Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-05-06
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azIy COWS u tbs eeanEry that have
serve. oslr aAEs q assfslsszs n
fzrzishlag MIX for The families and
large Ezzhsrz q thsz are cd and
ezscAtsd and are mt II sor any
thing else bot 70 can. Eza the h3ez
troz oG q these c0Es are their Eoz1
Ezlazhk zssz< II The present tine,
as the kids VII vega % 60 70 rs.
and the eows that are ready To Be
turned away froz the Western farms
are worth SIS % 81 per had On
sceo1nt ut the rzl1s q their h6ss
AID thsr bo1es that tie American
paeksr tzrzs ito q yzluzbh asset II
the way Of tOo<h brush h2ndles: and
The hooks tn1O bz1onz: ard the koEzz
into knife hza6laz ard Eka< l11is
DsG. Is On the boxes Is WORKED ten
der and Pot into cans and exported q
fed the armies Of Ear0pe
You STATE in y0gr editorial that this
czty does 10t amount 70 more than
$3.50 PER hide. bE as a natter O,
fact whkh is vel established il
arOunts to 4 or &c q pound on the
average Of American hides Of q
pounds per head and means q re
d1cts0a in the value az every cos
ard steer II tbs eo1nfTy 0 sac &c
s3.7s pr had: and this reduction il
taken directly cat q the pockets o:
owners and pro11cen q cattle 2nt
Il the policy yoa advocate Is Pnzaet
By Congress, viii go directly into ths
pockets q the shoe manufacturer
q this eo1ntry. The pzeksn do DO
and nsreE have had any direct bene
fits from the duty On hSdss as theJ
have pad a higher price for ezttl,
purchased In this country for ths
past II years, since the Dingley tar
III was established, than any Ike pc
Rod In the history q this nation, ant
Il rs well known h1 the price d
American hides has been one OF ths
main features Il keeping up the prie,
q American cstsie.
We appreciate the fact that oul
ety Is largely interested IN the nan
uf&ctzre Of shoes and there are large
amounts 0 money paid cut TO u,
Eorkme1 IA the factories We zlsl
appreciate the fact hat the shoe MAJ
u~factErefS Of this country are As pros
perous and have made as uucl
money in the manufacture Of shoe
as any other class Of merchants o
manufacturers in our land
In conclusion. the hides from Ame.
lean cattle are the finiahed pruduc
Of the agTc1i1nss and cattle pru
dUeers q this eoantry. and they an
tuz As much entitled TO pro<ecCog
against foreign countries a. any 9th
er class Of people IN this country, an
the removal Of the duty from hlda
Is class legislation u the rznkes
kind. and the whole western hall O
this nation nses in protest agains
an imposition Of this character.
You have stated IN your paper a
times that al communications SINH
lar to this we're publish In q column
Of your paper and that you did no
assume the responsibility for whai
was advocated IN the letters from ths
people. Yours very truly.
James H Campbell
sSls Morgan Street, St. Louis. No.