The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-04
SECOND DAY OF NATIONAL LIVE.
STOCK CONVENTION.
IMPORTANT ADDRESSES MADE
Former Secretary Of Agriculture Nor
ton Among Speakers-Bill for Pro-
lection Of Wool Growers Pro-
posed-Other Matters.
(By Associated Press.)

Chicago, Dec. AT the second session
of the convention of the National Livl
Stock association this morning, Mr.. F.
G. Hagenbarth Of Idaho read a paper
ON the "Adulteration of WOOL" He sarl
that such adulteration deprived the
wool growers of much markets and was
therefore a material injury to his in
terests.
He urged the passage by congress of a
bill providing for the inspection Of
woolen goods and shoddy and proper
stamping of the same and heavy fines
for each violation of the law by manu-
facturers and dealers.
The Hon. Clifford Pinchot government
forester, spoke of the "Grazing Problem
in the Forest Reserves" He said there
We're certain places where the interests
harmfully affected by grazing in the
forest reserves We're so overwhelmingly
great that grazing was out of the ques
ton, among the others the Bull Run
forest reserves in Oregon, and the re-
serves in Southern California, but there
was a vast region in which nothing but
reasonable regulation was required to
meet the grazing business and to DEM
onstrate that it might always, as it al
ways should be, help and not him
drance to every other interest in the
community.
Paper by j. Sterling Morton.
The Hon. J. Sterling Morton of Iowa,
read a paper entitled, "The Incon-
sistency of the Grout Bill" which pro-
vides for a tax upon butter and oleo-
margarine. Prof. Thomas Shaw of the
University of Minnesota, discussed the
dual Cow" of the COW bred and fed
for her milk and meat
Prof. Davenport of the Illinois expert
ment station declared that the stock
was judged from too many viewpoints
and said a more general system Of ju'lg-
ing should be used.
What the livestock interests of the
United States can reasonably expect Of
congress-" was the subject of an address
by Hon. William NJ. Springer of Wash
ington. D. c.
What Cattlemen Need Most.
= washington is full of pigeon holes,"
s0sd the speaker, land the pigeon holes
ere full Of bills which are sleeping the
sleep which knows no awakening. If
you stockfnen want to work measures
through, get to work, get a stenograpner,
a typewriter and press bureau and
send your best men there. If you want
your particular bill considered you rnust
get behind and push-push hard
DR.. D. E. Salmon, chief of the bu-
reau of animal industry, spoke of "fed-
eral inspection for interstate shipments
of livestock
c. A. Prouty, member of the inter-
state commerce commission, was ap-
plauded when his name was announced.
His subject was Needed changes in
the interstate commerce laws" He said
the commission had been referred to as
the judicial it," The present inter-
state commerce laws should be wiped
off the state and new ones enacted.
New Interstate Commerce Law.
"The time is fast coming" the speaker
declared, impressively, "when there will
be no competition between railroads.
The cost of bringing a steak from Texas
to Vermont Is now only about one cent
a pound. This is due to competition
among the railroads.
This competition you cattlemen should
try to promote. What is the purpose Of
these railroad combinations? To make
money. 1t Is not the reduction in operat-
ing expenses whereby the roads expect
to Increase their dividends. 1t is by
forcing more freight money from the
public"