Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-10-25
Frank Elageubarth Speaks Of Pro-
,osed Merger and Points Out
Its Advantages
NAVE Been RUNNING PARALLEL
wul Strive For Betterment of Rail-
road Service--lnterstate Com
mcrce Law

o,.qdent Frank J. Hagenbarth OF
,se National Live Stock ASSOCIATION
,os returned from Denver where, as
.,o,,bor Of the executive committee Of
,bo association, he participated In ar
so,oements for the proposed merging
=, ,be National Live Stock association
and the American Stock Growers assoc
.,,top which Is expected to take place
nay, January at the time Of the holding
a, tbe annual conventions Of these two
noUerful organizations. Mr.. Hagon-
tirth IS now In Idaho with Mr. j, y.
wood of this city, the well Known
sbesn man looking after their inter-
o.ts mn there. He is firm believer
IN me adyisabllty OF the movement,
ma has no doubt but that II Will DO
carried through successfully,
m am interesting talk VITA Mr.. l}a-
ranbarth yesterday he called atten-
tIoD TO the fact that at FIRST the menu
bershlp of the National Live stock u.s.
ISOLATION included not only toe cattle
and sheep growers, but also the allied
ndusrles-such as feeders, packers,
stock ward men and live stock eS-
changes so that really It was an assoc
citation Of associations, only these all
lied Industries had no. voice IN the ad-
,nlnlstratl0u, This arrangement was
provocatiye Of dissatisfaction and The
outcome was the American stock
proWers'association 60 which indlvid-
ual stock growers alone were eligible.
WE'RE RUNNING Parallel
Now the two organizations were
presently found running parallel, that
/, with practically the same objects
aims and purposes In view, and of
course AT double the expense Of sim
gle body. one special and common
purpose was the placing Of American
meat products In foreign markets, At
present the foreign markets are
practically lost in Germany, France,
Holland. Austria, and IN fact nearly all
Of Europe except England and Bel
gium--that is. for the common grades
Of American beef. And this is the
reason why beef is so cheap In the
home markets today The packers and
wholesale meat men can not get rid
Of their goods fast enough TO make
prices firm and steady And Just here,
there is this point to be noted. If the
packers can not dispose Of their pro-
ducts, they can not buy the raw rla-
t5rial from the stock grower, and
therefore prices eventually fall to
point where 1t does not pay growers
70 raise live stock, and they conse-
Qlently drift out Of the business. And
this Is happening now TO some extent
IN the industry, So II Is the best for
all Industries and interests dependent
on i've stock raising that they pun
together for the common good, and this
very thlng the National Live Stock as
ISOLATION and the American Stock
growers association VIII aim to do.
RAILROAD SERVICE.
They Will strive for the betterment
OF the railroad service; os for Instance
The avoidance Of Yexatious delays of
siock trains on sidngs, waiting per-
maps hoJrs for other trains to pass,
Nhen the live stock sho Ild have the
right OF way through. The longer cat.
lle are on the cars the more they
shrink in weight, and In a train lond,
lhe loss figures up something immense.
ms ls loss not only to the
shipper but 10 the railroad company as
Weu-it Is IN fact money absolutely
thrown away, and IL worse than excess
SFe railroad rates, because these rates
90 cement somebody, they benefit the
railroads while shrnkage In weight of
cattle in transit Is a dead loss all
round Then we want the regulation
OF excessive rates, also an amendment
OF the !o-nour law to 30 hours the talk
lng Of q biennial census Of live stock,
The pushing Of American goods In for
esn markets, etc,
CONSOLIDATION SCHEME.
- the January meetings, the constl-
luton OF the American Stockgrowers
association will be amended to take
noln individuals and associations into
Is membership; and the constitution OF
the National Livestock association win
oe amended so as TO have Il board OF
conjfol made up of live stock producers
only but with an afflliation Of alliea
industries represented on sub-comm.t-
te2 This general scheme has been
agreed upon by the executive commit
ices This general scheme has been
agreed upon by the executive commn-
ICES OF the two ORGANIZATIONS, leaving
,ae details 10 be approved Of and rats
noI oy the next conventions to be held
IN Denver
There viii be n meeting oct. 26-27 n
.hie3go Of the Interstate Commerce
La" association to bring together all
he advocates Of a more stringent and