| Show COND DAY OF BIG CONVENTION by Hon flail George Q Cannon and Chief Statistician L L u G powers Were Features oi of the of Grave W Were Cie Ably Discussed W r I P R 0 G R A f Choir Concert I Y ff I Ir If Y r r f t f fr r r 1 ot of lons L Lf l lt t f I b t tt t f k kd i I I Jr Ir v vf t b 1 s for tor the Livo S llano I Iu Ih P he f d dr d J ut City u II l dwin Salt ke 1 5 m ont 1 Saddle Hor and the AI i t r f Th Amman Oen John D B Iy Icy 1 n B m mr Th n R ft S r 3 In ArmY loras I 11 P D C Ca Car p I T ar r rw Ir George 1 a to Stock In str Gerge 1 w Cf f Lc I I r 1 le ri Work of oC Colleges lr f F rj 11 n th fi S S 11 p C 1 II c rt Tt PM 1 r rt fp f at al I m f tJ Qt It annual lAud nd 1 t Its Lete Fort i ix 1 hI h or tr o ot Tbd 1 t 0 by dt alan 7 x i g the 1 S J I th ile tateM IN t Irish a ai Jhn P 1 M CI Y Wyoming I U 1 J i ly Ind a etl on ti It rort of at the them j jm m J I m C 1 t ThURSDAY Y IY I Ir Ir r 1 boll Mr Ir n t Q C Judson In by I I U I 11 I r fE eg I r ped with by bP I t 1 J II 1 st r C SESSION a t or r rd d 3 this th cn con t l I 1 uni um d dL 3 r ut ul late lat lat lait log og z rr Ft HInt r rot ot t r S r In WIth he 11 11 t I 1 t r rc 1 the hed hedI head I I Lruth him t i I U M and an the big Is its or ld t E F j ny d Jim Jimb b t tt th Ih two 11 lire 1 n the thep p taking their UI tI I ful half f I 11 tIIt IS called t r 1 dM 1 I t 1 from the 4 I I M I In InI inci ci I 11 read the thet t rution that 1 t meeting ot of I tI litt night at atI 1 In l 1 j f Hi tie American I r t I j thirty t jt I home man manto rs to t t 1 r n r I t l r nJ article s t tta a itai facts die diex X L t Ir iro I f y J n t d I y Ur j of wol wool wooli r i I 1 I It larget In Inand InI I and that I q hi mal r t I 4 t during the r r I J I In that tle the r F r 1 II rl e In 1 a ar i r r Ul flee o of 1 i put lint I ai aie e I th therefore be beat beI I NatIonal at lonal Ih 1 u nun al ae alI C I t nah that I t t lr r dUI duty to cal cali r I Ir r In Ini I i I Ind Bk sak them 4 I C BUI I 1 it II and fraud In g fR artlIe article ab a an 1 1 9 Il n n fart farl the lame same I In and shod e l h Iho I all to provide pr p i of cit the 5 3 J I n 0 t and bl I tur turl 1 l J nt Ff of r J I H n ot at In I these d I It r ot them to Con Ih r ro t the pan I pl tiit COI an I rI lp t b by the I COI see h i Ie awl sen orr f RI t d ln t Mi MiI h hI I nl ng In n short h rt I L moos 1 J h c was i r r c this huu and 1 vote I I p r ri tJ 0 p 11 Tel Tell i l f train I t 1111 ht Ih the lon lion F 1 F I 11 titian 60 I I 1 V 11 a I thI 4 t II II I the dr di F II m 4 beet I t r i Imp to I 1 annon aa ill JIl b bp I nH t r T t lup I UI 11 t tI I t i th h r I I had d I nL fr t f i 4 4 rr fir thir I J 1 to I r T Francisco and th the for the being ain 1 30 the rund round trip Tik Tick etl eti wi only ht be sold BOI or trin train No o I 5 which loaves Ogden n for the at 1115 a t rn on Saturday IE AND REPORTS The assistant secretary then read memorials and reports ot of th the executive committee In reference to the attitude of t the on tho Grout bill were also rend and adopted In reSIN regard to th lb endorsement ot of a lve live livestock stock t l to be c held ut at Kane Inn In 1901 TAn S REPORT Secretary Charel Charles F Martin submit submitted ted his rePort what had hd been bel lone done the past SI ye yea alli anti making work recommendations regarding The he eaid wih with which the ste ot of th 1 association are con by Ile the various vallous departments of the Io government I ii extremely gratify In lag I If aU all are tot not I it is II Ihl aini ply beul because It Is under ex existing law and nt not through any la huk ot of desire on the part of the to t the In ever WiY way I b Ie ext question ot of In inspection peton I Ia is a at time the stockmen ot of the Wet West probably more than any uth oth uther tr er subject The present system ot of In 10 live stock In transit ul at every State Ino line is II not only unjust but un unnecessary necessary I It appears that the tho proper Way to lt operate protective measures 1 ii b liv a system or of lo loa Ing to tile the State Slate board the du duty duty ty of regulating within th their lt States When toek II Is loaded In Ol one State for pint point In another It should tic Le by a government inspector whose bill ot of health should Larry carry the across any num her ot of State further u cx The federal government Is In of thIs As the In useful nl nea th demands upon It Its I treasury In CIle proportIonately The expenses during the past year er have been greater r than for previous years for the reason that more was required You are lue ot of accomplishing the or at the Grout bil bill now before the SenAte the tho adoption of on an amend flient to the 22 8 hour IR law Ind and the In act nn an order or law for an annual census ot of Iv live livestock tock stock the substitution of federal for tor forState State inspection And many other mal flint of vital IUd importance to til the Indus industry i tr try It is 18 wel enough enouch to m meet ct In nn an annual nual discuss and adopt I and mal mall copies to 10 Con congressmen osmen i but this hue Is followed by the II por lonal efforts or of ht and influential tl men Inca your work little ni as against the powerful robb lobby or of Ito the op opposItIon posItIon the araut bi bill nn an operative law It means menns a loss los to the Ilok stock Industry of bt the he MUon of nt at len least annually The expense ot of ota ofa a few thousand dullard b by nn an ot of thIs l spent nl to do fet feat a proposition of this character would be but n a bagatelle Q as wih with the lo loss you wi will sustain should yoU nell neglect t to lO o secure I its defect Flie 11 same argo ment will appi to other legislatIve at fair you now In a The o ol the has hns steadily during the year not to the extent of former years Orl for tor forthe the reason that al nil the I are now members I it now num f representing 1 12 I 0 engaged In some me on one ot of the ninny branches of the live stock I over ocr 1100 bell bend of lve live and n Investment ot of about 0 GOO oco 1 0 ot m ot of Mr elis 11 of kl ha by Mr lit Gr iraY of the WAi Woe adopted At juncture Springer arose al 1 that the tho courtesies ot of the Ihl bt be extended t to three wile hind had traveled al all the tho way Canada lii orde artier to tho on Oil In fl thIs Charl hence r and C A Mc Ie Orath ot of were cordially hal huh wIlom to ta 1 a It seat sri on Ih lor floor ot of the lON lION Il I 0 In 1 a speech the president then Introduce those as to to thoS 18 lon lion I G 0 Powers of Wah Inton ington D C When the applause which greeted his hll appearance had somewhat subside subsided Mr Ir proceeded to dl do doliver Ivor liver his hll address on Our National In Live Stok Stock Mr anti Members ot of the Na National tunal Live Ilvo Stock Association La Ladie Ladies die dies and Gentlemen Permit mo nt at the outset outlet to thank you oU ono one unit al all for your kind invitation to be at this your fourth annual convention I 1 also ask the lie privilege of thanking your our officers and the or al ii your our associated bodies for the assistance which they haw glen given to those In charge of the twelfth census of the United Slate States The he be begun begun gun hy by your our ton some years ago lell to the adoption lopton ot of I new cia clas of domestic animals animal which I it itIs Is I sincerely hOled hoped wi wilt make our na tonal statistics or of more practical valUe to 10 ni all engaged In the riling raising and hal dung ot of lve live The labors of your active Ind and secretary have hae leon been invaluable In organizing the work of at collecting tile the sla of animals 01 oti the range Through his exertions ald and that ut of your our worthy worth president we were able to seure secure the he servIces of an corps ot of sPecial agents In touch wih with the lve live stock Interests ot of the great Vet tet Most MOlt of thoe were of out eus cera ur or member members of the various State Iv liv flie fhe nelll fIeld work for tor the he c hal has now practically closed Olt anti we have hae begun lb the tabulation lon ot of the lie dita obtained together wih with the corresponding dAta MuNd by y the lie reGular form farm tore Tim Tho results of one ot the relating to lve live stOk stock have bae ben been completed and given Iven to he public In a bulletin of 10 Thil This bulletin Include Includes stat statistics lc o of lve stock tok In cities and town or I as I it II ii In the bulletin animals In barns and not noton noton on farms or ranges No o similar static II tics have bave ever er been or die In The Fire labor ot of and tabulating this maton matios was al authorized by Congress at atthe the request or of the and member of your association The bulUn states he number n it horses hurel and mules not noton noton on whIch art are employed e In the lerk or of man nian I It thus thul affords the balia bals for probable num br her of these animals that can ln b be mar marketed In the future nd tl tire relation ot of the demand lot a I theta them I tr the the uJ h hUI bUie JI ln IL ajo presents an i I i of Il H r rows 01 Ing mik milk ant and and th the number or of to b be counted on to 10 furnish the meat In a addition to the he similar animals on the farms and ranges In about out two IWO months month or a lite little mOr more the ole hopes hOllS to begin to send out bulletIns on farms and farm I re resources sources by br States f wi ill give gin the statistics ot of Iw live stock on the ranGes and on the farms tarm We Ve hop hope to complete the bulletins of thIs class before etore the close clOfe call ot of this his year ear or elsh teen months of the time ot of 1 be begInnIng gInnIng the coleton collection of he n necessary dAta This II is III hess than knit the In which the hl has been In the pat past patI I It I ii blee believed that lart through the cooperation ot of the lve live stock of te great rat West and Southwest a mor mote t or of their industry wn I be iut tills de cede calle than lien ever before ani anti tinie there theN wi will b be opened this the Wa way for tor more correct annual statistics In the future This Thle statement nt Is mace made casting Iny any reflection upon the labors or of thOe those who the statistics of ten years 11 ago W We have buit built upon the results ot of their thelt labor alli ought to better work I if we do not ito 10 s so we haVe not nol len been 11 as successful as al they hey were were The census ot of domestic animals In elte cIties and towns owns shows that there Are M at atthe the tIme outsIde ot of the he farms I and ranges horses mules and 1 asses The total ot o e thre three classes of animals In cities anti and towns Is II This II is less leu thou than of the total number of th these so animals nt at the he time on our arias anti yet ct our city eUy horses mules anti ns es outnumber tho those of ni all the Ile sonic kind on the arms or of mOt most of the I European countries Austria nt at the thelast thelast last census lied had on its s farms horses l and mules mule or ot of tho those on our fam farms and one hol those In our cities and towns tons ire had on Its farms Thle This I is or of our farm tarm horses borsH anti only ot of tho thOSe II III our lt and towns The French farm tarm horses 3 whIle Iho those In the German only make fiske a to total total tal of 43 The later hatter country hll the largest t supply of farm tarm hOI ot of nn tiny naton nation of Europe with Jh the ton ion ut of Russia Husla and yet ret its S I pi of at such sueh animals Is only that ot of this country A moments n of thee hose figures brIngs s out or ery forcibly tile the rca rea sn son O Great nt purchases hores horses and In the his Unie United Sates for the iii South African war It I also the tho reason Great finds 10 so much In Ib the on which to an any large ot of soldIers To ha have taken al all the horses and mule needed In this war lar train her own arias woul would crippled her agricultural industries ns fl to 10 disturb the whole If life ot of the nulon nation I It would 11 in a little more than a year er have reduced the available work ani animals male mals on the anna to of their normal number this lImit could be reached England uld yield to th the Doer rather titan than fUt auf ten ter lie resulting calamity that would Colow follow the of at her agriculture at home lut hut what Ingland could nt not have dont done a revolution on her farm the United States has haa been able to 0 do 0 wih with eul ease Wf iC have sent seat or ur are sending what wi will be a total or of nearly If not quie quite a quarter ot of 1 it milon million of horH horses mule mules anti these hose shipments have our prIces to only a ery degree Not ot only ha have w we been n supplyIng Great Britain wih with war but bUI this country has hal bien been thi the market In which Germany hu has secured her war horses and mules for shIpment urt to hi hilB hias lB as I ft J is cheaper anti e easIer ler old and It less len disturbance to h her r Ilu to thi hll here on OD the farm tum of t tnt fatherland erland Th The actual relative number of our farm horie explains why hy tbt these In nn an ni as the he present look to In th stock or of this nation for tor rans means of transportation 0 mu In this connection to cal call your our attention to a ot of our nn military PO I to wi find but fe few published The WI war In South Africa h lies demonstrated the superiority o of 1 a over oer 01 an soldier laidler One mounted mi man manIn I II In worth In South Africa and In HOI gent oral In modern thre e ed ones In war therefore the naton nation hint ha lies an unlimited supply or of II iii thrice prepared 11 for he conflict other thinKs things beng being the Ite This describes the he situation In the United States from froma a standpoint Our enormous stock of horses horles and mules II he a means of national defense defence that must be ranked In effectiveness along wih the lie trained Irmy army ot of good soldiers and n a supply ot of the tho bat best loden modern guns The American horse and mule are to tolie lie ho considered not only In thIs possible relation to conflict on tine the field or of Cr car they have a tar far mort more im In connection with industrial rue struggles anI anti ot of nations once wholly I by toro force ot of otann arms ann Now such audi conflicts ne are less Ind and II less frequent A quiet hut but no 1 lees Intense conflict ot of but for that hat reason rio no lees r reaching In rl re cults Al All this at the line Are engaged In on one tremendous struggle for IndustrIal supremacy Here oln as iii the or of arnie the horse plays I a most Important tart The average hONt hares It Is able to 10 perform six the muscular work ot of an ave aver average age man mail A 4 man and a horse can pr per perform form torm the work ot of sven seven men without 1 a hOre horse One person wih with two ho horses s CM can successfully rul compete other thing linings bing being the lie MOe with thirteen men wih no domestic to al aid them The lat t describes the pw power r or of om pet of the farms or of the United States with those ot of China rhina That country Is o with few horses UI used In Te The men depend wholly upon their own muscles In the United States tes every farm tarm work worker or er on an average las baa two horace to lo assist him him The rho American farmer wih wih his hll horse horses cn can produce food tood at al but n ft fraction ot of the lalor labor cOlt cost of the Chi iii nei nose The wheat rl raised In California on 01 Minnesota can eVen eveni now be laid down In tuna wih with ni as compared with ChInese ric The workmen In or Dr Canton Canlon or even en can lve live more cheaply cheap on American grown whet wheat than on rice The hor horse is II the factor which en alps the farmer under th the most mut condItions to 11 an Oriental Wih ILli wel well organ 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