The Winslow mail., 1921-04-29

conditions have been good and the
market will absorb them at a fair
price. But it often happens that
through severe winters and short
age of feed and poor prices at the
stock yards the rancher would face
severe loss if the cattle were
dumped on the market irrespective of
condition and price, so another coun-
try offering cheap feeding facilities
must be looked for.
The Texas range is generally
picked in this case as it offers abund
ant feed and in the cattle countries
# the United States is known as an
excellent winter range. From Texas
the cattle after wintering may be put
N the market at Chicago, Kansas
West, Denver, Col, or Los Angeles,
Cal
This shows that the average travel
If cattle raised for market consump-
ion is considerably greater than the
sverage mans With the high freight
ates in existence today this shipping
o the different seasonal ranges and
markets cannot be undertaken, and
Yhen new range is found necessary,
Is is in Arizona today, because of a
eed shortage, the situation is seri-
Jus to the cattlemen.
Today feed is so short on the Arizo-
1a range that no more cattle could
oe added TO the herds. The market
5 in such condition that very few
cattle were shipped last year to the
,tockyards and consequently Arizona
s overStOcked while to the east alb
undant feed is going to waste in
Texas because the herds there were
sold and the range not restocked.
AS Senator Cameron is cattleman
md mining man he readily understood
the problems facing the Arizona cattle
growers. He made inquiries con-
;erning the condition of the Mexican
.ange but conceded it would be i'm
practicable to ship American cattle
INTO old Mexico under bond at the
present time. While in case of last
esort this could be done, reports
showed that feed conditions were
better in old Mexico because of less
crowded range conditions, shipping
Did cattle into new unfenced range
country was always attendant with
| isk, unless the range was fenced and
very little fenced range is available
| in Mexico.
A study of the freight rates pre-
yailing in Arizona and the Southwest
generally, showed up some glaring
discrepancies as to amounts charged
for average mileage. Using Tucson
Ariz., as shipping point the rate
per cattle to Butte, Mont, is $258;
to Denver, Col, SLIT. Shipping east
| ward to make available the excellent
range in Texas the rate to Ell Paso
rexax is 500; to San Antonio, $301.5O
and Fort Worth, $301.50.
Between San Antonio and Ell Paso
is the Big Bend country Of Texas
probably the best stretch of, winter
cattle country in the United States
and at present is stocked, anC
| with a fair and reasonable freight
rate to this range country shipments
| Of cattle from Arizona would sooI
stock this range.
Senator Cameron with his knowl
| edge of this condition, is giving the
matter study and informed the dele
cation that he realized the conditions
they were facing not only in the
cattle industry, but in the mining in
dustry as we'll, and said he would give
the matter of freight rates relating
TO cattle shipments his attention and
would also take up with the mining
men Of Arizona a program of lower
| taxation as most all Of. the large
mining companies were finding it i'm
possible to continue operating with
costs of production and taxes con
stantly mounting.
A couple of Miami men have gone