Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-01-15
|L|V[ STOCK k[N MEET
Fourth Annual Convention Of
the National Assoc citation at
Salt Lake.
President Springer Delivers the
Annual Addressed Demo unces
Grout Bill.
Claims Ii Takes the Poor Man 5
Butter From His
[ Table.


Butter From His
Table.
Salt Lake. Jan. l5.-The assembly hall
vas crowded to its fullest capacity this
morning at the opening of the fourth
annual convention Of the National Live
Istock Association. Governor Wells and
Mayor Buckle delivered addresses of
welcome, and the response was made by
n. NJ Allen, cf Nebraska. President
Springer delivered the following ad-s
dress:
The. American stockman axes par
|donable pride in his valuable live stock
holdings and in his supreme confluence
slnot onlyin his own bur in hisicountryE .
brilliant future He believes in an in
telliger.t progress, he believes in pro-.
i ducins a higher quality Of live sock;
III obtaining a broader education that
4 he may grow mentally bigger and
lbroada ar; he believes in building a
brighter, more conf forta ble and happy
4 American homo. which Is our chief OBJ
3Iject lesson tc the world That modest
4 siren of prosperity has wooed.
and won the people Of this coun-7
Try. encouraging them to believe in
themselves, and in their ability tofeed
Land clothe the world, and to do a slc-
ces,aful business even with the islands
|of this sea 1t has been ordained that
Jour Americarism shall broaden with
the years and We enter the twentieth
sIcentury greater, broader, grander than
4 our grandfathers entered the nine-
Slteenth century. Let US congratulate
4 Yourselves that we are a part of this
\ princely heritage, and that We, too,
l,share in the satisfaction and confidence
3|5that has taken possession Of our people
4 in the last decade.
THE stocklnen OF the United States
sIlnow clearly recognize that they must
4 maintain an energetic national organi-
\ zation If they would have their inter-
ests looked after. knowing fun We'll
that this country will present new gu es-
i tions for solution with broa der opportu-
mites for commercial success. In our
A own busiY Yess today there are too many
a small leak too heavy taxation; too
many thieves, and stock rustlers
j abroad: too many state inspection fees
ness should be con trolled by the federal
Il government, without dollars expense
n to the oh upper.
There isnow pending before the san-
A ate what is known as the Grout bill,
which pa ssed the house by large ma
4 jority and " waich seeks 10 irnpoae 10
4 cents a pound tax on oleonargarine in
the sole interest of the dairymen of the
q United States. The direct object to be
obtained by this bill issto SO tax 5oleo-
4 margarine that 1t will no longer be able
a to compete With butter in the market,
and thus leavesour home market TO the
II butter trust No more rank piece of
federal legislation was ever proposed,
II and which if passed takes the butter
& from the table of the poor tilruout this
land. The time has fully come when
the great stock int terests M ust be repre-
sented in Washington by az able men
sas we have in the business, and by the
4 very best legal talent.
The state laws of nearly every west
ern state need rewriting and revising.
that all laws appertaining to live stock
dncluding brands and bounties) shall
be uniform and similar in the various
Y states.
We should now ask of the railway
management universal basis of car
!. leng he, az 36-foot cars are now univer-
Ii gal. and the rates are still based on 30
foot cars, all cars above 36 feet to carry
j: an increased rate per foot. and all less
. in proportion which should apply uni
yersally either by weight or carload
lots: minimum TO be low enough where
1t iS dollars and cents per hundred
!, weight to enable lamb shippers to load
the minimum and not be charged for
220o0 where but $4,000 can be loaded
This is just demand and should be
conceded by the railroads
We shall soon have a tabulated re-
lIort showing the live stock of the ma
ton by classes. Our people can then
figure on supply and demand, and NC
shall begin at the beginning so far as a
knowledge of what we have is con-
!, fcerned. The present enum erationof live
( stock will show more holders and small
er holdings than ever before in our his
tory. This means better stock, more
/, careful feeding facilities and larger
t percentage of protected stock from the
cold and bizzards than ever before. we
. should now insist that having made
such an excellent start the government
!. should every year report on similar lines
: sfjust what we have produced in the live
! stock classes, and to do this will re-
/ lsIGuire a special live stock bureau of the
governnlent. If the farmers Of the
country require special bulletins as /,
growing crops, etc, so too the stockmel
: should he similarly favored by yearl5
classitied census returns of live stock
ond monthly bulletins giving cattle
: sheep and hogs on feed, the supply Of
i horses. etc. which would advise the
! holders of all kinds Of live stock jus,
: what to expect. There has been too lit
E t;e authentic information placed In tn,
: lands of the stockmen OF the United
: States in the past, and the twentieth
century' is a good timeto urge areform
The great question of irrigation i.
now before the whole people, and ther,
s no class that a system of storage res
e.voirs for the waters of the meltins
Z inountain SHOWS would benefit NOR,
than the stock growers OF these mount
|eins and plains. Our interests with thos,
e OF the agriculturists are reciprocal, anc
t lMore water means more grass, and tn,
! Igreater the abundance OF forage th,
: more stock can be supported. II is idl,
: Ito talk of state work along irrigatiy,
, lines. The states lack the money an,
/. have too much politics 20 we must lool
- consress to provide . way Of making