Arizona republican., 1921-02-10

Mr.. Wentworth illustrated this again
by charts.
"The last factor is the assumption by
the packing company of risks by loans
to foreign countries and by converting
these again into cash for the purchase
of his products from the stockman.
This factor also includes that of keep
ing trade channels open"
Z. II. Crabb, chairman of the ad-
visory board on national forests, then
made a report of the activities of this
board after which recess was taken.
The afternoon session was opened by
C. B. Heinemann, secretary of the In
stitute of American Meat Packers,
Chicago, who spoke in part as follows:
Heinemann Makes Address
Each department is interdependent,
and if one fails the whole industry
suffers Let the retailer mismanage
the distribution and both packer and
producer suffer. Let any calamity hit
the producer, so that production
slumps or stops, and both Packer and
retailer face disaster; and, obviously,
the finest animals produced would be
valueless to the retailer of meat until
they had been prepared by the packer.
1.-THE present trouble with the in
dustSy is that each group has been
pursuing ats course without regard to
tfpuss&etfs of the Others While / do
I
the other fellow, che effect is or s-es
been the same. No industry can hope
to achieve permanent good until
better understanding and proper CO
ordination obtain.
zone thing which Immediately con-
Germs all of us is to increase the per
| capita consumption of meat, so that the
| stimulated demand will result in bet
ter and more stable values. We muse
answ er the unfair critics of meat as
| a food, and prove to the consuming
public that meat is now and always
| has been the cheapest and most nu-
| tritious food for man.
| Manufacturers and distributors of
various substitutes for meat proclaim
through carefully phrased advertise
ments that one ounce of their doubly
refined sawdust equals in food value
several pounds of steak. These mis-
statements must be answered and meat
must be placed at the head of the list
of valuable foods. This can only be
done by the combined efforts of all
| concerned.
Statistics showing that the per cap
/ tia consumption of meat had declined
from 216 pounds to 1856 pounds were
| submitted for the purpose of showing
the effect of unjustified attacks upon
meat as food, and, likewise, upon the
meat industry.
Speaking of q trip he made during
| the morning to the plant of the Phoe-
| nix Packing company. Mr.. Heinemann
| congratulated the founders of that COM
4 uany who had the courage to invest
| money in such a splendid property at a
| time when the industry as a whole
! was suffering from the effects of so
much agitation.
i "I could not help wondering" said he
'sif those who are so vigorously urging
.%f he, lad afSlr a
legislation have stopped to consider
it's effect upon concerns Of this char
acter and size.
Here is a packer who has been
charged with no crime or misdemeanoI
and who stands well in his community
Many OF you gentlemen are interested
in the little company and yet your
good name and high standing will not
protect you from the stigma which
will attach to every packer. large an6
small, il this legislation becomes {
law"
Are you aware that the bill now
pending before the house IS SO fal
reaching that every man who owns
share of stock in this or any other
packing company would be classed as .
packer? When so classified you coulc
not market in commerce a dozen eggs
q pound of butter or any Hvestocl
products without subjecting yourself
to the control of some Washington
hautoerat.
Just before I left home I was in
formed that the only request for this
legislation that had been recently pre-
scented to the house committee came
from the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers. On the other hand, thou
sands of protests against the bills were
of record Are you folks to sit COM
placently by while the labor unions tel
congress how to control your bushes:
and don't you feel that they care par.
ticularly how you fare as the resul
of their activity?
",rhe packing industry is ready ant
willing to join with you in any form o
Incorporation that will rebound to thu
good of all. Our people have nothins
to conceal, but on the contrary we hav'
record of which we are justly proud
With your help and cooperation WI
can accomplish much; without it moth
irr."
Convention Ends Today
Following Mr.. Heinemanns address
the taking of subscriptions for the
, support of the Arizona Cattle Growers
association for the year was begun
The packers were among the mos
. liberal subscribers, Armour & Co, an,
Swift e Co.. and Wilson & Co. eacl
giving $500 and the Arizona Packing
company $3.50.
: In contradistinction to this the pol
i icy of the American National Livestocl
association to preserve a thorough in
dependence of the packers has been no
6 to accept packer subscriptions. Tn
f convention viii begin it's work at l
n o'clock this morning with a considera
+ ton of the resolutions adopted by tn
r resolutions committee.
The convention is scheduled to en-