Show i rJ lY J u SEC 2 rf DAY OF BIG BIC CONVENTION I by Hon George Q Cannon and Chief Chie Statistician L u G Speeches powers Were of the of Grave Graye Were Vere Ably Discussed H H H HH H f PROGRAM Choir Concert I II I J Y JANUAR Y f i I In 1 n m 1 01 b nJ by Y p rt n t 44 1 t n anti j r Ill Iu I y T t of t if t lC t 1 1 I I III l I II rn tot tor the L LV Industry I What the pr Prow hes h 1 l i CIty Lak IkI II fl r c St 1 I jE r 4 l rn m rnA Hor florI Ind and the the 8 1 A I r 0 The y D 13 O John f Stock C n r ft t Ue IA on 1 ilam r a m Army HOMS lOn n IL S jl Jr mlle 10 J 1 I k r P D C CH C H r a m or of to Lve Stock Ind rY DIr Ir O re dr I II Chlo go goI luel r r r s sI I 1 s Tte Work or of r II v I Sn Utah 1 53 c r I 4 I I p m I td c I I If 1 fl J m f J rt f C I 41 4 f p pm m ot of I t tw s I rr r or of Il ml it at FOrt x 1 rl g I by ot ThIr r l w lv rb TUL tolof Un by y I th th I tn the Should t I n Ihl Satu r rC t 1 V A iah John M Cart CareY ohu C i Joo John t ad i a Vote On thE ot the th tn T l t I by general ao x f 4 1 1 I r 1 r rJ rn C J C Cr 1 r rm m mI on In h II by b h n fl 0 1 F I with mu fl and b by f 1 g n u 1 L II H letl n a or of 1 I d laet taing afling this thie conS con conI I 1 T r r bau I am Informed t 1 hc J g ghi out late lit lith ut uth h L Og g izi 1 PresIdent Springer t lb Ib with hll hi l g 1 1 8 until the head t t r goat guat beneath him himI T I O and the big f J I lt Inked II It t s anT Jim Jims s t ho I n th n a at the two pr pie I 1 q l I f th convention the theIn b t H d In their i 4 a tiE It un II half halft t r nl ullon wai U cale 1 tF hll wa comfort t II 1 0 1 I from the I 5 tI tit 4 r th lie i T I g I 1 II I Springer In InI 4 I I tb s i t r read the tho thor ther r h ii H 1 that J n lt it t the meeting of oC oCr r I lat last night at atI K I ATt il sil jl IY m RESOLUTION I 1 Th Ih of lC the American I I i t Vi paNt thirty Yel yeara r yr I U l en fl t I home mn nian ri r I Ii h ni grown products 1 I L t JL tho tt m artcle article v I tt rt facts dis 3 z x Ht the pro U I ri n u ud orsted t t 1 uta 1 ot nf wol wool I t 1 r J 1 tM js the largest In P I It that I t 1 lOl t 1 1 t f In tUne during the tho I lr r I h that the ther r r Ii are art ei In a au t u l 1 01 p un use ule ot of otI 1 I i II hat I put as AI I n Ii KIH therefore be bet beI I tt t National Live Ui In I AS ast ASI I t I k ll fly nah that thaI I I 11 Q our duty to call I fl r Jr In Int t I tl t an and uk ask them v I ire a t uch tor k l I 1 r I ami fraud In i f 1 II 1 artele article al a h 1 n fl In fart the same lame z l tm rm and shod I ton h an Iho a 4 h lIt to provide ij 1 i i r I I ti rr of oC the I 1 I h b n at al and be r In b It fur tur furj rt t j t I f a a Pat ot of I I h th of oC I r t f th I T r I 1 Ir to Con In l ti 1 tatt Ihor for foi th the Pie lI raw aw and anu that tb p a COP eop u LT nl t b b sent b by the 1 see r ne and sen rr rrb r In 41 A I I IN AN y 1 b i t I had red read Mt h hh I In h tr minI ft a short I h Th I 1 r Inton Wl u II rh f hp hoi It and hous it t I Vote Voto H II I r hand ten rn r r fr t I m Ten Tel r t I fm r 1 i trl t that the lion I nn n IH lon r I In fl 1 11 I al b Ib I o I r l n was greeted I I StrInger I Iu 1 h r the Ir I I n b t tr ti 1 1 r h n Mr t tIm t tO I lr n Irl t Wa Ii In t t n t nid b I r Ir e 1 to 0 rJ I 1 rif ral I ur of Ih ii l 1 TL rL Jr d I It that tb the rai I k 1 t q nt I had I II 4 II tt ff t t I jn for deW thir I tie t r JI to 81 Sat I H H H H H 1 1 Francisco and r return turn th the for tor the lon bong bung O the tite rund round trip Tick ete CUI wi will only fi It lold sold or train o 0 5 whIch for the nt at 11 1115 n a 1 in on Saturday IK AND R The assistant secretary then rel read memorials and of the executive committee In reference to 10 the attitude of if the committee on the Grout bi bill Resolution were also read and adopted In regard t to the endorsement ot of 1 a lve live tock exhibition to be held at Topeka l Kong In SI Secretary Charles Charle F Martin submit submitted ted led him hll report showing what had been done ione the put year an and making work future The readiness he sid said wih which the requests the 1 association art are con b the varol Various departments of the government I Ii extremely gratify lug I al all lre tire not conceded I it Ia 18 elm pI ply because I it I is Impossible under e cx laws and not any lack laek of desire on the part of oC the to a the stO men In every way possible Tho vexed question ot of In Inspection peton I at this time the stockmen ot of the tho Wet West moro more than thun any oth other er r subject The present of oC In II live v stock 11 in transit Rt at every Stale lne line Is not only but un unnecessary necessary I It appears that the proper way to tb opera operate Ie II 1 e measures Ig I Iby by bv A system of oC Inspection bay loav bayIng Ing to the tho Stile State board the du dut duty t ty of regulating diseases within thet State tates When In IA loaded In ole one Sall State for tor some Pint poInt In another I It should be inspected by r a government Inspector whose whole bi bill o of health should carr carry the he shipment across an any nuni num number bar ber ot of State lne linee further ox ex exI I The he ff federal er I government Is II iii favor ot of this inspection i As I the tho grows In useful usefulness ness the demands upon It its I I treasury In Increase I crease The during the past your or hAe bave been greater reater than Ihan for previous yenta ur for the reason that mor more WIlS required You are or of accomplishing the of at the Grout hi bill no now before the Senate the adoption of oC nn an amend meat ment to the 2 g hour law Iw anti the In act nn an ol order er or law provIding for nn an annual census ot of In lIve lIvestock stock the substitutIon of oC federal for tor State Stale Inspection and mn many other mat tore lors ot of vItal to the Indus Industry industry try I ft Is well 1 enouCh to meet In nn an annun nun session discuss and resolutions lons and mil mail to congressmen but IUt unless this II Ia to I owe by the per por personal efforts of at brIght and Influential mon Inca your our work little 1 as a against the powerful lobby of the op positIon Should the Grout Crout bi bill bem beman become an ol operatIve In law It means n a loss to the tha Bock stock Industry of the th nation of oC at bons SOO annually The Tho eXpel expense of oC oCI ofa I a few thousand dollars by nn an tUon ot of this ml magnitude e spent nt to do de dea feat a polton or of thus character would bo but 1 a as compared with the loss you wl wIll sustain should you ou in 10 proper means to lur secure Il Its deCot defeat The Tho same meat ment wi will apply to other legislative nf f fair fairs you no now In The OC ar the assocIation hal has Increased during the year not to the extent ot of former r for tor forthe the rf reason n that ni Il the loding leading ore now members I It now num bf hit 10 representIng n 1 0 oeo indivIduals engaged In Mme acme one of the tho many or of tie the hive stock tok oye over 1000 ud of lve lIve lIvestock stock Iok and Jn Investment ot of about 0 0 f molon motIon of Mr lr Wels Wells ot of ehrl ehrns ka seconded ended by Mr 11 traY ot of Colorado Ih the report rt WA was unanimously unanimous adopted At this Juncture Springer aroSe that the courtesies lt If Iii Ih convention be extended to three who IO hlll bed ni all the WiY way from Canada In otte to 10 attend the con on thIs solIcItation harks Mc Mccarthy arUty Mr ForIer and C A Mc lc ot of le wee were cordially hll hail to 1 a seat t on the lor floor ot of the HON L Ij U 0 In n a speech the thin to Introduce to those a as lon lion L I U 0 Powers ot of InKton ington D C hen the which g greeted lod his appearance had somewhat subsIded Mr Ir Powers proceeded to do doliver Ivor liver hI itla 01 on Our National Wealth II in LIVe LIVo Stock Mr Ir President anti amI ot of the Na tonal Ie Siok Stock AssociatIon La lt and Gentlemen me mae ot at the outset to thank yell 01 ono one ani anti al all for Cor your our kind InvitatIon to be present at this your fourth annual I al also ask the privilege or Of thanking your our and the of oC al all your our associated bodies for the assistance which they have given to thos itt In charge ot of the twelfth census ot of the d State Staten The he agitation be begun begun gun by your organization some years etl ago alo led Id to the adoptIon ot of I a new nev cla clas ot of anImals which It ItI I hI sincerely howl wilt 1 make our nit na of at lore mare practical value lu luto to al all engaged In the ra raising ling and han hati or of lve live stock tok rime 1101 labors of oC your and secretary have been heen Invaluable In organizIng the work tork of at collecting til the of oC animals Oi on the range Through hIl his exertions and that of your worthy worth president we vre able to secure the services ot of In an In touch corps of agents agent wih the live stock interests ot of the g great 1 t West lve MII ot of thoe those agents were cers or of oC the varIous arlous State Stute lve live stock organizations feld field work for tor the nw now closed and we hae begun colel time the tabulation of oC tIle the data obtained together with the corresponding data secured by the regular farm tOl tori The results ot or the relating to lve live stock have hat been completed and anu Ihen given to the pul public le In 1 a ot of 10 pages Title bulletin Includes UI tm statistIcs of le live livestock stock tok In cIties awl town ton or I e It Is II I denominated In the buletin bulletin Domestic animals In baras nt not noton 01 on Carml farms or ranges No similar ties hl have e ever been or d dIe Is In this country Ti The labrot labor ot of collecting and this infer mation was d by at atthe the of nr the officers and azid members ot of your M association lalon The he states the number M horses mind And mules mUle not noton Oi on term tarm which are employed In th the ot of man I It thul thus the bail basIs for tor estImating the probable num hr bar ut of these thue animals animal that tan can bt be mar kited in tle the future tire the relation of 01 the the tor or tl tr tt the supply Tit The a aviv presents an lb ot at fl ii r rows 1 In Ing mik milk and end and the number of DC swine to b be counted on to furnish the ment macat supply In addition to the similar animals on the farms anti ran ranges C In about two months or a little mor more the ofle hopes hopeR to bt begin 11 to out bulletins on farms and tarm re n resources sources by br States Thelt These bulletins wil wIll II gle give the statistics ot of live stock on th ranges and on the tane farms We also aleu hope to complete the bulletins of 01 this CIRI class before tb tile close Iole ot of this year lr or elih eighteen teen teon months ot of the tIme ot of b be beginning ginning tile the collection of the necessary data This Is II isis than the period In which the seine Nine work has bel been In time tho past I It II Is ent that largely the cooperatIon ot of the lve live stock interests ot of tle the grat great Wel Veat amid Southwest a mo more isit tt ot of theIr Industry 11 will b be this dt de cede tha than n ever eer be before to rt and uti thus timers ther wi will be opened the way a for more Inore correct annual statIstics In the This statement II Is made without casting any ny Upon the labors ot of thOe those who colete collected the statistics ot of ten years ao ago We hae have buit built upon the rul results ot of their painstaking labor all and ought to better ter work cork if IC we elo do hot tb I so we w have not ben been as successful os as they we were weThe Time The census or of domestic animals In Incite cite and towns tons shows that there are 11 sm the present tle tIme outsIde ot of the and ranges hOMs horses mules and asses The total ot of th three claue ot of useful animals In citIes 1111 and towns II is This is less than th of oC the total of annall animals at time the time lIme on our farms and anu yet et our el city hor horses mules anti amI asses outnumber thOe those ot of al all the Ime same kind on the tho farms ot of most It of lime countries at the thelast last census had on Is its farms horse horses and mule 5 or ot of thOe those on our farms and on halt those In our cities ant towns lowns Great had on Is its farms Ibis II Is of oC our farm horI horses and ani only ot of thO those In our alu and Lowne lOns The French farm tarm horses numbered 34 tho those In the German empIre only mak make I a to total tal ot of The Inte latter country hn ha the largest supply ot of farm horses of oC any nation ot of Europe Eure wih with the exception ton tion ot of HUlla In and yet Is its supply of at such le la only that or of thIs A moments consideratIon ot of thele figures gurel brings out vcr very forcibly the roa son sen Great Britain hOTos and ant mules In time the States for tor the South African It also explains the reason Great finds so much In supplying the on which to an any IRro large numb or of soldiers To ht have taken ni all the horses and mules In timis from an lules war tier her own fa mil have sO cripple crIppled her agricultural Industries as to dl dIsturb time the whole hiI Industrial us life or of the Jl UOn It ft would In R a little more than I a year reduced the available work ant anI ais al on the farina to ot of their normal number Before thIs limit could be reached I yield lell to 10 the Bor lIner demands rather than thea lur lurter sut ter fer time the resulting calamity that would follow the collapse ot of tier hr agriculture at home nut But what England could not have done without a revolutIon 01 omm her farms this the United States ha hue en able abl to do wih with ease at WI W have sent nt or U are sending what wl will be a total of nerl It IC not quite 1 a quarter or of 1 a milon million ot of horel horses and mule mimics anti amI thol Shipments hUt have our prIces to only a very P amal smell degree Not only have Ye we ben been supplying alent with lh war animal but thIs hs has been the market markt In which Whelm GermAny hu has secured her war ur horse horses and mule mules for tor shipment nt to ChI ChIn n as I It II is cheaper heaper and easier And I It CIU lel hess disturbance to her industries to purchase her here thAn on time the cam term ot of th the The actual ant anti relative number of our farm boree explains why th these In Irh such In an emergency nl as time pr n lok look to th tok growers of thIs naton nation for means or of inc Ino In thIs to call I your attention to R a factor ot of our 1 tin power to which you 1 Ind find but few Cew The war In South hUl line the Iho superiority of at Q a mounted over or nn art soldier ol lor One mounted man manis Is worth In South Africa and Ud In gell cen Iral eral II in modern lart three e ed ones In war ar therefore the nation that has nn an unlimited supply of oC Is thrice pr for tor the conflict other timings beIng Ime same This Thle the situation In the States Hates from fromn n ft standpoint Our br enormous stock of oC hOTos and mules mulu is 18 n a menns ot of national defense detone that must ha be ranked In effectiveness along with the trained ot of good soldiers and 0 a supply ot of the best modern guns The Tho American hor horse Ind and mule lra are to 10 tobe bo be o not only In this p possible relation to 10 conflict OI on the held of at cr car thy they have a tar far vial vital im In connection wih with industrial fhe struggles alt and conflicts ot of nations Were once hol by force ot anne Now luch such Ire are becomIng less laM and less frequent A quiet hut but 10 tie Il lees intense or of hut tor or that reason no lel ieee tar fir reaching In re lull cults Al All the at the time arc engaged In one tremendous struggle for tor supremacy lere lists as In tile the conflict lt of arnie the hore horse plays U a important part The average hor horse II is able to perform six the muscular work of oC an aver average age Rne |