Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-01-10

OF adjusting the range problem, The
fearful power held by corporations
must be regulated; II will save us,
and II will save them. The power 10
confiscate property either directly
or indirectly belongs 10 the govern.
ment alone, and then only In certain
contingencies, Yet this power Is
possessed by railroad and other
corporations, II Is but a step from
such a condition to socialism or ever
anarchy, Early and provident fear
Is the mother OF safety" The Inter,
State Commerce Commission must be
given broader powers or an Inter
Statt Commerce court liz created,
OF equal dignity with the United
States Supreme Court. Such action.
In the long run, will prove as bene-
ficial to corporate interests as TO the
public. The great traders In meat
supplies must not stifle competition;
II Is dangerous 10 thus arouse public
sentiment. The packers profit Is
secure and fixed and great enough
without resolting 10 the manipulation
OF markets. \ live.day market should
obtain, Over crowding and shortage
On markets must be avoided or mini
mized. An even distribution OF
supplies will result in stable and
higher prices, Half finished stuff
must not he slaughtered; the bad
qualify OF any product restricts its
consumption. The average American
thinks nc part OF an animal ~ 10 eat
except loin steaks or rib roasts. when
in fact the most nouyishing PORTIONS
Of a beef are found elsewhere. BY
concerted effort the public can be
educa,ed TO appreciate the value Tor
food OF the lower cuts of carcasses.
Our growers must breed fewer and
purer animals. thus creating d super.
Tor product. and feed such product.
whether on the range or feed lot, 50
as 10 go TO market in the best posi-.
BILE condition. Thus ill-bred and Thin
trash will be eliminated as a com.
petitive factor in fixing prices. Il
is easier, more profitable and quick.
er TO produce a two-yearold steer
weighing 400 pounds than q four.
year-old weighing one thousand
pounds Government and state aid
must be had along proper constitutions
al channels for the educational up.
building of our industry. This aid
we need not supplicate, but. as rep
resentatives of the greatest American
industry, We can, when organized, ile-
mand. Federal control of infectious
diseases in livestock is Imperative,
and should be uniform in all states.
We require an annual census of live.
stock and farm products, in order 10
take us out of the gambling column.
Fat stock and pure bred shows should
be held in every part of our great land
under governmental auspices and as
determined by climatic and topo
graphical differences.
All these Utopian dreams can be
made realities by our organization
If We are broad and big and fair
enough to build accordingly. Fairness
with one another is essential; The
mote in our eye must not obscure
high Olympus on the horizon. "The
fault Is not In the stars, but in our
selves that we are underlings."
My fellow laborers on the plains, In
the field. In the factory and the office,
"let him who is without fault cast the
first stone" Let us be big enough
that by-gones may be by.gones. The
fury progress beckons us on. Shal.
We follow? 1t is given to us to cher
ish and upbuild and make perfect
one Of the Creators chosen eallings.
Let us remember "a house divided
against itself will fall" Let us non
forget that knowledge of things is tho
fount of power. and knowledge of one
another brings understanding, and
understanding gives birth to har