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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



committee on reciprocity, of which Con- 

 gressman Hopkins of Illinois is chairman,, 

 and state our case and urge prompt action 

 by Congress at this session. 



Mr. Allerton said: "It is all well 

 enough to talk about a restoration of the 

 tariff, but no relief from such a source can 

 be obtained inside of six months. On 

 the other hand, if we can renew our former 

 relations with Germany, Belgium, Switzer- 

 land and other European countries, so that 

 our cattle may be sold there, the benefit 

 will be instantaneous. This point will be 

 impressed upon the Ways and Means Com- 

 mittee, and I do not see how this body can 

 fail to act promptly upon a matter which 

 is so vital to the interests of the United 

 States." 



Governor Mclntire, of Colorado, has 

 issued a proclamation establishing a 

 quarantine against cattle and horses from 

 California, Texas, and the territory of 

 Oklahoma, and other States and Territories 

 lying south of the thirty- sixth parallel of 

 north latitude, and prohibiting their ad- 

 mission to the State except upon certifi- 

 cates of the Veterinary Sanitary Board or 

 their duly authorized inspectors. 



Governor Rickards, of Montana, has 

 issued his proclamation prohibiting the 

 importation of sheep into Montana from 

 Oregon, Nevada, California, Washington, 

 Wyoming, Idaho, Colorado, Utah and 

 Territories of Oklahoma and New Mexico. 



There were 14,000 head of cattle in the 

 Kansas City yards about the middle of 

 the month. 



A co-operative creamery association has 

 been organized at Darien, Wisconsin, that 

 will erect one of the finest creameries in 

 the State. * The charter has been secured 

 and officers elected as follows: L. E. 

 Hastings, president; M. E. Cusack, man- 

 ager; M. H. Gardner, secretary; B. J. 

 Blakely, treasurer; Frank Randall, John 

 Piper and Clarence Mereness, directors 

 and building committee. 



The W 7 estern Packers' Canned Goods 

 Association of Chicago has elected L. 

 G. Seager, president; J. S. Edwards, 

 Leavenworth, Kansas, secretary and treas- 

 urer. 



At the Indiana Congress of Industrial 

 Associations, composed of the organiza- 

 tions engaged in the promotion of agri- 

 cultural pursuits, Governor Matthews 



urged the establishment of a midwinter 

 stock show to be held in connection with 

 the Chicago show. 



The Kansas City Cattle Company has 

 received a charter from the State of Kan- 

 sas, and will engage in the cattle business 

 on a large scale. 



The Union Stock Yards, at Sioux Falls, 

 So. Dakota, has incorporated with $1,- 

 000,000 capital stock. 



The South is at present affording a 

 fair market for horses. 



Commission men have taken up the tight 

 for live stock shippers against the switch- 

 ing charge of $2 per car levied on all 

 stock by the railroads in Chicago, and the 

 case is before the Illinois Railroad and 

 Warehouse Commission. 



At the annual convention of theNational 

 League of Commission Merchants of the 

 United States, in St. Louis, it was re- 

 solved that the commission men of the 

 country were the representatives of the 

 producers, and that they must see to it 

 that producers get fair transportation 

 rates and fair treatment as regards a 

 saving of time in shipments and proper 

 handling of the products. A firm stand 

 against the railroads was decided upon. 



GOOD ROADS 



Good Roads Parliament, at its last ses- 

 sion, held at Atlanta, Georgia, heard re- 

 ports from thirty-two States relative to the 

 progress made in the construction of roads, 

 and as to legislation concerning good 

 roads. The United States government had 

 constructed on the Exposition grounds 

 four classes of roads, and the afternoons 

 during the session were spent in seeing 

 the roads tested. The members of the 

 Parliament also witnessed the construc- 

 tion of an improved road by convict labor, 

 engineering skill and improved machinery. 

 There were exhibits of road material from 

 all sections of the Union. The officers of 

 the Parliament, as elected, are: Presi- 

 dent, Gen. Roy Stone. Washington, Dis- 

 trict of Columbia; first vice-president, 

 Judge W. F. Eve, of Georgia; second vice- 

 president, Hon. J. A. C. Wright, of New 

 York; secretary, W. G. Whidby, of At- 

 lanta, Georgia; assistant secretary, J. S. 

 Rogers, of New Jersey. The next meet- 

 ing will be held at Nashville during the 

 Tennessee Centennial Exposition. 



