received
all consideration that it was possible for
them to obtain in any organization COM
bining incongruous elements, and as she
exhibited such open-handed hospitality
at the meeting of our great convention
interest,"
in our welfare and prosperity, we call on
the rangemen of the arid belt to attend
the meeting of the national convention
to be held in st. Louis on the sd of this
I month, and as far as possible so direct
the results of the meeting as will in
G fluencc the government at Washington tC
r aid the live stock industry of the coun
/ try in its effort to stamp out contagiou.
5 disease where 1t exists IN the East ant
+ forever prohibit its Introduction in tn,
| West AS the attendance at st. Louis o
S prominent and influential range cattl
a and hUfsemen will be large, we sugges
d that action be therefore taken to merg,
@ that organization into the Internatona
d Cattle and Horse Growers association
K or create this as an auxiliary associa
:, ton thereto and successfully inaugurat
G the purposes of the "memorial" referred
d TO above. We would submit as plan o
:, organization for the international asso
d citation to meet the requirments and carr
d on the work to be done, that the differen
Q state and territorial organizations With
IL Il wide region send delegates to atten
d the meeting at Denver, based on the nun
d Der OF cattle and horses represented b
ID the different associations, and that ther
ID be one delegate for each fifty thousan
HSSut
Is anccs from prominent rangemcn, repre-
It Senting interests in all parts of the rang
.e of country which justaeS the belief tina
II the association representing fl
p teen million head of cattle an
"a horses, willco-operate with us in perfect
it ing the proposed organization. Thi
e would secure representative meeting O
if three hundred delegates, ample in poin
e of members to reflect the views of thos
= represented, and yet not too larg
e for effective and orderly deliberation
.e 1t is further suggested, that, as the vari
h Gus state and territorial associations pos
1t sess the machinery for uniting the indi
4 viduals engaged in the range industry il
1t their respective sections, thus enablin
@, small owners to enjoy the benefits en-
ID ioycd by the large holders at the mini
he mum expense the delegate plan will sc
ID cure direct representation Of all interest
al and enable the centralized association
le to obtain the necessary funds from Tn
ID state and territorial associations for tn
1, successful prosecution of the work
" proportion to the stock represented |
ID is believed that by means OF an organiza
10 tion of the kind proposed, such Securit
II; can be obtained for our stock against tn
Id rayagos of disease as will greatly en-
1t price of beef is not advanced, and tn
IT conservative capitalists, representa-
lc the cheap money of the East an
" Europe, are not called to pan
~ tlcipatc with us in building up on
Is great industry The experience of tn
il past season has demonstrated the fac
that the marketing of impure and unrlp
cattle is not satisfactory to either buye
or seller, and entails an annual loss c
millions of dollars without any comper
sating benefit to the consumer. 1t /
hoped that an effective centralized OF
gani2aton, under the management OF cor
scicu,ious and experienced stockmuu
can SO regulate our business as to insur
satisfactory returns for our yearly bee
product and at the same time material
increase the meat supply for the unasse
OF people at modcrace Prices. Az COZ
respondence should be addressed to Il
NJ. Taylor, secretary, Denver, Col.