The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-21
THE GIANT CROWS
Livestock Production Increases
Faster Than Public Utilities.
So Says Ed H0ux to Kansa.
Stockmen at Hutchinson.

Hutchinson, kan, Feb. 21.-This
great western giant of 0ivestock) pro-
duction is growing faster than the
public utilities, including railroads.
stockyards and packing plants. and 1
warn them now, to increase these
facilities before this great avalanche
| of production engulfs Them This
was the message ''sent back home"
today by Ed Houx. president of the
Kansas City Livestock exchange, in an
address before the Kansas Livestock
association which is holding its annual
| convention here.
| Mr.. Houx gave an interesting in
| sight into the operation of the live
stock exchange and of the Kansas City
| livestock market generally and of its
/ activities in connection with the Kan
| sas Livestock associations in protect
| ing the interests of Kansas livestock
producers in controversies occasioned
| by the war. He paid a fine tribute to
| Federal Food Administrator Hoover.
| We are for Hoover; we think he is
! q fearless, honest and upright official
said Mr.. Houx. THAT he has made
| mistakes, no one will deny; that he
| unfortunately surrounded himself with
| INSCRIPTIONS advisers, we all know,
but the fact is he eliminated practical
| ly all of this element, and 1 dare say
| IN years to come, we will rise up and
| call him blessed
The speaker stated that the Kansas
/ City exchange fayors 'divorcing stock
/ yard and packing interests" a state
rendering plant for dead animals, con-
i Quoted by convict labor which would
cheaper fertilizer and increase the
price for dead animals; he emphasized
the need of more packing plants at
least two more.
we could supply livestock for at
least two more large plants" he said.
For instance. during the year 1918
there were 209,955 cattle shipped from
Kansas City to other points for
slaughter-(as against 1926 in
1919 The loss per head in flesh
shrinkage from Kansas City to New
FORK is from SIS to SO on fat cattle.
This shrinkage alone in one year would
built fine packing plant
He said the Kansas City market
handled approximately 5000. 900 head
of cattle in 1918 as compared with
about 100000 in 1911. IF the fat
cattle in these receipts had been
killed in Kansas City, the by-products
would have been available here in this
western country where they are need
ed to build up the soil. The livestock
producers of Kansas could well at
ford to contribute a dollar per head
year on all the livestock they handle
toward the promotion of more pack
ing house facilities in these western
markets, that their livestock might be
killed at home. I really believe the in
creased price would be more than one
dollar per head. In fact 1 venture the
assertion it would be somewhere from
SIS to $40 per head-or at least the
amount fat cattle would shrink from
here to the seaboard.''
Mr.. Houx also spoke Of the need
OF greater banking facilities for tbs
livestock industry. He said:
We need more banking facilities
4 for the livestock industry. 1t woulc
be paying proposition to establish g
national livestock bank with plenty OF
capital to finance more livestock deals
More capital is soreIy needed
since livestock became so high. The
i government would do well to encour
age such a proposition, both as tt
banking and packing house indus
tries"