The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-18

January 8, 1895, TO January "A,
1850. Of htty new members Il -
receive. s for dues from ;i msm6srs - 3
since last report .....s......... 2Se "
Total ........ .................. sioii os
summary s.s
Total receipts and balance on hand
January ~, 1899 ............,... &1Oll OS
Expenditures and salary paid a.
per above statement .......... $50 %
Balance on hand January IL. 1893 $e7i Ia
The above report does not include bills
for stationery and printing, for services OF
Der and December, 1898, and January. 1899.
amount paid for stamps all OF said cx-
penditures being necessary In arranging
for the present meeting and conducting the
work Of the secretary's office. Neither has
the secretary,s salary for the year 1898
bccn deducted from above. Dcducttng,
however. said salary and expenditures, the
association Will still have balance Of
about $3.50 In the treasury, to which should
be added about 5000 as dues aud member
ship fees. which anticipate viii be paid
at this convention. This viii place the
than at any time in the history Of the
association. All disbursements shown
above were made by me from instructions
OF tho executive committee to make such
disbursements for necessary expenses for
conducting the ONCE and for the good OF
the association as your secretary deemed II.
Amount OF $3.50 collected as dues since
last report In very small considering now
that we have membership Of 2's, the date
OF the making OF this report, on the morn
Ing OF January IA. 1899. The amount col
lected for dues. however. is the largest col.
n
the association. However, large number
who We're In arrears at the time of the
making OF this report, will doubtless pay
up at this meeting. ~
This association was organized In AUS
tin, Texas. February 2. 1892, and nj the
end of the nrst year the association num-
bercd thirty-two members. This associa-
| tion WAS the result OF a meeting OF a few
| prominent stockmen held In Austin, Mo-
vember Il, 1891. The objects and pur-
| poses OF this association, as set forth In
| Its bylaws Is TO advance the Interests
| of growers of and dealers In live stock In
:, this State: to promote a union of Efforts
| and harmony IN tho development OF the
| live stock industry In Texas. to ditfuse IN
formation In reference to live stock and to
| devise and carry out all measures as may
| be deemed beneficial to the live stock In
dustry In Texas.
! All persons who are growers OF or deal
! ers In livc stock who reside in the State
| of Texas or who own live stock in the
State arc eligible to membership In this
| association and membership only costs
| ST. with annual dues OF 81 after the hrst
| year.
The membership now numbers s7S. while
few years ago II only numbered thirty
| two The list of tho members includes
| those prominent in live stock circles In
| every section of the State, md With little
| ctIor, on our part our membership wtthln
| the ncxt few years should run up to the
| 1000 mark The larger the membership the
more good can be accomplished through the
association,
| Your aecretary has labored faithfully the
mas, year to make this, the eighth annual
! meeting Of the association, a success, act
ing under the Instructions OF the executive
committee Of this association several
| thousand circulars and letters we're sent 10
stockmcn and others all over Texas ana
the Southwest asking the recipients To AT
| tend thin convention and participate In its
deliberations. We also sent out during the
| past sixty days, have had published on
two different occasions In about boV news
papers In this State aud elsewhere. an al
dress and the programme OF THIS mceting'
| which was done Mt no cost to the aHsocia-
ton. oxcept stationery. stamps and clerk
hire.
Your secretary realized the fact that the
city OF Galveston was not known 81 I'VE
stock confer. and an extra effort hnd to pc
made to secure large a'tenoah'o NJ Ni''
meeting.
Your secretary desires to commend the
work of the local committees at Galveston
In their successful effort In securing low
rate OF transportation to this convention.
and their efforts in other directions 10
make this meeting success. The press res.
and railroads have treated this association
| very kindly, for which we should express
| our appreciation In some way.
| The executive committee In It's report
stated that II had taken membership Tor
| the organization In tho National Live STOCK
| association, listing the number OF cat,le
! owned by the members nj lo0,oo0, whicn
/ would give them ton votes in the Nationai
| organization and make the dues amount
! to s25 per annum. 1t was also stated III
| the report that the Texas Live stock asso-
| citation was never IN more hour'sn'hb
| condition. Adopted.
| A. S. Reed, chairman OF The comHit.eo
! on expectation, reported that there WAS
4 little for him to report because numpcr
| of papers, fully covering TINS subject
| would be read He was glad to say, how
ever, that the industry Of exporting catlic
was rapidly gaining recognition. He was
/ strongly In favor of exporting all classes
| Of live stock from Texas ports, ana es-
| pecially from Galveston,
or unusual interest to the cattlemen was
! n letter from ID. r.. Salmon. chief OF the
| bureau of animal Industry. department, .,
1
! Worries r. Brown II expressed regret thai
| DR.. Victor Norgaard was unable to attend
| tho r,eeting and talk to the cattlemen on
tho dipping question. Chief Salmon ex-
pressed great surprise that injury had re-
suited 10 some cattle which had undergone
! the dipping treatment, and stated that he
| believed this could be prevented In the fu-
! ture by a modification OF the linuid used.
The convention adjourned till O'CLOCK,
The cattIemen were slow in returning 70
+, the convention hall this afternoon. On THIS
account the body was not called to order
until e.4o o'clock. But littls business was
| transacted before adiourning to go to the
wlaryes to inspect the shipping.
CONVENTION NOTES.
Fort Worth commission houses are better
| represented than those Of any other I'VE
stock center. The boys up there are hus-
tiers and never get left.
John NJ. Moore the well known cattle
man and politician Of Fort Bend county, rs Is
| moving among the members. II Is his nrst
visit to Galveston since the campaign.
| n. D. irwin aud W ". Hurst are here
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