Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-01-23

14,123 pounds, or a total Of 1888
| pounds.
The secretary Of agriculture has an
nounced the appointment Of the fol-
| lowing committee
To Investigate ito conduct gen.
Meat Situation. eral inquiry into
the various fac
tors which have brought about the
present unsatisfactory conditions with
respect to meat production in the Uni
ted States, especially in reference to
beef, with view to suggesting posi-
BILE methods for improvement"
DIR. B. T. Galloway, assistant secre-
tary Of agriculture, chairman.
DR.. H. j. Waters, president Kansas
State Agricultural college.
Prof. C. F. Curtiss, dean and direc-
tor Iowa State college.
Prof H. w. Mumford, professor Of
animal husbandry, University of ILL
nois.
DR.. A. D. Melvin, chief, bureau of an
imai industry U. S. department of ag-
riculture.
DR.. T. N. Carver. director, rural or
ganization service, U. S. department of
agriculture.
The work of the committee will be
centered largely on the study Of eco
nomic questions involved in the pro-
duction, transportation, slaughter and
marketing of meat. AS the first step
the committee will investigate careful
ly the changes within the last two or
three decades which have increased
cost of production, and the centraliz-
ing of the meat industry. Among the
important considerations to be gone
into will be the taking up of the pub
lie lands, the effect of the capacity OF
the range, especially on the remaining
public lands and forest reserves, with
a view to suggesting changes in the
laws to make the public lands OF
greater use in cattle raising. The
committee also will give special atten-
ton to the economic changes in meat
production and distribution brought
about through the centraliz1ng OF
slaughtering and meat preparations In
large packing establishments, and the
changes in transportation and similar
matters which have resulted from this
Capitalization and other causes, the
economic possibility Of communal and
community effort in cattle raising and
the advantages of establishing local or
municipal abattoirs will also be in
vestigated.-
The committee will not deal spe-
officially with questions Of animal hus-
bandry which has to do with the &C
tual breeding of cattle, as this work
will be left to the specialists in the de-
partment and state agricultural col
leges in this field. The appointment OF
a committee will not interfere in any
way with investigations now under
way in any of the state agricultural
colleges or experiment stations. The
letter of appointment announces that
the chairman within short time will
supply details regarding the scope or
the investigation and the lines OF
work which the committee might take
up.
The foreign commerce of the United
States in the calendar year 1913 ap'
proximated ST.
Foreign Com 75o,ooo,ooo of i'm.
nerce of U. S. p ports noo and nd o $780,
The imports of the II months ended
with November we're $1,000, 100000,
and should the December imports
equal those of November, the total FOR
the full year would be $1756, 100000.
The exports OF the II months ended
with November were $2,251 ,OOO,00O,
and should the December exports equal
those of November, the total would be
$2,479, 100000. This estimate would
make the excess Of exports over i'm
ports approximately 9740,000,000.
The figures of exports and Of excess
OF exports over imports will exceed
those of any earlier year. The largest
export of any preceding calendar year
was that of 1912, which showed a to-
tai of $2,a99,217,993; and as the IL
months ended with November are
s1O2 900 900 in excess of the CORE
spending period Of the preceding year.
the estimate OF approximately $780,
900 900 for 1913 seems to be justified
The excess of exports over imports in
the II months ended with November
was $642, 100000, and for the single
month OF November $97,000,000, thus
apparently justifying the estimate OF
s74O 900 900 excess Of exports for the
full year.
In imports, the total for 1913 will
be less than that OF 1912 but larger
than that of any year preceding 1872
This decline in imports in 1913 is due
in part to reduction in prices OF Ger
tain articles imported. While the
quantity of sugar imported in the ten
months ended with October exceeded
that of the corresponding period OF
1912 by 36S,o00,000 pounds, the value
of this larger quantity imported dur
Ing the 1913 period was $22,O00,0OV
less than that Of the corresponding pc
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