Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-12
GOOD BEEF In
REACH OF ALL.
Vice President Mackenzie Makes This
Statement in Speech to Stock
mems Convention.
JAsTRo SPEAKS ON SAME LINE
President of Association Says There
Is No Danger Of Shortage.
ONLY CHOICE CUTS ARE HIGH
'It Is Mistake to Urge Farmers to
Enter the Cattle Business"
TARIFF METHODS ARE DISCUSSED
MIR. JastrO Says Present Methods of
Determining Rates Is system of
Polite Theft-Duty ON
Hides Is Defended.
ut Is Mistake to Urge Farmers to
Enter the Cattle Business"
TARIFF METHODS ARE DISCUSSED

DENVER, Jan. 11.-Presldent II. A. Jastro
OF the National Live Stock association and
Murdo Mackenzie Of Trinidad Coo the
vice president. denied this afternoon that
there is any danger Of a shortage Of beef
in the United States.
In addresses before the association this
afternoon they declared that as long as
5000 900 worth of beef is exported from
America each year, there Is no danger of a
shortage.
"The price OF beef in Chicago is regulated
by the price received by our surplus cattle
shipped abroad" said Mr.. Mackenzie,
'eThe howl that present prices are putting
beef beyond the reach Of the poor man is
unwarranted 1t is true that If the con-
sumner demands the choice cuts he must
pay for them, but good beef is within the
reach of all.
Had 1t not been for the increase in value
of their lands, cattemen could not have
continued in the business at prices that
have prevailed in the past. At present
prices, stockmen are just beginning to re-
alize fair return on their investments.
What we would advocate Is better cattle,
not more of them. 1t is a terrible mistake
to urge farmers and homesteaders to enter
tae cattle business"
"A resolution requesting the Breeders asso-
oiaton and range associations of the country
to combine to improve the breed of range
cattle was adopted.
At the formal opening of the convention
Governor shafroth and ], w. Springer well
coined the delegates.
"Game of Polite Theft"
'"The present system of making a tariff
bill is a game of polite theft" declared H
A. Jastro, retiring president of the Ma
tional Live Stock association. in his an
nual address before that body today
''The representatives of one interest as
sure the representatives of the other in
terests that IL you will let us have what
we want in the way of duties we will treat
you likewise. The only science Of method
involved is TO get all they want"
"The widesINs hid dissatisfaction with the
farcical revision Of the tariff last summer >
continued Mr.. Jastro, "and the we'll
grounded and growing belief on the part
of the consuming public that the favors Of
the protective system were unequally dis
trlbuted and were in many instances fos
tering gigantic monopolies, has. 1 believe
instilled new life into the proposition u
have our tariff laws and duties investi
gated by a nonpartlsan commission
THE American people are looking to th
increased cost of living, They do not be
lieve that a great many of the neoEssitie
of life need a protection OF from so to 20
per cent, and before long they will nsls
upon a thorough readustment upon a com
prehensive and intelligent plan with a viev
to the interests of the consumer as well a
the manufacturer"
Turning to the hide and leather schedul
of the present law Mr.. Jastro asserte.
that 'ehe clamor for free trade was no
4 because OF a scarcity to supply the hom
: demand, but was predicated upon the dc
sire of the leather trusts to buy natlv
hides on the same basis that they coul
buy the Mexican, Argentine and Canada
hides"
Mr.. Jastro said the last year had bee
exceptionally prosperous for the stoc
raisers OF the west and he was of the opir
Ion that a continuance OF the present basi
OF values seemed quite probable. The dc
cline fof exports of beef cattle and fires
uifat was not, he said, a thing to be d,
Npdred, but rather it was a matter for r,
a Joicing that at last there was home maj
ket for an increased proportion of sue
products.
+ Mr.. Jastro seid that there was no occ,
sion for the slightest apprehension OF
shortage in meat products.
In conclusion the retiring president I,
dorsed the administration of the forest r.
serves, which he said had been of sui
stantial benefit to the stockmen.