Word: cattlemen
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...last week, as Mr. Hull dickered desperately with Argentina for his 23rd trade agreement, the 23rd tide of complaints rolled in. Cattlemen, dairymen, manufacturers squawked louder than ever before. Not only had Republicans whipped up anti-agreement sentiment throughout the Midwest, but New Dealers from agricultural States had pledged themselves to jerk away Mr. Hull's powers at the earliest opportunity...
Wisconsin cheesemen, Midwest cattlemen and wheat-growers were hot under their open collars, fearing the impact of Argentine imports on their markets. Gov William H. Vanderbilt of Rhode Island's well-starched collar was also warm. Citing his State's lace industry, he threatened last month to take suit to the Supreme Court against the Trade Agreements Act's constitutionality. He too got back a politely savage letter, requesting him to note that the Rhode Island lace industry, under three years of agreements, had recovered almost 100% of its 1929 volume of $27,000,000. Senators Pittman...
Argentina, world's greatest cattle exporter, had given way at last on its beef. The U. S. still will not import fresh, chilled or frozen meat from the pampas, in deference to the ire of U. S. cattlemen, already roused by Franklin Roosevelt's crack that Argentine corned beef at 9? a pound is superior food for U. S. sailors to the home product at 24? a pound...
Died. Murdo Mackenzie, 89, Scottish-born president of the American National Livestock Association; in Denver. Old-time Western rancher, Mackenzie became king of U. S. cattlemen, operated 1,000,000 acres in Texas, New Mexico and Colorado, once scolded President Theodore Roosevelt: "You said you'd give me 20 minutes and you've done all the talking. Now you'll keep your word and listen to me." Cattleman Mackenzie never carried a gun. Said he: "I'm too big to do any gunfighting. Nobody could possibly miss me." His biggest triumph: the 1906 Hepburn Act, which...
...cattlemen and their spokesmen in Congress exploded with indignation at this Presidential statement. In Argentina whose frozen (but not corned) beef has been kept out of the U. S. on the grounds that the country harbors hoof & mouth disease, his words were acclaimed. Said Argentine Foreign Minister Jose Cantilo in Buenos Aires : "A fine gesture ! ... An important precedent in friendly relations...