Arizona republican., 1916-04-06
Integrity and Industry are tn
The Beef Industry

Meat consumers less than live stock growers, interested in the take from the packers their control the prices of live stock power which exists by reason of an alleged great combination of the packers of Chicago Kansas City. St. Joseph Omaha, Denver and wherever branch Q the alleged trust been established sale effected in any city to firm connected with the packing interests is made known the headquarters Chicago. The packers. too know when lot of cattle $ offered fo sale know price will be paid for the cattle They may not know what par ticular firm vii! buy the cattle but that is of the packers they would know Nor does it make any difference to them in what city cattle are sold Denver Kansas City Chi They know that the live stock grower will get the same price he offered at his nearest market where the alleged combination is represented, with freight added (which he will have pay) for the longer haul to farther market. The western seller gams nothing by taking his cattle distant market but loses the time it takes him to there
 It is for investigation of this close relation among the packers that the Borland resolution has been introduced into the house of representatives and which was the subject 0 a sub committee hearing Tuesday which attended by former Governor Stubbs of Kansas, Hon Walter L. Fisher who has been retained by the American National Livestock Association, and others who interested in the i'm
 
 How the consumer is concerned in such i'm provement shown the following recent interview with J. 5. Kiian of Colorado assistant secretary of the marketing committee of the association:
 Feeding has been a less .precsrious busi- for the last seventeen years, but last nothing short of disastrous. The feeders who lost money in 1915 going to he slow about buying under the same conditions and this will lead T strcted market cattle. It is that live stock money last year, but in if will be found that the profits made by those who had bought cheap and were able to sell at good prices.
 The who buys present prices and stays game through Fluctuations like those of last year is pretty certain to meet his Waterloo. The shortage of cattle is growing more and more pro nounced, and cattle have steadily up Along with this shortage, spite of tiie increase in ou' population there has come decrease in tne consump- tion of beef due to education the pat of the public The consumers have simply learned te lesson of get ting along with less beef.
 Tt as brought the recent meeting of the American National Livestock association that ,lr' feeders Middle West nearly all faced losses An average loss of SIPS per head to by some ffty-thr feeders out of fifty-siN The remaining three made average profit of only $34S per head.
 Tt so happened that these heavy losses, which tctaed $39416 among the ffty-th feeders toned took place during which marked by great profits the part of the packers Also the of remarkable fluctuations in price. These fluctuations for the part caused by the law of supply and demand, but artificial according to all the evidence"
 Thus it will be seen that the livestock industry is being strangled and that unless relief is afforded it by legislation restricting the of packers, hundreds cattle feeders will driven of busv and cattle will become that the great packing interests the operation of the law of supply and demand which for years it is claimed they have suspended. Consumers must then pay the price quit eating The association in fighting it's protection is fighting the battle of the
 As Governor Subbs told the sub- committee, notf- ing s be gained for either the producer slIner by proceeding against the alleged combination criminal have been proceeded aganst-by merely fning them That would only put the packers the trouble of fixing prices for livestock and for products and the prices would be adjusted that the producers and the consumers would pay the fine and for the trouble and expense of the read justment.
 The guilt of the packers, if their guilt should be established, must be regarded personal and the punishment inflicted must be of such character be shifted upon the shoulders of their victims. those who have already suffered by the guilt
 The T. p. & T. Franchise Vote