El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-15
Cattle Decreases 1900, 900
Sheep in Three Years Show a Falling
Off of 5000, 900; Range Gets
Scarce in United States.
By rcderie j. HaskIn
D. G. Oct. Is

TASHINGTON. D. c., oct. Is
Wv While the possibility of the
( price of beef reaching fifty
/ cents a pound during the coming win
/ ter is being discussed throughout the
country, many solutions Of the problem
I of the American cattle shortage are
! being advanced. Some propose a law
placing an embargo upon veal produc-
| ton, and at least two bills have been
| introduced in congress to that end.
/ others propose campaign of education
! among the farmers to encourage them
| TO grow more beef cattle, and it is
! SAID that the packers have raised a
Iund OF 100000 for such = propaganda
sun others say that the thing to do
| is 10 educate the people to the fact that
STEAKS ana RIB rOasts are not the only
parts OF peer that may be eaten with
pleasure TO the palate, satisfaction 10
the oOdy, and profit to the pOcketbOok
| ana IN furtherance of that idea the
department of agriculture is calling
! INTO requlsItiOn its forces of publicity
let others say that tariff-free beef
{ from Argentina is the solution of the
problem, and so beef has gone on the
Tree list and Argentina beef has begun
20 move toward the United States.
Would Be Difficult.
but II would seem as difficult a
problem to keep the farmer from SELL
ing his calves for veal as it would be
to compel him to raise his cattle for
Deer, so the first proposition NAV nor
work as well in practice as in theory
When the farmer is brought face 10
lace with 20 cent or dollar corn il
VIII be difficult to induce him to feed
caIue when he can get more out of his
corn unIed than he can in beef so there
arises another difficulty. The peoDIe
have been prOverbially slow to change /
tneT Methods or buying meat, and all 1
the bulletins the government could is /
sue would still leave both writer and {
reader sticking to their steaks /
and rib roasts, and the third /
proposition fails. Tariff free !
beeI, according to the Democrats,
may neIp the situation some, but there I
IS already discussion of the merits of
Argentine beef brought into the
SHlIed states, and some say that what I
Tor the cheaper hotels and restaurants. ]
Government Aid Suggested.
mere mas oeen proposition that the J
government go to the aid of the cattle /
OF the crop growers by placing long
time deposits in national banks where !
the catuenen can borrow il with their 1
cows and calves as security II is /
commended by those who favor this
idea that 1t takes so long to convert a
car into finished steer that the
, Iariner needs some financial assistance
WINE waiting Tor his beef to grow
According to many of those whose
opinions are usually considered worth
WhlIe IN such matters, the United /
states must look to the Argentine fOr (
It's day of hope in beef prices lit
tie of this beef has been coming into
the United States by way of London /
out TINS has been a negligible ouaD4i- /
y NOW q line of steamers brings beef
70 New York direct from Argentine
packing houses. It is sOwed in /
eheesecIoth and wrapped in burlap. The
importers declare it is chilled beef /
ana measures Up to the standard of I
peer from good American native I
sIeeTS- Ihey point out that it is from
cattle driven to market and therefore I
Ireer from bruises than the beef of
american cattle hauled to market /
Ihey assert that the cattle are gentle
!; anu 'leepy-eyed as pets, and that the
approved conditions
Criticize Argentine Beef
me opponents of the Argentine beef I
assert that 1t was frozen before shin
hent rather than chilled that IL does
not hold its color long. and that il is
available only for the cheap hotel and
resIaurants trade; They say that the
was hailed with delight in some quar-
ters, as the death knell of high prices
Is put drop in the bucket, and point |
TO the fact that New York CITY alone |
consumes about 25.O0O.0OO pounds of !
peer a week. A big ranchman from |
6eru says that with the opening of the [
Fanama Canal he can send ten cent I
one OF the big Chicago packing houses I
l IdS opened up a big plant. and here !
iiIal1a led steers that could be bought (
n Ine United States for not less than !
va head are bought at SIS a head
II the United States does import !
enough South American beef to control !
prices in its markets. the law gives
ne president ample authority to qua
'antee to the people that the imported
Deet VIII be up to the American STAN
lard of wbolesomeness. It must be
!
whose territory it comes that it is
rom heaIthy cattle, and that il con-
aims no poisonous or deleterious pre-
erNaLlNeS or dyes IF the president !
1nds that the standards of inspection ! /
n any country are not UD to our own |
tandards, he may put ban upon the ! !
Importation of its meats
Assistant secretary of agriculture
galloway says that the way to get
'eef to the people at reasonable prices I
TO provide municipal meat markets I +
lis suggestion is borne out by the ex- / !
erlence at Panama, where beef. which i
oSts the government Just as much
TholeSale as it costs in the States. and
Thlch IS of as good n grade as is sold |
n the best butcher shops in the United J
tetes. and has been selling for several J
ear at 20 cent pound for porter /
or round steak
To offset this experience the butch
RS point to an Offer made nv prom
lent butcher of Topeka. Kansas to
urn his butchershOD over to the ladies
I that town who We're lending a cru
ade for lower prices. He told them Z
g would give them fun and fair on
Ortunlty to see if they cOrId u,al-a
ny money out of the retail butcher !
usiness- To date they have not ac- !
aDted his offer
The obliteration Of the cattle tick
l the southern states after n fight
rat has been AGED for years. D~o-
Uses to he . boon to tho beef growing J
idUstry. because il viii fqciIfta+a 4to
'i~in0~ of Young cattle in the south and
leir rapSDOrta tion TO the farms Of tho
)rn belt for feeding, but even this is