Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-06-08
Various Questions
Are Discussed By
Executive Committee
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imum and probably compel some pei
pie To stay at home aud bccomo pro-
duccrr." Declaring that he country
has M more statesmen. hut plenty oi
politicians" h. very aoaicdly rcpuJ
lated the national congress ior it, ac
tiun In guaranteeing q pDr cent profit
- the private owners 81 the railroads
during the governments operation. say
ng that be- would gladly ,urn his bud
1c's over tu anyone Whp would guar
inice him as much as per cent rc
irn and adding that III would hr "n q
rue valuation. too. and not un wntcrcd
t1ck"
Tick Eradication.
Secretary T.. T.. Spillcr reported to the
N-"ting that Dayton Moses. attorney
Tar the association. had been IN attend.
NEE upon sessions ui the state lcgis.
AZURE AZ Austin during the fight over
IA amendment "a the Texas tick cradi
'iiun viii ana that he had been inst,u
mental In the defeat of the amendment.
VI" hid that compromise amendment
had finally hc"n decided upon an
already had passed the house aud mo-
doubt would pass the senate. The com.
promise was tn the effect that the pro-
p""d amendment Whirh was lhat a'i'
cattle u" inspect h'i"p' dipplns
whether they were 200 IN" TEX infested
district ar upt wuuld unulv uuiV Ia
dairy cattle ana milch COWS. II u de
'lircd mat should the amendment nave
lhs'n W Hs "ilsina! l"i'l W"u'"
"'Nc u's',"''u ''' ,"'' ''''''' a,'u pu'
l"'' " Wv "'N''a. nave ~
we 'n'''' S'''' ~ ''N'S '"',l,E ,"'''"
"'" w" quarantine "'h' 10y 'n' ''".i '
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Request Refused.
II was reported hy th" secretary tn;
the Fort Worth stock yards Ind refused
Ia grant IN" request ui III" association
that IN" maximum yarlagc chars" t"i
eiiil, l." placed al 50 per car load under
m" ownership and weighed IN ON" lu,
md that IN addition were thr'at'ninE
To raise the maximum charge, which
now is SO per car loud. llr reported
that cl,il" NOW are h'ing handled d.
IA" Furt Worth yards at 30 cents p''
head. calves al 20 cents per head. hog
ut J" cents ana sh''p ~ Z ''h'N' W
'"niplil'' ne S'' lh'' we Wv ''''''
'halgc ~ bhl"i"ina ''lF Is 90 Genus
h"ad Tor 'ai'l'' ~ ~ Louis d, .h'..
~ N"hlia' NhS' ." ''h'N' 'N' N''N'
my q" CENTS
FayOrs state Control,
Following the report uf The secretary
John I.andcrgin suggested that action
be- taken by the association tn effect
legislation To- put al stock yards ~
TEXAS under the direction ul tho Texas
railroad commission, which would reg
ulatc the minimum and maximum yari
age charges, as Is done In several other
states. particularly Kansas. II was de-
'idcd that as any action taken nt yes
t'pluy's meeting would necessarily Jay
dormant until the next meeting ut thr
legislature. the secretary would hc in.
structcd tu make further and detailed
investigation ~ the effect 81 putting
stock yards under the administration e.
the railroad commission. aud parii'u'
larry - secure a copy ~ the knus1.
laws on that subject. aud to report back
at the next meeting.
II WAS decided that the next annual
convention OF The association would De-
hold AZ San Antonio. Nnr-h IL. ~ and
Il. 1921. and that the 81. Anth,v
hotel would be- convention headquarters.
Tn. meeting place WIS decided az IA,
lat convention Of the association held
IA Houston recently. hui the time h.
decided hy the members uf the ,Nocu.
ti,, committee.
Isi New Applications.
MIR Spillcrs rcpnrtcd that since IN,
last executive meeting a Total 1T IA
now applications for membership I'm the
nsrnci1tion have been received. and
read their names and places uf resi-
lrncc tn the meeting. The applicants
were voted upon az a whole and uuvni.
mous,y accented tn membership. The
secretary rcport,d that the ~ appl..
rants own total ~ 91.9l3 head uf
cattle. The report also showed luNl
sine, March I. the hcg,-Ning uf the
fiscal wear, total of 3ai applications
h,y. h.,n made and that they own a
total If GG.iNs cattle.
Report idoptcd.
The financial report uf the secretary
was adoptcd aS read Relative to the
financial condition of the associltiou.
Mr.. Spillcr reported that at the prcscn.
time IL is better than he has ever known