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Show STOCKMEN OF mirPT nnairro WLjjjjunrLn Assembly at Hotel Utah Rep-: resents Twelve Western States fcALT lake. Dec. 6. Representatives Representa-tives from twelve western states were, in attendance ;t the conference of of-, tie r:i and directoi-s of about two-score catUemen'a association which opened at t!u- Motel I'tah this morning. David; J. Stollery. secretary of the California Cattlemen's association, called the conference. con-ference. Efforts were made during I he last two months to Induce Herbert Hoover, former food administrator, to preside th aii Lake deliberations', but his undertaking to raise the sum of Sr.0,000.000 for support of European i hlldren during the winter has Interfered Inter-fered with any Other work and he will ho unable to tie pit-sent. Mi. Hoover , has a very comprehensive Ki asp Of the situation confronting the cattlemen land Ifl working out a plan in his mind which he may bo able to submit to ;the conference by letter. pi i:lsll THIRD ;i V. j Tlie twelve western states r'-epre- sented, according to Mr StroUery. con-taih con-taih hut one-tenth of the population Of the United States, and furnish one-third one-third of the beef supply Of the nation. "With the Statistics before It which the state associations have beon re-UJUeSted re-UJUeSted to furnish, the Salt Like conference." con-ference." said Mr Stollery, can con-centrate con-centrate strongly upon the subjects to bo covered, and can discuss compre- Ihcnalvely a plan, or plans, to present to the American National Livestock association convention at El Paso January Jan-uary 12. 13 and 14. "Holding as they do the surplus cat. Uio ot the country, the twelve western 3tates have nl lml ted power nnd the 'following vital factor is all Important: iThat the west dominate the beef sup-I sup-I ply of the nation and whould be In a 'position of great Influence by reason or ; this fact." GET TOGETHER. "The stockmen must get together land consider many things that OOIlCl in us. I favor the Imposition of a protective pro-tective tariff of L'O per cent on beef. 1 .think that would be about rjgnl to prevent the unwarranted dumping ol surplus stocks from other countries on our markets. "The claim might be made that the Interest 'of the consumer Is better s rvod under free trade and thla could !bo conceded in a country which wna i producing Insufficient for its needs. It I Ik to the homo producer, and to him alone, that the consumer can look for 'consistent supplies of the things we need. The system of exchange now i has a great deal to do with other countries coun-tries sending beef to the United Stales "More cattlemen have gone out ol 1 business during ihr last two years than Murine my experience of sixteen yean land this can be accounted for as ft ! result of the impetus given to produc-1 i tion during the war period and the, ist-gnatlon following. The exportation Of beef products from the United States haa fallen off so per cent during th p.ist two yours. A protective tariff would correct this situation by r -ilecllng our market from the ncttvitl-s. of nrodmers of other countries. Per-, haiis, when the rates of exchange In I other countries have been adjusted, 'tho tariff may be reduced. However. Ithe living condition! In the I'nlted; j. Stales are iinexecelled throughout the j world and this fact In Itself has a dUl rect bearing on the need of protection, of our industry. |