Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-03-26
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FACE CATTL EMEN DECLARES
CULBERSON IN HIS ADDRESS


upon his duties May l, 1918, and
since then much has been accom-
plished, but | shall not take your time
to enumerate the cases. / feel that
much credit is due Captain McGrath
and his assistants.
Mounted Police Endorsed
At an executive board meeting held
in Alamogordo August | some COM
plants were made relative to the APP
pointment of the men serving on the
mounted police force but this associa
ton drew up resolution heartily en-
dorsing the work of this force and
pledged their support to Captain Nc
Grath. Gentlemen, let messay to you,i
| that j know of no body of men that is
more necessary to the welfare and
protection of the state of New Mex
leo for the next few years than the
mounted police. During this recon-
struction period we can expect trou-
| BILE and it is most imperative that we !
| have the force to help us put il down,
| Governor Larrazolo has appointed Mr.,
! A. A. Sena as captain of the mounted
| police and | am confident under his
! leadership we can expect good results. |
Our last Legislature has appropriated
| $50, 000 for the maintenance of this
| organization.
At this meeting in Alamogordo we
/ succeeded in reducing the price Of
black leg vaccine from so cents to
| % IL cents a dose to all members of
! this association. our secretary sent
| letters to all members stating thisl
fact and a great number have taken
| advantage of this offer. Let me say
to you, right here, that it pays to use
| this serum for | have thoroughly test |
| it and | would urge every member OF!
the association to try it.
At our meeting in Las Vegas last
March the Indian reservation extern
sion was taken up. Those of us who
witnessed the Indian raids in the
early eighties and had our horses and
cattle driven from our ranges know
how unjust it would be to extend the
reservation of the Red men, At this
meeting kilograms We're sent to the
senators and representatives of New
Mexico protesting against the extern
sion of the Navajo and Zuni reserva-
tons This resulted in the reserva-
4 tions remaining at they were and
hereafter no new Indian reservations
I will be created,
As stated at the beginning Of this
talk the cattlemen have passed
4 through strenuous times Manv of
us have been almost pushed to the
wall The numerous expenses to
J which we have been put-high taxes,
:, big grazing fees, enormous wages,
high cost of living coupled with the
drouth has made it hard for many
of us to meet our expenses If we
are able to stay in the business and
meet our expenses we must have as
. sstance.
Financial Aid Requested.
; During the month of June the
stockmen of Socorro county held 4
meeting and passed resolutions ask
ing for financial aid for the stockmen
in the drouth-stricken area. and for
warded this to our association. This
matter was Immediately taken up
i. with the officials at Washington and
the American Livestock association.
In a very short time Mr.. Tomlinson,
secretary of the National association,
advised us that an appropriation had
: been made and that war finance
: corporation had been formed by the
: :, Cattle Loan Agency at Dallas, Tex,
: and that advances would be made
= through this agency. At cur execu-
| tive board meeting in Alamogordo,
August Srd this question was again
: discussed. 1t seemed the stockmen
were not getting the assistance they
r required for it took too long to get
r these loans through. Again we sent
f appeals to Washington but it seemed
that the rules and regulations made
) by the Cattle Loan Agency did not al
low making of loans on cattle or
sheep running on open range or the
a national forests. AS soon as this was
brought to the attention of the as
sociation wires and letters were sent
: protesting against such restrictions
for the stockmen of New Mexico and
Arizona were not being benefited as
practically all stock was run on open
: ranges. Notices were sent out to the
banks and trust companies in Sep
TENDER that no more applications for
loans would be considered after De-
cember list, but all APPLICATIONS re-
ceived prior to that time would be
considered. At our executive board
meeting held here in Albuquerque
January 18th, wires were sent to ous
senators and representatives. asking
that these loans be continued as there
was still money left of this appropri-
alton. We asked that restrictions
and regulations be changed in order
that the stockmen of New Mexico
and Arizona receive some relief The
results of these efforts. gentlemen,
were that many needy livestock pro-
ducers secured loans sufficient to tide
| them over.
Cattle Tax Reduced.
When our valuation on cattle was
increased, Lieutenant Governor PAN
key was in Santa Fe, and being a
member of our board, I wired him to
meet with the state tax commission
and do what he could in our behalf
Through his efforts before the state
tax commission a reduction of ten
per cent on the value of your cattle
was secured, which saves practically
four and three-quarter cents per head
on all cattle returned for taxation in
the state. This saves for each live
stock producer more money in taxa
| ton than his dues are in this organi-
| cation
The local stockmen of Mckinley
county called a meeting and urged
| the New Mexico Cattle and Horse
| Growers association to send repre- |
sentatives to meet with them. We
responded to their call and at this |
meeting the question relative to the |
checkerboard land proposition was
thoroughly discussed. Our association |
| was asked to helm these mon out of |