, 1889-04-03
THE STOCK GROWERS
Three Meetings Held by cattlemen
Yesterday.
The Board of Live Stock Commits
sioners to the Fore.
A Report Heard and the Territory
Districted.

THE COMMISSION.
These members of the board of live
stock commissioners wer5 present at yes
terday mornings meeting of that body:
Chairman f. A. Earnest, Secretary r.
F. Glover. Alb Luman, Harvey Borth, j.
@. Spencer. II. A. Hoffman and Fred G..
s. Hesse. After transacting a small
amount of routine business the commits
sioners adjourned to meet the association
committee.
THE CONFERENCE.
At 10 o'clock John Clay, Jr., Ex-
Governor Baxter, T. B. Adams, H. B.
Iiams and Ed 7. David. the association
committee, met the members of the
board for a conference. Various matters
were canvassed in an informal way.
Most of the session was devoted to the
discussion of outside inspection. The
commission feels that about its first duty
is to place representatives at South
Omaha, Boone, Ia, Chicago and st.
Paul The association is desirous of as
Stunning charge of this work and allowing
the board to direct internal or territorial
work in the interest of the industry. No
decision was reached in the premises.
The subject will come up for considera-
ton at to-day's meeting and will doubt
less be amicably settled. In fact, after
yesterdays conference several commits
sioners expressed a willingness to appor-
ton the foreign work to the association.
Secretary Glover said hat the board
was perfectly willing to comply with the
wishes of the majority of the stockmen.
This arrangement, while n~eeessitating the
expenditure of considerable money by the
society will have the happy effect of
strengthening tie organization by i~ncreas-
ing its usefulness. In short, making its
cooperation or assistance indispensable
to the shippers.
THE OPEN SESSION.
The third gathering of the cattle clans
yesterday was an open session of the
board Of live stock commissioners held in
the council chamber of the capitol build
ing in the afternoon. Chairman Earnest
presided and Secretary Glover was at his
post. The attendance included besides
the members of the board nearly all of the
at the court house Monday.
Secretary Glover's report and financial
statement covers the ground admirably.
1t follows:
GENTLEMEN-Before proceeding with
the arrangement of round ups for the sea-
son. | will read a brief report of the re-
ceipts and disbursements of the season
just passed. The present law creating a
board of live stock commissioners ~(gener-
ally known as the maverick law went
into effect the first of last April. No pro.
vision was made for funds to carry into
effect the provisions OF the law at that
time. The board depended entirely on
the sale of mavericks branded during the
season, which at best is always very I'M
certain. A number of the prominent
stock growers came to our aid with a loan,
which in the aggregate amounted to 3d.
500, to assist us in carrying on the BUSH
ness of the commission until the MAYER
icks sold were paid for. The loans, | am
happy to say, we were able to return
early in the summer. The expense of
inaugurating the business of the commits
sion, printing, advertising, Office furni-
ture, etc, amounted to quite a SUN. An
inspector was employed in each county
and at several railway points at an expense
of nearly $1,000 per month. The i'm
preston among the stock growers gener-
ally, and the members of the board for
the different counties all seemed to indi-
cate that the maverick crop would be
very light. The reports from foremen
came in slowly, and the members of the
commission became somewhat alarmed,
fearing they would not be able Il, longer
carry OF the necessary inspection, and the
latter part of July a meeting of stockmen,
who were in the city was had to devise
some means to carry on inspection at the
railroad points at least. The result of
this meeting was the issuance of the cir
cular letter, of which most of you re-
ccived a copy. A pool was formed with
Mr.. Mason as secretary, by which all those
who contributed a tax of one
cent per head on the assess
ed value OF their stock were
furnished with inspection at St. Paul,
Omaha and Chicago, and the commission
gave their attention to work within the
territory. We have had at different
times inspectors employed in almost all
sections of the territory. and while the
result has not been all we could wish,
several cases have been worked up and a
number are being investigated.
In all our business we have been greatly
aided by all the railroads entering the ter
ritory, the managers and employees In
every case extending to our inspectors
every facility to aid them in carrying on
their work. The receipts and disburse-
ments are as follows: