, 1890-04-01

Mason had spoken in the same strain.
Mr.. Baxtersaid the Association was a
necessity.
VETERINARY.
Territorial Veterinarian Holcombe gave
a short, verbal account of his steward
ship. In 1888 the number of cattle in.
spected was IS. 945 and in 1889. I22,837.
So far as he could learn there would be
about 80, 900 head for this season. There
hsd been thirty five glandered horses con.
demned and Killed during the past two
years.
OFFICERS.
1t is the custom in the Association for
a committee on nominations to report a
list of officers and for the secretary to cas-.
a ballot for the selections. Messrs. Rob
%inson. irvine and John Durbin comprised
the committee yesterday and returned
this roster.
President-John Clay. Jr.
Vice Prssident-Geo. w. Baxter.
Secretary. B. Adams.
Treasurer-H. G Hay
Executive Commute Laramie county.
Fl. Z Teschemacher, j. w. Hammond,
G. b. Goodell; Albany county, +. S. r
Boughton, n. X. Boswell,J. Il. D. william;
Carbon, Frank Earnest, X. NJ. Galbraith,
A j. Boutwell,; Sweetwater. Abner Lu-
man, W. H. Mellor. Tim Kinney; Uinta.
Harvey Booth. a. G Beckwith, A. V.
Quinn; Fremont, John David, r. A.
TorreY, John Clay, Jr Converse. w. G..
Irvine, Frank Wolcott. W. + Guthrie;
Natrona, +. T. David, }. II. Durbin,
Tom Sun; johnson, w. II. Murphy, W.
j. Clark, W. H. Robinson; Crook, A. B.
Clark, Geo. p. Bissell, j. b. Thomas;
Trustees-J. NJ. Carev, L. W. Whit
comb, A. V. Quinn, H. G.. Hay, R. A.
Torrey. T. B. Hicks, j. H. d. william,
VIM. Sturgis, Jr.. G.. W. Simpson,
AN EDTToR TALKS.
A. S. Mercer, editor of the North
toestern Lire Stoch Journal, being called
upon said:
Since the time when Adam ate the
apple and laid the blame upon Eve the
human family has been prone to search
for someone else upon whom to throw the
responsibility, for the ills it has to bear.
Stockmen are no exception to this rule
they have been hunting for the man who
caused the depression in cattle values and
many OF them honestly believe the Big
Four to be the responsible parties.
Gentlemen, You are TIE fellows, in
conjunction with the western farmers who
have done the deed, you made a regular
dumping ground of all the cattle markets
and your unloading process has been so
vigorous that continued depression has
been the result. 10 show that we are
confronted by a c~ondition-not a com
bination, let us make some figures. In
1886, not more than Is per cent of the
cattle killed in the United States we're she
stock. Counting Ohio and the corn grow
ing states OF the west IN connection with
the range country that ships eastward
there were 6.945, 900 cattle shipped to
market and slaughtered by local butchers.
OF these Is per cent or l,O4l. $50 were
cows and the balance, 5,9O3, $50 were
steers. In 1899 this same area shipped
and consumed 7, 722. 875 cattle, of which
4. 1866, 4S8 were COWS and the balance
3 1856 ST were steers, showing an exces.
of steer receipts in 1886 over those OF
1889 OF 2 $40, S63.
These figures clearly demonstrate that
~ w R1A S1hA liza VI AaAllC At IL
western market centers since 1886 has
more than been made up by the increased
marketing of the stock. They also clearly
prove that if the producing power of GU
herds is two and a half million head OF
steers less today than it was 10 1886, the
time has come to call a halt in the ship.
ment of cows. The truth is that there are
not COWS enough in the United States ia
nrpItaa wtthIn DE mar annt 81 H. laol
cattle required by our consumptive mar
kets if steers alone were shipped and solo
TO local butchers.
Every COW in this country is needed
today as a producer Of beef. Could the
farmers Of the West and the ranchmen o.
the plains hold their she stock off tn,
market for ninety days. compelling tn,
great markets and the local butchers t.
slaughter only steers, an advance of 5.
a hundred on beet would be the result
This would add So dollars to the marke
value of every COW in the land and at ono
unricE the cattle producers to the exten
Of more than two hundred million dollars
Will you do this gentlemen"
Mr.. Mercer addressed a word to th
bankers. He said that too frequent
they pressed the stockmen.
THE PRESIDENTS ADDRESS.
There were calls for speech when tn
newly elected president was given tn
chair by ex Governor Baxter. Mr.. Ola
said:
Gentlemen Of The Wyomiag Stoc
Grotcers' ASsocidtion:-l little anticipate
this morning that | should be elected t
the position of president of this body, be
cause there are men who have been con
nected with it much longer, and who ar
more able to fill the position than an
| feel, however, that there is going to b
but very little work for the association
during the next year, and my duties wi
not be very cumbersome. Whatever thes
duties are you may be certain that | ar
going to be in the front and do the best
can for the stock interests of this territory
During the last three years | have bee
intimately associated with Wyoming;
have come to love the people who liv
here, to admire the climate, and wheneve
! go back to that great city that is goin
to have the worlds fair in 1898, with il
mud and mosquitoes. | begin to wish
was back to the peerless skies of this tel
rltory which lies on the dome of this grea
American country. ! have the good fol
tune not to be mixed up with the polite
of this territory of yours. and behey
that in that sense at least | can discharg
the duties of tits chair as fairly as moss