The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-24
new MOVEMENT
Of CATTLEMEN
Local Interest in the Denver
Convention.
MEMBERSHIP PLANS
ARE DISCUSSED
Constitution and Bylaws Pre-
pared by Utah Men.

decided on for the cattlemen's cOnven-
ton by the railway companies is like
" 10 split the party Of excursiOnists
from here into three squads or mure
The original programme contemplated
the punching of eli the cattlemen here
for a start next Saturday night. The
sale Of tickets on the SIS rOund-trip
raLa, announced by the roads, is au-
thorized for the 30 and 4th, Sunday and
Monday. The executive committee of
the association meets in Denver the
9Th, and some caucusing of members
from the northwest has been arranged,
for which viii move several of the
members on the original programme,
namely, out of here on the night of the
Cd. Others viii trail later, probably
not so numerously as under the sin
gle excursion plan the cowmen pro-
posed.
Qualifications Of Members.
Expressions continue to come very
much mixed on the proposal to admit
TO membership in the American Cat
tie Growers association other than
straightOut cOWmen. Some stock yards
people want To get in and all viii be
represented if the cattlemen provide
for their enrolment on equal terms
Livestock commission men and the
livestock agents of railways who han
die cattle, more especially, want mem
bership, # their company VIII be ae-
ceptable to cOWmen. That no person
but a cattle grower viii be admitted
10 membership until the meeting con-
Venes on the 5th now appears certain
from the following correspondence,
which has passed during the week be
tween the temporary officers and a
prominent local stock yards man.
Mr.. Leary's Application.
The application was made by J. c.
Leary, a portion OF whose letter is
Feb. Is, 1901.
a Z. de Ricqles, Esq. Secretary.
Denver. My Dear Sir: Herewith our
No. - for $3.50 in payment Of ini-
tiation fee and annual dues for one
year for myself - the American Cattle
Growers association.
II make application for this mem
beTship as a stock yards man, not as
cattle grower Technically speaking, 1
am entitled to membership under your
call as the growing and ownership of
cattle are an incident Of our business
almost continuously, and we always
own few cattle which 1 take it would
eatitle one to membership as rlghtIuHy
as many. The operation of stock yards
ever, and want 90 become & member
of your association as a representative
of that important branch of the cat
tie business.
Il infer from your call and the news
paper comment upon the Breeders as
sOciatiOn when it was formed that the
design of its organizers was to limit
membership to act92l breeders of cat
tie. I did not attend your first meet
ing, and am, therefore, poorly informed
of the proceedings taken From sew
eral sources ] understand that the or
ganizatiOn of the association : incom-
plete. In this belief the foregoing ap-
plication is made in the hope that the
limited membership idea suggested
may not prevail, out that the rolls or
the association viii be open to repre-
sentatives of dependent and associated
businesses, which must strengthen its
influence. increase its material support
and identify with its aims the syInpa-
thies of friendly interests.
Il earnestly hope that-in the perfec-
tion of your constitution and bylaws
provision Will be made Tor the mem
bership of public stock yards, live
stock commission men, or their eX-
changes, at least railway companies,
through their livestock agents, and the
packing houses by Individual or repre-
sentative agents. Not because cattle
growers may be unable to conduct
their own business. or that the other
duct Of theirs. But for the reason that
in an association of the sort cOntem-
plated they viii be mutually helpful
and never hurtful to one another; and
the ore branch of the business needs
these other branches If it would attain
TO the fun measure Of usefulness in the
field il purposes occupying.
Il believe that the American Cattle
Growers association can be made the
best working organization of its kind IL
is III 10 ted a a :
] see the future Tor it, there VIII be no
work undertaken upon which the
special branches of the cattle business
named should not be consulted as in
terested parties and on the same foot
ing in the association with the man
who breeds animals
IF the association is useful it must
be influential, and TO be influential il
must be well supported in its member
ship, the attendance upon its annual
meetings and financial aid. 1t can be
cattle growers association and pos
sesS these attributes; in fact 1t could
not be a representative cattlemen's or
ganizatiOD without this. Given mem
bership, and the stOckyards commits
sion men, railroads and packers viii
generally sympathize with the move
ment, attend its annual sessions, and
participate actively as members in It's
affairs Excluded from membership
their material aid viii of course be lost
and their moral support viii be of a
very spathetic quality
y mail you $3.50 because I hope the
entrance fee may be ultimately fixed
at not less than SO, ana the annual
fees of each member at not less than
$3.50. 7 should like to see this assOcia-
ton put on sound financial footing
at the outset. I am convinced that the
usefulness of the organization viii be
measured by its ability To do good "a
its membership during adjournment
and without @ suffiCienCy OF means the
service rendered must be Disappointing
And then my observation has been thai
the first fee is the one most cheerfully
paid. / dislike assessments and am OPP
posed to heavy fixed annual dues. A
good stiff initiation fee and light after
taxation, except by general consent &c
serve important special needs, viii
make a membership valuable and in
sure its continuance during the life oil
Its holder.
"This is my idea of what the asso-
citation should have in the interest Of
respectfully financing our institution al
its inception, securing and holding q
numerous and desirable membership
and as a first step IN the work which
the association viii set out to accom-
plish.
~ sza very hopeful that the Ameri-
can cattle growers viii establish ar
association in an enduring way and the
appsfcstiOn which I make, with the
suggestions given &c support its ac-