Arizona republican., 1916-02-11
ORGANIZATION
 0F STOCK MEN
 FUR 4 MARKET
Appointment of Committee of Members of American
 National Live Stock As sociation to Ascertain Best Means of Fighting Wrong

At the late convention of the Ameri- can National Live Stock Association q Fl Paso a series of resolutions bearing upon the marketing question were adopted as follows: Resolution No 4-lndorsing Report of
 Joint Conference Connnttee
 on Markets
 Resolved, by the American National Live Stock Association. that we indorse the report of the joint conference com mlttee on markets, and request the in- coming president and executive com mlttee to take the necessary steps to carry out the recommendations in said repart; anu we urge our membership to provide sufficient funds therefor The report of the joint conference committee on markets, which was ap- proved by the executive committee and
 later by the association in the forego- ing resolution, is as follows: Report of Joint Conference Committee
 on Markets
 Fl Paso, Tex, Jan. IS, 1916. i Your commute respectfully desires to report as follows:
 1 Before going into the details of what l we may think is best to do in connec- ] tion with tha market situation, we de-
 sire to refer to the report made to the
 association last year by the committee
 on stock yards and live stock exchange i tpublished in the proceedings at pages
 lO1-llO), and to reaffirm the state
 ments made therein i We find tFat the packers totally
 failed to take any notice whatsoever of
 the friendly suggestions issued to them
 in that report, in which we called at i tention tC the conditions then existing. ! We also find that, regardless of the ! great losses sustained last year by i those who fed cattle and hogs, the l rackinS companies made the largest
 profits in their history; and while the
 loot and mouth disease was a great ca ! ;astrophe to those who fed and mark
 eted fai cattle and hogs, the result to 1 the packers seems lo have been tha opposite and the quarantine of the i Chicago stock Yards resulted in great
 profit to the packers.
 1 We regret to state that we feel that our conference in Chicago, November l5 and l6, 1915, on these market condi- tons, m which the federal government
 participated, was a failure. so far as
 getting closer to the packing house people was concerned
 With reference to the meeting of your committee on markets here in Fl pal. 1At-i..
 vention, we had the good fortune to be able to participate with a like com
 m!ttee from the Texas Cattle Raisers' | Association, the Swine Breeders Asso-
 ciation, and several other important
 branches of the interest: and, in joint conference with them, We felt justified in reporting our recommendations to
 yor, as follows:
 That q committee be appointed small 1 in number eve recommend five mem- l bers), which shall have the power. and l be authorized, to investigate the pres I ont market situation and ascertain
 definitely what can be done in the matter; said committee to be author 1 iZed to secure the very best legal tal- | ent that is available also to be author | iZed and empowered to investigate the
 desirability of seeking relief from our 1 situation through governmental and 1 state agencies. This committee to i haze available sufficient funds to car
 " forward this undertaking; and we
 recommend that at this convention by | popular subscription or otherwise. q l sufficient fund be raised to take care 1 of this work
 We recommend that the live stock producers publish a daily market pas.r at Chicago, to be owned absolutely by 1 the livestock producing side of the business and managed for it's benefit: and that the committee above men tloned shall be authorized to proceed to secure subscriptions for the capital stock of such undertaking and to put the same in operation.
 Your committee recommends the construction and operation of munici- pal abattoirs throughout the country. Your committee recommends that action be taken to divest the packers of the ownership or operation of union stock yards, including terminals, ex-
 change buildings, etc, at the large market centers.
 Your committee further recommends i that as much information as possible be secured, from government sources nr otherwise, as to the margins be- tween the prices paid for cattle on the hoor and the prices paid at the large cities and other places for dressed beef this investigation to cover a per | io6 of several years, to the end that the producer may know, when he is receiving q low price for his stock,
 whether the meats and all by products
 nave been reduced in price accordingly 70 the consumer. We believe that. when tEis question is correctly pre- i sented to the public we shall have the entire cooperation and sympathy of l the consumers
 Furthermore, in making this report 1 to the executive committee and the 1 convention, we ask you to feel that We ] realize the magnitude of the under taking upon which the producers have entered in this particular instance the need of large sum of money to fi- I nance the work that will be necessary and the sacrifice of time and money to II those who will be on the committee
 that You may appoint, in the event of your acceptance of these recommenda- tiOnS