The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-10
Delegates to Livestock Con-
ventiOn Number a Thousand.
President Hagenbarth Delivers
His Annual Address.
MEMORIAL ADDRESS.
Is Delivered by Former Pres
ident John W. Springer.
Remainder of Session Devoted to
Question Of Reorganization.

~AAfCAs OO1O-s JAN lU--NNlLn j. 600
delegates in attendance the annual
meeting Of the National Live STOCK a.
ISOLATION was called to order this
morning by President Frank ]. Hagen
barth. --1e eli-
After an invocation by the Rixbt
cses. n. T. Hart, dean Of ST. Johns
- aene sSl,' an address of welcome
vas delivered by Mayor r. W. Speer
OF Denver, to which Vice Iresidsnt
george Iruesdell. of the National Wool
growers association. responded. and
barth read ? -
An address of welcome from the gov
nOL OL colorado was on the program
. Due ~ at the capitol building Cover
AS[ Z eaDooy was closing up the affairs
OF MS office. and Governor-elect Adams
VS. preparing to step into his place.
80 II was impossible for either gentle
man TO be present
Inc address of President Hsgaptsr+,,
was as follows: "a va ~
It is meet that once more. be-
meath the shades of the insr,i,;,
Rockies the plainsmen shou1d erst1l ,lls
1ne past seven years we have Travelled
anu VIDE and our council fires
nave been lighted on the heroic plains
u IeAas' IN the city of saints and
sights; on the chilly shores of the
greaL lakes; by the banks of the BIC
SLuouy; where laps the potent Pacific
and rolls the Oregon, and now We
crags and peaks we are with We onca
again. Nor have we. the range1nen
come alone Our friends and fellow
workers in the calling made hoDor-a J,le
ana historic by Abraham and Isaac
nave mere gathered with us Our
Drethren of the iron rail. our friends
from the mighty factory the fancy
breeder, the thoughtful feeder tbe
traders who buy and seII-thev have
all come to meet in friendly Council
with the men of the plains and this
gathering shall be historic. The lion
VIII lie Down with the lamb and the
OILS shall embrace the waters Rla-l
zoned a1oft on every feecv cloud
borne on the breath of every breeze
all for onei''
The year just closed has been
momentous one for the live stock in
terests and for your association ca
lamities and blessings have been
mixed The grim reaper. Death has
dealt severely with us. He has taken
away In his prime that sterling friend.
unurlng worker and prince of good
Fellows, our late secretary, the lament
ed Charlie Martin. May peace go
with him.
The past year has seen a continu-
alton of the falling prices for range
cattle inaugurated two years ago
statistics show this years depreciation /
TO have averaged s1.75 per head on all /
the losses sustained by the cattlemen. /
the mutton grower reaDed a rich re- /
ward With depleted domestic mar /
keIS. and a worlds shortage of wool !
the grower of that commodity faces
an approaching season which at this
time seems to be OF the brightest In !
the face Of the years bumper corn /
crop 1t would seem, that before long,
the cattle feeder must fill his feed lots
or store his corn for another year
The latter he cannot profitably do:
sooner or later he must feed. When
Shis movement begins a much en-
larged market will oDen for cattle and
prices should move upward
A gratifying feature OF the past
wear hRRn 1I1n1 ,~,T
cess of the Royal Fat Stock show at
Kansas City and the International at
Chicago These exhibitions have fur
nlShed ocular proof of the great i'm
provement in the scientific breeding
and feeding of live stock that has
taken place the past five years. The
exhibits were not confined to pure
bred sections of the country. Texas
has demonstrated, in no uncertain
manner, that splendid results in
breeding and feeding can be wrought
longer the land of the longhorn' but
stands today the foremost exponent
Of scientific breeding among the range
states We don our hats in honor to
the Lone Star state
During the year the activity of
your association has been greatly
hampered by the condition of your
treasury. Your committees have,
however been to Washington in con-
nection with legislative matters in
pursuance of resolutions adopted at
back that all was done that could
have been hoped for in A presidential
year; our political friends at the ma
dona1 capital, in a winning way, babe
US hope for better things in the fu-
ture.
Your transportation committee met
in Chicago in February with the traf-
nc directors of a number of western
trunk lines and in conjunction with
efforts made by other influences sue
ceeded in measure in softening some
of the hardships that railroad prac-
tees had imposed upon US.
In August, under the auspices of
this association, the land commission
appointed by President Roosevelt held
a hearing in this city for the purpose
of discussing the range question and
formulating the desires of the range
men as to this momentous proposition.
This discussion brought out the fact
had occurred in the trend of our
thoughts concerning the public do
main. The sentiment was indorsed ,
that it was desirable that all grazing
areas should be placed under govern j
mental jurisdiction, and that a scien-
tific control be esta blished under the
supervision of the department of az s
ricuIture, which, recognizing present 1
seek to establish new order of things {
fnuring to the benefit of the range and :
all concerned, present occupancy to I
determine priority OF range right and
changes made to be so gradual and so !
regulated as not to create comm ercfal !
distress to those interests directly in
volved-
IN this brief retrospect covering the
past year in the live stock world we
cannot forbear congratulating our
selves on the fact that one whom we {
may be pardoned in calling one of US
has been elected to the presidency. I
am sure that this sentiment will not
be styled political partisanship; as far
as the west the home of the live stock
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