Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-15
THE CATTLEMEN.
The Second Days Proceedings ct
GaIHesyIIIe-NeW Officers and EI-
ecuave Committee Chosen.
Action on Il ,frigsratIon POstponed-Prop
osition from The FaTmerG' Alliance
and knights OF Labor.
special 70 the Gazette.

tive committee of the association, which
was reAd and adopted. The report is as
follows:
To the President and Members of the Cattle
Raisers' Association of North Texas:
We, your executive committee selected
at the last annual meeting, beg to submit
the following as our report for the year
now ending Immediately after the ad-
iournment Of the last annual meeting the
committee was organized and proceeded
to outline the work for the year as near as
was practicable to do by determining the
number Of inspectors and detectives to be
employed for the season and fix
ing their salaries. We selected
one man from our number TO
take charge Of the force and manage
and control the same. Also TO look after
and manage the business Of the as3ocia-
ton in general under cur direction. We
fud from his report that the force uuder
MS Management have durIDg the past
gear recovered and saved to the mem 5ers
Of Inc association s33 head of CATTLE and
several head Of horses. That the account
Of ssles st the markets are as follows:
At Chicago ............ 69l %
III Kansas City ..-.--.. $500. 1855 IL
At IT Louis. --.....----..- gi9 q
At shippiDg and other points. .......... 92t OS
Total amount sales............... S., 400 IL
OF ibis smount the manager still has
$500 ready to be paid to members when
called Tor. No cattle we're sold except
such as could not be returned to their
range or could not be placed in pasture
CT or range where the owner could get
them Tne numner sold WAS 275r re-
turned 20 owners or left in pastures sos,
amount to S6696, which added to &C
Ccun. of sale, $500 IL, gives the total
value Of cattle saved SI2 096.ll, while
the entire expense for The came time
amounts to Sll,757 81, the 7alue of the
cattle saved being 1888 so, more than the
expense for the year.
We also have the tressuFer'5 financial
report for the year now ending, showing
that he has collected from dues and as
sessments aud other sources during the
yesr the sum eff S11,757 81, and that he
mas paid out during the same time the
sum CT Sll 835 %, leaving the association
in DEBT S77 81.
We also fad from the tressurer's report
that there is due from good paying mem
bers an amount more than ample to dis-
charge this Indebtedness.
The committee have, during their term
of ofise, taken in seven new members,
Jot Gunter of Sherman, Tex, Rice
Musser OF the Indian Territory, Esrnesl
Bros, z. c. Kellogg, Martin, Byrne &
Johnson and W J. Mckay of Colorado,
Tex, and II. NJ McCraIy Of Hsrdemsn
county, aid represe nting II, 900 head OF
cattle. The committee Though its sgents
has been instrumental IN sending
four c4ttle thieves TO the peDitep-
tiary: and IN gettirg ILLS Of irdict-
ment sgsinst y number OF others fol
cattle Stealing, some Of whom are in Jail
while others have fad the country and
gone TO parts unknown. Your commit.
tee Woulu recommend the keeping up Of
the same system OF protection to your
members. We would also TeCOmme nc
that the association use all economy
practicable so ss to make our taxes the
Incoming year a light IS possible, bat s.
the same time protect cur cattle at al
hazards.
Your committee would return thank!
to the mem 0ersbip Of the association fOI
the very prompg payment of their due!
and assessments for the past year. espe
cially as their cattle have been hard II
dispose of and brought but little wheI
sold. Their prompt payments have
from time to time enabled Tou1
committee to attend to the bushes!
entrusted to them, and they would urge
all stockmen within the jurisdiction O
this association TO become members o
the same and have their stock protected
as the executive committee are in 8 posi-
ton to know that many are losing cattle
that could be avoided if they were mem
bers of the association. This is no nor'
d venture, but, after years Of experience
certainty.
We would further recommend oul
members to hold their business well il
hand as we frmly believe that our darkest
days have passed, and better days are Il
the near future.
We would also recommend that THU
association watch with scrutinizing eyt
both state and national Legislation
as 70 the best course to bt
adopted for its good. In conclusion
we would say, alter all, this association
has many things to be thankful for ant
the main one is that we yet have our cat
tie and are still ready and willing to swal
cattle for money, snd we trust thSt al
who deal with our members will be sstis
fed by our fair desling, and that the bes
place after all to buy cattle is from tn
members of the Cattle Rsisers AssCcia
ton OF Northwestern Texas.
MEMORIAL TO CONGRESS.
The following memorial to Congress
was then introduced by Mr.. A. W. Hill
lard and adopted:
Whereas, bill is now pending beior
the Congress of the United States tina
has for its object the adjustment OF tn
present Bureau Of Animal Industry an
the substitution Of committee Of tire
men, and
Whereas, the Bureau, as st presen
constituted, has rendered valuable ser
vice to the stock interests of the Who'll
country in the matter Of purging disease
centers and preventing the spread c
bovine disease of an infectious and COZ
tsgious character, snd
Whereas, it is reasonable to suppos
that after years Of experience in the lin
Of scientific Investigation aud practices
work in the field, the forces already or
gauizsd will do more effectual work tina
commission of new and iuexperience
men; and
Whereas, the existence of scientifl
buresu OF the national capital where q
the diseases of our domestic animals ma
be investigated at the expense Of tn
general government, securing the fu
benefit Of the information accessible
through the channels of internation'
reciprocity, is necessity, in view Of ii