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Show Conditions Alarming In Cattle Industry Declared A. Jastra Unfavorable Factors Enumerated by i President of Live Stock I Association i Son Frantlsco, March 24. Declaring Declar-ing that tho cattlo business of tho southwestern rmigo8 was threatened with destruction If tho quarantine on tho foot and mouth dlseaso was not Btrlctly enforced, vnrlous speakers beforo the eighteenth annual convention conven-tion of tho American Llvo Stock association as-sociation hero today urged that safo ty first, bo mado tho association's slogan . Cattlemen from California, No-vada, No-vada, Arizona, Texas, Utah, Colorado, Colora-do, Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon and New Mexico mado addresses. ad-dresses. Alarming conditions in tho cattlo industry wero described .by 11. A. astro, president of tho association, In his annual address at tho opening of tho convention. Unrcmunerntlvo prices, ruinous market fluctuations, fear of tho of-foct of-foct of the removal of duties on cattlo cat-tlo and meats and unsatisfactory range conditions woro given as tho unfavorable factors In tho cattlo bus lncss which threatens disaster to It. A shortage of cattle, howovcr, ho snld, did not exist. "Tho calamitous condition, gcnernlly pictured by tho public, Is "not true," ho said. "Wo still export moro meat products thnr o Import and wo will contlnuo to do bo probably for ninny yenrs." Tho Idea that meat prices worn raised by tho war In Europo, President Presi-dent Jastro, also denied. "Tho foot nnd mouth dlseaso," ho said, "If It Rets beyond control, will mean abandonment of all stockyards and slaughtering establishments." Colorado Declares Quarantine Donvor, March 24. The stnto board of stock Inspection today promulgated pro-mulgated a foot and mouth dlseaso quarantine order, effcctlvo March 25, which prohibits shipping Into Co'.o rndo horses, mules, cattlo, hogs, sheep, Jacks, Jennets, burro8 or other domestic animals from Mexico, Can-nda, Can-nda, or any stato except Now Moxt-co, Moxt-co, Texas, Arizona, California, Ore gon, Washington, Idaho, Novada, Utah nnd Wyoming. It Is oxplnlncd tho order Is mndo to provent live stock coming Into tho stnto from Infected districts In tho cast during tho tlmo It Is customary to restock tho cattlo ranges |