Evening times-Republican., 1920-12-09
FEEDERS OF coUN-
TY GUESTS OF MARSHALL
TOWN CLUB AT DINNER.
ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE
ATTEND-SiNCLA SPEAKS
Head Of Sinclair Packing Company,
Cedar Rapids, Gives Principal Ad.
dress on Conditions in Marketing
Live Stock-Lack of Exports Inn
portant Market Influence, He Says.

BUSINESS men, farmers, their wives
and members of the Baby Beef Club
of the county, to the number of 125.
enjoyed the dinner served at Shrubs
hall Wednesday night by the Mar
shalltown Club In honor of the MEM
bers Of the Baby Beef Club. RS. Sim
clair Of the Sinclair Packing Com
pany, Cedar Rapids. made the prin-
c,pal address. His remarks covered
the present situation facing the
farmers, their relations with the
packers and the essential need for
increased care of the live stock in
dustry OF the state, to control losses
from disease.
Mr.. Sinclair opened his address
with statement of tho lesson the
contestants In the beef club had
learned as to the value Of scientific
selection. preparation and feeding of
live stock. But the most important
lesson to the young folks. should be,
he said, the value Of real conscien-
tious work in the accomplishment of
their plans.
Effect Of Export Business.
Turning to the conditions that con-
front the farmer. he declared that the
farmers and packers interests were
identical in the need for betterment
OF the live stock industry and the i'm
proyement of marketing conditions.
He emphasized the important part
that export business had on prices.
Mr.. Sinclair spoke of conditions In
Russia and Europe in general which
made it impossible for the packer to
ship the farmers products there.
Business in Europe must be con-
Quoted. he said. upon long time cred
it's, and these must be financed here.
Until this financing can be accom-
plished the export business can not
be conducted.
The speaker declared that we could
not keep out of relations with Europe
and that the financial condition Of
Europe reflected itself directly in
conditions here. He DECLARED that
conditions were considered serious by
all students of finance, but that the
banks were not inclined to feel pes
simistic, as the crops and mines rep
resented the only real production Of
wealth, and America had had bounti-
full crops. These, he said, would stave
off more serious conditions.
Live Stock Loss Big.
Mr.. Sinclair touched on the enor-
nous losses thru tuberculosis and
cholera and declared that it was es-
sential that the sthte appropriate
sufficient money to carry out dt-
sease control in conjunction with
the federal government. He said that
the records of his company, which
deals very largely with Iowa live
stock, showed losses from tubercu-
losts among stock Of at least double
the national average loss Of II per
cent.
Other speakers Of the evening were
the POSTMASTER DIR. r. E. Keyser,
who emphasized the Importance Of
Mr.. Sinclair's remarks on tubercu-
losis by declaring that the losses
among cattle and hogs were as moth
ing to the losses Of babies due to bo-
vine tuberculosis; John Philip, Of
Bamffshire, Scotland, a Judge at the
Live Stock Exhibition;
Ray w. Plummer, Joseph Caputo, of
LeGrand: County Agent w. A. Bu-
chanan and ]. c. Peart, secretary Of
the Marshalltown Club.
Henry M. Shove, accompanied by
Ralph Pyke, gave two vocal selec-
tions and the good humor of the ev-
ening was greatly enhanced by sing.
ing lead by Wallace II. Arney.