El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-29
RECORD CROWDS
Of CATTLEMEN
FL Paso Convention to Be of
Greatest Importance to
Cattle Growers.

The cattlemen of the country sSe
/ more deeply interested in the convent
/ ton to be held in FL PasO January %,
I &c and p next. than they ever were be-
/ fore said secretary T W. Tomlinson,
3 of the American National Livestock
association, this morning
MY mail is being flooded with let
/ ters from men who hitherto have not
been in the habit Of attending conven-
! tons. telling me they will be on hand
: when We meet in FL PaSO next month.
Important Questions Coming Up.
! There are number of very i'm
portant questions coming up for discus
: sion and the cattlemen know il. The
, members of the Texas Cattle Growers
! association and the Panhandle South
I western StOckmen's association are
i particularly interested They want to
/ know what influences are being
eXerted TO make cattle worth less in
/ the slaughter pens this year than on
I the ranches. particularly in view OF
I the fact that the demand for meats
of all kinds is greater now than ever
before in the history of the meat in
dustry-
Newspapers Are Urging Attendance.
The newspapers OF Texas. Oklahoma
Kansas, Colorado. New Mexico, Ari-
iona and California are evincing con-
siderable interest in the FL Paso con-
ventiOn and are calling the attention
Of the cattlemen to the Importance of
the Fl PasO convention and the neces-
sity that the producers Of cattle be
IN attendance to look after their own
interests The following from the san
antonio Express is a fair sample OF
the attitude Of the newspapers pub
hshed throughout the cattle producing
area Of the country
Producers Must Wake Up.
The producer is really sitting up
and taking notice and the probabilities
are that Texans will attend the FL
Paso convention OF the American
National Livestock association next
have ever attended any similar con-
vention in the past There are mo-
mentOus questions to be discussed and
the proceedings win give an intimatiOn
as to the drift OF sentiment which viii
prevail at the Houston convention Of
Texas cattemen. which viii be held in
March Every man in south Texas has
bought more or less Mexican cattle in !
his day and visit to FL PasO viii
enable him to tell just what the OppOr-
tunities are for buying OF selling cat !
tie on both sides OF the Rio Grande.
Let US allgO out and partake of FL Paso's
hospitality. She is putting the big pot
IN the little one and sends US a very J.
urgent invitation to be on hand
There Il Something Wrong.
me FL BasO convention viii af- !
ford the first step in freeing the cat
tie industry from the bane of light 4
competition. The Texas Cattle Grow 4
ers' association does not meet in Hous- :
ton until the third week in March and I
II IS absolutely necessary that the buy
ing interests be put on notice that the
producer will not longer sit BY and
tamely submit to depressed prices at
a time when every other industry in
the state is feeling the beneficent ef-
feet Of a world wide demand. ]
Country buying by packers. sx-
travagant prices charged for disinfect- |
ing cars. poor shipping facilities. high
freight rates and the continuous howl I
for more money on the part Of every I
enterprise having to do with the cattle
industry. make il imperative that the I
producer of cattle wake up and apply I
himself 10 the task of attending to his
own business rather than leave il 10
the officials of the various Organi-
cations with which he has &c do bust
ness as he has been leaving it in the
past
Called Upon TO show Loyalty.
Next to the home association the
national association is the best friend
the Texas cattleman has and he should
az least show his loyalty by attend
ing its sessions when they are held in
the state visit to El Paso viii en-
able each man attending the cOnven- /
ton to go to Houston next March with I
some well defined ideas as TO what |
should be done just as the spring move /
nent to market is beginning
Il look to see a remarkable attend
lnce at the FL Paso convention. be-
;ause OF the deep interest cattlemen
IRE taking i'm the convention due to
he importance of the questions which =
will come up for discussion" added ( T
" TomliusOu.