Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-01-16
LIVESTOCK MN Met
National Association Begins Ses-
sions of Its Annual Convention
at Fort Worth, Tex.
President Springer Delivers BIS An
nual Address Prosperous Year
For the Stockmen.
Firm Believer in Expansion as a
Means Of Increasing the Ameri-
can Markets.
Firm Believer in Expansion as a

st Fort w Ortn, lex, Jan. lp.---I nc iuiiu
ANIMAL convei,tion os the National Live
s,,, ,.,,,.Sa c,a,
:
began mere today Win GOOD attend
ance of delegates. The annual address
was dalivered nv pres;aent snrinper
spoiAe ~ i''''s' 90 to''os
we face with the twentieth century
new questions, new responsibilities and
rapidly extending markets. Conditions
have forced our nation to abandon the
Chinese wall policy, and we are today
enjoying at home our greatest prosper-
ty, while our foreign business for 1899
reached the unheard of figures of over
$4,000, o00, ,OCo
The question that meets ambitious
Americans as 1900 dawns upon them is.
Shall we lead or follow? / speak for the
greatest live stock association on the
in leading. not In following Commerce
is the backbone of a great nation. and
the supreme contest today is for COM
mercial supremacy. We shall contest
for the markets of the whole civilizcd
world ard stand sponsor for any and ar
the weaker peoples who ask fo,. o,l, ;,s
sistance. We are ready and a.e 10
teach them tha advantages of a liberal
ed,,ca,ion q religions tol,ra.,s ana ab-
sollte political emancil,aFio,,. II * no,
a dream 10 predict ina, bes9ra the
,rentietb century olos.s a,,r ,.s,lit;cal
destiny viii he. bounfiea by ire confines
Of North America III n ,i.,sS not ,lF,sot-
IL, or in,,i,ac,,v ev,.n ~. ,;,n anfi;-. vs.,-
ern hemisn.,..ra Ame,fs.s3,, e,,.er,,i.is;e
,ys,aliye,ls ,brei,pb A,n.,.i,..,., ,;,,,o.,,,rl
A,oa,.,,., 4, ,,,.,,,,,o,e ,,i,.,a,s.. an,
oe stote ta,,ay AND t,3a ,,es, ~. eas, i,
affords q nnn.. loo good sar o,,,. nes,,,If.
Ihe electric chariot az peopr-sss Is send
,no a. ,bro.bi,,o nnls.,tt.,,,s IL a,.f>.tr,.
and, dawn ~. ..,,,, ~
of ,be ear,h and nv frieu.,s Il yol, ,.,,,
not keen up with the procession. yol,
u.,li ba ,.a,,;,il,, rejep.tsd Ia tIiaf ,fre,,.
~ 5.ba -heans, S,yhoss nbie,.fians e,iti-
cieos and n,e4,otinns sof tlire ana av-
ful5calamities should have written over
tba;r ,baotic domains A1;u,..,n hone
propressa an ~ Who enter. here.
..ap1 why nrav shoul1 moi the stock
me,, Of tba tinted states be for the nt.w
order of ;bingsp less than ten v.s;,is.
opo vonr range horses were selling at
from 81 10 sos ON the market. Toaas
,hav hiring from $50 TO $50. While volfg
hiyh-class saddle and coach horses arc
selling al t,,eir highest figures. even to
81 900 apiece. Less than t.,, years age
your ca tie down here i. TEXAS We're sold
at IS for a COW, with calf thrown in
while today the COW is worth from sl5
up and the calf at least SO more
less than q decade has passed since
wool went wool-gatiering at cents
a pound ON the range. While next years
crop is nov being contracted by the bic
buyers at 90 cents on the ranch. While
our sheep which wandered ainlessly ovei
the traclsless plains and sage brusf
fiats could find no buyer AT si5o and s.
whereas now, ANYTHING with Wool on II:
back is being searched for With great
diligence at from ss.5o IN s4 each.
..Yes. and not TO overlook the A,neri-
can hog: wears ago he sauealed IL,
takers AT sa.15 per c,yt., while now ss7,
and IS is paid without the squeal bein;
thrown in at all.
.Is ii any wonder. my friends, wha
YOU look the facts sauarely in the face
that the live stock Industry OF the Unit
ed States is 10 be found harnessed to tn,