The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-03-21
NATIONAL LIVE STOCK MEN
ESTABLISH PROTECTIVE LOBBY

Live stock Associa ion says These
associations. asking no special fa-
yo-s. seek only fair and equal treat
meut ia tariff schedules on live
stock and its produces ana the ad1p-
ton Of that policy which will give
the widesf markets for our surplus
products in foreign countries. u IS
the aim OF the Washington Office
10 establish bureau which shall
collect and disseminate Intelligent in.
formation relative 10 the live stock
business and its manufactured prod.
ucts We urge that reasonable
tariff consistent with the policy of
the laws which shall be- cn1c-od. bc
retained on cattle and other live an
imals. and on hides and wool We
s'rcnuously oppose placing hides On
tho free list while leather and shoes
are ON the protected list and declare
that it is the worst sort Of discrmi-
na Dn against the farmer and thu
stock raiser. with mo- resultant ben
eft 'o them or 'ha public
Some idea of how different SOC.
jous of The country are interested
in the schedule ON hides is secured
from The February report of the de-
pa~fmr. Of agriculture In Texas for
instance there are 112G OOo mlch
COWS and the total value Of cattle IN
the. state is s99GSlOOo Oklahoma
has 33S .0oO milch cows and her cattle
are valued al S29,0i00OO Kansas
has $4,000 milch COWS and cattle
valued 1- s75.35S 900 Minnesota has
o92 900 milch cows and cattle 20
the value Of S15.662 900. North am
South Dakota combined have $4,000
milch cows and cattle valued at S37.-
/ O7SOO0 These valuations represent
/ the value of cattle supposed to br
/ growing for market, and is exclusive
Of the valuation placed upon milch
cows.
In rhe United States there are
21720OOO milch COWS valued at s7O2,-
| 9i5 600. and there are 3i379.OoO
cattle valued al $500 900
The Live Stock Associations pre-
sent figures which show that the big
packers sell about 100000 hides.
exclusive Of calves, per annum and
that Other butchers and farmers
sell about 100000 The thin. they
mos- fear is the increased imporla-
ton of millions of hides from South
America. if there is no protection
tariff
They further claim that free hides
not only means a decrease in the
price of hides sold, but correspond
ing decrease in the value of every
milch COW and steer in the country.
and that this "ouches the pocket
/ book Of the farmers more generally
/ than any other one thing.
But the Live Stock lobby which
. has been established h &c is only
one cf many representing industries
/ that are not satisfied wi h the tariff
] schedules. The lumber men, the
steel and iron men, manufacturers of
almost every thing. oil men. are here
/ by the hundreds, and whsn the tariff
bin gains more publicity their num-
/ bors will increase. II is almost i'm.
| possible 10 put your finger on man
! in any hotel lobby in Washington
| without touching a lobbyist. Most
of them will remain here until the
tariff hill becomes a law. Some OF
h m are getting results.
! Among these are the beer men
The brewing interests heard that an
additional tax of 81 per barrel was
/ TO be placed on beer as in inter-
nal revenue measure. They got on
the ground early and It Is charg a.
secured immunity from the increas-
ed tax by assisting in the rcorganiza-
| tion OF the house The oil men heard
! that the cOuntervailing tariff on oil
was TO be removed and the 'ariff bill
showed their information was correct.
Within twelve hours after the bill
was published they had secured an
agreement restrining the countervail-
ing tariff