Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-01-30

view and made it clear to them that
they had no place in our meeting. We
Informed them that If they wanted
to hold a meeting, they had better hold
one of their own
Unloading Of Stock.
Mr.. Mackenzie told of the efforts
that We're being made to have the law
requiring stock i'm transit to be I'M
loaded every a hours amended in or
der to extend the time limit to sc
hours. The greatest opposition he
said. was from the members of the HUI
name society. He continues:
Far be IT from me to belitte the
work of this body; nothing but praise
is due its members. feel, however.
that some times they are governed to
some extent by prejudice, and In such
case such was our experience. We
know that the law does not accomp-
lish any humane purpose. but on the
contrary. its enforcement generally re-
suits in inhumanity and injury to the
stock and we have time and again
asked congress to have the time limit
extended to SO hours. Your executive
committee and its attorney brought
this matter before Secretary Wilson
in order that we might get his cooper
alton i'm having the law amended.
II am pleased to inform you that
Secretary Wilson has. to our entire
satisfaction. proven once more that he
| is a friend to the stockmen. He took
the trouble to come to Chicago to In :
yestigate the question on the ground
and before leaving there he agreed
with us that the stockmen We're right
! in their contention. and promised tC
support a bill extending the time limit
| 4 bill has been presented to congress
| with the full endorsement of Secre-
tar'' wilson. extending the time limit
to 81 aoure and have been made t.
send 10 WASHINGTON within the next
80 lays about - prominent shippers
frrr3 all parts of the country to ties
tifv before the proner committee now
considering this bill"
! Mr Mackenzie warned the delegates
tho r'2e effort on the pert Of he rail.
/ roads in certain sections TO change the
rate from dollars per car to cents pei
hundred pounds on cattle shipped from
the range country west Of Denver. Col.
and Cheveune. Wyo.. to the Nissour
river and Denver markets. was not II
the interest Of the shipper The rail
I roads would NE careful not 10 make
the rate less than they got before. or
the contrary, they would a6ministe
! tIt same unSe lfldt we III iFH5S 20
when this change was made which
out our rates up from 10 To Is dollar
per car"
Protect Western Stockmen.
Mr.. Mackenzie characterized III
aotion Of the commission houses a
Missouri river points and at For
Worth. Texas i'm Increasing commits
sion charges as entirely wrong and I'M
reasonable. He recommended that tn
association take some steps to protec
tie stockmen If the west. predicting
| that unless this was done the commits
sion men would invent some other pre-
text for levying an additional tax. "
cited the power of the association II
preventing an increas 50 If rates hy III
Chicago Livestock exchange. To fur
- or siren CITIZEN his argument agains
tie increase Of com missions. Mr. Mar
k~n7ie called attention To the indict
r,-ant Of persons IN Kansas City recent
" who were defrauding shippers h
anipuating the weighing return
u said
The feeder rnar'5at IL now practical
= " IN The hands - the sc1lnors an
' rot only do We have 70 paw two q
. n 700 commissions before the cattl
r. rh the hands of The feeders. hut W
NJ, robbed ~ being cheated IN weight
, at both ends
he president reminded the conven