The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-03

the ranches q the wsst ~ al
west are under fence, the cst,,.
highly bred from the best imss
stock. and because Of thsss ~
ments the cattle are cara -
the ranch almost ~ closely 4. !.
cattle on the farms in rllinos. y.
Iowa. 1t is no longer possih,. =:
the ssockman to conduct M
ness with . handbook ana ! ~.
memory. In fact on the bis rsa ~
the accounting system n
thorough a. in any other b,s;..
To add to the present prehass.
cattle cannot be transfers. ~.
one section Of the cattle cous,r, !.
another when feed Is shert = =
the old days. The present -. = y.
grade cattle cannot be ssns -. y
the long drives Of several 1s,s.sa,
miles, and the advance IN fsil,s. s
rates. makes shipping the sro"n a
cattle a poor investment a. -.
stockman buys feed and oil ca II =, y
keep his stock alive durin, :, ~ y
droughts and bad weather ~.
their hides as tight as be can -.
hopes for the best. For this /, n.
business Of hope. There il =
other just like 1t.
A Guarantee Fund
The California cattlemen 49,
association which aims to st,M,,..
prices so far as the produce, !.
concerned. They have Greats I
guarantee fund of a quarter q .
million dollars and have a comrt
tee to make a classification az Ii,..
stock, instruct the marketing =,
certain grades at specified tims,
and FIX a minimum price to b. ~
ceived for them. II the actual al.
is made for less, the differences /.
paid to the producer from the su,r.
antee fund. II he receives mon.
than the guarantee, he pays one.
half of the excess into the ipnd
and retains the other half. N.
main object is to keep the stocl
moving in a regulated way SO n 4
avoid glutted markets and to M
reasonable price for the grower
Meanwhile there is a constant cam
paign within the association 70
growing only the very best grade
and bringing them to market Il
the most salable condition. Thi
seems to be about what the orsan
lied fruit growers have been d.
ing SO successfully for years.
Claim Oil Displaces Meat :.
The cattlemen ask urgently "a
the protection of a tariff again,
foreign meat cattle and dresse
meats. The claim is made that Ii
people of Europe have become cor
sumers of vegetable oils in Ii
place Of meats, and that they Il
therefore not in the market Il
meats to any extent, nor will the
be in the future. That leaves Il
United States the largest consum,
market now open, and brings
this country the surplus cattle ~
meats of all other producing coul
tries. The cattleman wants th
competition headed of BY q stl
tariff. There are more cattle in II
Argentine than in the Unit
States, and the cost Of raising the
and in Mexico is a trifle compare
with the same operation in til
country. The rich lands of Canat
sent us nearly half a million hes
last year that should normally Ia,
gone to Europe. Perhaps lack
money in Europe had more to
with it than vegetable oils.
The cattlemen want the COVER
ment to regulate the packers, Il
stockyards, the commission M
and the traders. They want Il
railroads to be regulated and Il
rates substantially reduced. Al
to these are added a series OF r
quests for the government to fun
ton in a way that will make Il
production and distribution Of u
meat products go forward with COZ
siderably less rake-off on the rdu
to the consumer than at present.
Like all other Americans, u
cattleman believes that almo
anything short Of the miraculol
can be brought to pass by law al
government. But laws have n
helped him much in the past al
perhaps he has a faint suspicit
that the law helps those who he
themselves. Hence, while rootii
for a tariff law, he considers all
the advisability Of establishing
meat market and selling the HE
he raises to the fellow who is goir
to eat it.