The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-15
WANTSNEWLAWS
Livestock Association Passes
Resolutions on the Subject.

Kansas City, No, Jan 15.-At the third
days session of the National Livestock
convention many papers were read and
discussed and a food of resolutions were
introduced and considered. After yester-
days period Of sight seeing and last
nights ball, the delegates were slow in
gathering this morning. but when they
finally got started much work was dis
posed OF. The convention viii finish its
work tomorrow and viii be followed on
Saturday by the annual meeting of the
national growers association, at which
important action regarding the range prob
lem is expected.
One of the important resolutions intro
duced in the livestock convention today
sought to heal the long standing bitter
ness existing between cattlemen and sheep
men over the question of ranges. A A.
Robertson of Texas had yesterday intro
duced a resolution calling for an amend
ment of the laws regulating the grazing
on public lands and approving the leasing
OF such lands in such states where such
policy is desired by the people. This
was referred to the executive committee
and finally laid upon the table. IN its place
the following resolution. prepared by a
eattleman and which it is said is approved
by sheepmen and by many of the cattle
men, was indorsed
Resolved That the laws governing the
use of public lands of the United States
have become OutgroWn and obsolete owing
to the rapid advance of civilization and
we believe that the time has come when
congress should take action looking to-
ward laws that viii recognize the changed
conditions and VIII encourage the settle
ment ana Improvement of the largest pos
sible area and provide protection to the
| settlement of said lands for grazing pur-
Resolved. That we approve the sugges-
ton of President Roosevelt in his last
message to congress that larger areas Of
Nc "a Low farl
for homestead. and that a commission
! or experts be appointed to investigate the
present existing condition and suggest to
/ congress the remedies that will be fair and
I just and will build I'D rather than retard
tne growth ana improvement Of the west
resolved, mat memorial from this
convention to congress be prepared call
/ ing the attention of congress as briefly as
] possible TO the IacJ thaU the present land
/ laws encourage the destruction Of the for
age upon the public lands and retard i'm
prOVement and settlement. that the memo
/ rial petition congress to adopt the sugges-
/ ton OF President Roosevelt to appoint q
/ commission of experts to make a careful
/ investigation into the actual conditions
/ now preyalllng and 70 suggest new laws
J that win benefit all sections of the cOun-
/ erg, me JARED and conE1eting conditloIs
existing IN the different sections of the
/ west being the principal obstacle that has
prevented the stockmen from agreeing
4 among themselves for plan Of change IN
/ the laws, as the law that would benefit
! one section would cause loss and ruin
/ where different conditions prevailed.
Resolved. That said memorial be pre-
pared Immediately and presented to the
/ present session Of congress with an urgent
/ appeal that action be taken TO the end
that this grave question may be settled
at an early date and to the further end
that congress may not act hastily and un-
advisedly in changing the present laws un-
til properly informed through its commits
sion Of experts as to the actual prevailing
conditions in all sections.
Among the addresses at the morning
session was one by William NJ Springer
of Washin gton. i. C.. on THE Proposed
Merging of the Packing Plants OF This
Country andd the Effects and Remedy
and one by DR.. w. H. Dalrymple of Lou
isiana on Infectious Diseases and Their
Prevention. T. S. Peer of New York
was also on the programme to read a pa
per but q telegram from his wife today
announced that he was on the Atlantic en-
route home from Europe. c. F. Abbott of
Springer, \. NJ. and Senator Francis
Emory Warren of Wyoming, president Of
the national growers association. also adj
dressed the delegates at the morning ses-
sion. Among the speakers at the after
noon session were r. @. Jacobsen of Hi
n0is and Colonel John F. Irish Of Cali
fornia on 1.-THE Changes Congress should
Make in the Laws Governing the Public
Domain and Forest Reserves