El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-19
JATTLEMEN PROTEST
AGAINST FREE MEAT
Prominent Members Of the .AssOcfa-
ton Declare ii Would Mean Ruin
to the CaffIe Rusinees.
following ne assertion in the ex


Following the assertion IN the execu-
tive committees report before the cat
uemen'S convention Tuesday that the
Tree admission Of cold storage meat
10 this country from foreign markets
would ruin the cattle industry. several
catlemen supplemented the opinion
wednesday morning with views that
snow the strenuous opposition to the
proposed tariff reduction. Here are
expressions from few Of the leaders
attending the convention:
President McFaddin: 1t is the most
dangerous proposition the cattle inter
ests have had TO face in many years.
r. R. Russell. san Antonio: 1T
would not only be harmful 10 the cat
uemen, but to the general public. We
VIII fight TO the end to prevent the
free importation of meat"
W H. Jennings, cattleman Of San
AntOnlO- 1t would ruin the country.
Free cattle would not hurt so much.
Ny advice would be to center all our
strength against the admission OF
free meat and let the question Of free
tions might mean that We viii lose all
along the line"
A c, Williams assistant secretary Il
the association: The admission OF
meat free would not be fair to home
industry and would result in financial
stagnation in the cattle trade of this
country. American Industries cannot
compete with cheap South American
M6LnOQS OF QOluS business.
Packers Would Control All.
H NJ. StOnebreaker, Of Kansas City,
who markets 10000 cattle annually:
The packers control all % the refrig-
orator cars and ships The admission
of free meat from South America
would mean that they would have the
meat industry absolutely 1nder their
control and their monopoly would be
complete I hardly think that thu
duty off live cattle would make much
difference %
Ed c. Lasater, former president OF
the association; Not in the history Of
the association have We faced such
menace as the proposed admission OF
free cold storage meats from other
countries Here in the period Of the
greatest prosperity the cattlemen have
enjoyed in many years, they are
threatened with the destruction Of
their industry. II must not be. The
fight must be to a finish and the fin
ish must be victory"
Hiram Glass, Of AUSTIN Besides the
meat we eat we are indebted to the
stock raiser for the shoes we wear, the
harness we use and a thousand other
useful articles. Surely the men who
have worked SO hard to build up the
great American cattle industry should
not be threatened with poverty
through the free Introduction Of fer
eign meat"
Congress Must Heed the Protest.
James Callan, Ft. Worth, former
president OF the association: 1T is
very little that we ever want in the
way Of legislation, but the cattle
men demand that congress heed them
in this matter of free meat from fer
eign lands. 1t is a significant fact
that the men who oppose US are those
who are always in favor Of free raw
materials all the time Unless a bus
mess that has become one Of the chleI
contributors to the nations wealth. IS
to be obliterated, the tariff must not
be taken from meat"
". ". BOgel. Of Marfa- Il Weathered
the Cleveland free trade administration
with a large herd of sheep. That was
enough for I almost went broke then
Free cattle does not worry me, for the
only cattle we will have to compete
with viii be the Mexican cattle, and
the Mexican growers viii simply take
UP the margin by increasing the price
Of cattle on the hOOf and the Texas
grower viii not be bothered Already
the Mexican shippers are inserting
clauses in their contracts which say
that should the tariff be removed
from cattle entering the United states,
the price shall be higher than that
stated in the contract Free meat Is q
different thing. With free meat com
ing in from the Central and South
American countries 20 compete with
domestic grown meat, we viii be AT
the mercy Of the large packer and II
will be necessary for US to take what
ever they offer Us, as they VIII have
the foreign meat as club over our
heads