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nate from our western representatives. And, for the reason I have mentioned 

 that our western senators and congressman will not unite on any plan that 

 will suit the majority of them Congress has been dilatory in acting upon this 

 proposed legislation. However, since the eastern representatives to Congress 

 have become more familiar with the situation, and this question has now be- 

 come nation-wide, I believe that at this time we should urge all representa- 

 tives in Congress and all senators to take up this matter in earnest, and enact 

 some laws that will result in the greatest good to the greatest number. There 

 will always be some opposition; that is true of every bill that passes Congress. 

 Unanimity of opinion on this or any other subject is almost unattainable. 



It being evident that the shortage of live stock in the West is in a great 

 degree traceable to the present range conditions, I hope our Congress will 

 awaken to a just conception of a situation which we have sought for many 

 years to make plain. The legislation we ask for concerns the East as much as 

 the West; the consumer as well as the producer. It has been pigeonholed in 

 committee-rooms long enough. I hope this convention will pass some strong 

 resolutions on this important question, and that you will follow them up by 

 again sending a strong representative committee to Washington to urge the 

 passage of this much-needed legislation. 



