The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-02-11
he following gentlemen as direc

rant, w H Weatherstone of Clay, Nj
Dougherty Of Taylor, L M Baker of
Harris, B Rector of Travis, Jules
Gunter Of Cooke, j w Kokernut of
Brewster, A p Bush of Mitchell, G.
Goodnight of Armstrong, E Sand
meyer of Colorado, H H Hasell of
Wise, L H Bowman of Howard.
The report was unanimously
adopted.
The directors will proceed immedi-
ately to file charter, as provided by
the bylaws.
Mr.. Mercer of Wyoming, in reply to
what Mr.. Rogers had said, took the
stand and argued that the expert
ments at Washington were not to be
relied on as to the tick theory. He
contended that the Texas fever was
not well defined and that it was not
fully understood. He insisted that
the experiments made were directly
antagonistic to practical experience,
and argued that it would be to the
interest of the stock industry Of Texas
to have board Of sanitary inspectors.
Mr.. Geo. Loving offered the follow
ing, which was adopted:
Whereas, The best sale of the live
stock product of our magnificent and
extensive ranges, covering millions of
acres of our unequaled state domain,
as we'll as the same product from the
farms of the greatest agricultural ter
ritory possessed by any state in the
Union, is the most important question
to every delegate to this convention
and,
Whereas, The best sale of this pro-
duct is injured by two matters, over
which we have almost no poWer-the
transportation by railroads to north
ern and eastern markets and legiSla-
ton inspired ostensibly by the fear of
epidemic fever, and,
Whereas, The said product is
bought from us at price measured
by our necessities and the circum-
stance of having our goods at their
market instead of having their mar
ket at our goods, and
Whereas, Our product after pur-
chase, is reduced to form demanded
and acceptable to all markets, in es
Establishments a thousand miles from
us and yet thousand miles from the
aboard, which is the commercial
outlet to all the buyers of the world;
and whereas, we believe refrigerating
establishments can just as successfully
at one point as at another reduce the
live stock product to marketable
form; and,
Whereas, every point of experience
and observation indicates that deep
water ports are the proper places at
which to prepare food products for
interior shipment and export; and,
Whereas, it has been reported to
this convention by delegates thereto
that at the mouth of the Brazos river
deep water has been obtained and
that place is now a pass for the Texas
products to ali the world; and,
Whereas, the citizens of
Velasco and the commercial
organizations of that place
have invited the delegates, members
of this convention and all the
stockmen of Texas to visit their city
and examine it's port advantages,
capacity and improvements; therefore
be it
Resolved, That this convention
thanks them for the invitation and
urges its members and all other stock
men in the state to accept the invita-
ticn and visit Velasco on the 10th day
of March next.
Mr.. Smiths resolution requiring
stock owners to list with tax assess
ors the number of COWS, one, two and
three ear-old stock was adopted.
A resolution by Mr.. Ike Pryor re-
questing the governor to recommend
to the legislature to pass a law Gre
ating sanitary stock board was
adopted.
A resolution was offered by Mr..
Rogers that the convention appoint
five delegates to attend the meeting of
the Northwest Stock Association in
Fort Worth, March 6th next.
1t was adopted with an amendment
including all live stock associations
within the state.
The convention then adjourned un-
til 10 o'clock this morning.
DIRECTORS MEETING.
At meeting of the directors of the
newly organized Texas Live Stock as
ISOLATION held in the parlors OF the
Driskill hotel last evening the officers
of the association we're elected for the
ensuing year as follows:
President-D. II. Snyder of George
town.
Vice. President-John 7. Lyle of
San Antonio.
Secretary-Geo. Is. Loving OF foft
Worth.
Treasurer-H. H. Halsell of Decatur,
The board of directors will be in
session again today, and during the
day will file their charter, wait on
Gov Hogg to ask his assistance in Sc
curing by an act of the Legislature the
establishment of sanitary bureau,
and other legislation demanded by
the live stock interests. They will
also confer with the railroad commits
sion in regard to freight rates
on live stock and presumably
look after several matters affecting
the interest of stockmen. This asso-
citation is now fully organized on
what seems to be firm and solid
basis. The directors seem to be tax
ing hold of their work in a systematic
and methodical way and will no doubt
make the organization a success and
of great Importance to the stock in
terests Of the state.
The question of deep water on the
ooos+ ,uoc tolyan nm hut went over