East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-07-30

James II. Gwinn. formerly of PEN
dleton. and who left here to become
secretary of the National Livestock
association, has been in the city to-
day in the interest of the Oo-operative
Livestock Commission company. He
arrived yesterday and after spending
n couple OF days here, will visit other
points in the northwest, returning to
Denver via the Northern Pacific.
The Cooperative Livestock Com
mission company was formed recently
under the auspices of the Nationa.
Livestock association, National Wool
growers association and the Corn
Belt Meat Producers association. The
capital stock is 100000, and OF this
amount Mr.. Gwnn states that 100000
has already been subscribed by stock
growers who are interested. The new
company proposes to have branches
at Chicago. Kansas City. Omaha, st.
Paul, st. Joe. Fort Worth, ST. Louis
the lowest possible commission
charges for the livestock growers.
Regarding the reasons for the for
nation of tine cooperative company.
Mr.. Gwinn said:
Why II Is Organized.
"One Of the important causes lead
ing up TO the organization of this Co.
operative Livestock Commission COM
pany was the action of the commits
sion men in advancing their charges
for the sale of livestock. In July,
1905. the National Livestock Ex-
change, composed of the livestock ex-
changes from the different western
markets, held its annual meeting at
Buffalo, n. Y, and recommended an
advance in commission charges Their
recommendation was submitted to the
various local livestock exchanges, and
as most people are willing to vote to
increase their salaries, II is not sur
prising that the proposition was car
red by large majority. the advances
TO Se put in effect on January /,
1906.
Previous to January I, protests
against the advances were filed with
the various livestock exchanges by
representatives of various livestock
held at Chicago on December 2, 1905,
with the officials of the Chicago Live
stock Exchange, and others. That ex-
change, and the exchanges at South
St Paul and Denver acted favorably
on these protests; but all the other
livestock exchanges. namely, at AKIN
sas City, South st. Joseph, South
Omaha, Sioux City East ST. Louis and
Fort Worth, on January 1, 1906. es-
tablished the new scale of commission
charges These new commission
charges. which are new in effect, made
the following increases:
"On sheep or hogs, single or double
deck cars, an increase of 50 per car.
"On cattle an Increase was effected
by means of minimum of $40 per
car. whereas formerly no minimum
was established.
"On mixed carloads of livestock the
increase ranges from 81 to SO per
car
after the new charges had been put
into effect by the commission men,
protests were made several different
times by committees from the various
livestock organizations, but without
avail"
VIII Lower Charges.
According to Mr.. Gwinn, the form
alton of the new company means that
the $1,500,000 per annum, resulting
to the commission men from their ad-
vanced prices, will 60 to the stock
growers instead. Further than that,
he believes that considering the divi-
dends and surplus which the cooper
ative company will divide that the
rate will be reduced to So per car,
thus making saving Of $3,000,000
annually to the stockgrowers.
Mr.. Gwinn has now been out for
several weeks in the interest of the
new commission company and says
he has been very successful in dispos-
ing of stock in the concern. We're It
desirable to place the stock In few
hands he says 1t would have been
taken long ago. But the policy is to
sell the stock in small blocks and
thus interest as many growers and
shippers as possible in the company.
Conditions Are Good.
While on his present tour Mr..
Gwinn has ben all over the stock
raising sections of the west and he