Arizona republican., 1903-01-14
The MANY THINGS
ST0CKMEN WANT
The First Day Of the Live
Stock Convention.
An Attack Upon the Beef Trust and a
Demand for the Protection. of a
Great Industry-A Flood of Memo
rials to Congress.

Kansas City, Mo, January 13.-Presi-
dent ]. w. Springer's attack upon the
5eef trust So called and the passage of
memorials to congress urging that laws
for the betterment of livestock condi-
tions be enacted were the features of
the first days session of the sixth an
nual convention of the National Live
Stock association. President Springer,
after declaring that the American
stockman proposed to take care of him.
self" served notices that those inter-
ests must receive protection from the
congress of the United States just as
long as the finished products made
from our raw materials are heavily
protected.
The sentiments were received with
applause.
one memorial which was telegraphed
to Senator Frye tonight was as follows;
your petitioners. the National Live
Stock Association of the United States,
representing the feeders and handlers
of live stock in the United States, de-
sire through you to call the attention
of the senate to a house resolution and
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agriculture with authority to prevent
the spread of contagious diseases in the
United States and to establish rules
and regulations for the inspection OF
live stock to be transported through
the United States. and your petitioners
would respectfully represent that there
is an immediate and imperative neces-
sity for the passage of this law. We
- I,o 70,
slider this bill at an early date. and we
respectfully request that the said bill
be enacted into a law
Another memorial was addressed to
Chairman Payne of the ways ard
means committee of the house and
urged that the Grosvenor anti-shoddy
bill now being held up in committee ov
reported at once.
An address by L. c. Boyle Of Kansas
City upon The Mortgage Law as ii
Relat to the Live Stock Industry
aroused a lively discussion among the
delega tes. Mr.. Boyle told the stoc ckmes,
tn3j they 90 not exert the influence IN
legislation that their wealth and power
should exert. He advised that a lobby
ing committee be appointed and be in
strUcted to visit the legislature of
| ever sd u anu ltlilt ~ scNuit AAi
form legislation affecting live stock
paper The suggestion was endorsed
! by other delegates who discussed the
subject and il was referred to the com
mittee on laws.
) One of the speakers suggested tbs
/ lobbying committee should also try tC
have uniform inspection laws passed
as mo two states have the same in.
! spection laws
Several resolutions Of Importance
were passed. One OF them had refer
| ence to q lack of the proper inspection
| of swine exhibited at county. state and
national fairs and the frequent eX-
! posure of healthy show stock to dis
| ease as 4 result a committee win b,
appointed to present the matter to tn,
! secretary of agriculture with the re-
| quest that the bureau Of animal indus
try provide a remedy.
a resolution urging that committees
impose the same ad valorem duty or
imported pelts and skins a g now i'm
posed on cattle hides was J ,sscd. II
was further urged that pickled hides
pelts and skins and splits OF the same
he placed on the dutiable list as part
ly manufacturer" A resolution was
passed asking that federal sheep in
spectors be appointed, as the county
sheep inspectors of Wyoming have in
sufficient means to check or cure scah
and other contagious diseases among
sheep.