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would like to be, simply because the States east of the Mississippi have 

 had no organization. They, too, need to be reached. We must do this 

 after we carry on the warfare west of the Mississippi. 



Then came the President's message. I am glad to say I found more 

 common sense in that message than anything I have heard for a num- 

 ber of years, and it seems to me he is with us right straight in this fight. 



[Here Colonel Harris read the remarks supposed to have been made 

 by President lugalls, from the President's message to Congress.] 



Now, the President of the United States and one of the greatest 

 railway men in the country states what I have endeavored to show con- 

 cerning this great live stock interest. Next Aveek there will be held at 

 Denver one of the greatest and most important meetings held in America 

 or on American soil for many, many years. There has been a certain 

 desire on the part of a great many concerned, principally Mr. Frank Ha- 

 gerbarth, who was elected president of the National Live Stock Associa- 

 tion, to make a change in that great organization, and it is absolutely 

 necessary there should be live stock organizations in every State in the 

 Union who can be in touch and be represented in the affairs of the or- 

 ganization, and the plan is given by Mr. Hagerbarth, who is a large 

 ranch owner. He is interested in cattle shipping, to say nothing of other 

 business. He has been spending months in going around seeing the most 

 important railway men in the country. This is a great question, which 

 should be settled upon the basis of mutual interest. Everyone has said 

 that they are willing to do anything that will bring about a better under- 

 slanding, with less friction; that it will help them, and that it will help 

 us. He went to see the market houses, and was told by them that they 

 would come out in the open and give them a s(iuare deal, and that they 

 would put any necessary amount of money up to bring about this kind 

 of an organization. They are tired of resting under tlic cut he enmity 

 of all the American people. They said to him: "We nic doing a legiti- 

 mate business and we can show it, and we propose to do what we can 

 to bring about a betterment of conditions in the market." He has seen 

 the presidents of the Union Stock Yards compani(>s in Cliicngo and Kan- 

 sas City, aiid was assured by them that they were in r.ivor of better 

 things. The National Live Stock Commission is only a (•(•inniittee to 

 bring these things about. The great difficulty is on account of the unor- 

 ganized side of the live stock industry all over the country. We must 

 have organizations like these you are launching today, not only devoted 

 to building up and improving the business, but to advance more intelli- 

 gent and better methods and all these things, but you must legislate and 

 conduct the affairs in connection with the outside world, and j'ou must 

 represent your people. Yon will find men interested in these things 

 whom you might not expect to be interested. As Mr. Rankin has well 

 said, you must not confine this to the men who have taken a little higher 

 position in breeding the improved breeds. You must broaden out and 



