Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-21
IOWA STOCK RAlsGRs orPLoRE
ArTEMprro FORCE DOWN
6EAr PRicEs. sst
MANY QUIT BuslNEss
sEcAusE OF LossEs
Iowa Meat Producers Assesiatlsn
Adopts Platform { rdersi''e rks"'
yon-ksndriok sill, opposlno Plumb
Plan Of Railroad Operation and
Favorins Tenant Law Changes.

ASS NAOAn~St -
meat producers. In annual convention
in Des Moines yesterday. went on
record as favoring early passage of
the Kenyon Kendrick bill for super
vision Of the packing industry. return
Of the railroads to their owners and
vigorously condemning Attorney
General Palmer and other officials for
their efforts to beat down prices of
agricultural products.
Declaring that these are critical
times for the live stock industry and
that the demand for meat products
has not correspondent with the In
creased production and that heavy
losses, violent price fluctuations and
resultant decreased production IL
driving many livestock growers out
of business, they appeal to the pub
lie for freer consumption Of meats.
OF National Concern.
Their platform In brief follows:
THE farmer and stockman must
secure for both grain and livestock
prices high enough to- return fair
interest upon the money invested,
plus a fair profit for the labor ex-
pended. plus enough additional to
maintain the fertility Of our soil.
Therefore, the present unsatisfac-
tory condition of the livestock In
dustry should be a matter Of natiOnal
concern. All classes Of people should
lend their influence to the better
ment Of this condition.
I'm its work Of securing satisfac-
tory railroad rates and service. better
marketing conditions. and In educat-
ing the public to the danger Of the
present situation, the Corn Belt Meat
Producers Association should have
the moral and financial support Of
all Of the farmers and stockmen Of
the state.
Land Tenure Laws
Resolved, That we are unalter-
ably opposed to government owner
ship, operation or subsidy Of mer-
chant shipping. We favor such
changes in our laws "a will enable
the ship owners of the United States
to compete on equal terms With the
ship owners Of other countries.
Resolved, That the members OF
the Iowa general assembly should
give attention to the need of. laws
governing land tenure. which shall
discourage the continual robbing of
the soil by landlord and tenant.
Resolved, That we consider the
Kenyon Kendrick bill for supervision
OF the packing industry measure
which it is to. the advantage Of farm
ersi and stockmen, the packers and
the people generally, to have enacted
into law at the earliest possible date.
Resolved, That We condemn in the
most emphatic manner possible the
efforts Of attorney General Palmer
and others in authority to beat down
prices of agricultural products. Such
efforts have cost the farmers Of the
country millions Of dollars, and have
not benefited the consumers. The
farmer and stockman is willing to
bear his full share Of any neces-
sary loss resulting from the return
to pre- war conditions, but is not will
ing to suffer tremendous financial
losses which benefit only the specula-
tors.
Oppose Plumb Plan.
Resolved. That the railroads should
be turned back to their owners with
tho least possible delay consistent
with Justice to the railroads and to
the public. Government operation has
been most unsatisfactory to the
farmers and the stockmen, and we
condemn both government ownership
and operation Of the railroads as i'm
practicable under present conditions.
We condemn the so-called Plumb
plan We favor restoring the railroads
to their owners. and restoring also
the power Of the interstate COM
merce commission over railroad rates
nd practices. as well as the power
of the various state railroad COM
niSsiona and state regulations" ~