Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 December 1901 — LIVE STOCK CONVENTION [ARTICLE]

LIVE STOCK CONVENTION

One Thousand Delegate* Represent a Cap. Rai of About $1,000,000,000. Chicago. Dee. 4.—More than 1,000 delegates to the fifth annual convention of the National Live Stock association met yesterday at the Studebaker theater. The men present, it is estimated, represent a working capital of more than $1,000,000,000. Fourteen governors of states have accepted the association’s invitation and will be present some time during the convention. Governor Yates welcomed the stock men for the state. Thirty-eight states and territories are represented by delegates. New Hampshire was not counted on to send representatives, but three stock raisers from that far eastern state reported. Oklahoma is represented by eight delegates, and W. K. Knlpe will present resolutions a;king congress to make a state of the territory. The gathering adopted what was said to be the first resolutions based on President Roosevelt's message. These resolutions commended the president’s attitude toward the reclamation of arid lands by Irrigation and urged congress to a serious consideration of the Question.