The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-05-14
CATTLENEN WANT
ORGANIZATION
IN STATE
No Opposition to Panhandle
Association, but Felt that
New Mexico Local 0rgani-
cation is Needed.

Makdalenn, n. NJ, May 1.-THE
sense OF the oatlemen OF central New
Mexico gathered in convention here,
IL thai New Mexici has need OF q,
local state organization 90 handle the
special conditions and problems en-.
listing In this state and while there Is
no opposition 20 the Panhandle asso-
citation whatever, and many Of fhe
cattlemen here are members thereof.
the meeting has given It's approval to
the atate organization and will seek
10 further Il. The convention. which
has been very successful, win con-
ciudc ~ sessions this evening.
h meeting this morning based ifs
deliberations upon the facts brought
out yesterday IN addresses that row
cred every phase Of the situation
thoroughly. These addresses drew out
the morning session into the early
afternoon and scared away the spec
tators who had crowded the hall
throughout the morning. but the cat
tlemen sat firm and listened to the
discussions.
C~ulbefson Opens Discussion.
The first OF the real cattlemen's
speeches was made by Victor culber-
son. a silver City cattleman OF thirty
years standing. Mr.. CuIberson was
introduced as one Of the men who
had helped hght the Indians In the
early days His address was q plea
for local government for local issues
throughout. ME-. Culberson too the
stand that New Mexico. a breeding
country add almost the last of the
free grass areas. was entirely foreign
Tn Texas, as n feeding ountry rep
resented by the Panhandle-south-
western association. He declared
that this state was the largest n
organized cattle producing area in
the country. One main difference he
pointed out was that TeNas had no
Inspection OF cattle at shipping
points, whereas this state has and
In the nature ~ things must continue
20 have. lie emphasized the fact
that Texas did it'll. or nothing to-
ward the determination Of wild ami
mails. n matter which New Mexico
considered Of the greatest import
ance. Mr.. culberson took up a Num-
Der ~ purely local matters. such n
forest service cooperation. which liz
a n~on-eSistent factor IN Texas stock
raising. and killing Of wild animals
Judgc Mann's Address.
Judge Mann preceded Mr.. Culber-
son. making n witty and crisp ad-
dress upon the benefits 81 organiza-
tion as opposed TO individual effort.
lie declared that livestock was the
states greatest resource and that the
day of individual effort had passed in
that Held n In every other. at Is
impossible for any mar % succeed
by his unaided efforts" he said. THE
cattlemen have got to organize 20
meet the conditions produced by or
g%anization elsewhere"
Morley Favors state Body.
W. ". Morley. secretary Of the
MaGdalena Cattlemen's association,
under whose auspices the convention
II being held. n who acted as chair
man, stated the question OF the day
clearly and conclseiy 10 the meeting.
II was. he said. incumbent upon The
cattlemen, In the face 81 the circum-
stances which had arisen and the
benefits which evidently could BE at
tanned by organization, Ia determine
whether they desired n greater mod
icum of organization than was AFFORD
cd by the small, purely local associa-
tion, and. " so. whether II was best
for them 10 get II by a%fhliation with
the Panhandle association or by an
independent statewide body of their
own. lie favored the state body
greatly, though he stated he was a
member ~ The Panhandle association
also.
Mr., Morley's position was that in
spectiOn systems were different In the
two states, that New Mexico had the
forest service and wild animal mat
ters' which Texas did not have. both
of them prevalent OF demands upon
h cHttlemen's attention: that legis-
lative protection for cattle In this
state was needed and that the Pan
handle association was less well
equipped to act on these questions
than the local men who had had ex-
p%erlence with them.
The Texas Panhandle associations
system OF inspectors at destination
points. TO determine cattle stealing
me prevent les Effectiveness were of
litthe benefit Ca New Mexico grower
because they almost invariably sold
To finishers, so that cattle passed
through many hands on their way
from the range to the slaughter pens
and at the far m Il was impossible
TO say which OF the intervening legal
owners was really the rightfuf owner.
The cattle sanitary board has Civ
en- us a good inspection system.
TO our needs" he said. NOV
let's back up the sanitary board and
the Inspectors with a strong %associa-
ton"
Pankey Iiaps the Governor.
senator h.. r. Pankey took a slap
at the governor for statements made
by the executive at the silver city
eattlemen's meeting a short time ago.
He differed with the governor, he
said, In that the governor had not
wanted an organization very much, he
thought, whereas he, Mr.. Pankey. =
did. The senator declared that the
were Just as honest In
making their tax returns as other
and that the slap tho exeeu-
tive had taken at the stockmen. IN
that the 75O.O0O head OF cattle
returned tor taxes ought Go be dou-
bled, WINS unfair and discriminatory
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