The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-08-21

b has never seen the ranges ~ . great uaxirR region hnss high
With esu. a. are those Of New Mexico this year; half stocked and
viswsd with tragic eyes by men who have neither the funds with
which TO buy more livestock. or credit 70 hold 70 it, proper maturity
psriod such livestock a. they now have. He does not understand
the condition that forces New Mexico sheep men to sell their owe
lambs. when they should keep them for breeding. In order that
thsy may thus grow out Of the hole Of debt into which they
have fallen drought no fault Of their own. He does not ccmprs
bend what is happening to the nations beef supply and It's future
volume and price, when cattle men are forced to 'Iiquidate' q calf
crop. that II retained On the range. would. see them back into the
road to financial rehabilitation.
These easternsrs; keen business men and patriotic citizens;
critcise legislation 70 help restore and build that half Of the ma
can rec only the necessities Of their own immediate interests; in
tsrests that have become so vast as 10 shut out consideration Of
others equally important to the nation They know that there is
abundant beef and mutton; an ample wool supply; plenty of grain
for The mills They do not know whence II comes or At what cost
They criticize help for she other half; the food producing half of
the nation. because they do not know Its needs, or how closely
those needs Ire related to their own.
The west should send fighting msn to congress: men who
know the needs Of the Yves. from close personal contact with those
needs; able men who have the ability and the courage to make
themselves missionaries TO the east as well as champions Of the
west; who can bring home to the representatives of finance and
manufacturing and export trade, realization that behind them are
the basic industries Of food production which are in the west and
which must thrive and prosper and advance in even step with the
industries of the population and money oenters. IL this nation Is
to remain in balance and in continued prosperity.
That Is one Of the reasons why New Mexico should send Holm
o. Bursum back TO Washington with an overwhelming majority
behind him Bursum is the first member of the United States
senate who has gone out as the advocate and champion Of the man
on the range mo n q competeht exponent u ns neeos. Tnere
have been plenty Of senators who have attacked the problems OF
marketing meat animals and dressed meat; who have gone in
couageously TO stop abuses and regulate the marketing machinery
for the finished product. But until Rursum undertook the job there
has been no senator who has attempted to bring into congress the
vital needs Of the range man, to whom finally the packer, the fin
Usher and the feeder must 60 for meat. With thorough knowledge
Of what the industry needs; learned in the grim school of personal
experience with drouth, uncertain markets and slender credit
Bursum has been able TO do more to get the fundamental needs Of
the range livestock industry fairly before congress in four months
than has been done heretofore. He not only knows what, is needed,
but he is a two listed, fighting man with the persistence that is
based on courage and enthusiasm for his cause,
2 why should q cattle dealer be ftnanced7' asked this Phil
adelphia newspaper.
And the very words Of the question show an abysmal ignorance
Of the whole meat industry; ignorance Of which man in the business
Of growing meat it is who needs the financing. tW-
The strongest, most practical, best equipped men in the range
states are needed in congress to overcome this ignorance of a great
national need, vital alike TO those who live and work in the range
states and TO the whole nation. Bursum is not only New Mexicos
best bet for this big job, but is typical of the kind of men required
in the great campaign Of education and constructive legislation that
the range region SO greatly needs.
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