Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1903-01-16
OMNIBUS BILL
ENDORSED
National Live Stock Asso-
citation Insists Upon Sep
arate Statehood.
ADJOURNMENT TAKEN TODAY
The Fight for the Seventh Annual
Convention Was Decided This
Afternoon in Favor Of
Portland, Oregon.

Kansas City, Mo-, Jan. 16-The bth
annual convention of the National
Livestock Association finished it's la
bors here today. The work of the last
sessions consisted in passing upon res
olutions favorably recommended py
the executive committee, in the deliv-
cry and discussion of several addresses
in the naming of a convention city
and confirming the old officers for the
ensuing year, all of whom had been
recommended for reelection The offi-
GERS endorsed are: John W. Springer Of
Denver, president; John H. Holt OF
Miles City, Mont, LIST vice president; f.
J. Hazenbarth of Salt Lake City, Utah,
I'd vice president; George L. Goulding
of Denver, treasurer; Charles F. Mar
tin of Denver, secretary; Fred P. john
son Of Denver, assistant secretary. The
fight for the 1904 convention was taken
up the last thing in the afternoon. AL
though there were half a dozen cities
in the race for the honor Portland,
Ore, seemed to be far in the lead and
the delegation from that state was
confident of winning out. Among the
resolutions agreed to at this mornings
session was one endorsing the omnibus
statehood bill for New Mexico, Arizona
and Oklahoma.
Captain Britain Davis of Chihua-
hua, Mexico, spoke of "The livestock
industry in the Republic of Mexico and
its relations to the United States" He
Gaid in part: "It is conservatively esti-
mated that over $350,OOO,OOO of American
capital is invested in Mexican enter
prises. The beef supply to feed the
population of 100000 is even now
hardly adequate to the demand. The
sale of her young stock would still fur
ther deplete this supply and Mexico
would perforce look to her northern
neighbor to make up the deficiency.
"If market can be established in the
United States for the young stock bred
on Mexican ranges, Mexico receiving In
return its beef products from the
northern farms and packing houses, no
argument is needed to set forth the ben
efits such an exchange would bring to
the American farmers, packers and
railroads. Some fear has been express
ed that such a reciprocal trade would
be detrimental to portion of the cat
tie breeders of the United States, by
bringing Mexican calves into competi-
tion with those bred on the ranges of
Texas and the southwest, resulting in
lower prices for the American product.
do not apprehend such result. The
price paid for raw commodity Is fix
ed not SO much by the cost Of it's pro-
duction as by the demand and price for
the manufactured article. Any tenden-
cy toward depreciation of prices or
American bred calves, will be more
than counterbalanced by the stimulat.
ing effect Of steadily growing market
in Mexico for livestock products. tt
supply a population of $4,000, 900 people
with better beef, canned and dressed
better leather and fatter hogs, thar
they can produce at home To tax,
from them in part exchange, cheape
raw material, calves, than you cal
grow upon your own ranges. And t.
establish a market for your high clas
stock in raising their 100000 Of com
mon cattle to standard Of modern ex
cellence. These are the opportunitie
Mexico presents today to the American
livestock producer"