El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-25
Stubs PRAISES PROHIBITION:
DRY SPEECHA At WET" DINNER
Former Governor of Kansas Tells Cattlemen Prohibi
ton Has Been Worth 100000 to Kansas; Praises
Packers For Creating World Wide Market For
Beef Jastro Says Ell aso to Be Great Center

, dent of the association. responded on
behalf Of the association He PAID a
high tribute to the pluck and energy OF
! FL Paso. The thing we are most proud
of in this western country" he declared,
rs the fact that it produces red blooded
men. You have them here IN FL Paso,
and with them nothing is impossible.
You have public, spirit and you nave
team work, and that is what is building
YOUR city We like your chuck wagon
and your trimmings, and we are glad
Mr. Heard referred to the work Of
the association, declaring it is an or
ganization that is doing things, and
for that reason he is proud to be identi-
fled with IL
Ike Pryor Praises Women
Col. Ike T. Pryor. of san Antonio,
was called upon to respond to the toast
The Ladies'" Woman" he declared.
lis connected with every high ideal we
have in life. The wives and mothers
of cattIemen are almost without excep-
ton ladies. for the average catueman
selects his wife for life and not Tor
wealth or social position. They are all,
therefore, pure and lovable-
Gov. Kendriek From Texas
Gov. !. B. Kendrick. of Wyoming,
told Of a conversation between an east
erner and a westerner- The easterner
said: The wise men come from the
east TO which the westerner replied
Yes. and the wiser they are the faster
they come
1t is good to come back TO Texas,
where J was born" the speaker con-
tinued. and where two generations Of
nv family lie buried During the long
years have been away your troubles
have been my troubles and your JOYS
my joys"
The speaker. in referring to the ideals
rn
wanted TO see integrity become the ma
tionaI Characteristic Of Americans
Business in this country can be placed
on a high plane and still main tain
wholesome competition. and belleVe
the day is Fastening when there VIII be
no desire on the part OF any interests
to succeed in business through ques-
tionable methods and strange holds
Protect Americans.
Claude B. Hudspeth, Of FL Paso eX-
tended a welcome 10 the visitors ne
declared that while San Antonio and
Fort Worth had ceased to be COW
towns" FL Paso is and always viii be
a Cow town" He referred to the Next
can question by declaring that Tex
ans want American citizens 10 be pro-
tected, no matter what flag they may
be under"
Capt. Clark Carr. of Albuquerque re-
ferred to the coming meeting OF the
~
Raisers association. TO be held March
:. and in Albuquerque and invited
the livestock men there.
JastrO Says Feeder Center.
H A. Jastro. six times president OF
the American National Livestock asso-
citation. declared that he loved the
Texas people because they are doing
big things. He predicted that in only
few years FL Paso would be the biggest
cattle market not only in the southwest
but the northwest and viii be greater
feeder market
Conditions are going to change, ne
declared, '-and in five years you viii not
be controlled and oppressed as you are
now by a few men in the United States
They own you now, and you don't know
il The only remedy you have is to sup
port the American National Livestock
Go before congress and the
senate. and into the state legislatures
and have such laws enacted as viii for
bid the conditions under which you now
suffer.
some Of you have been getting SS5
for vearlings and YOU fail to see where
the conditions are bad But don't lose