The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-08-03

CAie - - oAAo SoVeIIlLlenC service. II
works beneflcially in many directions
Stockmen to the east of us in many
counties and IN the Dakotas are faced
with disaster because they have nc
water for their herds. Last Years
drought depleted reserves of hay. With
u ram the ranges are very poor. Many
OF these distressed stockmen have had
to get rid OF their herds. The drought
area in Montana centers about at Miles
City. The price of Gamer COWS at st.
Paul is about IL to 2 cents a pound.
The crltter will weigh about $50 pounds
noe present conditions. The most
the animal would bring at st. Paul is
SIS. The average cost OF shipping is
SS.75 and there are other expenses as
well. so it means practical bankruptcy
for the stockman to attempt to ship his
cattle in times like these.
The government has gone into this
field. 1t buys these distress cattle
without any charges to the stockmen,
who are required only to deliver at the
nearest railway loading point. What
they get is net to them. Thus the in
terest OF the stockmen in the drouth
area has been served.
The cattle are shipped to the in
! speCtOrS at the Hansen plant in Butte.
The inspection is extremely rigid so
that the people on relief are assured
of as good quality meat as it is possible
to buy anywhere at any time. Stand
ards of the government have not been
lowered. They are more exact because
We are working with many ineXperienc-
ed people. The people who work in the
government packing house as well as
the livestock brought in there are
physically inspected.
Fresh meat is being supplied to all
relief agencies in Montana as ordered
by the state relief headquarters at Hell
ena, where DR.. w. j. Butler is in
charge. All meat that is not immed-
lately required is put up and canned
for future need. The canning depart
ment of the Hansen plant which has
been taken over by the government is
capable of putting out 275, 900 pounds
Of canned meat every "a hours.
Our present program calls for six
kinds of soup to be put up in cans
and II kinds Of prepared meats as well
as the choicest cuts from the choicest
cattle for immediate issue to relief
agencies.
VIC d1C 1444OA 141CO Cl1dG C11C1C d1C y"
8 1000 persons on government relief in
Montana. Estimates are that at the
peak of the winters need the number
of relief cases may aggregate $4,000
individuals in this state. We hope that
number will not be reached, but we
shall be prepared. There will be no
hunger in Montana this winter. In adj
dltion, the government has directed
that relief provision be made for even
Indian agencies in Montana with ap-
proximately 5000 Indians. There are
also about 500 transients in Montana
per day whose distress cannot be ignor-
ed. Thus we are preparing for a grand
total of distress cases this winter OF
10000 persons.
THE third phase of this work has
to be with the employment of local
help. All u employees come from the
relief rolls of Silver Bow county. They
have shown a remarkable aptitude for
this work. There have been no con
tentions with our labor personnel . We
feel that all are getting on very well.
The employment ranks at the Hansen
plant will be augmented as this cam
paign gets into full swing. We expect
also that, as these employees become
thoroughly trained, we shall be able
to send them out in the livestock areas
where they will man the cooperative
plants, that are to be established and
supply their various localities with fresh
and packed meats.
I'm this ann the government is
planning to conserve wealth in these
western states and enhance their in
dustrieS. The custom of sending out
the raw commodities to be processed
and then bringing the finished product
back at great expense will be discourage
ed. Montana people should pack their
own meat, can their OWL vegetables,
mill their own flour, supply their own
food and other commodities from their
own raw material in a degree never
heretofore attained if the governments
plans to lend every assistance to this
end are successful. That will mean
nor employment and great wealth at
home"
MI. Walton will remain in Butte only
until the governments plans are in
thorough operation. Before joining the
governments relief work he was known
throughout the livestock industry in
this country and South America as one
Of the outstanding packing plant en-
gineers. He designed, built and budget
ed the operations of the largest pack
ing house in the world, the municipal
abattoir of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
This mammoth plant employs 10000
people. It has a capacity for killing and
preparing the meat of 5000 head of cat
tie, $4,000 sheep and $500 hogs in an
eight-hour shift.
Mr.. Walton's remarkable talents in
packing-house building, equipment and
operations are being used by the gov
eminent for the benefit of the people
of the cattle country throughout the
West.
Walter Hansen, who has been in the
forefront of every movement for i'm
proving the industrial condition Of
Montana and especially of the live.
stock industry, said: