Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-10
TO LIVE STOCK BREEDERS,

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TO LIVE STOCK BREEDERS,
one OF the national organizations IN
which Utah is interested is the Live
Stock Association, which includes In it's
membership many Of our prominent
acd enterprisng citizens We there.
fore give place to the following state.
mcnt which VIII be Of value to large
number Of the readers Of the Deseret
,,eWs.
Ever since It's organization, the Ma
Gmal Live Stock Association has been
working hard 10 secure the adoption
Of some law providing for gathering
vital statistics on the live stock indu1-
try In the United States, While 'he
Improvement IN the last census has been
the only tangible result seen by the pub
lic yet considerable progress has been
made towards the end aimed at TIE
establishment Of the census office as
regular department Of the goyernmcr
vas the first step and this was warmly
backed by the Association The next
step Il to secure a bureau Of live stock
statistics In that department,
AT the request Of the Association
Congressman Hopkins. Chairman Of he
House Census Committee. introduced
an amendment to the Census Act. pro.
viding for "a classified enumeration
and value Of live stock which shall be
made under such rules and regulations
as the director Of the department may
deem best, This was introduced so late
mat It was impossible to secure re-
Iort ON the amendment at last session,
but It will be vigorously pushed dur
ing the coming session. The measure
has the endorsement Of the Depart.
mcut Of Agriculture as well as the Gem
sis department, and there Is strong
hope that it will be possible to start
the bureau IN time for another gem
tral census In 1906
There can be no question Of the ne
cessity Of reliable statistics regarding
i've stock In this country Next to the
bread supply the meat supply of trc
country IL of most Importance. and
every year demonstrates the need Of
statistics that can be depended upon.
NE census of 1900 was good as far Is
Il went but with no figures with which
To compare that census is practically
useless until another is taken TO Sc
bureau Of statistics could work, there
should be complete census made Of
the live stock in three consecutive years
and after that every five years II
this was done. bureau could very
easily keep close estimate OF the
changes taking place. and such est
mates would be OF the greatest value
30 trade and commerce as well as %
the farmers and stock ralScrs
For instance. this season there has
been wholesale slaughter Of female
cattle, and In addition thousands OF
htIiers have been speyed 1t Is poe
sible that this very act may result Ia "a
scarcity OF breeding cattle shortly. Al
resent almost nothing Is known in ro-
yard TO the supply and demand for
meat cattle The country might be on
the verge of @ shortage which would
send meat prices far beyond the ton
figures of this year. and no one could
say such a shortage existed until it was
| actually here The markets are cone
pletcly controlled by the visible supply
actually ON themmke, from dag To day
ana farmers may Doe selling their stock
ot panic prices when the actual cond.-
ions do not Justify those prices.
10 the government fluids it profitable
o. collect statistics ON the grain oous
Of the country. cotton and manutar-
ures, there can be mo- valid or logical
argument against collecting statistic
an the meat supply, one is as Impor,
aut as the other and statistics are fW,g
as necessary for the proper conduct 90,
ttlde and commerce.
More than eight million farmers and
stock raiscrS a,e interested in ihi.
Ioeaura They represent Nooo.eooH