Arizona republican., 1921-02-09

,.l.s~s .r loans to mature cattle for ,Sn lhey have abundant feed
 .---s--~ahS ----~ahS the increasing money sasTr~----s ~S ultimately affecting the - e'nen- as it does now. our associa- . ~S,s s early as last May expressed iii = s1 a1 strong language to the Wash o.ucials of the Federal Reserve st~- m advocacy of some recogni- sSo- would tend to avert a condi- rN~ oa o'sruption and dissipation of e@ S-1e industry l believe We wera -1e nrst to forecast the condition r,-, nas now come upon us, and
 nk the year we have persistently
 eeNored to bring about some relief rr- sures for the industry as a whole. ~ been successful in securing
 kcater degree of consideration for @.ue loans on the part of the banks. --o ln our investigations of this mat <uouxhout the state we have found -n@- our local banks have strained ery effort to hold up and sustain the
 You will all recall the discussions nave enjoyed in our past meetings .n tne matter of pending Legislation having for its object Governmental Scntroi and regulation of the packing noustry- This question has gradually. and | feel rightly so, become an issue ol inc utmost importance to the cattle men. particularly in view of develop m~ntS generally throughout our conn., try in the last few years and of legis- ..uNe or governmental tendencies that ~" not bespeak a proper consideration or effect for business. Our association year and half ago went on record against the particular bill under dis c1ss1on at the time, and at our con- Nc-stlon m Tucson a year ago the mat fer was referred to the next meeting er our executive committed which was oeId at Flagstaff in July. The execu- 1ire committee. as it's version of the situation. then instructed the president to consult with the packing compan- es with the idea of determining if a spirit or cooperation could not be brought about between the producer and packer that the market for our products may be stimulated and kept Tn stable condition, thus eliminating tho agitation and distruct which have continued as costly and destructive to both industries I made a trip to Chi caGo for this purpose and found the men engaged i'm the packing business not only willing but very desirous to e'tcct a close cooperation and under standing between the two industries.
 Railroad Rates
 Early in the year the railroads were returned to their owners by the gov ernment upon a basis of law and it's
 
 state commerce commission that has in1tcted gross injustice on the cattle interests of the country. The increase in rates has contributed in no little way to the appalling condition of the cattle business today. They are far out of line with the value of commo- ditses and have had the tendency to iocalfze products as a result of the present disparity between freight rates and the value of commodities. Unlike tho practice enjoyed in most every other industry. the cattlemen have the direct burden on the expense of ship ping and can not pass it on to the con- rumer. Nothing today is more eco- romicsily unbalanced than the propor- tionate share of the shipping cost bears to the present marketing value of the live stock consigned-in one case I receipts was spent in shipping costs and that fin itself is the explanation of the present inequality of consideration accorded the two clements today.
 Tt was once thought or said that political parties followed in the path of tarfff policies. As in many thoughts and activities. the great world war has wrought amazing changes and with the resultant upheaval in industry, our ideas of tariffs have changed. The present situation. it is agreed by all, cAlls for an abandonment OF sectional lines and the support of a construc- tive policy of sound protection which shan include such protection of pro- duccrH as will enable them to market their products at n profit and to suc- cc>ufully meet the handicap of low for ctxn labor costs combined with present ratce of exchange.
 Since the organization a year and a half ago in Salt Lake City of the Ii western states advocating federal reg ulsfion of the public domain, the gov ernment has changed its policy in re- gard to the 640-acre grazing home stead to the extent that with the pos Hihle exception of Arizona, most of th< public domain is being taken up ir Gt0-acre tracts as grazing homesteads The government has placed a more lib sral interpretation upon the require rnents of such homesteading. Fron the fact that Arizona is practically tn, only state where but little of the lant win be applicable under the 640-acr, grazing law. we should. in my judg sncnt. insist that a thorough classifi cation be made of all lands in the stat and that such lands not susceptible O homcxtcading or farming. should b. sold to the cattle and sheep men il tracts large enough on which stocl may be run economically and success fully and under terms such as not t, te burdensome to the business of stocl raisins"
 Committees Appointed
 President Mullen then took up tn