Arizona republican., 1921-02-10

lrequire the hearty cooperation of
every one connected with the indus
try; and
Whereas. we realize that in order to
secure the greatest efficiency every
one connected with the meat industry
should not be hampered in the man
agement of their individual line of
business;
Therefore be it resolved, at the an
nual convention of the Arizona Cattle
Growers association, assembled at
Phoenix, Ariz., Feb. s, 9 and 10, 1921,
that we go on record as opposing the
effort to regulate the meat industry,
or any part thereof, by commission |;
that we are unalterably opposed to the
Gronna bill now in congress as one
that win continue to react unfavorably
on our business, making it unstable
and uncertain Our business needs
stability, certainty and cooperation
between every branch of the same, to
enable each particular branch to be
conducted without loss: and
Be it further resolved, that a copy
/ OF this resolution be sent to the presi-
dent of the United States senate. to
the speaker of the house of represen-
tatfves. to the chairmen of the agri-
cultural committees of both senate and
house and to our senators and repre-
sentative in congress from Arizona.
Second Day of Convention
The second day of the convention
was opened yesterday morning with
an address by Frank c. w. Pooler, dis
trict forester, Albuquerque N NJ,
whose subject was 'Grazing Admins
tration Problems On Arizona National
Forest Ranges" This was followed by
an address by Edward n Wentworth
n ffsac mr., -
Southwestern Meat Products"
Mr.. Wentworth began his speech by
the introduction of charts showing the
abnormality of livestock receipts and
/ prices in 1920 as compared to a norm
determined by an average of the years
| from 1912 to 1919. He then spoke, in
part. as follows:
ut has occurred 10 me that because
of criticisms of the packing industry
in the past few years a review of the
functions of that industry is not out
of place. There are five chief func-
stions. The first is the slaughter oil
the livestock. The second is the man
ufacture. IL these two were the only
functions of the packing industry. there
would be little to be said The in
dustry must be more complex or there
/ would be more men in the business
IL you could visit the plants at Chicago
and see the immense number of mer
| at work and the Immense number Of
operations performed, you would, ever
then, say that the superintendent, I'm
stead of necessarily being a great bust
ness man, is simply the director of the
mechanical Transformation of livestock
into meat and meat products.
Distribution Greatest Factor
But there are other factors. Tha
of distribution is one of the greatest
In that section east of the Ohio river
J there are 30 per cent of the popula tior
of this country, but this same section
produces only Is per cent of the cattle
6 per cent of the sheep, per cent o
the beef cattle and 5.4 per cent of TIL,
hogs. Without an efficient distribut
ing system. this section of the country
in the event of any tieup. would starry
to death in two weeks, and under ma
tural conditions would have to liv
J either on slim rations or upon tn
, bringing in of other products.
THE center of manufacture in tn
meat industry is more than 100 mile
from the center of production. Tn
+ average distance we move a steer an
! it's products is $50 miles lambs, 600
!. hogs, 500 miles.
"The next important factor is tn
, finding of markets for those parts Q
! the animal not in demand. The
! comes the question of distribution owe
! time as opposed to distribution owe
I zpaca"