The Coconino sun., 1916-02-04

President Dwight B. Heard of Phoe- nix, was reelected president of the association and T. w. Tomlinson of Denver, secretary.
 Jack Crabb, of the Coconino Cattle Growers Association was a member of the committee selected to represent Arizona at the hearing before the Senate committee on the GAO acre homestead bill which recently passed the House and is now before the senate committee for action. This hearing will be held on February 4th next in Washington.
 A report of the resolutions commit tee was adopted by the convention without dissent except that the res olution on Mexico was slightly amend ed.
 There was a compromise on the res olution as to Mexico. Among some of the members there was strong sentiment favorable to drastic resolu- tions against the Wilson affairs. An other element led by Gov. J. B. Ken drick of Wyoming, chairman of the resolutions committee disliked any criticism or reflection on the admin istration.
 The Mexican resolution provides that committee of three to be sent to Washington to lay before the pres ident, congress and the foreign rela- tions committees information regard ing true conditions in Mexico with reference to life and property of American citizens; that further pa trol of the border should be estab- lished until stable conditions are re- stored in Northern Mexico, and that the committee of three shall be ap- pointed by the president of the as- sociation. In it's preamble, the resolu- ton calls attention to the fact that many American citizens engaged in lawful occupations in Mexico have been seized and held for ransom and in many cases foully dealt with, and that the property of American citi- zens has been confscated and de- stroyed.
 The resolution regarding the impor- tation of meats, recites that "after two years" expenses of having live stock and meat products on the free list, it has been demonstrated that the consumer has not been benefited by lower prices, while the government has lost large amount of much need ed revenue, and the producers of live stock in this country have been com pelled to compete with the cheaper land and labor of other countries, which has had discouraging effect on production in this country; there fore, be it
 Resolved, that the American Ma tional Livestock Association again re- afiirms it's opposition to the placing of our products on the free list, and asks that in any future revision of the tariff, a fair and reasonable import duty be placed on our products, justly proportionate to the duty imposed on other commodities.
 This is followed by a demand that Congress shall without delay create a permanent, non-partisan tariff com mission upon which agriculture, man. ufactures, labor and other branches of industry shall be represented and that the commission shall have full power to investigate conditions, hear com plaints and make recommendations to congres, based upon ascertained facts, for such changes in the tariff sched- ules as they shall deem to be fair and equitable"
 Another resolution recites that this country has suffered from a most serious outbreak of foot and mouth disease, protests against the impor- tation of dressed meats, hides, wool and other animal products from coun- tries where dangerous infectious dis eases of animals exist, and condemns the policy that invites such disasters as the recent foot and mouth epidemic as the rankest economic folly.
 The resolutions condemn as "detri- mental to the live interests of the United States" bills known as house bill ITO and house resolution 196, to Prohibit the sale, slaughter, pur- chase, shipment and transportation of calves and cows under certain ages and conditions"
 Other resolutions adopted were the following:
 "That the secretary of the associ- ation be directed to secure from the railroads of the United States breeding rate which shall allow all pure bred animals to be shipped at