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THE OltECrOtf DAILY JOURNAL, FOIiTLANT), . WEDNESDAY ETENIKO, JANUARY 13. 1004. C. F. MARTIN TELLS ----- o-rorwivyiirM'Q Mccno Report of the Secretary of the National Live . . stock Association Tefls the Status of Legisla-: . . tion and Discusses the Packing Plant , . , CHARLES F. MARTIN. Secretary National Livestock AssoelatloS, Secretary Charles F. Martin- of - the National Live Stock association deliv ered bla annual report at the association convention this morning. A t ull- abstract of the report follows: . 1 regret to Say that the unfavorable conditions which the industry has exper ienced during the pastyear-has not prompted the generous financial or moral support we have had heretofore, and has prevented a large number of delegates from the central and eastern.states from attending this convention, as they very much desired to do. "Immediately after the adjournment Of the convention at Kansas City, the sec retary took up the matter of endeavoring to organise new associations in states and territories where none up to that time was In existence. The work of organising a Territorial Cattle associa tion In Arizona was begun while I was spending my vacation In Phoenix In March. This season of the year, how ever, not being favorable for a large at tendance of the catlemen. the result of this effort did not materialize until this fall, when a meeting was held at Tucson for this purpose. - tlemen of New Mexico called for Doming the middle of March. The meeting was unusually successful and an organisation of 120 men was effected at this time. VI attended the meting of the Texas Cattleralsers' association at El Paso In March, the annual meetings of the Ore gon Woolgrowers' association at Baker City, the Utah Woolgrowers' association at Bait Lake City, the Idaho' Woolgrow ers' association at Boise, the Oklahoma Livestock association at Woodward, the Roaring Fork and Eagle River associa tion at Carbondale and the Northern Col orado Cattlegrowera' association at Fort Collins. .. .. -"We have secured a number of new memberships during the year, but be cause of unfavorable conditions, our list has not grown as during previous yearn. . , "It is with deep regret that I am obliged to announce to you the death of our general counsel at Washington, Hon. William M. Springer, which occurred De cember 4. ' legislation. " "Early In February the bill which the association caused to be introduced In the Fifty-seventh congress providing for federal Inspection on all Interstate ship ments of livestock, passed the senate end became a law. The enactment of this bill will be a saving to the livestock shippers of this country of from $100, 000 to 150,000 per annum. "Alt other measures which we had be fore the last congress failed of passage . because of the deadlock in the senate over the Panama canal and statehood bills. . These measures were reintro duced at the beginning of the special session of the Fifty-eighth congress, being as follows: 'A bill providing for a classified census of livestock;' calling upon the president to appoint a commis sion to Investigate and report upon the forest reserves and conditions of the arid and semi-arid states. The president complied with our request, and Novem ber 0 appointed as this commission Hon. ' W. A. Richards, commissioner of the general land office; Hon. Gilford Pinchot, chief forester of the department of agrl- ' culture, and Hon. F. H. Newell, chief en gineer of the department of geological ' survey. . . -. ,., :v-v "The Grosvenor anti-shoddy bill was also re-Introduced at this session. The t,iu 4k. the measure comes from members of the National Association of Wool manufac turers. Their argument Is, that we seek to prevent the manufacture of shoddy in any form. This association seeks only to have manufacturers stamp their goods giving the percentage of shoddy the same as manufacturers of oleomargarine are compelled to stamp their produce -I Invited the Hon.' C. H. Harding, president of the National Association of .' Wool manufacturers to attend this meet )ng or designate some person to discuss this question with you, and also to ap point a committee from the Manufactur ers' association to. confer with a. com' mlttee Qf the' National Livestock asso ciation with reference to this measure, but both invitations were declined. "A bill has also been re-introduced. providing for the extension Of the time limit for unloading livestock In transit west of the one hundredth meridian from . 18 to 40. hours; also a bill transferring matters pertaining to forest reserves from the department of .the Interior to the department of agriculture: a bill compelling transportation companies to haul all livestock in train load lots of 10 ear or more at a lmntarasrofO miles per hour. "The stockmen while not opposed to the protection, of tha forests, have a decided and pronounced objection to the policy whloh has been adopted by the interior department regarding forest re' serves. 1 I refer particularly to tha seg regatlon of vast areas of gracing and ag ricultural land as a portion of these re serves, and the Issue of orders excluding livestock from grazing thereon. "It will require a strong pressure to secure the passage of the anti-shoddy bin; the influences opposing; it are row' erf ul and influential, the whole public manufacturing Interest 'will be against it secretly.' They all profit more or less by the fraud that Is praotlced by mixing shoddy in woolen goods and selling them ror pure wool. " "Benator Lodge has introduced a bill In congress providing for the removal of the tariff on hides. Should this bill become a law, the loss would not fall upon the importer or the manufacturer, but upon the man who produces, the ani mal. , The average being ?1.25 for every hide, it would cause the cattleralsers of the nation to lose $12,500,000 annually. In the event Mr, Lodge's bill should meet with favor at the hands of congress, there Is no question but that an attempt would immediately; be made to remove the tariff from wool. If a law of this character should be enacted, it would mean a loss to the sheep Industry be cause of the reduction in the price of wool of at least $93,000,000 per annum, and we are Justified In saying that the price of sheep would be reduced to the figures which prevailed under tha free trade law which varied from 9S cents to $1.26, per head. "A coterie of officers of humane socie ties have introduced a bill in congresaJ for the purpose of incorporating a Na tional Humana society. The supporters of this bill are seeking by its passage to establish a new cabinet bureau in Wash ington, which shall be Invested with the power to regulate transportation, Inspec tion and handling of livestock in the various states, and of course It will fol low that sinecure positions with hand some salaries will have to be created for Its- officials. It would nullify the law which the stockmen had passed at the last session of congress providing for federal Inspection of livestock, and ajrain placing the same under the supervision of state humane societies, a condition which would be far more objectionable than the old law to which we were so bitterly opposed. It Is to our interest to use the same diligence In preventing it becoming a law as you will use In se curing the enactment of others. The bill Is also opposed by the Gerry society of New York. ;-'. .. ' ' Transportation.' "During the past year I have received a great many letters from shippers, com plaining that transportation companies failed to furnish the necessary equip ment In which to transport, stock, often necessitating shipments to be held for weeks near the loading point; that rates have been materially increased; that the time in hauling to market often did not exceed six or seven miles per hour; that trains were sidetracked and delayed for dead freight, thereby causing ; great losses to shippers by reason of In creased feed bills and shrinkage; also that railroad companies had deolded te withdraw return transportation to ship pers onjanuary 1, and-' we were asked to secSto have these conditions changed for the better.' . - v - "Transportation companies when ap proached on these subjects did not seem Inclined to be willing to entertain any proposition looking to a reconsideration of their ruling. The only way to secure relief seems to be through a hearing of these matters before the Interstate com merce commission, - .; "In writing to a number of our mem bers who had made complaints, request ing them to either promise te appear before the commission or furnish, me with affidavits, they replied: s r- j " We have submitted our case to the claim agent of the railroad, they -have settled with us, and. therefore we do not care to go any further In this matter.' It Is very discouraging to the of flclals of this association to endeavor to bring about a permanent and satis factory adjustment In matters of this character, . when they cannot have the support of the .men who are directly Interested.;.: ,,; '-; Tha Independent Packing Company. ' "This association has gone on record at its last two annual meetings as op posing any combination which, seeks to control the price of livestock at our leading markets and also dictates prices of meat and meat products to the con sumer, and recommending the establish ment of an independent packing plant as the only method by which competi tion may be had; and thereby secure for both the . producer and consumer an equitable price. It Is an undisputed fact that the decline in the values of beef animals during the past 18 months amounts to more than $3 per 100; hogs an average or i per animal ana sheep from 75o to $1 per, head. Consumers, however.- are paying the same price for their meats as during the ' time maxi mum ' prloes- (were realized by the growers. In view of the fact that the nation is as prosperous as at any time during the past two years, the home and export demand for meat products Is as great as ever and there has been no material increase in the , number of head of livestock, the decline of 1150, 000,000 in the value of livestock during this year is uncalled for, the only ap parent reason being the unjust manipu lation of prices at market centers. .v -, "A number of stockmen met In Kan sas City in the middle of June for the purpose of discussing this subject. Sev eral other ) meetings i were held, which finally resulted in incorporating tha In dependent Packing company under the laws of Arizona with a capital of $5,- 000,000. The officers and directors were lectedr-at--meeting-heldr-ln-Denver-n October 20, 1803. 1 i - ' - i The desire, of tha officers of this company , is, that the stockmen through' out the country shall subscribe for stock to the extent of $1 for every bovine animal they own, 25 , cents for every sheep and 25 cents for every hog. With this; amount. Independent v plants may be established at desirable points to be managed by the best packing talent In the country. It is believed by so doing that a legitimate, healthy competition will be established. It Is not the Inten tion of the company to revolutionize the business nor attempt to destroy already established concerns. By this method, the stockmen, In addition to receiving handsome advances In the price of live stock; will receive a material dividend each year, which In Itself would be a justification for stockmen to subscribe. C:;;'r-'.-''':"?? Klstory. The last annual meeting of this as sociation indorsed the work of a com pany, which had been, organized for the purpose of writing a history of the live stock Industry of the United States, there being no history of this kind In existence. I believe that I am safe in saying that the first volume will be ready by the time our convention meets In 1806. f - Unjust Reports. "During the early part 1 of the year reports were sent out from Kansas City to the effect that this association re fused to take any action towards se curing equitable treatment from trans portation companies and that It 'stood In' with railroads and packers as against the stockmen. This report was without any foundation whateverr" "The impression also has been circu lated In some sections that the support of the national . organization Is not equally-distributed -among . the- various branches of the industry; 1 that either the cattle industry is contributing more than its reasonable share, or that the sheep men are called upon to provide more than their Just dues. This report is also without foundation. rinaaoes. "The financial condition of this ssso elation at this time Is not very flatter ing. Of course there are no unpaid ac counts, neither is the treasury without funds, but I am compelled to say that the general fund during the past year had to borrow from the legislative fund for the purpose of paying current ex penses. This sum, which smounts to but a few hundred dollars, wilt be repaid early the present year. ,. . "As I have already stated, the benefits which you have individually received from the work of this association amount to thousands of dollars and as an- Industry millions. You are called upon to pay for the support of the asso ciation In securing these results, 1 cent for every 20 animals you own, which Is a sum too insignificant to remain un paid by members of an organization which represents more capital than any other two industries In the United States. "V: ' ."The dues and fees of the present membership sre sufficient to - pay all necessary expenses of the organization if promptly remitted. At the present time there are upon our books, dues and fees unpa'fl to the amount of nearly 15,000. ine louowmg are, delinquent for two years: ' "Tha Eastern Colorado Btockmen's Protective, association, the north Park Stockgrowers Association of Colorado, the Iowa Improved Stockbreeders' ssso- clatlon. the Colorado cattle ana Horse growers' association, Woolgrowers' As sociation of Unita County, Wyoming. Weld County, Colorado, Livestock asso ciation. San Luis Valley ' Cattle and Horsogrowers' Association of Colorado. Oneida County Woolgrowers' Associa tion of Idaho, Kansas Improved Stock breeders' association, Missouri River Stockgrowers Association of South Dakota, Nevada Woolgrowers' associa tion, Tennessee state board of agricul ture,. Eastern Montana Woolgrowers' as sociation, Utah Livestock association. Park County Cattlegrowera' Association of Colorajdo. ' ' "J , am constrained to say that the dues and fees of commercial organiza tions aje paid much more promptly than those of livestock associations. Of the legislative fund of $7,970 subscribed at Kansas City, all has been paid with the exception of $1,100, and.no doubt the most of this will be paid during this meeting. Messrs. Davis. McDonald & Davis, who subscribed $100. and Charles E. Henry & 8on of St Louis, Mo., who subscribed $50, refused payment on their amounts, the former stating that they were ready to send check when ever they deemed tha association was in need of the money, and the latter claiming that their $50 was subscribed solely for the purpose af fighting the packers' trust ' .... 1 wish tovsay In reference to this matter that it takes a certain amount of money to pay the fixed charges of the association, to. publish our reports and maintain a representative In Washing ton to look after our affairs. - Unless the members of the association cheerfully and promptly respond to the small as sessment which Is made against tr-.em for-this purpose, it would be well to cease efforts which can only bring half results and continual annoyance and worry te those who are expeoted to ac complish the full measure of benefit "A comparison of tha standing of the association at the end of the first year and now might be out of place in this connection. ' When I made my- first re port we had a membership In good standing of not over 40,-and our re ceipts for the first year anxfunted to but $1,600. We had no standing what ever before federal or state law making bodies or transportation companies; in other words, We were an infant just be ginning- to walk. Today we are recog nlzed by the law making bodies as the representative or tne nvestocx tnausiry of this country and able to secure Just consideration whenever we ask It Our membership has grown to mora than 125 organizations with an individual membership of about 100, representing about 60,000 stockmen of the "United States and an invested capital of $ J,000 OOOflOO." ' . " ;', , ; - HO A" REAL IZAT ION' OF TRUE ECONOW i JARDINIERE STAND ' : I Mm f v ,11 1 h. , -.7 : . t - , M Mm :).? $1.25 The name implies Its use, and in the library or reception-room It is quite the proper thing, really a neoeselty. It !s finished in the weathered and for style It is a beauty. Also quite useful for books or papers. . : ' . Ask to Bea Out . UMBRELLA STANDS -blecmlxt susxqxs. CARPETS What a pleasure It Is to have a carpet that wears. We have them of the very best makes that will five entire satis faction, ranging in price from UP An endless assortment to select from, in all colors and shades. Preferred Stock Canned Ooods Allen St Lewis' Best Brand . - AT OUR ANNUAL, 1- STOCK-REDUCING SALE only words of approval are heard of the wonderful price concessions prevailing on our ' . - , , DEPENDABLE VALUE-GIVING A furniture purchase to be a bargain should carry with It the essentials of high quality and lateness of style. This Is what should convince as well as satisfy. To accept this statement with confidence, favor us with your presence and we will verify It . BOOK CASE mm ?w$Mr -"i' "" 1 1 I.. . rvf ssTTT'T't -TinsT twrfrrfl i mwf wmr.vr MSI A well-made piece of furniture, finished In the golden oak. It has five shelves. This is an extra fine special for you to oonslder $1.98 DINING CHAIRS iKtf'Wwa? neat If ir'MUl I" I pattern. Ip9c They are made of solid oak, with cane seat, brace arms and full, long posts. Will be found to be very desirable. ' TEB POPTLAB MORRIS CHAIR 38.10 Solid oak frame, richly carved and with soft re versible cushion. A highly finished chair that Is a sterling value. GO-CART $7.90 The latest Improved gear, with parasol and . sleeper attachment Rubber-tired steel wheels, handsomely enameled rub ber hub caps, patent wheel fastener and foot brake. Removable Ottoman rep upholstered. A splendid offering. LACE CURTAINS Represented from the best looms, we show a most- elegant variety. They come in all lengths and widths and tha quality you will find the very beat We have the ,? . ' ' ' ' ' VOTTYVOXAlTfl 4t $1.2'5 ' A PAIR THAT AS rxCXtLEHT YAXT&8. 190 FIRST STREET RA F. 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