The river press., 1908-06-17
WEDNESDAY, JUNE IL, 1908.
LIVESTOCK GOSSIP.

from the state board of stock commits.
sioners to the secretary of the North
Montana Roundup association, would
lead the public to infer that northern
Montana stockmenchave been making
some ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS upon the
state board. The letter suggests that
the roundup association appoint q
committee to discuss any griev ances
that may exist, and endeavor to secure
IN amicable adjustment OF the diff
Guilty.
The suggestionjlis Endorsed by the
Great Falls Tribune! which says the
letter of the state board shows
evidence OF the right spirit, and
expresses the opinion:tha at:the appoint.
ment Of committee ofinorthern Mon.
tans stockmen to conferlwith the state
board is the properlcourse OF action.
That view of the;matter, however, is
not acceptable to mostSofithe members
of the North Montana Roundup ssso.
citation to whom it has been presented,
and who maintain that no request has
been made to the state board which 1t
should not be willing to grant. At
their annual meeting held in Great
Falls last year, lthe members OF the
sssocia alton unanimously adopted q
resolution addressed to the state board
in regard to stock inspector for this
district, and q similar resolution was
adopted at the recent annual meeting
of northern Montana stockmen at
Malta. There is no committee that
has authority to change or rescind
these requests.
These resolutions, adopted at two
separate annual meetings Of the North
Montana Roundup association. repre-
sent the views of stockmen In this part
Of Montana, but they have been ig.
nored by the state board. The ap-
pointment of q committee to take some
other action in the matter is impossi.
BILE of considerable It is up to the
state board to comply with or turn
down q reasonable request made by
by stockmen whose interests are en-.
titled to proper consider alton.
The terminal charge of two dollars
Q car a. the Chicago stocky ards is
now in the courts. An order made by
the interstate commerce commission
declared that the charge was exces
sive, and should be reduced to one
dollar per car, the reduction to become
effective May Is. The railroads, how
ever appealed the matter to the fedora
court, and hearing was recently hat
In the United States court at St. Paul
A decision in the case is expected
about the end OF the present month
and the two dollar terminal charg,
will continue to be collected until th'
court DEGREES otherwise.
One Of the great dissd ' autages o
the livestock business north of th'
International boundary is the lack o
. large central market. The Cana
dian demand for meat products 10 com
parstively email, and most Of th
stockmen are unable to engage in tn
export trade with Europe. Some o
them market their cattle In Chicago
Notwithstanding the heavy expens
caused by the customs duty and othe
charges, and secure better returns thai
can be made in Canada.
An illustr ration of the cost OF mar
ketinR Alberta cattle in Chicago ma.
be given by takingla l40O. pound stee
as an example. The duty Of pa pc
cent on q valuation Of $40 would b
Gil. The freight charges at IS cent
per cwt. would be Sll.9 90: feed en- rout
SO cents: yardage, feed and commits
sion, sl.0O; shrinkage during ship
ment, $3.50. The total of these eS
penses amounts to s27 30, which make
big hole in the gross returns from
four.year.old steer.