The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1913-09-25
THEY WELCOME FREE TRADE IN
MEAT

Patrick Cudahy, one of the beef
kings of the United States, says he
"welcoms the free importation of beef
from South America"
This is no more than other packers
have said, as they have likewise de-
clared that meat will never be any
cheaper. OF course, the packers who
are supposed to constitute the "beef
trust" have their paekeries in Argen-
tina, as well as their refrigerator
ships, and they will sell such Argen-
tina beef as comes to this country just
as they sell the American product.
The idea of putting meat on the free
list of the present tariff bill was born
OF a desire to curb the beef trust, and
yet the beef trust boldly proelains its
ability to control the situation, and if
that is to be the result the people S
hopes for cheaper meat will fade into
nothingness.
But what is to be the result to the
American cattle growerg
Up to the present time the packers
have been compelled to pay fair prices
for American cattle because under
present conditions they cannot import
from Argentina advantageously. With
the Tremendous supply OF Argentina
available, their packing houses and re-
frigerator ships, it looks to us as if
free meat Is merely going to give the
packers an opportunity to play the
cheaply7 produced cattle Of Argentina
against the dearer cattle OF the United
states and compel the American eatn
tleraiser to sell apon the basis OF AR
gentina prices. lav9feaw gafd5os 9tnoff
And with the. prices . AMERICAN
cattle forced down to- such press AS
the packers may care to give, IS the9
trust may Dwiths equal taelIIDy use tine
Anglican Situation TO loreei downatneo
prlees Oh argentina caEtte. AIausotife
p~rodgserss OF each toantty1 vail DC. p1aJrs
ed against athe totaer, lwltlIe the paclaa
ersi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS beet GAN a 4
tolllng the consumers IN the Uliftea-
otAase testnafF besInssz roisse9sib sdT
tto4s iRsssttsls, st eu,sse ! ttia e MI dAr-t
geassHfa s4oxefsDne ats NAY 3 ssdoYt nsGnrts
aeyaee o1otegislat4eastD psoneefi tao Ard
ges4ttlAav cattle fost zaHy sutn3prJoaHsl
.a~na.tssss1se veft what promises Is no 5leH
a OF double lonneEy,4 Dat unless
thaS aappens lwesdeaf 4 tue flAnerxaIr
consumers are going to G be seriously
disappointed lnGthe results of the lIreea
meat OF he FORTHCOMING tarLf bill. ~
The statesmen who nave had much
to sasdot the naughty cattle Darons OF
the MATED States ought to take noue
OF the tact that the beef trust is de-
hghed with The tree meat proposition
and all tor the reason that at Deholds
IN the promised enange an opportunity
tor greater prohts saa8iaf sd4 6ndi
1t would Ne well, too, to- look a lit.
tie closer into the alleged cattle baron
sltuatIon. As q matter OF TACT the
comparatively few irancnmen Ii are
placed IN the category OF cattle Darons
produce but a small portion OF the
beef supply 9ot the Unated States and
a lew years more Will IND the INDUS
try almost entirely IN the hands oid
the armers < 4ne INJURY to Jhe pre1
Queer OF cattle Win ta4i upon hundreds
OF thousands, IL ltdtals al all, where-
as the Dement'S soIssoIree meat, ii Tine
packers tell the tEuth, viii IailDtoi The
very lew men II have eornered the
packing isb industry 81 OF the United
States.-Houston lTex.) Post <Dem.).
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