The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-01-26
PRODUCER GIVEN
LESS THAN FAIR
DEAL, SAYS BURKE
Omaha Man Tells Livestock
association That There Are
Influences at Work to De-
feat Growers Rights.

ia paso. Tex, Jan. 26.-That there
are Influences at work to prevent the
stockgrOwer from getting all that he
il entitled to have, with suggested
remedies for this situation, were the
theme II an address today by Ed
ward D. Burke OF omaha before tho
cunN ention of the American National
livestock association
Mr. Burko's arraignmcnt of. the
Interests and his remedy fer their
activities follow
Fur several wears past II has grad.
ually been borne la on producers Of
meat animals that an ~ not Woll with
the Industry. hat there are IT work
at all of the principal livestock mar
kots IN this country certain forces
when deprive the producer OF IA,
,air share OF the rcturns. that there IN
a concentration OF control 90 these
markets IN the hands of a few very
rich and powerful buying concerns.
whose selfish and unfair methods bid
fair TO- first ruin h producers and
later react with crushing force on The
buyers themselves IN the shape OF d.
mIuishcd production.
II ISN'T necessary for me - go into
tho details at the enormous ossos Of
cattle feeders during the past Tvs or
three A Coincident with their
great losses the great packing institu-
tiuns have been absorbing "A larger
aud larger proportion Of the business
and have been piling up the greatest
net earnings In the history OF their
business. from bitter experience y"u
are too well aware uf the Existing con
ditions.
II rs rapidly becoming apparent to
all that disaster u the livestock In
dustry and hardship To- the consumer
viii result. unless prompt steps are
taken To find and apply u remedy for
present unfair c~onditionss There
must he some line oi Justice aud fair
ncsa ascortaincd and established be-
tween the producers OF livestock and
the Few men who buy their product.
with this idea IN mind, last July the
president of your association request
ed David +. Houston. secretary OF
agriculture. to call a meetinb u in
wife all the various interests connect
ed with the livestock industry, cspc-
cially the producers and the packers.
TO attend. YOU all kpow the outcome
of that meeting. How the producers
went to "A great deal of trouble and
expense to prepare their side Of the
question. ana to go 10 Chicago, only
10 find that the big packers PRACTICAL
~ refused to have anything To- do with
the meeting.
This association has nj this time a
duty to perform. u has n heavy re-
rpOnsibility, n on the way I facea
this responsibility will depend very
ribility of leadership In n crisis. Thou
sands OF producers are looking for a
way out. as solution of his battling
problem. The action taken on this
marketing question may make or
break the organization. IT'S our prob
lem, and IL behooves us to face II
C~Uurageously and TO solve II wisely.
II We are afraid OF II n run away
1t will Rise up again and again to
curse u., but IL we work out n happy
solution our children and our chill.
dren's children will bless US
AZ the country has grown older and
business more complicated, with the
large corporations doing the bulk OF
the big business, the community OF
Interest idea has stepped In n grad
ually competition has been eliminated
IN certain lines. SO that prices are no
longer subject to natural laws. That
il Just xhat has happened TO the
greatest industry In our country. and