El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1921-01-12
KENDRICK URGES TARIFF DUTY
BE PLACED ON FARM PRODUCTS;
CATTLE INDUSTRY is HARD HIT

TEN OF one-half free trade and one
I half protection. or oue-half subsi-
died and one-half taxed"
Mr.. Pryor told OF the competition
Japan a man works for as little as II
cents a day He said recently train
[ loads OF Chinese had passed through
I FL Pas0 en- route to Cuba 70 work on
I the sugar plantations on a wage basis
[ that meant bankruptcy 10 American
with them
No Rich Farmers.
He said Australia and New Zealand
and other western countries could
E produce beef at 2 or 8 cents a pound.
owing TO cheapness Of land and labor
while In this country il costs several
times as much TO produce beet The
same condition held good as TO cot
ton, he said
The speaker described the cause OF
uneasiness in The livestock industry
as two-fold:
First, the Withdrawing Of credit by
money lenders in large measure
] Second. the unstable condition Of the
country IN general and the fear OF i'm
: portation Of meats into this country
Z free Of duty.
IN conclusion he said income tax
] records Indicated the country had
I 10000 milliouaires and asked w no
/ ever heard OF an honesr-to-GOd mil
{ lionalre 1armerz" he said most mill
lionaires made their money from
I produced by the farmers, but that
while such a community OF interest
D should produce a "fifty-fifty" profit
I Tor both producers and manufacture rs
/ he was unable even TO guess what
I per cent the farmer received as COM
pared 20 what the manufacturers OBJ
Z tanned for the finished products
The Rialto theater was packed with
/ delegates at both the morning and
I afternoon sessions
summer Meeting Suggested.
A preliminary conference Of the
American Livestock association was
held az the PasO del Norte prior TO
the opening OF the convention
The financial report for the past
year was approved, and an amend
ment suggested for A summer meet
ing at a place other than that Sc
lected for the regular annual conven-
ton
An amendment was also considered
giving the right to accredited dele
gates to vote By proxy and this mea-
sure was supported BY a vote Of IS
70 15-
Men expressing opposition 10 the
Granna bill. at the meeting, were
ex-governor i. II. Ammon. OF Colo
rado; I L Gotthalf. saguache. Colo
radc; Dr.. J.. n Wilson. Mckinley.
Wyoming. J. A. Shoemaker. president
Denver Union Stockyardss Unmed
States senator S. B. Nicholson. Colo-
RADIO c. p. Mullen, Skull Valley,
Arizona: G. ". Shute. Globe. Arizona:
H H Boomer. Spokane. Washington
George A Day. Idaho. Les DIlinE-
ham eL-secre tary United Stockmen's
association for public grazing lands,
Idaho: o. 3. Fuller. Los Angeles
James Brennan. packer. ogden, Utah.
Ernest Brass. ketchum, Utah
TomorroW's program follows.
10 n m.
Grazing on National Forests"-TV.
C. Barnes. forest service. Washing
ton. D. C.
Necessity for OrEanfzation"-Sam
r. COWan. Fort Worth. Tex
Relation OF Federal Reserve Sys-
TEN to Producing Interests"-W- F.
Ramsey. chairman federal reserve
board. 18th district
General discussion on financing OF
live stock industry
Cattle Conditions in Ehodesia'-
Richard Walsh. South Africa
Consideration Of grazing fees on
national forests.
> D. IN.
Report OF Salt Like City confer
euce-Fred II. BiNby. chairman.
Addresses by officers OF state live
stock associations
Address - Dayton Noses, Fort
Worth. Tex
Report OF market committee.
Report Of other standing commit
tees.
Discussion OF any question relating
20 livestock industry.