Weekly journal-miner., 1921-04-13
CRADD, HAZELTINE AND OTHERS PLAN RELIEF MEASURES
 FOR OUR STOCKNEN

i The problem of the cattleman ]: also the problem of the banker This is indicated ill statements from two sources on the present market. ing situation of the livestock indus. try.
 An interesting and informative work has been done by a special committee of the Arizona Cattle Growers association, headed by M B. Hazeltine, local banker and in- terested in the financial side of the stock industry. Mir Hazeltine yes terday suggested to the cattle grow CTS that they give him their ideas on the subject of finding pasturage for Arizona stock and then convene to thresh out the proposition which is expected to be offered as a result of the tour of President E. H. Crabb of the association to the con ventions in the north and northwest.
 Crabb hopes to confer with stock men of Wyoming and Montana where he expects to meet R. J. Co., burn, and the two of them propose to investigate the possibility of ar ranging mutual shipping and feed ing deals with the men who have plenty of feed but little stock. MT. Hazeltine said yesterday he was keeping in close touch with the negotiations and would be able to advise the stockmen from time to time. He has just returned from California, where he found that while feed is plentiful, credit is lacking, and the same condition faces the northwest
 In a statement made just before leaving for the .cattlement's conven- ton, MT. Crabb said:
 "The lack of sufficient credit by men who previously have handled the feeder cattle from Arizona coupled with the droughty condi- tions in the south and the forest service regulations in the north which necessitate the movement of a certain number of cattle, 1 believe makes it imperative that some plan be devised to relieve the situation. In the northwest men who have in the past handled thousands of our cattle will have an abundance of pasture but cannot obtain sufficient credit to finance their operations in the regular way. The Arizona Cattle Growers association is very anxious to do everything in its power to get the men who own the pasture, and the men who own the cattle, together directly without placing an overhead on our feeder cattle of commissions, middlemen's profits, etc, which has in the past amounted to approximately $5O per head on yearling steers.
 q have. reason to believe that an arrangement can be made with the men who own the feed to take the feeder cattle from Arizona on per centaqe basis that will eliminate all possibility of speculation and at the same time insure a reasonable re- turn 10 the pasture men for their forage and to the owners of the cattle the maximum price obtainable for their cattle.
 "The northwest is proven coun- try in which to feed or finish steers. The plan would be in no wise ex- perimental except in its operation. Feeders for years past have used our cattle and would do so at this time were it possible to obtain the necessary credit. Arizona will have approximately 125,OOO yearling steers for market from May 1st to Novem- Der 1st, 25,OOO 2-year-olds and a smaller number of aged steers. Most 1 inquiries so far received have been for 2-year-old steers or over.
 "The significant fact, in my opin- ion, is that the operators desire tc make their turnover as quickly as possible, which cannot be done as