Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-01-17
BROADER FIELD
NEEDED TO SELL
MEAT
Such is Assertion of Arneri-
can Livestock market Com
mittee at Meeting.

salt Lake City, Jan. 17.-Immediate
,,ead d'. ~ a hroader field for disposal Of
heef. mutton and lamb, if production
~ those meats is not to be reduced,
was asserted in the report OF the
market committee Of the American
Like Stock association. presented 70
tho twenty-first annual meetlns OF
tina body here.
The report praised the food admin
istration, commended Davis t.. Hous-
ton, secretary of agriculture, Tor MS
efforts to prevent speculatlon ~ me-.
essa ries due to the a and gave
hearty approval to the federal food
investigation now being carried on
by the federal trade commission with
special reference to meat. F.. L.. Burke.
of Omaha, Nebraska, chairman OF the
committee, read the report.
The recommendations OF the COM
mjttee were that the work it has COM
menced be prosecuted vigorously, tnat
the incoming market ommittee pea
in mind existing war conditions
omit no act that will help win the
war; that the same powers be given
the new committee as those OF the
retiring one and several technical pro-
,posals.
Listing accomplishments OF h
committee the report said:
"It secured the investigation Of the
packers by the federal trade commits
sion. assisted by the department Of
agriculture. The committee furnished
the federal trade commission with
suggestions and assistance.
THE committee, assisted by G. +.
Wattlcs. federal food administrator
for Nebraska, secured withdrawal of
a schedule of commissions at South
Omaha which advanced prices for
selling amounting to rs per cent OH
cattle; ~ per cent on hogs. and as
much as SO per cent on sheep. The
increase for South Omaha alone. if
have amounted to than $~450,000
per annum. based on 1916 receipts.
Other exchanges would no doubt
have followed suit had South Omaha
proved successful. The saving to the
live stock interests of the country in
this matter alone would run into mill
lions"
The committee urged every coop
Grafton between stock raisers n the
food administration. and recommend
cd that all the members OF the asso-
citation take a hearty interest in the
progress of the meat investigation.
To provide finances for work in sup
port OF this inquiry, it suggested that
the voluntary subscriptions be taken
IitC loiIuCl PtdIi dSScSSiIS IlEIllDels
of subsidiary stockmen's associations
half Il cent for each head of stock
they own having proved successful"
Concerning the licenses Of packers,
recently put into effect by the govern
rent, the report said this action lis
what we have wanted for years. A
close relation, it asserted, should be
stock ION foot" and dressed" 1t con-
tinued: Big declines in price on foot
should be reflected promptly in cor
responding declines in wholesale
prices of meat"
There seems to be something wrong
in the operation of this very simple
principle. 1t is one of the important
frequent intervals"
Summarizing market conditions,
the report said there vas a tremend-
ous shortage of hogs. a moderate
shortage Of sheep and liberal supplies
OF the cattle in the United States:
there is no danger of any other u
try invading the American stockman $
market for some time to come owing
70 shipping shortages it went on. and
there are unusually large numbers of
sheep and cattle in feed lots and
liberal receipts Of fat cattle and
lambs at congestcd markets, which
are selling at heavy losses to produce
erS. IL AIDED:
"Curtailnent in domestic corsuup-
tons OF meat on patriotic and eco
nomlcal grounds, the limited exports
OF beef, owing to the lack of shipping
facilities, n the growing danger that
producers Of beef and mutton will be-
come discouraged on account of
heavy losses. lose faith in the repre-
sensations of the food administration
and curtail production next season.
There is need Of prompt action on
the part of the food administration
to avert this" -7 49,. N
There is need also the report said.
or a better understanding Of produc,
er's problems and a more sympathetic
attitnde on the part Of the public to-
ward them. ~
The report presented a mass Of fig
ureS IN support Of this summary and
n1aue a warm argument for extension
70 the cattle and the sheep prodncers
" the same sort Of guarantee of a.
MINIMUM price which has been given
the hog raiser by the food admins.
tratlon: Otherwise. it said, there will
pc a disposition on the part Of ,rn.
nucers to hedge by producing less
meat, much damage to the country is
likely to result" !"
Inc report pledged the committee
n association to support he gov
TO the last ditch" We will
Gontlnue to serve until the very end
~ SAID. regardless of what 10 dnn.
CnaC enectS the indnstrv "oAo