Arizona republican., 1919-04-08
ALFALFA YET BRINGS STATE MORE MONEY
 ANNUALLY THAN ANY OTHER FARM PRODUCT

those who desire that their commodity
 should be handled upon it's merits. we
 see no serious objection of the lnspec- tion of hay at point of origin, put nlucii good has been accomplished by Such aA arrangement The inspection bureau was forced upon you by our govern
 ment through the United States iooo administration when, by an investiga- ton. it was found that scores Of cars were lying idle on spurs, switches ana in railroad yards at various points Tn our markets, the contents refused py reason of inferior grades. And in ad- dition to this condition numerous com
 plaints were being filed with the gov l ernment from the actual consumer who
 was in pressing need of hay and unaple | to pay the enormous wartime prices for the inferior grades of hay. l am sorry that it is impossible to bring forth
 the files which contain from your mar l kets with respect of Arizona hay Tor
 October and November of last year,
 prior to the establishment of the inspec- l ton bureau at point Of origin, but, TOT
 your information, may l not assure you
 that these conditions do not exist today and neither is there a huge sum of
 money of from 75 to 100 thousands dollars due, the producers from the local dealers Of the valley for rejected and in ferior grades of hay.
 And at this point desire to call the
 special attention of the committee on
 grades, grade rules and inspection, since I hold the responsible position of
 chief inspector of the state of Arizona,
 I desire that they favor me with all
 possible suggestions, rules and require
 ments as may be consistent with the
 situation.
 We have heard much in the past few
 years, with respect to producers orga-
 nization and the results obtained, and
 I desire at this time to go on record as
 favoring the organization of the pro-
 ducers or other persons engaged in any
 line of industry, because it is only
 through organized effort that the best
 results are obtained in the handling of
 any industry, but I am not in favor of
 that sort of an organization being per
 fected, and neither is there any danger
 of the effects of such an organization, which has for it's motto You must take our commodity at our price regardless
 of grade or quality" Unless you have given your products the proper cultiva-
 ton and care that the very best is shown in every particular, and 1 do not believe that any organization, however strong it may be, will have a long
 duration, because all of the successful cooperative organizations and asso- citations, which has been my good for ? tune to investigate, cooperate freely and consistently with the market, con
 sumer and broker; therefore, the life the stability of any merchantable com 4 modity depends absolutely upon it.
 merits, and if I must again refer tC ! A,-so se- l that it is much below par, by lack oi : proper care. I base my opinion on vol 3 umes of correspondence which I have on file in my office and my experience = with Arizona hay on the market 7 l desire at the same time to call tn, 5 psecial attention of the committee oI = proper care of hay for the market T of the important task in order that . uniformity of opinion may prevail afte ,, this committee has placed before tn r congress their findings and their rec l concentrations. On this particular sub @ ject of the proper care of hay I fin, . scores of different opinions prevailing Y And uniform decision should b ;. reached with respect to the prope = care thereof. I have been informe n that this congress affords the first op portunity ever offered to the severa e 7 full and complete understanding wit n each other. And I earnestly reques that the reports of all the committe V cooperate with us by acting as hastil , as their best judgment will permit i - order that a uniform decision may b reached on all of the important sub
 JectS for our consideration today. ;. . have selected the subjects after listen :, ing to discussions and complaints fc y the past six months, and I believe tha :. if 8 universal decision can be reache ' 5 that Arizona hay will be placel upon e dependable basis and the best result 'l obtained. The work of the other con v mittees, otber than referred to, is T U less important than those above rt III ferred to.
 l. Looking Into the Future We can understand the present on by our knowledge of the past we ma le hope to predict the future only by u y knowledge of the past, plus that of u II present. We can make the best use m the present only by knowing what h; at been done and is being done in u Is world at large.
 n, Grass lands, with livestock, have bef l. the very life of successful farming, al Id it is doubtful if the future can chan, it this fact. Moreover it must ever  ze borne in mind, where climate and l. ne cality declare for grass land, wisdo Id does not call for development alor ly other lines.
 Id Representative Carl Hayden in he brief address spoke of good roat e. their value to the hay producer al " the best way to get them. While ta as ation he said, was the fairest way ns obtain money for good roads, it w n- not always possible to use that methc ng Then the bond issue was the next be alI move.
 of He urged the building of good roat ay so that the children, when they a e. paying out these road bonds, will st t. be paying for good roads, roads tn ay would be a. a.lasting monument to t Int builders.
 re Among other things Mir. Hayd
 said:
 e. Tn case that the railroads are I of turned to private ownership as seer a. likely to happen in the near future, t he interstate commerce commission W