Show TAX ON HIDES lOWER LOER FREIGHT DEClARED NEED Coolidge Agricultural Conference Also Suggests Suggests Suggests Sug Sug- I Changes in Banking Banking Banking Bank Bank- ing as Prime Necessity ALBUQUERQUE N N. M. M Jan 14 By A. A P. P P.-A P. A protective tariff on hides reduction of freight rates on agricultural products in including livestock and a more satisfactory administration of or the present bankIng banking bank bank- I Ing Ing- facilities in relation to c cattle cattie are some of oC the things t that President dent Coolidge's agricultural conference conference conference confer confer- I ence has decided are necessary to toI the welfare of the livestock Industry industry indus- indus I try Fred fed H. H Bixby member of the j conference told the American KaI National National Na Na- I Honal Livestock association In conI convention convention con- con I venti on here heie today Mr Bixby whose home is in Long LongBeach LongBeach LongBeach Beach Co Cal is president of the tile as association association as- as which opened its twenty- twenty eighth annual convention here to to- to day Mr 11 Bixby's statement was made during his llis annual report to the convention As the report of the conference has Ilas not yet been completed completed com corn 1 Mr BIxby did not go into its details FULL OF OPTIMISM The Tile presidents president's report was report was full of optimism for the tile future of the livestock live live- stock industry It is the opinion of or everyone in inthe inthe inthe the cattle business that there will willbe willbe be an improvement in conditions b by bythe bythe I the coming spring he said eald A A. A T. T Hannett governor of New Mexico delivered an address of welcome welcome welcome wel wel- come to the convention I Those hose who spoke during the tIle day included W. W S. S of or Lake Lale Cit City Colo Cole H. H L. L Kent president of the College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts State college New Mexico J. J P. P Iverson chief of the tile divI division ion of animal husbandry CalifornIa California Cali Call fornia department of agriculture and S. S H H. H Cowan of Fort Worth Tex attorney of the association I I Assistance for Industry Urged WASHINGTON ASHINGTON W Jan Tan 14 Assist H.-Assist- Assist Assistance ance for the livestock industry through existing financial age agencies cies sand through a a ne new land policy to permit grazing on public d domain main were vere recommended toda today to President Coolidge by his ilis agricultural commission in a preliminary pre pre- report A later report will wIil deal with possible possible possible pos pos- sible additional relief through revIsIon revision revision sion of or transportation charges and anda a protective tariff The committee said it wished to emphasize now that the welfare of agriculture ag also demands an early and thorough re revision revision revision re- re vision of the freight rate structure Declaring existing agencies s can handle the livestock financing situation situation sit sit- t tile the e commission declared the federal intermediate credit banks should assume the tile full responsIbility responsibility by aggressively and sympathetically sympathetically undertaking to cover the field and thus support and supplement supplement supplement supple supple- ment the normal financing of or livestock livestock livestock live live- stock paper AMENDMENT SUGGESTED The only legislation suggested was amendment of the agricultural credits to eliminate th the provision that prohibits rediscounting by federal federal federal fed fed- eral intermediate credit banks of loans negotiated by federally chartered chartered chartered char char- agricultural credit agencies In recommending use of the public pub pub- lic domain fer cattle grazing the commission suggested that a uniform uniform uniform uni uni- form policy for grazing on national forests and public land be drawn up by a committee on which the livestock livestock live lIve- stock Industry would be represented represent- represent e ed Meantime the commission de declared declared de- de dared no increases should be made in grazing charges |