The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-02-12


of grade cattle cannot be sent over
the long drives Of several hundred
miles and the advance in railroad
rates makes shipping the growing
cattle a poor investment. So the
stockman buys feed and oil cake to
keep his stock alive during the
droughts and bad weather. fills their
hides as tight as he a and hopes for
the best. For this is the business of
hope. There is no other just like 1t.
A GUARANTEE FUND
The California cattlemen have an
association which aims to stabilize.
prices so far as the producer is con-
cerned. They have created a guaran-
tee fund of a quarter Of a million dol
lars and have q committee to make a
classification Of live stock. instructive
marketing of certain grades at specf-
fed times, and fix a minimum price to
be received for them. II the actual
| sale Is made for less. the difference
~ paid to the producer from the
guarantee fund. II he receives more
than the guarantee, he pays one-half
of the excess into the fund and re-
tains the other half. The main OBJ
ject is to keep the stock moving In a
regulated way so as to avoid glutted
markets and to get a reasonable price
for the grower. Meanwhile there is
a constant campaign within the as
ISOLATION for growing only the very
best grades and bringing them to
market In the most salable condition.
This seems to be about what the or
ganized fruitgrowers have been do
ing 20 successfully for years.
CLAIM OIL DIsPLACEs MEAT
The cattlemen ask urgently for the
protection of a tFiff against foreign
meat cattle and dressed meats. The
claim is made that the people of Eu-
rope have become consumers Of vege-
table oils In the place of meats. and
that they are therefore not In the
market for meats to any extent, nor
will they be in the future. That
leaves the United States the largest
consumer market now open, and
brings to this country the surplus cat
tie and meats of all other producing
countries. The cattleman wants the
competition headed off by a stiff tariff
There are more cattle In the Argen-
tine than In the United States. and
the cost Of raising there and in Mexi-
CO Is a trifle compared with the same
operation in this country. The rich
lands of Canada sent us nearly half a
million head last year that should
normally have gone to Europe. Per-
haps lack of money in Europe had
more to do with 1t than vegetable
oils.
The cattleman want the Govern
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stockyards, the commission men and
the traders. They want the railroads
to be regulated and the rates sub
stantially reduced. And to these are
added a series of requests for the
Government to function in a way that
will make the production and dis
tribution of the meat products go for
ward with considerably less rake-off
on the route to the consumer than at
present.
Like all other Americans, the cat
tleman believes that almost any
thing short Of the miraculous can be
brought to pass by law and govern.
ment. But laws have not helped hir
much in the past and perhaps he has
a faint suspicion that the law helps
those who help themselves. Hence
while roofing for a tariff law. he con
siders also the advisability of estab'
fishing a meat market and selling
the meat he raises to the fellow who
is going to eat It.