The Colorado statesman., 1906-02-03
STOCKMEN UNITE.
IN AMERICAN NATIONAL LIVE
STOCK ASSOCIATION.
M'KENZIE MADE PRESIDENT
Two Former Organizations Harmon
iously Joined-Gifford Pinchot Pre-
sents Letter from President Roose-
velt

welt.
Denver.-Live stock men of the Ma
tion, gathered in Denver to participate
in the various conventions, had a busy
day Tuesday. In the morning they
witnessed the re-marriage of the two
great national associations, so unhapr
PLY divorced a year before and in the
afternoon they attended the live stock
show. The new association elected
Murdo Mackenzie president, doing it
by acclamation.
An important event of the day was
the annual convention of the National
Wool Growers Association, which took
action looking toward the building of
the organization into a body of
strength and power. To this end they
employ secretary at salary and will
begin an active campaign.
During the afternoon Mr.. Pinchot
met committee from the Colorado
stockmen, who submitted their plan
for the control of the forest reserves
under the Department of Forestry. Mr..
Pinchot said that he was so well
pleased with it that he has anticipated
1t, and Ill Some parts of the country al
ready has that very program in opera
ton.
The consolidation of the two asso-
Citations upon a basis that eliminates
all inimical interests was consum-
mated without flourish of trumpets or
oratorical bouquets. The members of
the American Stock Growers Associa-
tion took seats in the body of the
Broadway Theatre at 9:15 yesterday
mroning, and the members of the Ma
tional Live Stock Association gathered
in the lobbies. They had previously
held short session at the Brown Pal
ace hotel and voted to adopt the plan
of the executive committees made the
night before
Murdo Mackenzie, president of the
American, called his convention to or
der and briefly recited the work of the
committee in preparing the way for
the union. 1t was up to the association
to confirm or reject.
John w. Springer made the motion
to ratify the committees action. The
vote was taken without a dissenting
voice.
The members of the National associ-
alton were then invited into the body
of the house and after they were
seated, f. j. Hagenbarth, the presi-
dent, announced that that body had
also ratified the action of the commit
tee.
Mr.. Hagenbarth called the meeting
to order and asked for nominations for
permanent chairman. S. H. Cowan of
Texas named Murdo Mackenzie, for
the position, and no other name was
offered. He was elected unanimously
This was not a surprise to many, be-
cause it had been whispered around
during the morning that Mr.. Hagen
barth would decline to be candidate.
Governor Mcdonald and Mayor
Speer both being absent from the city,
City Attorney H. A. Lindsey, as proxy
for the mayor, welcomed the stock
men to the city.
Clifford Pinchot, chief of the depart
ment of forestry, was next introduced
and spoke briefly, presenting a letter
from President Roosevelt. Mr.. Pin
chot said:
Il bring you his personal greetings
and have instructions to tell you that
he knows something about your trou-
bles himself; that he realizes the vast
Importance of having the forest re-
serves rightly handled.
"That he recognizes the signs of the
coming change in conditions on the
open range. and the tremendous inter-
eslS of the stockmen at stake in that
change; and that in both of these
great questions, forest reserves and
open range, he wants and will well
come your cooperation, suggestions
and advice.
THAT he counts on you to remember
that great national questions such as
these cannot be handled rightly either
by you or the administration unless
they are handled on broader consider
;,,+o -
any single man or set of men.
"Finally, that he sends you his
heartiest good wishes for the success
of this convention and good luck to
you all"
President Hagenbarth delivered his
annual address, which commanded
close attention. He dwelt particularly
upon the unsatisfactory conditions of
our foreign meat trade. He said that
the cattle breeders and feeders of the
United States must notify Congress
that their legitimate markets abroad
must be conserved and developed. The
splendid condition of the sheep inter-
est, he said is due to education of the
public and proper breeding. The
breeding of horses is on the increase
and goat raising has taken a perma-
nent place in the land.
At this point Mr.. Hagenbarth
sprung a sensation by making a mo-
ton that the bylaws be suspended and
that Murdo Mackenzie be elected pres
ident of the American National Live
Stock Association for the year. There
were a lot of seconds to this and the
stockmen jumped to their feet to cheer
and make the vote unanimous.
Mr. Mackenzie accepted the honor
and asked that real, live executive
committee be named to stand back of
him and help in the work.
Four important events were chron-
icicd in the proceedings of the stock