Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-03-11
LETTER IS ISSUED
 TO CATTLE GROWERS

The Arizona Cattle Growers as sociation has already begun to act or the resolutions adopted by the most successful meeting ever held by the association, held in Phoenix recently.
 The following letter is being sent tc all members of the Cattle Growers as- sociation by F. E. Schneider, secre- tary from the Phoenix office of the association.
 "To the Cattlemen of Arizona:
 Particularly in view of the condi- tions in the past couple of years, rail road questions, as in all other indus tries, are becoming increasingly i'm portant to the successful conduct of the cattle business. We, as an asso- citation, have never before been able to give proper consideration to rail road matters, such as rates, shipping service, freight bills, etc. To do so successfully, it is necessary, like oth- CT industries are doing, to secure the services of men in the complex rail road laws, rules and rates whose qual- ifications and experience come only after many years of direct contact with railroad service.
 "Now, at considerable expense to the association, we have made ar engagements with the Southwest Traf- fife & Public Utilities bureau of Phoe- nix, whereby they will handle railroad matters for the association. This bu- reau has recently been organized by two very well known men of promin- ence in such work, Mir. Frank A. Jones who has just retired from public life as chairman of the Arizona corpora tion commission, and MT. Chas. E. Blaine, an expert in rate and trans portation matters. Through the ser vices of this bureau, it is planned dur ing the year to investigate all phases of shipping in Arizona, and to secure, if possible, equitable adjustments in rates, shipping service, etc., that will according deserving recognition to the cattle industry and react to the ad- vantage of all cattlemen.
 "This is of direct, personal advan- tage to you.
 "And this service, most of all, will directly benefit the individual cattle man in this way. Upon application from you to this office, you can secure any personal service or action upon any railroad or shipping matter. If you want cars ordered from this end for shipping, we will do so at any time. If you are having trouble in getting cars, after having ordered them the association will help you; or if you are experiencing delay or oth- CT troubles in shipping, give us the details and we will see that it is ln- vestigated and acted upon properly ac- cording to full advantage of railroad regulations, etc. And we wish you would send at once to the Arizona Cattle Growers association, Phoenlx, Ariz., all the freight receipts you have on hand and those you receive from time to time. A surprisingly large proportion of freight receipts always show overcharges made by the rail roads. ,.,
 These freight receipts will be audit ed by this traffic bureau and To per cent of the overcharges returned by the railroad will be refunded to the holders of the receipts-this trattlc bureau, on account of our special ar with them, on other rail- road matters, charging cattlemen only 25 per cent instead of the customary 50 per cent for such auditing. Under stand, however, that for the auditing of any freight receipt that is correct there will be no charge. Whatever is secured to you is pure gain, and we ask YOU to send in these receipts inn mediately, as those covering ship ments during government control of the railroads expire without recourse m March 1st. Later on we will give our members detailed advice in ship ping matters, but I want all the cat tlemen to feel that this effort on the part of the association to be of service to them will not be a success unless they take full advantagesof this per sonal assistance we are endeavorlng l to extend.
 "Very truly yours,
 "E. H. CRAZE, President. .Arizona Cattle Growers Association"