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stock industry in the west is in a critical condition; it should have the 

 fostering care of not only the railroads, but of all business interests, be- 

 cause upon our live stock industry depends the welfare of our agricul- 

 tural life, and upon agriculture depends the life of the nation. We recog- 

 nize the right of the carriers to a fair profit upon the live stock business 

 and we maintain that the present rates yield them a fair profit, and 

 no reliable evidence has ever been presented to show that they do not. 



Resolved, That on account of the extremely slow and unsatisfactory 

 service frequently given our shipments by some of the railroads, thousands 

 of dollars are lost annually to the farmers and feeders through increased 

 shrinks and cattle becoming stale before reaching market. Wherefore, 

 we demand that the railroads be required by an act of congress to render 

 such service as fs necessary to avoid this loss and deliver our stock in 

 the market in a reasonable time. 



Resolved, That we believ there is no reason for the existence of the 

 newly created Commerce Court, unless it be to defeat the purpose of 

 federal regulation and supervision of interstate railway traffic. That it 

 is effective of the purpose of defeating such federal regulation and super- 

 vision is manifest through its reversals of the findings by the Interstate 

 Commerce Commission, and its apparent indiffernce to the interests of 

 shippers. Believing that the rights of all concerned in transportation 

 matters can and will be amply protected by the federal and supreme 

 courts, we therefore urge upon congress that it repeal the law creating 

 the Com.merce Court at an early date in its present session. 



Resolved, That on account of the rapid development of the live stock 

 industry of South America, and the demand that has been made upon 

 congress to take the duty off of live cattle and dressed meats, we view 

 with alarm such procedure, and demand that as long as this government 

 is committed to a protective policy, the farmer and stockman shall be 

 given the same measure of protection on his farm products that the 

 manufacturer enjoys. 



Resolved, That we are unalterably opposed to a ship subsidy in any 

 form. The effect of such subsidy would be to compel the American farmer 

 to help pay the freight on dressed meat from South America and other 

 foreign ports to our own market. 



Resolved, That we endorse the action of the federal government in 

 the investigation and prosecution of the packers' trust. 



Resolved, That we approve the acts of the directors and officers of 

 this association in opposing advances in rates on live stock, and request 

 them to take such action in the future in opposition to such advances 

 as in their judgment seems necessary, and to incur such expense as may 

 be necessary in opposing advances of either state or interstate rates. 



Resolved, That we express our disapproval of the acts of the last gen- 

 eral assembly in refusing to appropriate a sufficient sum to cover the 

 expense of printing briefs and the expenses of Commissioner Thorne, 

 incurred while going to Washington to argue the recent advance rate 

 cases. The laws of this state provide that the commission shall represent 



