Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-04
IH[ L|VE STOCK MEN.
Today's Session Of the National
Convention at Chicago
Full OF Interest.
Attendance Shows Large Major.
ity Of the Delegates Are
Enjoying Program.
Hon. w. M. Springer Speaks on
What May Be Expected
From Congress.

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From Congress.
Chicago, Dec. 4.-The National Live
Stock Convention today adopted the fol-
lowing resolutions:
Whereas, the inscrutable will of the
divine ruler of nations has seen tit to
take from us the beloved and deeply la
mented president, William Mckinley,
and has elevated to this position Hon.
| Theodore Roosevelt, VINO has taken the
reins Of government with firm hand,
and has in his first public message to
congress displayed keen insight into
| the needs of the people and has voiced
I in vigorous tone the demand of the peo-
| pie for progress in the right direction.
| Therefore, be 1t resolved, That we
send greeting to Roosevelt. assuring him
| Of the loyalty and support of the stock
4 men of the country in ell his undertake
| icgs for the good Of the people. We rec
| ognize in our new chief executive one
who is familiar with the industry we
represent, who has welded the lariat
! and branding iron and knows personally
Of the Joys, hardships and fatigues OF
life on the ranch and range The COW
boys on the range and stockmen on the
ranch all feel that in President Roose-
welt the nation has loyal, honest, fear
less ruler and the live stock industry has
a friend at court in the person OF one
4 who knows the needs and necessities OF
that industry.
Chicago, Dec. 4.-The second session
Of the convention of the National Live
Stock Association began at $3.50 this
morning and the attendance showed a
large majority of the delegates were
enjoying the entertainment offered by
the stock show.
Professor lhomas Shaw Of the Uni
versity of Minnesota discussed the dual
cow 'or COW bred and fed for her milk
and meat. Professor Eugene Davenport
Of the Illinois experiment station de-
clared that stock was judged from too
many viewpoints.
What the Live Stock interests Of the
United States Can Reasonably Expect
Of Congress- was the subject of an adj
dress by Hon. William NJ. Springer,
Washington, d. c. Congress is a very
busy place." said the speaker, land to
get bill thru 1t must be a good BILL;
you must be united behind it, and you
must come to Washington and work for
it. have known bills to rest in con-
gress for years when nobody was OPP
posed to them.
washington is full Of pigeon-holes.
and the pigeon-holes are filled with bills
which are sleeping the sleep which
knows no waking. II you stockmen
want to work measures thru get to work.
Get stenographer and typewriter and
/ presr, bureau and send your best men
/ there. You have been neglected by con-
gress, but If you get busy matters will
Improve. Last session there were %, 12S
bills introduced in congress- 30 you see
/ If you want any particular bill consid-
cred you must get behind 1t and push 1t
and hurry around
DR.. d. e. Salmon. chief Of the bureau
4 Of animal industry, spoke OF the Fed
eral Instruction for Interstate Ship
I'ments Of Live Stock
C. A. Prouty, member Of the interstate
commerce commission, was applauded
when his name was announced. His
subject was Needed Changes in the
Interstate Commerce Laws" He said
| the commission had been referred to as
4 the judicial IT. The: present law on
which the commission is founded and by
which 1t acts should be wiped of the
slate and new ones enacted.
| Governor Savage, Of Nebraska. spoke
briefly. Professor Frederick V. Coville.
a botanist in the department OF agri-
| culture, spoke on Poisonous Plants on
the Range" Resolutions were adopted
1 that Arizona and New Mexico be adj
Imitted to statehood; that duties on hides
be retained so long as the man who
manufactures them into different arti-
cles is protected by q tariff; that by a
treaty between this government and
Germany the latter government remove
/ the ban on American meats, and that II
the German government will appoint
her own inspectors to be sent to this
country the National Live Stock Assoc
citation will see to the paying of their
salaries, providing meats bearing the
stamp Of the inspectors be received into
Germany without protest: that an in
] terstate law for the prosecution OF horse
thieves and cattle rustlers be enacted;
that the president appoint commission
to visit England and work against the
discrimination which Canadian cattle
mon seek for themselves; that buzzards
be exterminated; that the efforts Of the
bureau OF animal industry in seeking
| knowledge Of bovine tuberculosis and to
nreyent the disease is approved