Arizona republican., 1919-01-22


 portation from abroad for it's meat
 supply, and the west will not only
 have been derelict in it's duty, but
 will suffer from the sack of deve
 opment of which it is capable"
 Prior to Mr. Tallmans address, which was a discussion of the livestock industry to the public domain, I. T. Pryor of San Antonio. Texas, president | of the association, had warned the 1 stockmen that they must guard against over production in 1920, and a | consequent loss to the producer | through falling price.
 Mares Talks for Heard
 Other speakers on the program to- 1 day were Charles J. Brand, chief of l the federal bureau of markets, who eX- | plained the benefits which had re- | suited from the bureaus system of market reports and the licensing under ! the food control act, of packers, stock yards and commission men, and L. A. i Mares Of Fresno, Calf, who urged more thorough organization of live stock producers. MT. Mares took the place on the program assigned to l Dwight E. Heard of Phoenix, Arizona, l who was unable to attend because of illness.
 MT. Tallman, in his address, dis cussed at length the history of the public domain, with especial reference to the needs of the livestock industry and the desires of stock growers for definite assignment of certain lands as permanent grazing grounds.
 Mr Tallman declared that such | withdrawal of lands from the public domain was out of the question, and said that a correct solution must be found in the issuance of grazing per mits on a basis similar to that now used for the national forests. He also 1 advocated the placing of the national | forests and public domain under uni fled control. instead of having the lat ter under control of the department of agriculture and the rest of the public lands controlled by the department of interior. MT. Tallman suggested the interior department as the one best equipped for this work.
 /. Scientific Solution Correct Discussing the proposal of the stock men for a classification of public lands and designation of part of the : public domain as reserved perma- nently for grazing, Mr. Tallman said
 
 to be a correct solution of the prob- lem, but added that the theory must be taken with grain of salt
 If such a policy had been adopted 30 years ago. he said. "the community development in eastern Colorado and Wyoming and eastern Oregon and Washington would never have taken place. for these vast areas then would have been considered fit only for grazing
 The policy of the government, he said should be to develop the public domain for the benefit of the greatest number of persons, and in following out this policy the homesteader must be en- couraged while the proper interests of r the stock raiser are safeguarded. Is- suance of grazing permits which could be adjusted to changing conditions, was the solution of the problem, he said. In recounting the benefits accruing to the producer and the consumer through the operations of the bureau oi markets, Mir Brand cited the effect oi the bureaus system of market reports in equalizing the receipts at the central markets and in giving the producers , accurate reports on market conditions Discussing the effects of the licensing , system under the food control act, Mir Brand cited a number of abuses that had been corrected.
 Bureau Protects Producer 5 As a result of the bureaus activity he said, the principal livestock ex- changes had established rules prevent ing commission men from overchargine l on feed accounts and from other prac- : tices which deprived the producer o1 full return on his sales, and conse- { quently affected the price to the con- l sumer.
 He cited one instance in which . commission firm had made profit o1 $1S.000 on it's feed account and saiG such practices had been stopped. IT another case, the bureaus investigators had found that commission firm hao l stolen" S20 900 from it's clients, through ], withholding s. to s10 on each sale 9 while making return which was with in the market fluctuation. This firm ] MT. Brand said, now is making resti. tuition of the money it withheld in thi: manner.
 MT. Mares, who is president of tht s California Cattle Growers association : explained to the convention how hi! e association had worked out a method