The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-03-03
MEETING HELD
IN Minneapolis
Subject Discussed by North
western Bankers and Def
mite Action is Taken.
THREE STATES WILL
BE ASKED TO AID
Bankers of Minnesota, North
and South Dakota Will
= be Asked to Help.

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g of livestock OH the farm, tho meet
ing held Saturday afternoon in MINI
eapolis and attended by representa-
tive bankers will be of special inter
est. The Minneapolis Journal has the
following relative to this meeting:
Every state and national bank in
Minnesota and North and South Da
kota, and every development %associa-
ton or commercial or other organiza-
ton in the three states will be K
to help in a movement for putting
moro livestock on tho farms that was
started yesterday at a luncheon at the
Minneapolis club, given by E. w.
Decker, president of the Northwestern
National bank, Minneapolis. and at
tended by thirty-four bankers. live
stock men, business men or agricul-
tural experts. j. w. Wheeler, st.
Paul: ]. H.. Platt. Clarke, S. d.; P. a.
Pickett. Lead, n. d., and Thomas
Cooper, Fargo, n. D., were named as
a committee to prepare and dissemtn-
ate literature setting forth the mo-
ives of h Minneapolis meeting and
asking cooperation in the work.
Mr.. Decker opened the meeting that
followed the luncheon with Il state
ment showing that although the pop
ulation of the United States came up
from 75,994.O0O to 91,952.000 from
1900 to 1910. the number OF cattle on
the farms of the country went down
from G9,335,OO to 6~1,225,000. swine
decreased from 64.686,0 900 to 5S.000.>
900 and sheep from 61,735.000 to ST.
100000. lie then read statistics shows
and South Dakota for the sanlc per-
iod. Discussion developed the fact
that causes of the decreases are many,
and prominent among them arc:
Short feed crops in recent years
aud heavy marketing of breeding
cattle.
Sending to market OF too many
immature cattle.
"' Remedies Proposed.
What these conditions have brought
about was Illustrated by a table shows
ing the material advances in livestock
prices i'll recent years. The fact that
in some countries that are prominent
in livestock production of the world
the sale of young female cattle is pro-
hibitcd. was cited. When it came to
. consideration of remedies for the ex-
listing situation in the northwest there
were IA Suggestions. Among them
were:
Stimulating of interest in stock
raising.
An educational campaign show
ing possibilities in livestock rails
ing.
Cooperation Of the development
association.
Cooperation of stockmen and
farmers.
The help of the bankers to fur
ther the movement.
Prohibition by law of the mar
keting of immature cattle.
R}11a hoforo tho 1opic1afIrro of Min.
nesota, North and South Dakota, ap-
propriating money for county demon
stration work, were endorsed by the
meeting.
Three States Represented.
w. c. McFadden of Fargo. secre-
tarY of the North Dakota Bankers
association, whose ability to attend
the meeting had been uncertain.
reached Minneapolis, and with j. E.
Plat of Clarke, secretary of the South
Dakota association, and George Fl.
Richards of Minneapolis, secretary Of
tho Minnesota association, the banks
Of these states were all represented
through their association officers.
Thomas Cooper of the North Dako-
Ia Better Farming association spoke
Of the plan as one of the most i'm
portant that had developed within a
recent time and said it could be made
a big success by the right kind of
effort. The North and South Dakota
men present said that nothing could
be hoped for in quick results but that
It would need to be a well-planned,
persistent and continued effort.
Situation in Northwest,
The. greatest interest was aroused
by the presentation of figures only
recently issued by the federal govern
ment and not yet generally known,
showing the changes in the livestock
situation in three years. The COM
PARSONS, showed the following:
Animals on the farms. Jan. I, 1918,
and Jan. 1, 1910.