St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-15

of Minneapolis, of which P " Collins
is the chairman. The committee was
appointed for the purpose Of devising
measures calculated to promote the live
stock interests of the Northwest. A.
I L. Crocker, the president of that body
has taken an active interest in the
movement from the first.
Some time ago Mr.. Collins and the
writer, on behalf of the committee, in
terviewed the members of the State
Fair board at a regular meeting of
the same. to negotiate with them for
the appointment of day and hour for
a meeting of farmers and citizens to
effect, if possible, the establishment of
live stock organizations representa-
the various live stock industries of the
state. The board heartily indorsed the
proposal, fixed upon a. m. of Thurs
day, Sept. -. as a suitable time for
holding the proposed meeting. It will,
of course, be held in the agricultural
hall on the State Fair grounds.
Many reasons may be given
AS TO THE NECESSITY
for such organizations. Only some
of these will be stated, and IS briefly
as is consistent with clearness of pres
entation.
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its very nature. 1t is seldom indeed
that any one mind grasps the best
methods Of doing any one branch of
work. When numbers are engaged in
that work, and they never come to-
gether to compare notes, the knowledge
of the best methods is not disseminated
among the many. 1t is the posssssio
of the few; with them it lives and some
! times with them it dies and is buried.
On the other hand when men come to-
gether and compare notes, all advance
that has been made is retained. 1t be-
comes common property and can never
again be lost. Organization is thus
helpful, ever though we do not consider
the legitimate protection which it is
capable of affording and which 1t does
afford when properly used. Organiza-
ton has been found so necessary to the
! well-being of even the smallest of our
industries, that scarcely one Of them is
now without it And yet the live stock
interests of this state, which Certainly
are among it's most important interests,
are yet
WITHOUT ORGANIZATION.
Second-Organization can be utilized
with great advantage in the dissemina-
ton of knowledge. Several barriers
stand seriously IN the way of live stock
extension and live stock Improvement
in the state. These include lack of
fences, lack of buildings, and the
absence of suitable materials for effect
ing Improvement, but none of these are
so great a barrier in the way of adj
vance at the present time as lack of
knowledge on the part of the people
with reference to the principles which
govern the successful breeding and
mana cement of live stock. Organiza-
ton can do much by way of dissent
mating useful knowledge with refer
ence to all these things. Discussions
can be held at the annual meetings
and these can be reported through the
medium of the press and otherwise
for the advantage of the people.
I'hird-Organ can influence
markets and marketing where the in
dividual would be powerless. When
men are urged to grow better stock
that they may obtain for it a better
price they answer: "Why should we
do so? Even though our stock is bet
ter we get no better price; we can
only sell to the local dealer" And
there is much of truth in the answer.
The local dealer can fix the price in too
many instances, and can, therefore,
reap the benefit of the Improvement
which the producer has made. The
REMEDY IS TWO-FOLD.
Improved stock can be grown in con-
siderable numbers in any one local
ity, and when thus grown buyers will
soon be attracted whose presence will
produce competition, and local live
stock markets can be established
where the live stock can be exposed for
sale on certain days at stated intervals.
In this way, also, buyers will be at
tracted as soon as good stock is thus
brought out for sale. Live stock Or
CARNATIONS can powerfully assist in
bringing about these conditions, and
when difficulties as to freight rates
are to be adjusted the voice of organ
lied bodies will get a respectful hear
ing when that of the individual would
probably be raised in vain.
Fourth-OrganiZati can do much
by way of cooperating in the estab-
lishment of packing industries within
| the state. 1t can do so by encourage
| ing legislation favorable to the same,
by cooperating with citizens in secur-
| ing transportation rates that. will not
| discriminate in favor of any one, and
by encouraging producers within the
| state to furnish the material in quanti-
| ty and quality that the packers re-
| quire to make their work a success
| Why the work of packing meat is
transferred to Chicago which should
| be done in st. Paul and Minneapolis
| is question for the people of our
| state to answer, and why the best
meats consumed in our metropolitan
| cities should come from Kansas and
| Nebraska is a question which our
| farmers should answer
If live stock organizations, or in
| deed, any other influence or combina-
| ton of influences could prove effective
| in staying overflow of mill-feed and
coarse grains which go eastward from
| our state everyyear and could persuade
the farmers to turn these into good
beef, mutton, pork or milk. they would
BENEFIT THE STATE
every year to the extent of millions of
dollars The fertility of our magnifi-
cent soils would be maintained and the
capacity of our state for increased nro-
cuctloh would grow greater every year.
wen dig down into the bowels of the
earth IN search of wealth. They roam
from place to place, seeming out the
hne OF some projected railway. With
a resuessness greater than that of the
waters of the sea, they go West in
search of fortunes, while at the very
threshold of their dwellings one of
the greatest and surest sources of
wealth is to be found in the extension
OF the various live stock industries of
the state. Fifty thousand men are
wanted at the present time in the state
OF Minnesota, to engage in growing live
! stock, and fifty thousand more are
wanted to improve that which is al
ready within our borders.
Just think Of the possibilities within
our reach. AS already mentioned the
cattle within our state in 1894 num-
I DOre1 -ol,