Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-23
STOCK MEN WILL
GO INTO PACKING
Steps Taken by Convention to
Start Independent Pack
ing Houses.
WILL. FIGHT BEEF TRUST
Company With 100000 Capital Al.
thorized to Go Ahead With Its
Plans to Assure a competi-
tive Market.

Portland, Ore, Jan. 16.-The propc ..
lion to incorporate a company or ee
stock men for the purpose OF estapn sh-
ing independent packing houses In the
stock centers OF the n 10 COM
pete with the packers compin ana re-
store prices on live stock was the an
absorbing topic of discussion In the Ma
tional Live Stock associations owen
ton. BY unanimous vote the conVeh-
ton Endorsed a resolution favoring the
Incorporation of such a company win
q capital of S. 00, 900 and the
ment OF the Independent houses.
Resolutions were passed favoring an
amendment to the interstate commerce
act giving the commission power 10 al
Just shipping rates when UNFAIR ones
are put in force by the railroad COM
panies on stock shipments, opposing the
repeal Of the act placing a duty on
hides, and ~favoring passage OF a OH
calling for a classified census or I'VE
/ stock and OF the anti-shoddy BILL.
A resolution .was adopted and direct
ed to the Traffic Managers association
at Chicago asking that Its action III
denying transportation to stock snip
pers be rescinded, else the
| would be forced to ship their stock as
p~erlshable freight. A resolution was
| adopted opposing the bill creating a
| national humane association on the
| ground that II would mean an unWar-
ranted interference with stock shipping.
Seek to Aid Consumer.
Prominent raisers of cattle declared
the prices OF live stock were exceed
Ingly low, but thai the consumer or
beef and pork had to pay more Tor the
product than ever before. n iault
was laid at the door of the packers
trust and laws were demanded by
.-t..N +lo nnpctt1aar might Pn1OY the
advantages of low prices for anlrnals
on the hooi,
The great live stock interests OF
| America must not be harnessed and de.
liyered at the door OF the meat trust
said C.. L. Adams of Nebraska. 'Ihe
profits must be equally distributed pc
tween the producer and the packer, ana
the profits must be reasonable enough
SO that the great third party the coh-
| sumner, can enjoy h dement's,
IF the way Is not open through the
| regular course of business 1t becomes
necessary for the producer to tax the
means which seem to be the only rem
edy in his hand and build Independent
| packing houses, to be operated on an
economical and conservative OASIS
such as will give to the producer a fair
profit, and to the consumer a produc'
| which he can afford to enjoy.
The ruin already wrought by the
| present system calls for independent
action for your w protection, as IL
| calls on the lawmakers to place re-
strictive measures on all combinations,
| the Of which is inimlcal
to the best interests of the country.
Complains of Forest Reserves.
"The stock men, Secretary Martin
said, while not opposed to the protec-
| ion of the forests, have q decided ana
pronounced objection to the policy
which has been adopted by the interior
department regarding forest reserves,
particularly to the segregation or vas
areas OF grazing and agricultural lands
/ s a portion Of these reserves and the
Issue of orders xcludin i've STOCK
from grazing thereon.
"This matter has grown to such pro-
portions that If something is not done
Iery soon the industry in several OF
The western states and territories VIII
| be completely destroyed. If u re-
quest to have the division of forest
| deserves transferred to the agricultural
lepartment is acceded to the stock
| men. as a rule, will have no further
tause for complaint.
at is an undisputed fact that the de-
| line in the value of beef animals dur
| ing the last eighteen months amount
o more than SO a hundred hogs, an
average of So an animal, and sheen
from Is cents to 81 a head. Consumers,
however, are paying the same price for
| their meats as during the time maxi
mum prices were realized by the grow
yrS.'
Charles E. Stubs Of Denver advo-
| rated the raising of more horses and
william +. Skinner of Chicago spoke
Tn the benefits of live stock expositions'