Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-11-06
STATE STOCK
men PLEDGE
TO GIVE AID
Committee Appointed to Work
Out Methods>ot Increasing
Meat Production and Ap-
peal to Farmers.

Appointment of a subcommittee to
work out methods of increasing pro.
duction of pork, muttop and beef, and
an appeal to th4 farmers of Nebraska
to realize that the winning Of the war
depends on their increased production,
marked the Monday afternoon sitting
of the Nebraska live stock committee,
appointed to stabilize s,e price of
pork.
A message was. drafted and dis
patched to Food, Dictator Hoover
pledging support Of the governments
effort for increased production OF
meat.
The message to Hoover follows:
We pledge our support of the gov
ernment's efforts for the increased
production of meat. We, feel it
vitality important that a definite state
ment regarding the. governments at
titude on cattle and sheep should be
made Immediately. We suggest that
increased production would best be
secured by public statement at this
time that there will be no attempt to
fix prices on cattle or sheep" ~
The work of the cop1mittee, which
was born at the instigation of Food
Administrator Wattles, is one of the
most important of the several organi-
cations being perfected to care for the
nations resources
Meat Big Factor.
"This live stock committee is the
most important one of, the state, be-
cause you handle the most important
foodstuff. The meat question is the
big factor in the winning of the
war;" declared MrA Wattles in ad-
dressing the committee.
eve must stimulate production.
Throughout all we must make con-
tinual demand for more production.
This is time when we must lay
aside personal interests and think
only of the welfare 81 our country. :.
What I ask of you is to stabilize the
price of meat. By that / don't mean
it is our policy to reduce prices. Sta
bilize the prices 50 the farmer viii
tas,y. know and we will bave won half our
The question of regulation Of cattle
and sheep, Mr.. Wattles declared, will
be taken up in the near future. The
importance of the pork situation de-
manded first attention, he declared.
E. L. Burke, chairman, declared:
"The food administration seeks to
deal squarely with the producer and
ultimate consumer. These questions
must be worked out slowly, for at this
time we cannot afford to go wrong"
The live stock committee is made
up as follows, all being in attend
ance with the exception of E. w.
Burdic,~ Herman, Neb., and c. M. Nc
Carthy, York, Neb.:
F. L. Burke, chairman, Omaha;
Charles Graft, president Nebraska
Live Stock Breeders association, Ban
croft; Homer McKelvie, Fairfield;
Robert Graham, president Nebraska
Stock Growers association, Alliance;
Heber Hord, Central City; w. B.
Tagg, Live sStock exchange, South
Omaha; E. Z. Russell, editor Twen-
tieth Century Farmer, Omaha; Jess
Whitmore, Grand Island; Q. G.
Smith, Kearney; A. w. Lamb, Al
bion; G.: D. -ButterheH, Norfolk; E.
NJ Searle, jr., Ogallala; E. w. Bur-
die, Herman; Frank G. Kellogg, stock
yards. South Omaha; John Bachel-
der, Valentine; Robert Faddis, 1851
Farnam street, Omaha; Thomas@Mor-
timer, Leigh; E. w. Cosgroye, Far
nam; =. T. Leftwich, ST. Paul; c. M.
Mccarthy, York; Prof. CIV. Pugs-
ley, director of extension service,
Lincoln; A. F. Stryker, secretary Live
Stock exchange, South Omaha. y
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