The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-22
UTAH STOCK GROWERS.
NEED OF A STRONG CENTRAL
ORGANIZATION URGED.
An Address From the Temporary As
sociation-Cattle and Sheep Men
Should Unite-A Meeting Called.

The following address to Utah stock
men was issued yesterday:
This state is without a strong central
organization of owners to protect and
promote its live stock interests. 1t is
believed that such an association is
needed and that the time is propitious
for its formation.
AT a preliminary meeting held in Salt
Lake on the 18th of January, for a dis
cussion of the subject, the sentiments
voiced unanimously favored the or
ganization of a state association. The
attendance at the January meeting was
not. sufficiently general, or numerous,
to warrant the completion of the or
ganization at that time A temporary
association was effected, however. and
/ its officers directed to issue a call for a
gathering of all live stock owners in
Utah, to meet in Salt Lake early in
April, to discuss the advisability of
perfecting an association, to be known
as the Utah Live Stock association.
This manifesto is published and di-
rected to you under the authority men
toned and at its direction.
At the meeting named, the belief was
generally expressed that COW men and
sheep men could and ought to unite in
creating a state association for the
protection of their herds and fiocks
against theftS; that working together
and in conjunction with a national body
organized on similar lines better and
bigger consideration for their respective
interests could be secured than if
sought for singly: and finally it was
urged that the differences which have
frequently existed between COW and
sheep interests in the state, and oc-
casiOned friction, could be more salts
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of a central association than they are
now handled through courts, personal
alterations or other equally Vexa-
tious and indeterminate methods.
The service rendered to the live stock
interests of other states by their CEN
trail associations has been of continuous
and lasting Importance, and il argues
for the creation of a similar body here
The general laws are intended to
prevent thefts among herds and fiocks.
but they have been found insufficient
elsewhere, unless officers have been !
aided in their enforcement by the ex- |
perts of the association. TranspOrta- /
ton companies, stock yards companies, I
commission merchants and other /
agencies which figure for a portion of /
the value of the output of Utah prod |
ucts, are as considerate and liberal in .
the assessment of charges for handling /
live stock as they are anywhere in the !
country; and the former have repeat /
eddy shown in recent acts cOnspicu-
Gus willingness to foster and favor the |
cattle and sheep interests tributary to
them in the face of strong opposition
from connecting lines.
A continuance of this friendlinesS
from our home railways may be ex-
pected if their friendship is cultivated
and the means of expressing it is cap
able and authoritatively pointed out to
officials; and upon proper solicitation
there is little doubt that other import
ant benefits can be procured from time
to time from these and the other
sources mentioned.
1t is for these reasons, the purpose
of giving the live stock interests of the
state an official standing. and a medi-
UNI through which their views can be
conveyed at all times upon
pertinent questions, that a state asso-
citation is thought to be desirable: and
the meeting for a. more extended dis
cussion of it's ACCESSIBILITY is hereby
called for the 9TH and Sth of April.
conference week. in Salt Lake, under
the authority above stated.
All cattle, sheep and horse growers
n the state, and all other owners or
dependents upon these industries, are
Urged to be present and participate in
he deliberations; and the local railway
and stock yards companies
ire also invited to be present and take
part in the preliminary discussion. Low
'ates have already been announced by
he railway companies for attendants
Ipon the Saints conference, and a.
stock men can avail themselves of ,
hese it is earnestly hoped that this
important movement to Utah'S live
stock interests will call out for this
Meeting a big attendance of live stock >
,eople. ]. c. LEARY, :
Chairman Pro Tenn.
FRANK CHRISTENSEN,
Secretary Pro Tenn