Arizona republican., 1917-09-23

method by which the packing industry may voluntarily agree to system of licensing, which will provide for thor ough going government supervision ana | control During our conference With MT. Hoover in Washington, the packers were in session in CnIcago with his assistant Mr. Requa, and I have just learned from MT. Tomlinson, secretary of our American National Live Stock association, who is remaining in Wash ington at. this critical time as my sub- stitute on the breeders committee left for conference with MT. Hoover that a committee of eleven packers, which in cluded six representatives of the small CT packers and five representatives of the big packers have recently con ">-red with MT Hoover, and I assume this question of licensing was frankly u.scusoeu. on last Monday a commit tee of five stockmen, representing the standing committees appointed at the conference, met with Mir. Hoover These five included ex-governor Stubbs of Kansas; MT. F. J. Hagenbarth of Idaho, president of the National Wool Crow CTS association; MT. Henry Wallace, editor of Wallace's Farmer, of Iowa, Mr. Warren P McCray of Indiana, one of the best known brecoers of White Face cattle in this country and MT. M. D. Mum of St. Paul, Mnn. It is quite probable that this committee will be asked to remain for some time Tn Washington to assist the food admin istration from definite and practical knowledge, in working out a reasonable plan for the regulation of the live stock industry Mr Walter Fisher, attorney of the marketing committee of the American National Live Stock asso- citation was also asked to attend this meeting.
 MT Hoover made it very clear to us that whatever is done now towards solving the emergency problems before us must be done on such basis as to lay the foundations for the continual ton of the industry on sound, economic lines after the war is over.
 Among the matters which were very frankly discussed at the general con- ference was the question of establish ing central retail markets under gov ernment supervision in the larger cities, where the people might obtain whole some meat products at packers cost. Jus a reasonable anG definite percent age of profit, and it was significant throughout the conference that many of the leading StOckmen recognized that the time has come for them to 1 consider very carefully ways and I means of helping the consumer, as With present prices it often becomes pretty serious problem for the married work 1 ing man in the big cities of the east, ! who is receiving say $75 a month, to ob- 1 tain the amount of meat he and hls
 family ought to have. Personally. l
 became so much interested in this 1 problem that l went to New York and 1 with MT. Otto koelsch of the mayor S ! committee on food made an investiga tion of the methods used in the admir- ably conducted Washington market in New York. which, is under municipal control. I also investigated the con- l ditions maintaining in the small butch | CT shops which serve the teeming East l side of New York, where on an average one finds three to four butcher shops | to every block This problem of retail ] distribution, especially in the larger , cities is one which the food admins
 traitor will, in my opinion investigate 1 very carefully It is many sided and | experts who have put years on 1t nave Il not yet offered the complete solution 1 but in approaching this problem MT Hoover brings to the question won- derfullv trained mind and an unques- tioned purpose to do everything pos sible through just control of the meat industry to improve the condition oi the wage worker
 The live stock men in this whole matter have the opportunity to prove their patriotic spirit by holding up the
 hands of Mir. Hoover to the utmost 1T the great constructive task he has un'
 dertaken."