The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-11-14
AN APPEAL FROM NATIONAL
LIVESTOCK ASSOCIATION.
FULL DELEGATION IS ASKED
Request That Central Montana Wool
growers Be Well Represented at
Kansas City.

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the livestock. growers of the west is
the forthcoming meeting OF the Ma
tional Live Stock association, which
will at Kansas City January
/, next, and the official call for which
will be issued soon.
A. G. Logan, secretary of the Cen
trail Montana Woolgrowers' assocla-
ton, has received a letter from the
president and secretary of the Ma
tional Live Stock association urging
him to do what lies in his power to
have as large a representation as pos
sible from his association at the meet
ing, as many matters of particular
interest to the sheepmen will be con
sidered.
: Subjects of national Importance Will
be discussed and steps will be taken
to secure passage of pending legisla-
ton by congress and the enactment
of new laws that the interests of the
men engaged in the livestock bust
ness all over the country require. 1t
is believed as absolutely certain that
as soon as the injunction now hanging
over the packers will have been dis
solved and the money market eases
d little tn" merger Of the packing
houses will follow and the meat sup
ply of the country will be controlled
by the trust. In that event the price
of livestock from the producer, as
we'll as the finished product to the
consume will be controlled by prac-
tically one man, thus placing the in
dustry in the keeping of a single in
dividual. What this would mean to
all is easily understood.
The association will also take steps
to defeat the demand of the manu-
facturers for the removal Of the duty
on hides, pelts and wool which will
be pushed again at the coming ses-
sion of congress-, and will organize
to resist the movement now on foot
to secure free entry of foreign live
stock and meats. Unless the associa
ton is successful in both directions
the loss annually to the w~oolgrowers
of the country will be fully S33,50O,
600, while the cattle growers will
lose no less than $12, 100000. In addi
ton to these direct losses the healtt
of the country will be menaced by
the cheap stock and meats from thS
disease infected districts OF foreign
countries, and the industry OF stool
raising will be made almost if no
entirely profitless, affecting no few
er than 5000, 900 stockmen and farm
ers in the United States.
The passage of the Grosvenor anti
shoddy, or pure wool bill is asked
by the association. and also measure
providing for a classified census o
livestock; F. to amend the Interstate
law; to encourage tn
breeding of improved horses and tt
increase the limit of the 2S-hour ship
ping law. Beside these, the assocla
ton has other matters in hand Whlc]
are for the benefit of every stockma1
in the country.
In speaking of the matter to The Ga
zette, Mr.. Logan said that the cattle
men of the state, through their as
sociation, could be depended upon t
be we'll and ably represented at tn
Kansas City meeting, but judgin
from the present outlook he was SORT
not to be able to say the same OF tn
organization with which he is col
nected. The members, he declared
seemed to be Indifferent or else fai
ed to grasp the Importance OF the ma
ter and as far as he could understan
no move had as yet been made in tn
direction of sending delegates to tn
meeting. To be represented Woul
cost something, and the treasury
the Central Montana WoolgroWers a
ISOLATION, he said, was none too we
supplied with money. NotWithstan
ing the many and APPARENT benefits
be derived by membership in the a
ISOLATION, he said, there are mar
fockmasters in the territory covere
by the association who have not "
become members and who seeming
are content to let it do what it can
the interest of the industry witho1
offering to become contributors.
Although he has not yet decide
what he will do, Mr.. Logan will pro
ably undertake some action befo
long to awaken interest in the matt
If sending a delegation to Kans'
City and to raise the necessary fun
for that purpose.
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