The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-09-08

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conditions. and natural resources OF
the different localities, had decided
to locate in Bingham county, and
Bingham county is indeed glad to
welcome Mr.. Felsted as one of her
sons.
A Packing House Man
Mr.. F. L. Ball of the Ogden Pack
ing & Provision company, spoke and
his talk was very interesting and in
structive. He explained several side
lights on the packing industry which
formerly were not very clear to the
average stockman, and which in a
great many instances were directly
responsible for unjust discrimination
against the packing business.
Mr.. Ball explained that the back
bone Of the packing business was the
hog" and his talk devised ways and
means whereby the stockmen of this
community should be able to place
hogs in Ogden that could compete
with the Omaha hog" or any other
hog for that matter. He explained
that on numerous occasions he had
received Idaho hogs at Ogden that
would compare favorably with any
hog ever received there, but gener-
ally the Idaho hog was inferior to
the Omaha hog, and naturally they
could not pay the top prices for our
| hogs until we better our, standards
Mr.. Ball called attention to the
fact that Utah would much rather
help Idaho than Nebraska and that
they were very DESTROYS of seeing
the, Idaho hog the premier hog on
the market at Ogden. This, of
course, in large measure depends
upon our hog raisers in this COM
munity. Mr.. Ball explained that
there is difference in freight rates
between Ogden and Omaha in ship
ping from this point which we all
recognize and asked that we not
Judge the Ogden packers too harshly
without looking at the proposition
from every angle. He went into de-
tail with regard to weights, ETC.,
which cannot be shown here on ac-
count of lack of space and explained
very fully the reason for the Ogden
packer using the Omaha hog. He
closed his talk by saying that he
sincerely hoped it would be but a
short time when an Omaha hog
would be a mighty scarce article at
the Ogden plants.
Another Packer Talks
Judge Reeder Of the Ogden stock
yards gave very interesting talk on
the Ogden stock exchange explain
ing the difference features of it and
showing the protection that the ship
per is entitled to when dealing with
any member of the Ogden stock ex-
change. Judge Reeder compli-
mented our county agent, Mr..
Stephens, very highly for his ag-
gresive work in the field and for his
being instrumental in bringing to-
gether the stockmen and bankers on
that occasion.
Judge Reeder advocated that the
shipper should always deal with a
member of the stock exchage when
transacting any stock business in
Ogden and If dealing with any one
else it was at his own peril. In order
10 qualify for membership in the
Ogden stock exchange a man must
nave the ability to carry on sue
,essful business, his honesty and in
;egrity must never have been ques-
Toned and must rank very high
lmong his fellow men, both from
'ocial as well as business standpoint.
This assuring that any shipper in
lealing with member Of the stock
exchange in Ogden, will receive fair
md courteous treatment at all times.
t a shipper at any time feels that
le has not been squarely treated, he
nay at any time state his grievance
md is assured Of a fair and impair
ial adjustment of his wrongs by the
members of the exchange. He stated
hat in compiling the rules and regu-
atoms governing the Ogden stock
xchange that every exchange in the
ounty was consulted as to the best
1ethods and ways Of procedure, not
xcluding the New York stock ex-
hange.
Judge Reeder closed his talk by
lviting the stockmen of southern
iaho to do their business with the
gden plants insofar as was possible
nd guaranteed the most courteous
nd best Of treatment.
Ogden Stock Show
Mr.. Taylor, manager Of the Ogden
ock show. extended q hearty well
'me to the stockmen Of Idaho to
tend their next show at Ogden.
Mr.. Taylor dwelt at some little
myth on the ACCESSIBILITY Of sending
,ur stock to the show at Ogden,
planned the many different advant-
res, the main ones Of which are ad-