The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-12
NJ DANGER EXISTS
 OF BEEF SHORTAGE
President of Live Stock Asso-
 clation Makes An Address
TARIFF IS C0NDE MINED
Assertion is Made That the Revision of the Tariff Was a Farce. and That the Laws Should Be
 Thoroughly Investigated.

Denver, Col, January 11-Presdent II A. Jastro of the National Live Stock association, and Murdo Mackenzie of Trinidad, Col. the vice president. de- nied this afternoon that there is dan ger or shortage of beef in the United States. During the course of addresses before the association they declared that as long as 5000 900 worth of beef is exported from America each year there is no danger of shortage.
 The price of beef in Chicago is regulated by the price received for surplus cattle shipped abroad. said Mir Mackenzie "The howl that present prices are putting beef beyond the reach of the poor man is unwarranted. It is true that if the con sumer demands the choice cuts he must pay for them, but good beef is within the reach of all at present prices, while stock men are just beginning to realize fair returns on their investment What we would advocate Is better cattle. not more of them. It is a terrible mistake to urge farmers and homesteaders to enter the cattle business.
 A resolution requesting the Breeders association and Range associations to improve the breed of range cattle was adopted.
 ''The present system of making a tariff bill is a game of polite theft" declared H. A. Jastro. retiring president of the association. in his annual address before that body "rhe representatives of one interest assure the representatives of other interests that if you will let us have what we want in the way of du ties we will treat you likewise. The only science or method involved is to get all they want.
 'The widespread dissatisfaction with farcical revision of the tariff last sum- mer.'' continued MT. Jastro. "and the well-grounded and growing belief on the part of the consuming public that the favors of the protective system were unequal in distribution and have in many instances fostered gigantic monopolies has, believe. instilled new life into tho proposition to have our tariff laws and duties investigated by non-partisan commission.
 ''The American people are looking to the tariff as one of the potent causes
 
 do not believe that a great many necessi- ties of life need protection of from 50 to 200 per cent and before long they will insist upon readjustment upon comparative and intelligent plan, with a vfsw to cettering the interests of the consumer as well as the manufacturer" Turning to the hide and leather sched- ule of the present law, MT Jastro as serted the "Clamor for free hides was not because of scarcity to supply the home demand, but was predicated upon the desire of the leather trust to buy native hides on the same basis that they could buy the Mexican, Argentine and Canadian hides"
 MT. Jastro said that last year had been exceptionally prosperous for the stock raisers of the west He said there was no occasion for the slightest apprehension of shortage in meat products
 The retiring president indorsed the ad- ministration of the forest reserves, which, he said had been of substantial bene- fit to the stock men.