The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-01
DEPEND ON FARMERS
MUST AVERT HEAT FAMINE BY
RAISING BEEVES
Two EACH EVERY YEAR

American Meat hackers declare II
Decrease in Production is Not Stop
ped Question Of Supply Will be Sc
rious-Suggest Substitution OF
Corn for Cotton.
The responsibility Of averting a fu-
ture meat famine was put up to small
farmers by speakers at the eighth an
nual Convention Of the American
Meat Packers Convention at Chicago
Monday. All the speakers agreed
that il the decrease in meat produc-
tion Of the last ten years is not stop
ped the question Of the meat supply
for the people Of the United States
will be most serious. Among the
remedies suggested by the speakers
were:
Every small farmer should raise at :
least two beef steers year to Offset
the decreased production OF the great
ranches OF the West.
The remaining ranges should be
cut up in farms to put all farmers
on an equal footing.
Development OF the hills OF New
England with their bountiful springs
and prevailing shade as a beef:pro-
ducing country.
Substitution of corn for cotton IN
the Southern states and the conse-
quent development Of cattle and hog
production.
The report Of the executive COM
mittee sounded note of the danger
of famine. ''The American meat
packing house situation and that OF
consumers Of meat food products In
this country are both in q condition
more precarious than at any other
time in our history" the report stat
ed. eve are facing conditions In the
production Of meat food products
which would have been thought I'M
possible ten years ago. The shortage
OF live stock, which has been i'm
pressed upon US as packing house
producers for several years, has been
intensified during the last year. Our
population is growing at It's normal
rate.
'The farmers are not furnishing
nearly a sufficient number Of animals
to keep the packing houses in opera
ton on anything like full time, and
this results in heavy losses, owing to
lack of volume Of business, and there
seems to be no prospect Of relief. De-
spite the higher prices for live stock
of all kinds statistics show that the
farmers not only are not increasing
their production Of meat food AMI
mails, but that such production Is de-
creasing at an appalling rate"
Among other causes for the short
age of meat the report pointed out
another loss OF meat food and anil
mails through preventable diseases
and ttthe unthinking slaughter OF
calves, and especially heifer calves"
The committee appointed to confer
with government officials regarding
pure food laws in its report challeng-
ed the wisdom Of the federal govern
ment debating what ingredients shall
be used in meat productions.
"Our principal difficulty has been
that those in power know practically
nothing Of the peculiar conditions in
packing house operation. We have
been in the hands Of capable, we'll
meaning scientists on one hand and
political ofice-holders on the other"
The report declared that the action
Of the government in changing the
character Of labels on canned goods,
after once they had been accepted by
the government, cost the packing in
dustry s250,o00 annually. Speakers
at the National Convention Of butter
and egg men urged the need OF ma
tional legislation to regulate the stor-
age of these products in order to
avoid repeated charges Of price rais-
ing and monopoly.