Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-27

can have any representative govern
ment. The senate is today the only de-
Lucrative assembly in which our rep
resentatives can speak.
1t now takes several years to get
decision of the interstate commerce
commission enforced. When you do get
rebate for the intervening time it US
ually goes to the wrong man. The ex-
cessive rates charged by the railroads
are added by the shipper, the wholesal-
er and the retailer to the commodity
and the consumer pays the bill. When
the rebate is granted after years of lit
1gat1on 1t goes to the shipper.
Inc interstate commerce commission
should have the power to decide wheth-
er rate is just or not before it is put
into effect. Congress is today neglect
ing an obvious duty in refusing to en-
large the powers of the commission
congressman are refusing to listen
tc the demands of every shipping or
ganization in the United States, and to
the requests and recommendations Of
PRESIDENT Roosevelt, on the pretext
that they have been insulted by him.
Not on WatereI Stock
"The railroads should be allowed fair
interest on their investment, and
enough profit to enable them to give
hrst-class service and maintain their
roadbeds in a safe condition. But we
maintain that we should not pay inter
est on the immense aggregates Of wa
tered stock, and we further demand
| that some outside and impartial tribun-
al decide what Is water and what il
| real value.
The stockmen want the service they
pay for. If we pay for cars we want
them furnished. They can ruin our
business by refusing to furnish cars
when our stock is ready for shipment
- -
| rope into the habit of eating animal
foods. In order to do this we must
have changes in the tariff we want
to arrange a schedule of reciprocal
rates that will make it possible for us
to ship our live stock to Germany and
other European countries, and slaught-
cred there for consumption.
II believe you have a president-elect
Of the United States who will stand for
| justice and help you to force your
claims on the ways and means commit
| tee"
| An interesting address was delivered
| by G. ID. Marsh Of the department OF
agriculture, in which he detailed his
| experiments with the loco plant poison
| He estimated that losses to horse rails
| ers from the loco poison ranged from
| to 70 per cent in different states. Col
| orado has suffered an annual loss Of a
| million dollars from the loco poison
The work Of investigation was started
by the government in Colorado several
| years ago. Many animals were expert
| mented with, and it was determined
| dfnitely for the first time that the loco
| weed really locoed. Then Mr. Marsh
! turned his attention to finding some
method Of preventing stock from eating
| the weed, killing off the harmful plants
and discovering a cure for the disease.
| He found that it could be eradicated
| from enclosed paSt1Irar nv frac11o,+
| cutting.
In some climates there are insects
| which destroy the plant In Colorado
| it is almost extinct Mr. Marsh also
| found that the malady can be cured
and the stock returned to normal
| health by proper medical treatment
| The lecture was illustrated with lam
| tern slides.
| The work of the convention will be
continued today, and President Jastro
| announces that this will be the most
| interesting meeting Of the series.