The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-08
STOCK YARDS WAR.
kansas City Exchange OPENS q Fighe
on the Cooperative.

Kansas City, Aug S.-The Kansas
City Live Stock exchange took time by
the forelock in dealing with the new
Cooperative Live Stock Commission
company 1t suspended the future
agents of the company for infractions
of the rules which they intended to
commit in September.
Blanchard & Ehrke and the Burn
side-Jardon company have been mem
bers of the exchange for several years.
They have lived up to the require
ments,- but few weeks ago s. g.
Burnside and Frederick Ehrke, mem
bers of the two firms, agreed to sell
their business to the Cooperative Live
Stock Commission company, which
proposes to do business Independently
of the exchange and to become agents
for the new company September !.
The board of directors held a meet
ing Monday, called in the alleged Of
tenders and put them under saith.
They promptly admitted that they had
sold to an outsider that expected to cut
prices and that the transfer would
take place in September. The board
promptly suspended the two offenders
and sent the following notice to all
4 the members of the exchange.
| You are notified that at a meeting
I of the board OF directors Of the KAN
sas CITY live stock exchange, held Au-
gust 6, 1905, it, was. determined that
! S. c.. Burnside and Frederick Ehrke
had entered into a contract with the
so-called Cooperative Live Stock COM
pany, which involved violation on
/ their part of the rules and regulations
of the exchange, and 1t was decided
| that they be suspended from the prtv-
ileges of mem bership until reinstated
| according to the rules and bylaws or
\ this exchange. The secretary was IN
structed. also. to give notice OF this
action to the members. Attention IL
called to Rule x, prohibiting mem~
| bers from transacting business with
persons thus violating the rules.
The force of such notice Is UNDER
! stood when 1t is remembered that the
| buyers for the packing houses holo
| memberships in the exchange. Yester-
day morning the official lockers
| would not dock" for the suspended
crippled business. The packers would all
bid on their cattle, but one OF the rruas
turned over to others several carloads
of cattle on which the bids were too
blow. The bids were higher as soon as
the cattle came under the control OK
firms still in good standing in the asso-
citation. At night It was stated at the
Office of one Of the suspected nrns
that Fowler's was the only packing
house that had bought cattle from them
during the day.
The cooperative Live Stock Commits
sion company is an organization CONS
posed OF feeders in Missouri and kan-
sas and range cattle men in Texas and
Colorado. Murdo Mackenzie Of Trini-
dad. COL, president OF INC INdt4DAtdA A1lHN
stock association, is one Of the leaders
/ in the movement. Most OF the stock
holders are composed of members Of ths
association The officers and directors
, ! are: President, A. L Ames, Bucki1ss
ham, Ia; vice president, J. Il. Haley
Delta. Col; treasurer, Colonel ". -
J Hughes, Denver, Col; secretary. 7. w
Tornlinson. Denver, Col. Directors
Murdo Mackenzie, Trinidad, Col; J. Il
, HALEY, Delta, Col.s F. ". GoodinE
Shoshoni, Idaho; A. L. Arness Bucking'
; ham, Ia; T. A. Thornburg, Linden. Ia
J. L. Heath, Peabody, Kan; Joseph q
! Brown, Birney, Mont; c. h O'Dones
4 Bell Ranch, n. M; Richard walsh
/. Paloduro, Tex; N. K. Parsons, sal
) Lake City, Utah; Thomas A Cosgrsn
Cheyenne, Wyo.; J. N. Wilson, Douglas
Wyo.
The men who are members Of the or
ganizatfon represent a great amount O
wealth. The stock is 100000 oistriba
ted IN so shares, with limitations q
{ the number one man may hold. TIT
company expects to be strong enough
to do business regardless OF regulations
and advertised at the start that
4 would not belong to any live stock az
ISOLATION, either here OF In Chicago,
advertised a rate for selling stock o
IS a car single deck. or 80 car, eou
bic deck, for hogs and sheep. and y
a car for cattle. This Is 50 car les
|; than the rates charged by members 9
o the exchange. The charges TO be MAD
by the new company are It's worst o.
Tense