The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-09-11

convention at santa ne. listened with
closest attention as Sena - Holm o.
Bursum explained the working Of the
agricultural relief bin. operation OF
which viii put the farming and live
STOCK industries on their feet again.
Senator Hursum'a remarks follow;
MT. Chairman, members Of
the state bankers association. II Nv
q great privilege, which esteem
very highly. Of being given this OPP
purtunity ~ addressing what YOU
might term the arbiters OF New Mex
ico's industrial activity. I refer to
O as arbiters % all those who are
engaged IN business or In production
Of any Kind. whether Il be ugricui-
tural or livestock. especially during
the last eighteen months. h de
pend upon your hnk to be taken
care ~ and get along. I want to
say q few words especially about the
the livestock situation.
Livestock situation Critical.
am not DIN 90 attempt to go
u the history OF the causes or the
things which brought about the gen
cral depression throughout the whole
country ana throughout the whole
world. You are all as familiar with
these causes and these reasons AS
I am. perhaps more so. The live
stock industry In In IA very critical
condition, not only In this state, but
throughout the nation as q whole
There IN great danger Of "a very asri-
ious shortage in this country There
is danger. u livestock is shipped to
market and to the slaughter hove,
as II has been. that We will be. ptth-
IN the near future. dependent upon
"a foreign supply and IL was for that
reason that the congress passed the
sp-cullcd agricultural relief bill. This
h the most gigantic piece Of legis-
II. N.Aa la AZ - 80.
mat ever was attempted by this coun-
try or ans other country at any time
ln history. II carries with II two
billion five hundred million dollars to
take care OF agricultural exports. to
take care OF tn products OF agiicul-
turo, including the breeding. feeding
ana fattCniHE Of livestock. THIS law
has hardly started to function. the
forces which are to administer II have
not yet been fully organized. II has
only been signed within the last few
days. Vet. It has had u marked In
Uucncc on stimulating the markets on
several products, principal among
which ! might me-. uun wool Wool
has advanced considerably iu the last
We weeks. the gain being about sis
cents 10 pound. Cotton has gore up
alHu, uud the tendency seems 10 -
on the tise and TOT i better market
Tor most things, but with livestock
We cannot hope to n'o a much bet
ter market II this wholesale zltugh-
ter u, yuuuE breeding stock is Cuu-
uuu,d
", are fifteen million beef cattle
short OF what we had twenty yeurz
ago Nuu take into account the in
crease ct population uud 81 rs u Vvry
serious affair Take into account IN,
conditions ut THE foreign countries
Beef Be- worth more ln the ClIy o.
AIs.MII. Hhnn ~ b.. IA IUra.fU NHIf# To
day. There il comparatively no i've
stock Iu NNuWtus ur Montana ur
South Dakota "a very very little IN
Nebraska. They have two years sup
Ply OF hay on hand and nothing to
feed u To. TeXas has only about
hair ~ Its normal supply and the
r.iu ut which Tho calves and hoIIors
we're sent Go tuy slaughter huus, BEL
simply criminal In New Mexico
du not know whether We have nuy
p'r cent OF what we had twenty years
ago..
Crops Are Goud.
% have Just been through the upper
portion ct TINS state Ina the ,uuuti,
Of Union ANA Harding und Mora th,y
have fine crops, tuut is OF corn iuu
WHEAT D. looks like the healthy ,rui
condition uf Illinois and Iowa !ut
what We Did timers utud Co thIul
Was impossible 900 Sew Mexico Tn,
'ItINH h| WHEAT NNf N'N NNIlNA' 90" hNNi
aa luri year uu account OF rust. hu
tho ranges are OF llc finest. Fu.
example. tuTIi QUO haas tue fines
rams, { have seen Iu ull uf New M,N
lDu, Eruma -Itss over Two feet hILh
but uu Iy,-tu,h. 90 has AN been
slaughtered aUd cent Co the market
IVuIuIfyd uu agruu.It uI precision i
the present UIu,. t.Il lRluud hH
uuuth,r place, just as iIuv. but huruI
amy lINv.Iuth. There are scarcely uu
small huIur.H Of stock that have uu
hundred ur Two hundred head Mon
of them have, been shipped GU Uuiu
county can Absorb twenty tnousau|
head Ut cattle uEut now DO 90 hd
the IId, ANA uul'ss something ls don
Co I,siocN the ranges, thy large Ian
huldv.a VIII simply $50 into huuh
ruptuy. The same conditions exist D
Wyoming, Montana aud other state
There tIv uu herds to feed tu spvu
ct Boo the country and the real dan
ser is that the industry may u'tut
There Be- just bs much need Tor uHl
IutI7m ana loyalty uow 1a there w
during the war. u / INNS that
prosperous condition can nu huuurl
about u the yUttI,mtu are udtd u.yl
u th, shipment uf breeding yHtll,
stopped aud discouraged 90 tJurs
amy mature CATTLE ought Go be 81,
hryluuar alt'l maturity there vHr
lt lNIIfHhHT 'N ElhN 90 ZOO 'llfI 81 .f
and whether uT not the uIHuk,,
good ur uui. whenever uuy Irudu
mHturvI, % Is best that 90 %, aui
That De- the customary Wy ul con
upr,r, uut Co permit calves. net,
ana young stock To- be- sold slwp
Wpaus . u],ulDuuu, Whereas 10 5,
stop and discourage tins % vlll go,
Increase the livestock uu suur rams,
ypuI ,atuiu- power, your earning q,
puCIty
.Nuw. that is tho opinion of q
best posted u'u boo thus country ~y
I,tBIy Wallace made the 7uIirmrl.
"a mtrtiul which We htd % COME
tu,, rather, 10 few months ago, ia
we would soc cattle higher iu q,
years from now than We had iul
Ions. Ions time. We Just nave, o.
got the cattle and ! lm confident th
tu pruccvdIuE Ja We have m prov
tuE financial relief tur this muustl
% VIII stimulate prices so that %
lyvstuuk producers can Grow out az
pay out, uud the uunkcla of the COO
tIy VIII not only have saved th,
customers. but they viii also hu
greatly increased their rvu1urc,s T.
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