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Show Seceding Stockmen Outline Their Work Constituted Is Adopted nnd Officers Are Elected Prominent Men Speak of Industry. IFX ICR May 10 The American Stock Growers' association, which was organized organ-ized on January 15 of this yenr by speeders sp-eeders from the National Ilve Stork H3-BOClatlon's H3-BOClatlon's concnllon In this city, and Is now holding Its first annual convention li-re ad...i.cl a constitution and bv-laTs today Tho new association Is to be composed of growers of and dealers ln cattle, sheep nr.d horses. The b-isls of representation In the organization or-ganization Is Individual and rot by delegates. dele-gates. However, the executive comm't-tee comm't-tee Lfl authorized to pass upon and admit representatives of st.uk associations. Officers Are Elected. ThA foil-, wing officers were elected without opposition- Mnrdo MaeKenzlo of Trinidad. Colo., president; A 1). Rlccjuels of Denver, first vice-president; J. H. Hoardman of Helena, Mont . secVmd vlce- I resident. The president was authorized to appoint ap-point nn exeouth. . ommlttee of thirty membl rt This committee will appoint the secretary and treasurer Indorses Roosevelt's Idea. Mr. MacKensle In accepting the presidency, presi-dency, dwelt tspeelfilly .n the attitude, of railroads to etoekmc-n. He contended that the present law should be amended ' BO as to give, the Interstate Commerce . Ommlsslon power to correct rates where such are found to bo unreasonable and dlscrlmlnatorv." Prof. C. F. Curtiss. dean of the OWS Agricultural college at Ames, Towa dellvcrefl an address rn "The Rplatlon of the Agricultural College to the Stock-Growers Stock-Growers and the Farmers." Benefits of Co-OperRtion. Hon. M. F. Buell, president of the Chl-enpo Chl-enpo Live Stock exchange, spoke of the benefits of co-operatlon; saying It was tne hub around which life and progress revoh es Conditions for the raising nnd maturing of cattle, he said, have undergone 6uch . -hanges during the p?st twenty years that the business requires more careful management The cost of production is hflng Increased year by year because of ihe lessening of free range and advance In the value of corn, which enter so largely Into the cost of maturing cattle for the market No More Cheap Beef. The time has pnssed for cheap beef, and the consumer will of necessity be eom-peerl eom-peerl to pay more for merits. But It must not bo overlooked that when prices are advancing the demand Is lessened. This gathering should carefully consider ln building Its organization the beneilts that will result by having that co-operation -which will give to the association the strength nd power and recognition that Is most desirable. He also advised the association to take up an endeavor to put on a more satisfactory satis-factory basis the rates for export trade. Money Is Raised. Ten thousand dollars has been suh-serlbed suh-serlbed to pay the immediate expenses of the association, More Is promised if needed. Hon F H Cowan of Fort Worth. Tex spoke this afternoon oh "Legislation Needed bv tho Livestock Industry." Cowan Attacks Railroads The greater part of his address was an attack on railroads He paid among other things that the railroads were compelled to charge exorbitant mtes borause they nearly all had so much water In their Stock and bonds He asserted that the commission advocated by President Roosevelt was tho only fair method of securing fair rates. I solutions of regret at the death of Conrad Shaefer. the first temporary president, presi-dent, were adopted The. convention then adjourned until tomorrow |