Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-05-08
sTOCKMEN GRILL,
RAILWAYS; CLAIM
SHARP PRACTICES
Government Taking Advantage.
of Present Situation to Sc
cure Changes in Practices
Often Denied in the Past


The first quarterly meeting of the
executive board of the New Mexico
Cattle and Horse Growers association
was held in the Rotary club rooms at
Clayton Monday. Victor Culberson. T.
E. Mitchell, j. H. McCamant John
Hicks, Nelson A. Field, ]. II. Kelly, c,
Otto and C. NJ. O'Donel members of
the board were present also about a
dozen visitors.
The first question brought up for
discussion was the inspection of hides
from Old Mexico at the point of entry
into the United States letter was
read from the chief of the quarantine
division of the bureau of animal in
dustry, which stated that there was
nothing in the rules and regulations
governing inspectors of the bureau, by
which inspection of these brands.
could be made. Arrangements were
made to consult with officials at Mar
ia, Tex, as to how this matter is being
handled along the border.
The question of low percentage of
protein in cotton seed meal and cake
was discussed at some length, and
ended by the committee ordering a
resolution drafted protesting against
the low grade of these stock feeds
and requesting that arrangements be
made to have such sack tagged be-
fore leaving the mills showing the
protein percentage of the meal or cake
contained therein. 1T was also agreed
that this matter would be brought to
the attention of the Legislative com
mittee for the purpose of having laws
enacted if necessary, to prescribe the
minimum amount of protein that meal
and cake shall contain.
Disposition of the remaining public
domain was brought up and consider
ed, but no action was taken. COM
mittee consisting of William r. Nor
ley, Col. w, S, Hopewell. r. e. Nit
chel, Joe M. Evans and Capt. Clark NJ.
Carr had already been appointed tol
attend meeting of all public land
states in Salt Lake City, Utah, July 81, |
al which time it is hoped that a uni- |
form program for disposing OF the
public domain will be agreed to. Moth |
ing more will be done locally until
after the Salt Lake meeting.
The committee adopted several res |
olutions. The first protests against the
decision of the interstate commerce |
commission in which it was held to be
the duty of the shipper or consignee to |
load livestock and to unload same at
the point of destination, another OBJ |
jects to the low percentage of 36 per |
cent of protein In cotton seed meal
and cake, which some southern crush |
ers plan to adopt, the third critieises
the proposed standard form for live
stock claims ADOPTED by the United
States railroad administration, assert
ing that it calls for mass of trivial
and unimportant information and
that the suggestion that railroads shall
eliminate the transportation of carezI
takers and shall furnish employees who
shall act as earetakers of livestock
shipments lis wholly impractical BILE
and would result in great loss to live
stock shippers"
The resolution also ''deplores the eff
forts being made by representatives of
the railroads to take advantage of the
present plan of government operation
to secure changes in rules, practices,
customs and rates, which have repeat
eddy been refused in open hearing in
times past before the Interstate COM
merce cossion and the various state
commissions, and points out further
that farmers and livestock men
cheerfully accepted the onerous condi-
tons imposed by the necessities of the
war, but protest most vigorously
against any effort to take advantage
of these conditions and bring about
unjust changes in rules, regulations
and rates"
The other resolutions favored the
building of bridge across the Cana
dian river in the vicinity of Tucum-
carl, and thanked the citizens of Clay.
ton for. the courtesies extended the
committee during it's meeting.
1t was decided to hold the next ex-
ecutive committee meeting in Magda-
lena No date was set, but it will prob
ably be in August.