The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-02-05
Of INTEREST TO
WESTERN STOCKMEN
L. w. GOoding Gives Some Facts
Relative to Shipment
of Stock.
FRENCH BILL, 1T is
SAID, MAY BECOME LAW
Senator's Sutherland and Sm00t
Are Not Posted on the
Question.

F. w. Goeding of Shoshone, Ida, who
was in Salt Lake yesterday, had some
interesting things to say regarding the
bill which is now pending before Congress
relative TO the time for allowing sheep
and cattle to remain I'm cars In transit
from the point Of shipment to the mar
ket. Mr. Goodng, who is brother OF
Gov. Goodln&. is one Of n committee OF
three. the other committeeman being +.
G. Johnson of Blackfoot and w. a Phil
brick OF American Falls. who was APP
pointed by the Wool Growers associa-
ton of Idaho to visit Washington. D. c,
and confer with the authorities with the
end In view OF having the present meas
uro 80 amended that the actual running
timo OF stock trains shall be thirty-eiX
at present the claim ls made that the
frequent loading and unloading OF stock
Is injurious that no hardship Is worked
on the animals by this extension OF
time, that time Is saved and also de-
probation In value By shrinkage and
other conditions is averted. The further
assertion is made that the Eastern ship
per can reach the market with his stock
in less than half the time required by tho
Western stockman. and another hardship
Is endured by tho latter.
Secretary Wilson Agrees.
Upon reaching Washington Mr.. Good
Ing and the other members of the Idaho
committee had a conference with Sec
rotary Of Agriculture Wilson. On many
points Secretary Wilson agreed with the
committee. and the result was that the
French bill was laid. This measure pro-
yides for an actual running tlme OF
thirty-siX hours Tor the unloading OF the
stock during the daytime instead of at
night, and that the train schedule per
hour shall be eighteen miles.
All Seem TO Be Agreed
The speed limit was objected TO by the
Tailroedl they desiring that the maxi
mum should be sixteen miles per hour.
This amendment has been virtually
agreed to by the transportation COM
pGnies. and thus the bill ls satisfactory
to them. Mr. Gooding stated that the
committee met with the officers OF the
National Humane society at Washington
and held an exhaustive conference with
them, at the conclusion OF which Mr.;
GoodinG states. that the secretary OF
that organization was agreeable to the
measure as outlined.
National Associations Send Delegates.
At the meeting OF the American Live
Stock association and the National Wool
Growers association at Denver a week
ago. Ave representatives from each or
ganizauon were elected 10 go to Wash
ington and do everything they could TO
secure the passage of the bill,
Smoot Knows Nothing.
The whole Idaho Congressional dele
CATION is In favor of the measure" said
Mr.. Gooding. Idaho stockmen figure
that they lost S2O.COO annually on ac-
count Of the operation OF the old meas
ure and other States have sustained cor
responding losses We also interviewed
Sena tors Sutherland and Smoot. The
former said that he had received only
one letter protesting against the old
measure. but whatever he could do to
assist the bill he would do. Senator
Smoot was not informed as TO the pro-
posed measure. We did not have any eX-
tended conversation with him" said Mr..
Gooding, but he promised his support to
the bill"