The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-08
Foreigners MAY CONE
Invitations to Attend Livestock
Convention.
REQUEST SENT TO HAY
CANADA AND MEXICO ASKED TO
SEND DELEGATES.

The preparations for the great live
/ stock convention to be held next month
/ in this city are being pushed with
igor. Yesterday the following letter
was sent from the headquarters in this
! city:
Hon. John Hay. Secretary Of State,
Washington. d. G.:
Dear Sir-We take pleasure in in
forming yOu that the fourth annual
convention of the National Livestock
association viii convene in this city on
jan -, and continue through a session
Cf four days. The association has a
membership composed of 10000 individ-
Uals, with an investment Of $500, 600 GOO,
and. as an organization. represents the
I livestock industry of the United States
in all its branches.
The livestock industry of this cOun-
try is so closely identified with that OF
Mexico, Canada and Venezuela, and
I desiring to promote the existing friend
ly feeling, that we believe that much
good can he accomplished by inviting
representatives from these govern
ments to meet our stockmen at this
convention. Therefore. we respectfully
request you to convey, through the
proper channels, to their excelIencies,
President POrfiTio Diaz of Mexico. the
Earl Of Mimic, governor general of
Canada and President CepFianO Castro
OF Venezuela. a cordial invitation to
designate one OF more delegates from
their respective countries to attend this
convention.
Thanking You for the courtesy YOU
viii extend to us in this direction. and
assuring you of our consideration, we
beg to remain, very truly yours,
JOHN W SPRINGER,
G. F. MARTIN, President.
Secretary - TEARV
Chairman Salt Lake Citizens Commit
tee.
Promotion Committees.
Five hundred promotion commit
tees have been appointed in the cities
IN the stOck-raising states of the coun-
try, to look after the interests of this
convention in their respective COM
mUnitIes. They range in size from
three 90 fifteen members each, and are
made up OF active stockmen in every
instance. Their work viii be to spread
advertising matter and work up dele
cations to attend Salt Lake during the
convention They are supplied with
advertising matter from here. and the
newspapers have taken the enterprise
up IN the proper spirit. The railroads.
too, are waking up to the importance
OF the coming convention. and a num-
De OF excursions are being worked uD
ONS the principal roads of this section
Inc y a r. q. and r. c. W. will run
an excursion from Denver to accommo-
date the Colorado contingent. A large
band viii accompany this excursion
from Denver
J. C. LeaTy received a telegram yes
IeTday from A d HudnaH VINO is in
Kansas City in the interest of the
proposed cattle exhibition in which that
gentleman says that the prospects
there are very bright for a large shin
ment Of fine cattle from that point.
The news from all sides is of the most
encouraging nature and the prospects
for the convention and cattle show
grow better every day
Great interest was taken among the
Cattlemeu here as elseW here in the re-
ports of the great fine cattle sale in
Chicago in the past few days Whe.J
men viii pay 800 for a. single beef
steak, $40 a pound for roast beef. 81. 80
a pound for beef on the hoof and S2.I45
for a single beef steer, il is enough to
compel everybody to take interest in
the matter of raising fine cattle and
aiming for the top of the market OF
course the prices quoted above were
paid by the agents of the big packing
houses and advertising is the object.
but IT calls special attention to the
Importance of improving the breed of
cattle whenever possible.