San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-20
URGE PLAN
TO CONTROL
MARKETING
Committee Appointed to
Draft Cooperative
Selling Scheme.
LAOI y Il y y " IlEkO
R. M. Kleberg and c. c.
Slaughter Chosen as
Vice-presidents.
FINAL REPORTS HEARD
Protest Made on California
L. Quarantine Against
/ Texas.
LAST SESSION HELD
FINAL REPORTS HEARD

Houston, Tex, March 20.--With the
election of II. L. Kokernot of San An
tonic and Alpine as president, r. NJ.
Kleberg of ikngsville as fiWt vice
president, and c. c. Slaughter of Dali
las n second vice president and the
selection of San Antonio for the 1925
meeting and the forty-eighth annual
convention of Texas and Southwestern
Cattle Raisers' Association concluded
its business sessions at l o'clock this
afternoon.
The appointment of committee to
draft plans for a cooperative market
ing plan that would have tendency
to hold control Of cattle prices in the
hands of the cattle raisers, was au-
thorized by the association today. The
action was taken in response TO a
motion by George W. Armstrong of
Fort Worth, following Mr.. Arm
strong's talk in which he urged such
action. The president was instructed
to appoint committee of three to try
to work out q suitable plan and to
report this plan to the executive COM
mittec OF the association.
Endorse Cattle Exposition.
The convention adopted unanimously
the report of the resolutions committee
as read by Chairman James Callan Of
Menard. The committee on resolu-
tons endorsed the international live
stock exposition at Chicago and urged
cGttlemen TO take part in its twenty
fifth anniversary this year.
Resolutions in memory of John
Landergin of Amarillo, and William
Poindexter of Cleburne, executive COM
mitteemen who died since the last
meeting, were adopted by a standing
vote of the delegates.
One resolution demanded of Con-
gress the repeal of Section 10 A of the
transportation act and endorsed the
Capper bill now pending in Congress.
The administration of the Sanitary
Livestock Commission was endorsed in
one resolution and opposition was ex-
pressed to any plan of consolidation
of this department with the Depart
ment of Agriculture until all lever
ticks have been eradicated in Texas.
A protest was made against the
quarantine maintained by the state of
California against Texas cattle from
quarantine areas and resolution
urged the state of California to admit
Texas cattle from quarantine areas
on certificates from federal inspec-
tors.
Urge COOPERATIVE Markets.
The report endorsed cooperative
livestock marketing and opposed a
proposed amendment to the RACERS
and Stockyards law that would ham,
per the work of cooperative agencies.
NJ. +. Hayes of Dallas. secretary of
the Farm Bureau Federation. spoke at
the beginning of the session Thurs
day morning, discussing cooperative
marketing of pecans. He explained
that more than half of the pecans
grown in the United States are pro-
duced along the water fronts on the
big ranches in Texas and that these
are a sideline with cattlemen when it
could be made a big industry.
Mr.. Hayes recounted the experience
of California walnut growers in CO.
operative marketing and advertising
and said the same tactics could and
should be followed by Texas pecan
growers. He urged a selling compaign
of nationwide scope to introduce Tex
as pecans to the country.