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Senator HANSBKOUGH. What would have happened to Mr. Cowherd 

 in Kansas City had he proclaimed himself in favor of the Grout bill? 



Mr. MILLER. I do not know what would have happened. I know if 

 the packers had not come to his rescue he would have been hopelessly 

 snowed under. He was the only Democrat elected in the county. We 

 were taking no part in electing any candidate on either side, but as Mr. 

 Cowherd had expressed himself as favoring our interests we felt it our 

 duty to come to his rescue. 



The CHAIRMAN. You voted, I hope, for some one, did you not? 



Mr. MILLER. Yes, sir; I did; but we made no attempt whatever in 

 the last year to elect any one to Congress who favored our interest. 



Senator BATE. Then you voted for your interest, not on principle, 

 in that case? 



Mr. MILLER. Yes, sir; in that particular case we did. 



STATEMENT OF JOHN C. M'COY. 



Mr. McCoy. Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the committee 



Senator HANSBROUGH. Do you represent a manufacturing industry- 

 or do you appear as attorney for a manufacturing industry ? 



Mr. McCoY. No, sir; I am not an attorney. I am simply an indi- 

 vidual a private citizen and I am here, as I will state to you directly, 

 in two capacities. I will say that I have been handicapped all my life 

 by the misfortune of not being able to express my feelings in public 

 the way I should like to do. I am not a public speaker, and I therefore 

 ask the privilege of reading what I have prepared on this- subject. 



The CHAIRMAN. Certainly. 



Mr. McCoY. I will say also that I have been very badly handi- 

 capped since I left Kansas City a few days ago, as I have been quite 

 sick ever since, and I have had very little time to make any prepara- 

 tion whatever. 



I wish to say, gentlemen, that I appreciate the honor of being per- 

 mitted to appear before your committee, and regret my inexperience 

 and lack of ability will prevent me from presenting my views on this 

 important subject as I feel them. I am here before you in a dual 

 capacity as an individual, a Western farmer, stock raiser, a commis- 

 sion merchant for the sale of cattle, hogs, and sheep, and as a repre- 

 sentative of the Kansas City Live Stock Exchange, the members of 

 which handled during this year of 1900 over 6,000,000 head of live 

 stock, valued at over $125, 000,000. I feel that the importance of the 

 industry with which I am connected and the most important bearing 

 the bill under discussion will have on it should be sufficient apology 

 for my trespassing upon your time. 



I am at a loss, however, gentlemen, to know what to say to you. 

 Since the first introduction of the Grout bill in the House up to the 

 present time the matter has been so thoroughly discussed in the public 

 press, before committees, by a flood of literature of all kinds, that it 

 does not seem possible that a new argument could be presented, though 

 I know there are many, like myself, desirous of doing all possible 

 to prevent what seems to us so unjust a measure. 



Because I have taken such a deep interest in the matter the field 

 seems to have been thoroughly covered. A large number of the most 

 celebrated chemists of this country, including Prof. H. W. Wiley, 

 Chief Chemist of the United States Department of Agriculture, have 



