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holds out a greater hope of profit in the future than in the past 

 because of the fact that they must be produced on land of a com- 

 mercial value. The free range is no longer even a dream. The 

 place for cattle is to utilize those crops that grow on the farm, not 

 only for the best crops, but for the crops that would otherwise be 

 unprofitable. Success depends upon making good use of the by- 

 products of the feed lot, the hogs, the manure, etc., and thus build- 

 ing up the farms, making better citizenship and better homes 

 throughout the State. I thank you. 



RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION OF LIVE STOCK. 



(C. S. Jones, President Chicago Live Stoclc Exchange, Chicago, 111.) 



I assure you that I feel highly honored to be invited to ad- 

 dress you on the question of railroad trans- 

 portation of live stock. It is a very im- 

 portant question, not only to the cattle feed- 

 ers and producers all over the country but 

 to the commission men as well. 



I come here with no "chip on my 

 shoulder" to make a fight with the rail- 

 roads. They are a very necessary evil; 

 they have done more to develop the com- 

 merce, the agricultural interests and the 

 live stock interests than, any other agency 

 and have probably contributed as much or 

 more to the development of the western 

 country than all other agencies combined. 

 They have penetrated the western territory, they have tunneled 

 and climbed over the Rocky mountains and it has cost a great many 

 millions of dollars to do so, and they are entitled to a great amount 

 of credit for the work that they have done. 



C. S. Jones. 



