Omaha daily bee., 1888-08-21
The Stock Shippers Association
Make q Correction.
THEY WERE MlsREPREsENTEp
DO Not Want to Suppress t.2 Market
Reports-Thcir Efforts to Build
Up the South Omaha
Market.
The OWcial Report.

herewith Il copy OF the minutes OF the
proceedings Of our last meeting, held in
July. The report published in TIE BEE,
July 18th was unfair and to a consider
able extent likely to do injury to our as
sociation. Evil disposed persons have
circulated marked copies of THE BEE
of that date among farmers for no other
purpose than to mislead the farmers
and to aid in creating a sentiment that
the object of our association is to Skin"
the farmer and that our interests are
not mutual.
The preamble to our Constitution and
Bylaws contains the following in plain
language. 1--WE fully realize that the
interests Of the farmers and stock rails
ers are identical with our own, and un-
der all circumstances we will endcavor
to pay the highest market value for
stock, and we hereby pledge ourselves
to work increasingly for the upbuilding
OF permanent and substantial stock
market in our own state"
No action has ever been taken by this
association contrary to the letter or
spirit of the above, and we believe no
such action well ever be taken.
Your report says: 1.-The association
transacted a certain amount OF business,
no doubt satisfactory to themselves but
decidedly otherwise to the farmers and
commission men Of the state," nothing
of the kind.
Then further: "Then an attempt was
made to prevent commission men from
sending out agents TO divert trade TO
South Omaha"
The resolution of Mr.. Stocker was the
only thing that could In any way be dis
torted to mean what is implied. viz:
That we opposed sending out agents to
solicit shipments to Omaha. On the
contrary, the society is pledged to do all
| it can to build up market ut Omaha.
The resolution discountenanced the
practice of commission men placing men
| In the country to buy in competition
with regular shippers. Your report
would have it understood that our asso-
citation was opposed to farmers getting
| market reports. On the contrary most
| of our members, who expressed them
| selves, preferred to 60 in the country to
buy with the latest market report to
| show the farmer; but no action was taken
| by the association on this subject and
no resolution or motion offered relating
| to it.
We are also accused of roasting rail
roads. Nothing of the kind occurred.
| On the contrary. all members who said
| anything on the subject stated that
stock trains We're generally on time and
| service good. Our transportation COM
mittee reported no grievances against
| the rail roads, and we as an association
| have only the kindest of feeling towards
| the newspapers or reporters. The
| writer has on several occasions given
| reporters who were not in attendance at
meetings access to the record and assis-
| ted them in securing a correct report
| This courtesy has never been refused a
member of the press and | hope never
will be.
| JOHN WIGGINs, Secretary.
| PROCEEDINGS OF JULY MEETING.
| SOUTH OMAHA, July 1lth, 1SSS.-The
Nebraska Live Stoc Shippers Associa-
| Hotel, at 2 d. m, the president, J. A.
Kehoe, in the chair. Roll called and
the following officers found present: j..
l.. Martin, 1st vice president; James
Danly, End vice president; David An
derson, 3rd vice president: John G.
Smith, treasurer; A. G. Virgin, direc-
| tor; J. G. Hall, finance commissioner;
A. j. Vail, finance commissioner.
The minutes Of the last meeting were
read and approved. A communication
was received from the Freight Depart
ment of the Union Pacific railway as
| follows:
John Virgins, Columbus, Neb.-
| Dear Sir: Referring to your letter of
| July 9th, enclose herewith copy of let
ter to Stock Agent Lam, dated May 4th
1888; intended that he should convey
this information to you. | think you
! will find he has already spoken to Mr..
Kehoe on the subject. However, if not,
he will do so Immediately. Yours
truly, Z. A. WARRACK.
The enclosed letter referred to reads
as follows:
OMAHA, Neb., May 4th, 1SsS.-Mr. c..
J. Lane, Stock Agent, U. p. Ry., Grand
Island. Neb.-Dear Sir: Referring to
letters received from ID. Anderson and
John Virgins. | am advised by the
| Passenger Department that the lines in
| Nebraska have agreed upon rate of
one and one-third fare for members at
tending the quarterly meetings OF this
association at Omaha. That is, pay full
fare coming to meeting; take receipt
and they will be returned at One-third
| fare on presentation OF certificate OF the
secretary of the meeting that they have
actually been in attendance. Yours
| truly, H. A. JOHNSON.
On motion of d. Anderson, the secre-
tary was instructed to advise the rail
road that we appreciated their kind
offer of one and one-third fare to MEM
bers actually in attendance at our regu-
lar meetings, but that we respectfully
declined the offer with thanks. 1t
seemed to be the feeling of the men,
bers that we were entitled to free trans
portation, and would be very much
pleased if the railroads would so view it.
The following resolution was presen-
ted by w. Stocker and unanimously
adopted.
| Whereas, there are certain commiss-
ion firms at these yards who are buying
stock at different stations in the coun-
try through men employed by them,
that have neither money or local credit
in competition with regular buyers.
| Now therefore be it
Resolved by this association that we
discountenance this practice and will
withhold shipments from such firms and
discourage other shippers from patron
izing them, and,
Resolved, further, that at our next
meeting we will consider the question
OF the formation Of a commission house
| for sale OF stock and also the formation