Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-09-29
Constitution and Bylaws Adopted and
William Mcintosh Elected
Vice President.
TWO MEMBERS FROM EACH COUNTY
CONSTITUTES THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Proceedings In Full Of IOdays Session Addresses Made
BY Prominent Speakers at the Convention
This Morning.

lN WIN hNl.NNlA presentation
East OF che Mississippi river. however,
ii hes been difficult 10 arouse interest
among the sheep men and breeders
To- the necessity Of organizing a.
takes time however, % accomplish al
things We are Keeping eyerlastlugly
at 49, however, and in another year tho
east should bo Woli represented.
Tho wool aud mohair interests Of
iho entire country are threatened with
attacks which, u not successfully com.
hattod. win result In tho complete
overthrow OF present prosperous con.
uiuuna. and return 20 lO-cCut wool
and ti.00 sheep TO combat the enemy
successfully the sheep men and breed.
ora OF this country must be- thoroughly
urgauiacd There must be no organ
lza Ion OF the oaHt Tor the cast. or Of
the wet Tor the west, but an organ
lzauon 0i the sheep and wool inter.
osts of The 2nuro country with ample
funds. and 10 strong that cur demands
VIII be- decided on Washington, where
with our able president. Senator Frau
ci1 d. Warren OF Wyoming, who ig
ever watchiul of the interests OK the
atockmon. 10 present our claims. we
should have no fear 90 results But
without such an organization 90 back
mp our just demands, made through
our senators and congressman, we can
not hope for success when tho nual
battle D. wagod with tho interests that
are now forming and when menace
tho welfare Of the Industry. II the
sheep interests are defeated IN this
struggle, Whicn il a. suFo 70 come ~
is another nunahlny day in this hcauii-
BIOL land Of New Mexico, then you can
blame no one but yourselves, for there
u yet time 20 become 20 strongly In
trenchcd that the free trades can not
possibly dislodgo ua. Organization
should be the waicl word of everyone
engaged In the sh ep and wool and
breeding industry. and ! hope every
one Will Do hts part
The sheep men 90 the Denver meet
ing meppt. out FOR your OnlccrB a BIT
of strenuous work. chief Of which may
be- mentioned the extension OF the 2S-
nour law. and q protest against the
increase In commission charges for
selling sheep. Committees we're APP
painted and went 20 Washington 20
work for tho passage of BIN extend
Ing the iimo livestock may remain In
the cars. IL was Instructed TO not only
secure an extension Of the tlmo limit.
but also work for q speed limit clause.
The assistance assured us % the start
q serted the ship after the committee
arrived in Washington and a. was
necessary, IN order TO obtain an cx-
tension ui the time limit, TO drop the
speed imit clause. n developed, how
ever, that this speed limit clause could
undoubtedly have been enacted into
law, for the logic In the arguments Of
The sheep interests was 30 strong that
congressman saw tho wisdom of cur
arguments and almost without a dis,
senting vote passed what Is known as
the 2s.hOur law extension, which was
me bin presented by the sheep inter
ests through our president, senator
Warren
Another committee went 10 Kansas
CITY, Chicago and Omaha and confer
red with the commission houses.
which. on January FIRST, increased the
rates for selling sheep from $40 20
ti2 per car We did everything IN our
power TO convince the commission
men Of the error OF their ways and re-
Store the old rates. We asked that
the matter be- neld IN allegiance until
the next annual convention when the
sheep men would BE- pleased to dis
cuaa the matter with them, assuring
iho commission men that u there was
good ground for the increase they
would ind the sheep men would sub.
NIT willingly. lhia they refused 10
DO, and there was bat one thing left
for us-oaiahliah independent commits
sion houses, which has been done
The Cooperative Livestock Commits,
sion company was launched in Denver
last May aud houses have been ogtab-
liahcd b. u in Chicago, kansas City
aud 81. Joe, and additional ones tsill
De established in south Omah- ADD
other markets. Some of these houses
Opened for business on September lEt
and have since done "a successful
business. Indeed. the salos Indicate
That the stock men OF the country are
with ua, and the freedom Ga which
the packers and others are buying
demonstrates that the movement %
already a success and that tho com.
mission house combination has been
broken
Al the Portland meeting OF the Na.
tIonal Wool Growers association four
years ago q resolution was ruasod To-
voring Che use Of mutton by unltea
States uoldiers and Uncle Same
wards On the Indian reservations and
Indian schools. But for some UNI
known reason the resolution was lost
sight OF. The matter was called 20 my
attention last April and the assOcla.
ton immediately Hot 90 work 10 see
what could be- done. The aid OF Sem
aior Warren was secured, and
through him We obtained tho Fratiiy.
log promise that the quarter master.
general of tho army and the heads of
tho indian bureau would, when the
next hida were called for. include
mutton az well as beef Since then /
have, ior the first time. noted toe
word mutton Ia the Advertisements OF
lhe army quaricrmaaler Cor meat sup
plies. The benefits accrulnE 10 the in.
dusiry aa a result OF this are we'll an.
dorsiood NJ sheep men generally. FOR
whore you increase the demand l0r
your product. be rs wool or mutton.
you naturally enhance the value 81
the same
Another matter which We have
worked upon % the regulations 81
the department OF agriculture govern.
ING the ranging OF sheep in the forest
reserves Early in the ytar We re-.
celyod numemOfus complaints from
tocsmastors IN al parts OF the vest