Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1914-01-15

rcss the noekmne;cr fares FREQ and
unlimited competition Boa the produce
zion 90 wool against The whole world
that previous experiences had proven
the woulgrnw"rF inability to With
stand tho shoes and that the outcome
ot the present experiment was doubt
full
"Thc uo,kmgstcr b. reduced hc
said. eco the necessity OF striving ON
unequal terms with the half-clad sny-
ago of South Africa and Asia. the
peou OF South America and the skill.
od producer Of Sew Zealand aud Aus
trnIn whose hockH are ahuru under
the fostering care of their respective
governments Like Napoleon. after
the battle Of Waterloo. the shepherd
faces the necessity for organizing hiF
broken buullions tor last stand
against hopeless odds However Do
D. au American characteristic never tu
say quit"
tn ANALYSIS Of the arin he declared
that IL WuF decidedly an alignment
%. ihe east and south against the
vest" and asserted that eighty pcr
cent OF the products of Ncw Jersey
would bee found ON the duuaplc list
whereas but nine per cent of the
products 81 Arizona and twelve per
cent OF the products ot Nevada we're
so favored
THE backbone Of the strength o.
the nation is the producer bee com
linucd. The producer is the farmer
or the miner tie. who takes from tho
soil OF the earth ana the waters there
Of. and who takes from the sky with
It's sun and lts air. and from these
primary elements brings wealth into
the world. is alone entitled 90 the
hngly title. Producer The rest OF
mankind either directly or Indirectly,
arc parasites living Nthe fruits ~
his labor. Yet the underlying prlu-
ciplcs of the present arin ACT has
been 10 favor the manufacture and
middlcmnn ON the theory that the
producer b. able 10 take 'Brc of him
self la other words. the parasite is
more important than the body on
which 30 feeds.
"As further criticism OF the nrin
act of October 3. 1913. the statement
can conscryntiyoly be- made that after
an. ii was written hastily and with
improper preparation ana informn-
ton Tho labors ~ Mcssrs. Under
wood and CLARK ana their associates
Ia the preparation of consistent tar
in act. which covered year or more
~ unremiiting toll, we're hurricdly
dispensed with when Mr. Bryan and
Mr Wilson came into power and
wrote free wool. free sugar ana free
cattle in place Of the paragraphs that
had boen prepared heretofore BY
Mr. Underwood These changes we're
arbitrarily made and without rhyme
or reason as pertaining To- the balance
of the bill. Under the new law. the
grower Of Mcrino wool viii Doe SER
iously hurt and most likely cllm-
mated from the ranks of American
industry. The mutton producer may
be- able 10 survive. but even this Is
predetermined nt this tine
AFTER an" he added, 'thc toad OF
adversely may yet bear Jewel in lts
head. The misfortune that has come
upon us may prove blessing M dis
guisc uy calling our more serious at
tcntion 10 proper brcedine, Geo more
economical methods. 10 better pren-
aratI0n of mutton and Wool for wur-
ket. TO the proper marketing OF those
products and To suitable national and
state legislation"
he suggested that American brood
ors were behind their competitors ~
New Zealand. Australia ana the Ar
genilnc. Where our hockmasiCr,'
ne said "Imaeines that floO per head
for the right sort of breeding rams
{. "A IN
ily pay from $1,000 60 $4,000 for IN
dividual animals Of rare merit
He pointed out that western rock
masters lost an average Of nearly twl
cents "a pound on AN the wool thcy
grew boy branding sheep with insol-
uble materials when chalk would ans
Wer the purpose.
A pure fabric law along The lines
of the pure food act was advocated.
lie said:
"This period Of extreme solicitude
I for the consumer would appear Go ht
| the psychological moment for the
/ passage Of pure fabric law Dog con
| gress. We have laws covering pure
( foods pure morals and even pure
/ beer. hut the subject of protection Of
! the public against the use of an klnd'
| al aduitcrants in sO-called pure WOO
/ goods has found no lodging place
among the statutes OF the nation. not
! WithsAnding the fact that 10 is motor
| iously "a matter of common moNledg'
that az least 2i per cent of the good
sold as pure wool contain but o. trac
| lion of that valuable staple
His other recommendation for na
tional legislation Included further us'
| of the national forest lands as graz
ing places and bounty law TO aver
an estimated loss Of sij,000,00 9
/ year 10 the livestock Interests on ace
count ~ predatory animals lie de-
clared that the United states depart
/ ment OF agriculture, "out OF the mil
lions annually expended on thc farm
and field, has devoted but "a scani'
amount Of either funds or cnergles e
The iNeaiock Industry