Arizona republican., 1913-01-15

reason I have m,utioncd-that our western scnatu.s and conGreSsmen will not unite on any plan that vii, suit tn, majority of thcm-congress has been Gildtory in acting upon this proposed legislation. However. since the eastern representatives to con grcss nave become more familiar with the situation and this question has now become nation wide. belicN" that at tuIs time we should 'gc all representatives in congress and all senators to take up this matter in earnest and enact some laws that WiH result in the greatest good t. the greatest number There will al ways hc som, opposition. that is true of every bill that passes con sgr. ~s. Unanmity Of opinion on this pr any other subject k almost un- attaindb,e
 It heinz evident that the shu tage of live stock in the west is in d great degree traceably to the present range conditions. l hope our congress wit awaken to just conception of d situation which We have sought for many years to make plain The leg iriatiOn We ask for concerns the east as much as the west. the consumer Us well as the producer. It has been pigeonholcd Iu committee rooms long enough. l hope this conVcn- lion will pass some strong Eesolu- tions on this important question. and that you will follow them Up again sending q strong representa- tive committee to Washington to urge the rdssagc of this much needed legislation. r
 During the past year there has frcaucntlN appeared in the public press statements to the effect that beef raised in the United States is sold in England at less price than in this country. This statement is wholly incorrect The foundation for il probably arises from the misre- presentation practiced by English meat sellers who label beef from Argentina .;is "States' beef. This is done for the purpose of giving the frozen beef from Argentina q better standing so that it can be sold at a higher price. There is no compari- son in the quality of prime corn-fed meat raised in this country with the inferior beef shipped from Argentina to England. The difference in the quality is reflected in the price Frozen beef from Argentina sells in England for lower p-ice than the native beef CT corn-fed product from the United States What little fresh beef is now shipped from the United States % England iss sold at a much higher price than similar beef in this country. It is truly amazing that this deception continues in view of the extremely small exports of beef from this courteN During the nine months enjinS September 30th, 1912. tine total export of fresh meat from the United States was 7,700,000 pounds valued at $S7S6S5. Of this amount, only 2,4SS.000 pounds, valued at $263.- 1S6 were shipped to the United Kingdom For the same period, the shipment of beef from Argentina was more than a hundred times greater than from the United States. In 1905 we exported substantially as much IS Argentina That country has in creased it's exports threefoId. while shipments from the United States have dWindled to insignificant pro portions. The price of live stock all ever the world has increased; in Argentina as well as in other coun- tries There is today no surplus of meat r.oducts pressing on the mar kcts of the world for the demand is greater than the supply.
 The present world conditions as to the Trodaction of live stock are ab-