Arizona republican., 1921-12-17

| facing the other industries of the l state, so there are many facing the | sheep business. It is sometimes in | conceivable that there could be so ! many discriminations against the | Arizona producer and also why no | concerted effort is made toward their 1 abolishment.
 First, and perhaps foremost, is the | discrimination in the matter of rail- 1 of New Zealand, Australia, ships his wool to Los Angeles harbor, or some Pacific coast terminal, and loads the cargo on the freight train. The rate from these terminals to coston, Philadelphia, or any Atlantic coa st point, is about one dollar and thirty five cents. The freight train leaves the coast and travels hundreds of miles until it reaches Ash Fork. for instance
 Cars of wool are attached to the freight train. sheareG in Arizona; but the rate from Ash Fork to Bos- ton is s3. B, with a minimum car 36 feet, of 30.000 pounds. It is incom- prehensible to me why this is all lowed by the Interstate commerce commission, and why the New Zea- land wool grower should be granted a bonus of two cents a pound when he does not pay any taxes, or is of | no other assistance to this country is
 a matter for your conjecture. The livestock grower is certainly not to blame for the high cost of liv- ing While it is true that the retail
 market and restaurants are charg- ing prices altogether out of propor- tion to what the producer Is receiv- ing, it certainly is not the fault of h nf lix-nCfnnly
 The lambs produced in Arizona during the last season were sold at an average price of s4 50 per head. 1 These were known as killers, and were ready for the butcher. The average price for feeding lambs was 1 three dollars per head. All of this means that lamb and mutton was | placed upon the block for not to exceed 12 cents to 15 cents per pound | Therefore, the producer of lamb is not to be blamed for the high cost | of this article; and when you go up 1 the street of any town or city, all you 1 have to do is to look around to find 1 the profiteer. He will not be found upon the range.
 1 Last week, a cattle man of Yavapai county sold seventeen three-year- old 1 steer hides for $15. Will you please remember this when you look in the window of the next shoe store you l pass.
 l Another cattle man last week had I a lot of fat steers and COWS in his 1 pasture. ready for butchering; and 1 the best offer he received was four 1 cents for fat steers, and three cents 1 for fat cows. Again, draw your l own conclusions.
 Here is a menu card from place not one-half mile from this building. 1 The first item I shall call your at l tention to is lamb chops. one for 5C 1 cents, and two for 90 cents: which I means that the restaurant keeper got 1 as much for six lamb chops as the i livestock grower received for raising l the lamb, and out of which sum he | had to pa.~ all the costs of conduct l ing his business for the entire year. ] Who is the profiteer?
 Talks on Livestock
 | "The Stabilizing of the Livestock Industry" was the subject discussed ! by the first speaker of this section,
 Henry G. Boice of San Carlos. presi- | dent of the Arizona Cattle Growers association. His speech was a gene
 ral resume of the cattle business, in- | cluding a description of the bad con-
 ditions of 1920. The discussion in the
 session was led by Charles Mullen ot
 Hillside, past president of the Cattle Growers association.
 Soon after noon the delegates tc
 the conference met at the Phoeniz
 Country club for luncheon. The band
 of the Phoenix Indian school was 1T
 attendance, and played before the
 diners took their places at the tables
 which were set on the north porch o1
 | the club house. The speaker of the
 luncheon was A. P. Davis. director ot
 the United States reclamation serv'