, 1922-01-05
L1CAL INSPECTION OF
CATTLE NECESSaR
cheyenne Tribune. Dec 22l

j know why inspections Of cattle a
market centers are not advertised ac
rcOrcAng 10 law. and the boards repI5
through tha Tribune-Leader to Mri
fehhf continue to be a topic Of gen
oral cOnpar4Irfoo.
+ TIE subject and the implied critia
cism' are familiar to the many stock
,lnen.. ASSESSORS and county treasur
lers who are gathered here this weels
ITO d,Scuss taxauou.
: A member of The board VI liv&f
stock commissioners in an iEteryieW1
.~ittA tie. E:nDuins~fesder last e1eninsJ
said
or course. no public official en-. B
ijoys criticism. bat 1t Is an. iIT wind
that blows uspody good. tbs mat
tier 7eferreds to- by Mr.. Fertey hax}j
beerr a sore Spor between 'ths; state
boaId OF hive stock commissioned
and thes' Wyoming Stock Groweft
thssonfattu,I for many years. With the,
issus presented rs it Is by 4r. Fen
LEY here was no TO rus ex
cept tu'praCa, tine responsibility where
it besbngs. We understand n corrse
that maEy stockmen all oBr Wyo1
, ming feet d. FerEey does. and as d
matter OF fact Il member CO our live
kstoCk commission believes that
lmofrpy belonging TO him for estrayd
tsolcY at market IS being wioh held IN
tdul5 by the Wyoming Stock' Growers
assoriatftTn.
'For tife benefit Of tbs public
shOuld be understood that when
raraiilmn or a number S'ranchmer
rount. up and prepare for shipmen
., coo cattle. for instance = there may
L be 90 estrays in the lot not belong
; ing to, thu. ssnchrnen max lag the ship
I p,ap. Ybay o ofhdprA un fIxn,, OH
bearing thc owners bfRnd. a. long
distance rom hor. ant' are Slipped
bat TIN. ~r~rnt be VI avoided-
Therefore. NTTg~nuiE St0, Grow&
eos associate. a atFo<T instl. ,on.l
which has done good ~uTN as -
which ? myself all. = .Remrst. nafn'
tains inspectors at tn martel cent
CTS.
} 'ff this 1000 cat xe are sG', d
to. South Omaha by Gohn Jones ano,
. among them r found 50s estrays
, they are sold Just the sam& and the
e money RENTED to the Wyomint|
), Stock Growers association which ri
= turn. upon proof oil owne snip. mus
be dfsbursed by that board OF
n through our commission % the prop
, er owner.
"A Wyoming Statute as quoted
yesterday provides:
Section 3144. DIty' OF person
= shipping estrays. 1t sdraN be thu
> duty OF all persons shaping estrayI
at once upon the sale thereof to re
. nit to the secretary Cfrthe live stocl
I commission tho proceeds received foi
each and every estray the ownership
OF which shall be unknown to- the in
spector to. whom a. receipt for In
u same was given. II any inspecto
shall at any time sell an estray ship
ped from this statrs he shady imms
diatcly" remit The proceeds thereo
; to the secretary 1t live stock com
mission
" "This the Wyoming Stock. Grower
association is nov doing as prompt.
+ as it should. lrr fact, " has man.
thousands Of dollars which shout,
"a have. been turned over to the boar'
duly advertised and uaon sufficien
proof paid ovsr to the owner of tn
+ estrdys.
The difference in polisy between
the state f,sard and the Wyomin,
Stock Growers association has result
s1 thus ia in the failure to secure
II law prOviding for local inspection
10 Such a law was passed by the las
a legislature, but 10 provision mad
for funds to administer it. 1t wa
: vetoed.
q. 81 think can demonstrate why |
: is not sufficient to merely have In
! spectors at the market. Since July
, when heavy shipments began, we be
ilieve there are nine hundred cars o
cattle billed through to Soutl
Omaha or Chicago which never reach
:, ed those points and, therefore, hav'
never been inspected. They were dill
,r,rtnJ nr1 ro1@ W hio faadnrc III
Nebraska and Iowa, who in time will
parcel them out in smaller lots a.
} many market centeis. II there arr
rstrays among them. these feeder:
know it and Will probably see tina
they eve reach q market where
there is an inspector.
''They will be sold to some loca
slaughter house. h result would
be That tn" Wyoming owner of the
estrays would never receive IL pay
=" t.
This is the reason there is suclt
a growing sentiment for local in
sp"rtors. as well as inspectors at the
markets
"NothinC can stop the next lngis'
latur" iIom enacting such a law.
I'VE believe We are in the right in
:. asking the Wyoming Stock Growers
t~r')t.ttHi ION ~ lilt over tStldNS una
in its hands in order that we may
dishurs" them as provided by law III
the rightful owners
"That association has done grel'|
work in this state. Each member of
! our board belongs to it. but times
have changed and we believe publ
sentiment now demands hat the
large amounts OF money collected by
and held by that association should
) be administered through the state
board Of live stock commissioners -