Arizona republican., 1915-03-14
TEXAS COWMEN
 AT SAN ANTONIO
Three Thousand Members of State Cattle Raisers' Association Deal With Problems of That Great Industry

ton of the Texas Cattle Raisers' Association at San Antonio, reports that the convention was a great sue. cess. Yesterday afternoon in speak ing of the convention Mir. Heard stated:
 The three thousand cattle men who attended the recent convention of the Texas Cattle Raisers' As s0ciation at San Antonio, and the definite. clear headed and effective way in which they handled the prob- lems before them, was a convincing illustration of the great benefit that can be obtained by organizations of this character MT Jos. Jackson, the president of the association for the past year and who was unanimously reelected to head this great organization for another year. is an illustration of the success which may he obtained by q self made man starting without either money or the advantages of an education. He handled the meet ings of the convention with marked ability: his addresses were clear and to the point, and the warm friend ship of his fellow cow-men was again and again demonstrated dur ing the convention. The entertainment committee un- der the chairmanship of Col. Isaac T. Pryor. were unremitting in their ef- forts to give the attending cattlemen real Texas welcome. A wonderful barbecue was served for which twen- ty beeveS were butchered, a smoker attended by nearly two thousand men was given. and Col Pryor himself entertained the executive committee
 and about one hundred and fifty guests at a sumptuous banquet, while Mrs. Pryor entertained all the visit l ing ladies.
 The governor of Texas, James F. Ferguson, who has for many years. l been a member of the Cattle Raisers' l Association and is regarded as the 1 coWman'S governor. attended the con- vention. Ferguson is an all round man. straightforward and effective, | no trimmer but man who talks right from the shoulder He explain 1 cd the need of the rigid quarantine which has been declared by the state | of Texas to prevent the introduction
 of the hoOf and mouth disease. and
 was frank in saying that his quar-
 antine proclamation, (which is pub
 lished in another column) had teeth | in it. but so convincing did he show
 to be the need of such quarantine l that when the vote was taken of the
 convention, by an overwhelming and nearly unanimous vote the governors position was endorsed.
 | Naturally one of the most import ant questions before the convention was this more or less mysterious hoof and mouth disease cases of which i have occurred in twenty states. l Fortunately in no range state has l there been any evidence of this trOu- l ble and at the convention action was 1 started which will probably result in | q conference of representatives of all 1 the western sanitary boards, as well as state veterinarians at San Fran 1 cisco during the approaching session i of the American National Live Stock 1 Association.
 .''One of the ovations of the con- ventiOn was given to Mr Bert Bur
 nett of Fort Worth who has been
 member of the Texas Cattle Raisers'
 Association for thirty eight years and
 their only treasurer.
 l Among the important resolutions | passed by the convention was a re- 1 solution urging that appropriate ac- 1 tion be taken by the Interstate Com
 merce Commission to prevent the l proposed increase of western freight rates on live stock until ample op- 1 pOrtunity had been given for a full l hearing to demonstrate whether such
 advanced rates were just and neces- sary.
 l The convention was character not only by an immense attendance | of cattlemen, but by many repre- l sentatives from the commission
 houses. packing houses and banking l interests who deal in cattle paper 1 One of the most interesting addresses l before the convention being made by ! Mir Marion Samson of Fort Worth 1 Texas, who in recognition of the cat tie interests has been made mem- Der of the board of directors of the regional reserve bank established in Texas. and who explained to the con- ventiOn that cattle paper has now
 been classed by the federal reserve
 board as agricultural paper. and also the efforts which were being made
 to extend the time on this class of paper from six. to nine months.
 The convention was characterized
 throughout bv it's practicality and it's efficiency. There was comparatively ittcl hot air but lots of good com-
 mon sense.
 On the invitation of Mr. Jastro
 and myself one hundred and fifty delegates were appointed by the
 president to attend the coming con-
 vention of the American National
 Live Stock Association in San Fran cisco. and 2 liberal appropriation was
 voted by the Texas Cattle Raisers for
 the work. of the American National
 tlle coming year.
 "A very active fight for the next
 meeting place was made between the cities of Houston and Fort Worth;
 Houston finally carrying off the hon.
 DTS by a vote of about two to one" -