Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-26

the live stock trade. I cannot pretend 70
be acquainted with all the laws. but l
understand the effect OF many Of them. II
Kansas farmers would now he shippins
hogs for sale 10 New York City. Year after
year the stock Yards are the plsything d
the legislature. While we are building Up
the market the state is doing its very best
20 tear It down. So many are the official
sn~noyances and legal actions against the
live stock trade that finally. II Il Is not
stopped. on each head Of cattle. hogs or
sheep we will have 10 impose an extra
charge to pay the fines and attorneys fees.
in the market. and we cannot sell them
without being prosecuted the stock itself
WI a.I haze to pay pay the sgSt; the attack on
canned beef l looked al. a ten months.
export report ending in March. 1895, and
the exports was $4,000 and in the year
following in the corresponding ten months
Il ives reduced to d.S5o.OOO. the bulk Of Il
out Of the pockets OF the class Of people
we are told can never he hurt.
Favorites for Attack.
As / said before. the stock yards and
commission interests are favorite subjects
OF attack. Even the farmers and stockmen
do not imagine the wonderful services
mission men have performed for them. IL
they did know, they would defend US. Stock
men have multiplied the live stock product
the market TO correspond. They can en-
large the product again and again, and we
Will find them markets II We can only stop
the officials and legislatures from perni-
cious legislation against us. All we ask Is to
be let alone. We have nothing TO hide or
cover up. Our transactions are public, our
markets are open, the stoc-lman can sell
his own cattle without interference. We
claim the right to make our own rules ana
charge for our services and sell our Labor
Just the same as II we were carpenters,
b~riyklayers or plasterers, snd in some of the
states the legislatures have set up nights
in the attempt TO deprive us OF the com
monty recognized rights Of free American
citizens.
NO Kick on Federal Control.
hope to make It clear before l get
through that am not complaining OF teat
laws for the regulation and INVESTIGATION
or inspection and control Of meat products
with a view to protecting the health of the
| people; nevertheless there are unjust laws
on the federal statute books. one. UNJUST
law, a disgrace to civilization, is that one
which discriminates against oleomargarine
in favor Of butter. Both are COW products,
and because the packers OF, creamery
products are good lobbyists and good DULL
dozers. and good misinformers, they have
succeeded in getting a law passed Rerml,5
ting them TO color butter arttlclally an9
"a IA cents n a s''t mound on The sale OF butterine
ID ii is also colored artificially. In the
passage Of that law the Sh5 nH the Sat side Of
class legislation in favor of the creamery
combinations and against the. general
butterine or oleomargarine is the better
product, and. As a matter of fact, II butter
had any standard color 1t would not have
to be colored artificially. I have seen and
eaten butter tina was whittier than the
natural color of oleo or butterine.
Educate Them Up to 1t.
We must educate the farmers and
stockmen to understand that their own
market depends upon the prosperity OF the
cities: that there cannot be good prices for
live stock when II has to be sold In cities
which are full of vacant houses or to com
munities in which one-half OF the people
are out OF work. We must let our con-
stituents understand that the national leg
i~slature is enough when IL comes to trust
busting legislation, and that II the state
and city governments all continue to paly
at It disasters worse than we have already
experienced will follow. l am glad a po-
lftical campaign and presidential election
is on; II generally means an unsettlement
of business. but this time both great par
ties are committed to the policy of a re-
storation of public confidence in. business
and I have hopes that we can also induce
the farmer and stockman to lend their
best influence in the direction which is the
only road TO their own commercial saliva
ton.