The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-11-18

Kennewi
SOME HOG TALK
M McAster that big fat ovial who paid by the
~. Portland Union Stock Yards talk hogs has told
recent issue of the Portland Reporter what's the mat
ter with the hog telling Mr. McAister strays so
from the and rambes around out IN the peach
orchard that it is really interesting to follow him.
We quote Mr. McAlisters article in part as follows:
Hog buyers Cove paying cents Is cents will ship
Portland putting their hogs Is cents under price at Port
land will leave them profit It is their hogs
small lunches but the farmers could SNIP Dut
they do it. They giving all the profit to the
they prices and there money in raising
hogs It nature thinks his troubles much
larger than his neigbor The hogman
raising hogs think they having the hardest time in the
If they would for minute consider the fruit grower they
would see someone right to kick For illustration.
bought TO- 20 40 of land paying
$3.50 $500 per for he had to clear it, good
his and and cultivate his land for
years before securing only to find
after getting the crop there market for it.
This the first time Ito the best OF my recoec-
ton price meat animals declined when price of feed
lin connection with the above will know of
packer contracted the spring for hogs be delivered
agreeing cents for at time of delivery hogs
selling 6 cents Because the prophecy made in the
spring failed every connected with the packing industry
stock yards called liar and thief by of the
newspapers would like for of these to tell
demand for labor How railroads
building? How railroads doing great amount OF
repair How many lumber mills working to their full
capacity? In the Northwest supply and demand that regu-
ates prices Tin with quality goods Put the work.
ing work throughout this broad land of and
will advance and until then unless the
be taken of without restriction
g. AS regards prices in the Middle West and
East will they receiving benefit from the that the
Northwest does Wooden mills shoe factories automobile
factories ammunition factories wire factories steel mills etc.
al working Where work they eat Supply and demand
you can't get away from it."
We do not know what the hog raisers of Coe doing
that the the Kennewk farmer cannot
the business not because he handing his profits
the mddeman The facts that number of local
hogmen shipped their hogs direct to the North Portland yards
and failed much they could had they played into the
hands of the mddleman who sold the Seattle market
But just consider the futgrower We take that what Mr.
Aster tell the that when he broke he
need have fear of being consider the fruit
Consong the least But why stop when have
followed fruman through the when he bought his
land cleared it, pruned and sprayed and waited five
years crop find there market for his
fruit This fellow has other interesting history lie
land this hem McAster and others who preached
hogs and to him. He dug out his fruit trees
his packing shed into hog planted his acres to
alfalfa had he gotten the spray stain OH
his clothes and the hog discovered that the hog
had led him up to the post the fruit tree had
raised fruit He raised hogs What's he going to raise
next? HI? He couldn't be censued ii ne does and even ne
does probably will not raise the price OF pork Really we
see that Mr. McAister got anywhere his little rambe through
the peach orchard
Mr. McAister SAYS this the first time he has known the
of meat animals decline when the price feed
price of feed has advanced the OF meat
declined but the price of meat has not declined
there building there no railroads repairing
there running the cellars OF the packers are FULL
there are no working eat the meat If it is purely
question Of supply and the Northwest why the
meat high when there scarcity OF meat
te Eastern packer advantage of furunnng factor
brisk demand why he shipping into the and
selling in competition homecured products? The North
his cellars full of cheap pork and has the edge
the Eastern packer by several cents poundy isn't he