Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1910-01-12
STOCK men
:; 9E PROSPEROUS
DURING YEAR
By Associated Press

DENVER, Jan. 1.-THE present
system of making a tariff bill is a
game of polite theft" declared H.
A. Jastro, retiring president of the
National Live Stock association in
his annual address before that body
today.
The representatives of one in
terest assure the representatives Of
other interests that if you will let
us have what we want in the way
of duties, we will treat you like
wise. The only science or method
involved is to get all they want,
THE widespread dissatisfaction
with the farcical revision OF he
tariff last summer" continued Mr..
Jastro, and the well grolndej
and growing belief on the part Of
the consuming public that the ia
vors of the protective system we're
uns iallJ distributed and were III
mary ius ances fostering gigantic
n:Ao;",les, has, I believe, iGs- I'D
new life irto the prop ''tior to
have our tariff laws and dities IN
vesr.gated by non-partisa-1 cor
mittee. TIE American peop.e a.e
looking t., the tariff as one OF the
patent Causes in the increl;'t t1s'
oI living. They do not bei.eve
that a s.,eat many of the necessl-
ties If lille need a protection CT
from 80 tc 200 per cent ali before
long they will insist upon thor
ough readjustment upon COM
|prehensive and intelligent plan with
a view to the interests of the con-
sumner as well as the manufacturer.
Turning to the hide and leather
schedule of the present law. Mr..
Jastro asserted that "the clamor for
free hides was not because of a
scarcity to supply the home demand,
but predicated upon the desire of
the leather trusts to buy native
hides upon the same basis that they
could buy the Mexican, Argentine
and Canadian hides
Mr. Jastor said that the past
year had been exceptionally pros
percus for the stock raisers of the
west and he was of opinion that
continuance of the present basis of
values seemed quite probable. The
decline of our exports Of beef cat
tie and fresh meat was not, he
said, thing to be deplored, but
rather it was a matter Of rejoicing
that at least there was a home
market for an increased proportion
of such products. In view of the
unlikelihood of future reduction
in the price of corn, he thought
that livestock prices would be corre-
spondingly high.
Mr.. Jastro said that there was
no occasion for the slightest APP
prehension of a shortage in meat
products. The supply of live stock
would always be forthcoming un-
der the stimulus of profitable prices,
and as long as we are able to export
about $200,0OO,0OO annually of
meat food there was no occasion
for worry at home. There was,
however, a necessity, he said, for
educating the people in the correct
use of the cheaper cuts of meat.
Referring to the unsanitary con-
ditions on the open range as one
of the factors tending toward a de-
creased supply of live stock, Mr..
.Jastro said that the only solution
of the range question was a proper
lease law. Then the users of the
range would take care of it. its
carrying capacity would be increas-
ed and the government receive a
rental.
In conclusion the retiring presi-
dent indorsed the administration of
the forest reserve. which he said
had been of substantial benefit to
the stockmen.