. Annual report of the Missouri State Board of Agriculture. Missouri. State Board of Agriculture; Agriculture -- Missouri. RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION OF LIVE STOCK. (C. S. Jones, President Chicago Live Stoclc Exchange, Chicago, 111.) I assure you that I feel highly honored to be invited to ad- dress you on the question of railroad trans- portation of live stock. It is a very im- portant question, not only to the cattle feed- ers and producers all over the country but to the commission men as well. I come here with no "chip on my shoulder" to make a fight with the rail- roads. They are a
. Annual report of the Missouri State Board of Agriculture. Missouri. State Board of Agriculture; Agriculture -- Missouri. RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION OF LIVE STOCK. (C. S. Jones, President Chicago Live Stoclc Exchange, Chicago, 111.) I assure you that I feel highly honored to be invited to ad- dress you on the question of railroad trans- portation of live stock. It is a very im- portant question, not only to the cattle feed- ers and producers all over the country but to the commission men as well. I come here with no "chip on my shoulder" to make a fight with the rail- roads. They are a very necessary evil; they have done more to develop the com- merce, the agricultural interests and the live stock interests than, any other agency and have probably contributed as much or more to the development of the western country than all other agencies combined. They have penetrated the western territory, they have tunneled and climbed over the Rocky mountains and it has cost a great many millions of dollars to do so, and they are entitled to a great amount of credit for the work that they have C. S. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Missouri. State Board of Agriculture. Jefferson City, Mo. : Missouri State Board of Agriculture
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