Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-01-16
eEG0Nn DAY OF BIG CONVENTION.
m n, Hon. George O. Cannon and Chief StatiStician L. e.
Ware Features of the Proceedings Questions of
Grave Importance Were Ably Discussed

welcomed 20 q seat on the hoor Of the
hall.
HON. L. G. POWERS.
In culoglstic speech the president
then proceeded 10 introduce to those as
sembled Hon. l.. c. Powers OF Wash
ington, d. c, When the applause which
greeted his appearance had somewhat
subsidized, Mr.. Powers proceeded 10 de-
liver his address on "Our National
Wealth in Live Stock"
Mr.. President and Members OF the Ma
tlonal Live Stock Association, La
dies and Gentlemen:
Permit me at the outset 20 thank you
one and all for your kind invitation
10 be present at this your fourth annual
convention. l also ask the privilege or
thanking your officers and the officers
Of all your associated bodies for the
assistance which they have given to
those In charge OF the twelfth census
OF the United States. The agitation be-
gun by your organization some years
ago led to the adoption OF a new clas-
si1cation Of domestic animals, which Il
is sincerely hoped will make our ma
tiOnal statistics OF more practical value
TO all engaged in the raising and ham
ding OF live stock. The labOrs OF your
active and efficient secretary have been
invaluable In organizing the work OF
collecting the statistics Of animals on
the range. Through his exertions, and
that OF your worthy president. We were
able 70 secure the services Of an efficient
corps Of special agents IN touch with
the live stock interests OF the great
West. Most Of those agents were ON
GERS or members of the various state
live stock organizations.
q Al. has M
practically closed. and we have begun
HE tabuation OF the data obtained,
together with the corresponding data
secured by the regular farm enumera-
tors The results OF one OF the special
investigations relating to live stock
have been completed and given 10 the
public in a bulletin Of 100 pages. This
| bulletin includes the statistics OF i've
stock In cities and town or as II Is
den0mnated In the bulletin, Domestic
animals I'm barns and Enclosures. not
on farms or ranges" No similar stats.
tics have ever been collected or dis
seminatcd In this country. The labor
OF collecting and tabulatlng this infOr-
nation was authorized by Congress al
the request Of the officers and members
Of your association The bulletin states
the number Of horses and mules. not
]
service Of man. II thus affords the
basis for estimating the probable mum
Der OF these animals thgt can be mar
ketei In tie future and the relation of
the demand for them ~ the eXistns
supply The bulletin also presents an
| exhibit OF the number on COWS furnish
ing milk and butter and the number OF
swine 60 be counted on TO furnish the
meat supply in addition TO the similar
animals on the farms and ranges.
In about two months. or little more,
the Office hopes 10 begin to send out
bulletins on farms and farm re-
sources, by States. These bulletins viii
give the statistics n live stock on the
ranges and on the farms We also
hope to complete the bulletins Of
this class before the close
OF this year, or within eigh-
teen months Of the time Of be.
ginning the collection OF the necessary
data This is less than one-half the
period in which the same work has been
performed in the past.
Il is confidently believed that largely
through the efficient cooperation OF the
live stock interests Of the great West
and Southwest a more perfect census Of
their industry VII be secured this de-
cade than ever before and thus there
win be opened the way FOR more correct
annual statistics in the future. This
statement Is made without casting any
reflection upon the labors OF those who
collected the statistics OF ten years ago.
We have built upon the results Of their
painstaking labor and ought to accom-.
pllsh better work, If we do not 10 SO. We
have not been as successful as they
We're
The census Of domestic animals IN
cities and towns shows that there are a,
the present time outside OF the farms
and ranges, 2S33S77 horses; 1862 rs
mules and 1850 asses. The total OF
these three classes OF useful animals in
cities and towns is S0OSs62 This is less
than one-flfth Of the total number OF
these animals al the present time on
our farms. and yet our city horses
| mules and asses outnumber those Of all
the same kind on the farms Of most OF
the European countries. Austria az the
last census had on its farms lG06,1 ig
horses and mules. or only one-tenth OF
those on our farms, and one-half those
in our cities and towns.
Great Britain had 2,O40, 800 on It's farms
his is one-eighth OF our farm horses,
and only two-thirds of those In our
! cities and towns. The French farm
horses numbered 3f66.2i0, while those
In the German empire only make to.
tai Of i,O3SiS5 The latter country has
| the largest supply Of farm horses Of
any nation Of Europe, with the eXcep,
ton Of Russia. and yet It's supply Of
such animals is only one-fourth that
Of this country
A moments consideration Of these
| figures brings out very forcibly the rea-
son Great Britain purchases horses and
mules in the United States, for the
! South African war II also explains
the reason Great Britain finds so much
difficulty in supplying the anmals on
which TO mount any large numba OF
| soldiers To have taken all the horses
| and mules needed In this war from her
own farms would have so crippled her
| agricultural industries as to disturb the
whole Industrial life OF the nation. II
! would In a little more than year,
have reduced the available work ami
| mais on the farms TO three-fourths OF
| their normal number. Before this limit
could be reached England would yield
10 the Boer demands rather than suf-
fer the resulting calamity that would
! follow the collapse Of her agriculture
/ at home. But what England could not
have done without a revolution on her
| farms, the United States has been able
TO do with ease We have sent, or are
sending what win be total
OF nearly II not quite quarter of a
million OF horses and mules, and these
shipments have affected our prices to
only very small degree
Not only have We been supplying
GREAT Britain with war animals, but
this country has been the market in
which Germany has secured her war
horses and mules for shipment 10 chi.
ma ~ Is cheaper and easier and fl
causes less economic disturbance 20 her
industries 10 purchase them here than
on the farm OF tn fatherland. The
| actual and relative number OF our farm
horses explains why these countries IN
such an emergency as the present look
10 the STOCK growers of this nation for
means Of transportation.
Permit me In this connection 10 call