Arizona republican., 1919-11-11

know how groundless their fears were we all know now that instead ot ln-
 turing the business, meat inspection py | federal agents has helped 1t, and we |
 may confidently expect similar re-
 suits from the law it is now proposed |
 to enact.
 An abnormal and unusual condi- ton has been imposed upon the indus try by the concentration of control in | a few great market centers. The ship
 ment of stock from great distance to i these centers and the reshipment of l inc finished product back to the point
 of origin is, 1 am convinced, the source
 of great economic waste. This un-
 necessary haulage may be abolished py legislation that will encourage the de-
 velopment of the packing industry not l among a few but among many mai | vidnals and corporations so that both
 inc producer and consumer may find
 their markets nearer home. The gut
 on the producing market which dllNes
 down the price of livestock to the pro
 ducer is not caused by the shipments
 of stockgrowers whose ranch IS com
 paratively close to the stockyards. IL
 is caused by the shipper living at
 distance who has no means or JudS- l day or week and who is obliged 10 ship
 his stock upon the chance that IL may , reach the market at a favorable mo , ment.
 This is one of the things which can he corrected under my bill, for the bureau of markets will maintain a ' public news service by which every stockgrower may obtain from an un- impeachable source the exact infor- l. nation about the state of the market
 at any time and at any place.
 Packers Control Channel s, Today a few big packers contro T the channel through which the mea T supply goes from the producer to tn e consumer. By reason of this control = they are able to defy the laws of sup e ply and demand. My object is to wider Ie that channel so that the natural flov
 of the product from the stockgroWe L. to the consumer may not be diverte g by artificial means.
 l. AS producers of meat animals, WI -e who are engaged in the business c e, stock growing, are furnishing to tn ls nation it's most vitally necessary foo re product We are engaged in a bust ne ness, the volume of which exceeds tha l- of any other industry in the countr as and yet for years we have been cor of tent to see diEtrust and suspicion groN w To know this in itself is a diScredi of but to allow 1t to continue would be ed national disgrace.
 ve We have had enough of distrus ve We have had enough of denunciatio he It is time to recognize once and for Q
 a that these markets are a public al t. not a private agency, that these ma th kets serve d public and not priva he need and that therefore they must ,er under public supervision As frien he of the industry let us therefore ele Ike that the legislation which will pla ds. these markets under public supervisi gre shall be framed by the friends of [ df- industry. If we are unwilling to ma .ch that choice and undertake the ta ess ourselves, let us clearly understa the that the work will be done by otf | a hands and that the legislation will of drafted by those who may perha ore proceed not only without understar h. ing the business but with prejud 0n- against it.
 og- Very truly yours. ave "JOHN B. KENDRICK. ur- To Check Manipulation Ist- Mir. Heard, through reference to ave norts of the senate committee and
 of the federal trade commission shoV ase the urgent need of regulation of the character proposed, to check the his, nipulation, speculation and waste ex- the central markets, and he urged Yast the passage of these bills would '~es much to allay the spirit of unrest pr hat alent throughout the country. stabi eor- the markets and bring about a be own understanding and cooperation @ it tween the packers and the produ this without in any way hampering the sell mitted efficiency of the packing the dustry.