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Show j.rreement vth the foreign countries and equality of the tariff. "If any one else Is to have tarlfl prelection, we want it," declared Mr. C'owan "The shoemakers asked that the tariff be taken off hides and said it would make the leather in a pair of shoos about two cents cheaper. At the same time they said the prlco ot slices to the consumer would be reduced re-duced 25 cents. IUanybody thinks that the tanners andVhoemakers arc roinc to indulge in charity like that for the benefit of the consumer, 1 I feel sorry for them." Mr Cowan said the agricultural inter in-ter sts of th-a country must organize .Into a more compact body than they are now assembled in and wage a 'vigorous fight In congress for their lights. Otherwise, ho said, those interests' in-terests' which oid work for their own interests in Washington would con-llnuo con-llnuo to fatten at the expense of the agricultural interests. Ex-Senator Carey believed that tho stockmen should be allowed the use of the public lands for grazing purposes pur-poses under federal supervision, for which they uenlred, he said, to pay a rental,, asking only a reasonable tenure. ten-ure. He declared that the stockmen were not "land robbers," as they had been called, but they only desired to make use of tho public domain where it was lying Idle, for which privilege thev were willing to pay. He favored the'enactment of the Curtis-Scott bill now ponding in congress. The session of tho association will continue two days. Denver and Tort Worth are asking for the next annual convention of tho asbcciatlon. l TWELFTH -ANN UAL SESSION Am. Livestock Association Convene: Cattlemen Want a Square Deal. os Angeles. Cal., Jan. 26. Tho American National Livestock association, associa-tion, representing stock raising organizations or-ganizations from all parts of the wc6t era section of the United States, convened con-vened here toaay in its twelfth annual convention, .'and during the two sessions ses-sions held during the morning and afternoon, af-ternoon, listened to addresses on various topics of national Interest by men prominent in the affairs of the Industry. In-dustry. Among those besides President Presi-dent James Justro of the association whe delivered his annual address, were former United States Senator A. Harris of Kansas, who spoke upon up-on the tonls of "Our Foreign Mar lets;" former United States Senator Joseph M. Carey of Wyoming, upon 'Lund Laws, Their Administration and. Effect;'-' S. H. Cowan of Port vorth, Texas, attorney for the livestock live-stock association, upon "What the "Livestock' Industry Demands of Congress," Con-gress," and C, D. Marsh of the government gov-ernment bureau of plant industry at Washington, D. C, who delivered an illustrated ,reSew of "The Loco Investigation." In-vestigation." The subject of the tariff and its relation to the livestock industry in-dustry proved of greatest interest to tho convention. The remarks ot ex-f.enator ex-f.enator Harris along this line, were especially wel received, and they Tvcre ordered by a vote of the convention con-vention to be printed and sent to the ays and means committee of the house of representatives. Senator Harris Har-ris said that protection had reached the limit, and that all political parties par-ties were pledged to its reduction and (he president-elect had announced an-nounced his determination to bring it roout The cattlemen, he said, wanted a square deal and nothing more. But they, too. must do some giving up. Mr. Cowan, during the course or his remarks, very vigorously criticised the house of representatives at Washington Wash-ington for its clleged inactivity in bo-halt bo-halt of the agricultural interests of the country. He also criticised tho house tariff committee for what he termed prejudice during the recent taiifl. hearings before the committee. Mr. Cowan appeared in behalf of the livestock committee to resist the efforts ef-forts to have the tariff on hides reduced. re-duced. Some of the things which Mr. Cowan said the livestock industry demanded de-manded of the congress were a law irohibiting the railroads from putting into effect any freight rate before the Inter State Commerce commission had passed upon its reasonableness; physical valuation of railroads; a law ' to compel better service, to define what constituted good service, and to provide a penalty for violation; action by congress securing reclpiocal trade |