Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1899-01-24
EsTERN CATTLE RAlsERs
Opening Day of the Nationals AS
sociatlon at Denver Spring
er's Speech.

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DENVER, Colo, Jan. 24.-The second
annual convention of the National
Live Stock association was called to or
der at the Tabor Grand opera house by
President John W. Springer at $3.50
O'Clock this morning. There are nearly
1000 delegates present from all the
great stock growing states Of the west
and middle west. After prayer by
Rev. II. Martyr Hart, dean ofSt Johns
cathedral. addresses of welcome were
made BY Governor Charles S. Thomas
and Mayors McMurray, to which re-
sponse was given by Hon. A. p. Bush,
of Texas. This was followed by roll
call after which President Springer de-
lIvered annual address in part as,
follows:
sPRNGER's SPEECH.
Modern ways, methods and ideas
have rsvoIutlonized tie entire live stock
industry in the last two decades.
Among the most noted modernizers
arf:
l. Rapid and more humane railroad
transportation, With feeding aud water
ing palace stock cars. air brakes and
safety couplers. making solid trains.
2. Higher bred stock in all lines.
3. The modern. packing heuse,
most powerful influence in the indus.
TRY.
4. Refrigerator cars and ships.
5. National and state quarantines.
6. Thorough live stock inspection by
states.
z Bounties for pest DETERMINATION.
8. More sacred regard for law by
stockmen
o Rigid governmental sanitary
measures.
TO- Lower rates of interest on live
stock paper.
IL. Signal service reports as fore
casters of storms.
H. More generally educated live
stockmen who read not only daily pa
pers, but live stock journals on every
subject pertaing to the breeding hand
ling, feeding and marketing of animals.
The first aim of our National Live
Stock Association should be to get as
active members every live stock asso-
citation and organization in the United
Estates. s-e-- y
Our second aim should be to harmon
ize all differences between conflicting
interests growing out Of the grazing
and selling of live stock
UNIFORM LAWS.
Our third aim should be to secure
uniform laws in all the states, fegulat-
ing brands, providing foe boanties for
the killing of predatory animals. for
the prompt settlement for all live stock
killed by railways, for uniform lnspec-
tion, quarantine and sanitary regula-
tious, and for prohibiting the admis-
sion of physically unsound breeding
animals into the United States.
| Our fourth aim should be to aid the
department of agriculture ofthe United
States inevery way, and to demand the
passage by congress of laws which di-
rect retaliation where foreign nations
are opposed to reciprocity, in order that
our meat products may not be driven
out of the foreign markets.
Our fifth aim should be to secure
laws from congress which will eede to-
THE various western states the grazing
LANDS located in these states. IN order
that they may deal with their own citis
zens and pass just laws leasing these
great tracts Of lands, and preventing
their acquisition by syndicatesand cor
porations.
| Our sixth aim sffould be to aid the
Interstate commerce commission in
abrogating the obnoxious 500 terrni-
nal charge at Chicago, and 70 secure the
refnnding of this illegal tax to the ship
pers of the country to this market
since 1884,
Our seventh aim should be well di-
ERECTED effort to lower interest rates on
live stock paper and to better secure
such loans by Improved and uniform
chattel mortgage laws ia all The western
and southern states, which axes mort
cages good until released Mhers fled
| Our eighth ann shonld be to pull to-
gether as cattle men, as horse men, as
fsheep men and IS hog men for better
laws. and independent law-makers who
are not afraid to uphold their eenvic-
tions in any place and under any cir
cumstances.
II THE TRUSTS. 4s =
4 It's an interesting fact that whileths
Standard oil irust, the match trust, the
steel trust. aud all other combinations
now flourish inthe United States, that
Il this great N ational Live Stock associa'
tion represents big and little stockmeD
whose holdings areIn no combine, nc
pool, no trust or monopoly. 1t is q
striking contrast.
I, There Is a marked difference in ths
methods ofthese two great interests