Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-29
CATTLE FEEDERS
ANNUAL MEETING
Corn Belt Meat Producers As
ISOLATION of Marshall County
Elects Officers
W. w. HlxsoN is PRESIDENT
z. A. Hill, of Vienna Township Is Re-
elected Secretary and Treasurer =
Delegates to State Association Are
Chosen, and Resolutions Are Adopted
President Ames, of Buckingham,
Speaks.

The Corn Belt Meat Producers AS
recitation of Marshall county, i'll annual
session in the east court room Satur-
day afternoon, elected officers, and
delegates to the state conventions
adopted resolutions which advocated
government regulation of railroad
rates and state pure food bill, ana
listened to an address by A. l.. Ames,
of Buckingham, president of the state
association. The meeting was attend
ed by about sixty farmers and cattle
feeders of the county.
The officers elected were w. w. Hix-
son, of Marietta township, president
and e. A. HILL of Vienna township.
secretary and treasurer. Mr.. Hill was
reelected after two terms Of service In
his present office The delegates chosen
to attend the annual meeting OF the
state association, to be held in Des
Moines on February s, were j. r. King,
Of Vienna township; ID. II. Buchanan,
of Washington township, and ex-Pres-
ident Frank Swearingen, of Liscomp
township. Charles Randall, of Vienna,
was selected as alternate. The dele
gates were, instructed to report at the
farmers institute to be held here about
the middle of February.
The election of township directors
was passed by and Supervisor c. e.
Arney was appointed a committee OF
one to supply directors in townships
which are not now represented by
member on the board, and to reap
point those already holding office or
substitute others for those who are I'M
willing, or who cannot serve, for an
other year. The present directors are:
j. H. Kinzer, Bangor; 0. H. Olson,
Greencastle; A. D. Summers, LeGrand:
Carver Ferguson, Marion; c. G. Kurtz,
Vienna; Clyde Rolston, Liscomb; w.
II. Arney, Taylor; e. Monohon, Timber
Creek; Robert Worden, Logan; e. H.
Buchanan, Washington; Warren Mich
OILS, Marietta; Ed Ross. Liberty; w. H.
Jones' Marshall. Minerva, State Cen
ter, Eden and Jefferson townships are
not represented.
The resolution adopted commended
the endeavors of President Roosevelt in
his effort to secure railroad rate legis-
lation, and expressed the belief that it
was the duty of congress at it's pres
ent session to pass some measure for
the control of rates. The enactment Of
q state pure food bill and for bill
providing for the inspection of food
products was asked for in the second
clause Of the resolution.
President Ames spoke for about an
hour and argued for governmental con-
troll of railroad rates, and against dis
elimination in freight rates, and
against, corporate control Of public util-
tiles and for government control of
corporations. He discussed the needs
OF the cattle feeder, and touched briefly
on the imperative need Of pure food
bill. In closing he told something of
what had been accomplished by the
state association, which came into ex-
lstence when the return pass was TAX
en- from the shippers two years ago.
he said thru the associations efforts
the pass had been restored, that the
time OF and movement of stock trains
mad been quickened and bettered and
the service had been improved on most
OF the trunk lines, and thatl the time
or handling from junction points at
Chlcago to the unloading pens at the
stock yards had been greatly reduced
sH 10 the benefit of the stock shipper.