The Sidney herald., 1959-11-11

these two cities have a popula
ton of approximately three quar-
tiers of a million people, Of a
least nor people than live IL
our whole state.
obviously Alberta's geograph.
ical location, its climate, its gov
eminent, its people are not SUI
perior to Montana or Montanans
But Alberta has made an aggres-
sive effort to secure American
business enterprises while WE
haven't.
81 don't mean to say that we
have forfeited our chances in this
direction, in fact, / believe that
we are on the threshold of golden
opportunities in this field if we
but grasp those opportunities. For
instance is is now being rumored
that the major packers are NOV
ing out of the central markets
such as Chicago, Sioux City and
Omaha, and are establishing
small packing plants closer to
the source of supply.
while these big packing COM
panies are in the process of de-
centralizing their industries we
Are presented with a wonderful
opportunity to set before them
an attractive proposition. Montana
has a plentiful supply of the best
feeder cattle in the United States.
Last year, 1858, we produced for
ty-nine million bushels of bar
ley - enough to feed and fatten
one-half million cattle.
"Just suppose we fed all this
barley to the cattle we produced
and suppose further that these
beef animals YER slaughtered and
processed here. Think of the job
opportunities such a proposition
would bring us. Think of the
taxes we would gain from the
feeding plants and processing
plants necessary to handle this
operation.
This proposition Is sound, pro-
gressive and sensible but it takes
someone with initiative to inau-
gurate and actively pursue the
idea. A governor could be urging
our educational facilities to ac-
celerate their experimentation in
livestock feeds and feeding that
would be particularly designed to
utilize our barley and other home
grown feed crops.
1--WE have many departments in
our Government that with coor-
dinated and organized effort could
lend assistance that would result
in increased interest in such a
feeding program. These same IA
cilities could be used to inform
packers as. to how and where
these satellite meat packing plants
could and should be established.
This is only one instance where
we have an immediate opportuni-
ity to bolster our economy and
broaden our tax base. There are
hundreds more as feasible and as
important but to get these jobs
done we need leadership from
the governors office and coordina-
ton within our state government.
estate agencies are created by
law to administer laws. These
have certain powers to issue rules
and regulations but in some cases
these Boards and Bureaus have
gone far beyond the limits of the
o1,fhori+ry ov{opIaJ ~ %bopo NV 0,,r
constitution and our legislature.
In some particular instances these
Boards and Bureaus, have refused
to carry out the mandate of the
Legislature and have presumed to
delegate to themselves authority
that rightfully rests with iur duly
elected representatives.
ga Governor of Montana can
easily rectify this situation, for
Section v, Article VII of our State
Constitution specifically sets
forth that "the Supreme executive
power of the State shall be vested
in the Governor, who shall see
that all laws are faithfully execut-
ed". These twenty-five words
place on the Governors shoulders
a solemn responsibility of super
the conduct of appointive
state boards and offices.
"The Legislature meets only
sixty days every two years but
the Governor is on your payroll
full time and it is his responsibility
to keep these Boards and Bureaus
in line.
at is not my intention to outline
ny platform tonight and l presume
you can understand why it is not
advisable to do so now. In the
lext few months I hope to develop
and explain in detail my program
l am confident will bene-
lit Montana. Before / make the
announcement which you are I'M
ioubtedly expecting, I feel you
know something Of my
political background for I feel this
S important if l am to aspire to
nigh public office.
81 have been a democratic pre-
committeeman of Toole
County, a School Board member
my school district in the Sweet
grass Hills, for two terms a State
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