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Show 8T0CK GROWERS WALKED OUT. 1 Would Not Remain In Organization f Which Admitted Packers to Mem- r bershlp. Tho National Livestock nssoclntlon was rent In twain nt Its session In Den- ,' ver on tho 13th, by tho ndoptlon of a now constitution, which ndmltted tho 1 packers to membership, nnd provided ' nn open door through which tho rail- 1 roads of tho country might nt any tlmo bocomo factors In tho control of tho organization. Tho cattlemen, horso and swlno growers, together with representatives of somo of tho affiliated industries, refused re-fused to ngrco to tho now constitution, I withdrew when they considered Its j adoption probablo, nnd In tho after- j noon formed a now organization undor j tho namo of tho American Stock-Growers' association, whoso aim It will bo to wield a dominating influence In tho Interest In-terest of tho cattlo grower. Roughly speaking, tho sheep growers, grow-ers, commission men nnd tho Btock ynrds Interests remnlned with tho Nntlonnl Nn-tlonnl Livestock association, and the actual growers of all other animals for tho mnrkot hnvo gono with tho new association. |