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CROOK COUNTY JOURNAL
GUT LAFOLLETTE,
Editor and Publisher
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1 THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOClATtONj
THE HOUSE OF THE
GOOD NEIGHBOR
Of the multitude ot literary ef
fort resulting from the great war,
none that we hare yet seen has the
gripping human interest that la man
ifest In the "House ot the Good
Neighbor". Macmillan.- by Bather
Lovejoy of Portland and New York.
The rolume, more than 200 pages,
is now in its second issue, the late
edition being introduced by a very
Interesting foreword, written by Her
bert Hoover. The book sells at
12.25 and is worth the money and
more.
Dealing with war as it effects wo
men in the stricken countries and
the world at large, -the tremendous
bearing it has on the future popula
tion of these countries the author
who ia an able physician and surgeon
well read and much traveled, gives
one a better general idea of what
the real horrors ot war are, and the
least ot these is the slaughter of
healthy able men, and the scattering
of their unburied remains all over
. the landscape. ,
I Throughout the volume, with Its
tremendous human appeal against
the war gods, which appear as the
protest of all womankind against
this curse, there runs a personal
thread ot narration, dealing with the
discomforts of the author in the war
tone, and human nature in all kinds
and types ot people encountered in
this experience, and a breezy narra
tive which lifts the work from the
unbearably sad character it would
have otherwise perhaps assumed.
After reading and considering the
volume, one is led to wonder if the
theme with which jt deals is not af
ter all the most important in the
world, and all other issues with
which we are busy are but of minor
Importance.
Dr., Lovejoy has added an excep
tionally strong volume to the library
of Oregon authors, and one that all
will profit by reading.
Her present position as president
of the Medical Women's Internation
al Association, with headquarters in
Xew York, and the Women's Hospi
tals Association, which has a string
of hospitals throughout the most
needy countries of the world today
should make Oregon people proud
of this little woman who is doing so
much for humanity in a practical
way.
WHY THE COW MEN' ARE BROKE
(By G. H. Russell)
(If any meat dealer or anyone
wishes to reply to this article or any
other, he will be granted space and
we will welcome the opportunity of
a discussion on the industry that Is
so vital to our county. Ed.)
. ' ' '
K One of the first things I will men
tion is the great lack of organiza
tion. You will notice that every
other commodity on earth went up
from 20 to 30 percent after the Ar
mistice was signed, and the world
called for cheaper living so the first
thing to cut was the livestock, and
through the packing interests and
organized trusts and manipulators
they were In shape to hold up the
price of the meat and in many cases
even raised meat when they took off
of the price tor live animals, until
thef got the meat so high that the
people could not afford to buy it.
As an example, I will say that If
you were in the habit of getting live
pounds ot meat for a dollar, you pur
chased five pounds, and when you
could get but two pounds, you took
home two pounds Instead of five. So
that rut the demand In two. and II
stagnated the livestock industry.
Now we will try to show you
where it has gone. I will take the
little home-butcher as we are .more
familiar with his business, as he has
no chance to get anything out ot his
by-products, which is no small mat
ter, and he don't kill many choice
cattle now, and especially steers.
Bue we will give you an Idea ot what
he has been doing with you. Now
we will take a 6c cow for an example
that will dress 50 per cent that
weighs 1!00 pounds. Her gross
price would be $72, and would cost
him 12 cents dressed. Now we will
see what he has been getting tor her
now. A cow that dresses that per
cent cuts as follows:
About 70 pounds round steak 40c
$28.00; 20 pounds rump roast, 9 30
cents, $6.00; 70 pounds porterhouse
and sirloin steak, 9 60c, 635.00,
30 pounds rib roast, 9 35c, 110.60;
60 pounds chuck roast 9 30c, $18.;
90 pounds brisket and rib, 9 17r,
$15.30; 150 pounds boiling beet, 9
25c, $37.50; 30 pounds suet, 9 5c,
$1.50; 6 pounds flank steak, 9 30c,
$1.60; 30 pounds tallow 9 4c.
$1.20; 45 pounds bones and trim
mings, 9 4c. $1.80; 70 pounds hide,
9 8c, $5.60. Total $161.90
Now this brings the butcher $161.-
90, which will give htm $89.90, or
125 percent profit.
They have bought more stock un
der that price than they have bought
above, and you have paid higher
prices than that quoted. Now this !
one ot the causes ot the great depres
sion that the livestock man is facing
today. Now I will go a little fur
ther on this subject, a word to the
packer and commission man as well
The time has come when we feel that
we should have something to say
about our own stock after the car
door ia closed at home, and we think'
that this would help some.
The commission should be figured
on the account of sale and not on the
car. As it is, the commission man is
not interested in the stockmen after
the consignment Is made, and when
they arrive In the place ot exchange.
(not a market) as a market is a
place where a price on a commodity
is governed, by supply and demand,
not by one man. As it is now, we
have every reason to believe.
I think if there Is any one com
modity that should have a staple
value it should be meat As the
world needs as much meat one day
as another, if they are not deprived
ot eating it.
There is no reason why meat
should fluctuate from 60c to one dol
lar over night, and especially to
have stock go down and meat go up
as it has- on th same day In Port
land, and even our own little mar
kets 250 miles out, right in the
heart ot the stock country, where
they have demanded a live-cent in
crease on pork loins the same day
that they took off five cent on live
hogs, according to information I can
give any man and believe to be cor
rect. Now these are a few of the
things that a stockman has had to
contend with. And when a man
goes into the big packer where he
has the chance to handle the by-pro
ducts at the price they get for every
thing in the line that they sell, it
surely makes a man think that he Is
entitled to some consideration if he
is expected to go on and help to feed
the world with these adverse condi
tions and then have them come back
at us with their cold storage meats
that they have bought cheap at an
advanced price against the steers
that we are feeding on feed that has
cost big money to produce, when we
get to their place of exchange.
CATTLEMEN'S CONFERENCE
AT SALT LAKE CITY ACTIVE
(Continued from page 1)
required that all national banks be
come members; and also that state
and private banks may become mem
bers; and
Whereas, loans secured by liquid
assets or personal security are the
only kinds that can be re-discounted
by Regional Banks as provided in
said Act; and
Whereas, many private and state
banks, by reason of the foregoing,
are unable to make loans on farm
and grazing lands, thereby mater
ially restricting farmers and stock
growers in obtaining money to car
ry on their necessary operations;
and
Whereas, the United States Con
gress in order to provide proper
banking facilities for agriculturalists
passed the Federal Farm Act, which,
to a certain extent, met their re
quirements; and
Whereas, a suit has been brought
in the Supreme Court of the United
States by private corporations for
personal gain attacking the consti
tutionality of the Farm Loan Act,
thus causing a suspension of loans by
the said land banks; and
Whereas, since the suspension of
the Federal Land Banks there haa
beeu uo govern nu-ut bunk where the
! agriculturalists could obtain money
j secured by farm or grating land as
i collateral, thereby discrediting all
farm paper discouraging the tarnii r
and his family in operating the most
essential line ot industry In our na
tton, which represents directly near
ly one-third ot the population ot the
United States, and Indirectly rvpre
scntiiig practically every line ot in
dustry In the nation, thereby caua
lug banks to fail, merchants to can
cel their orders tor goods, mills and
factories to close dowu, throwing
thousands of men out ot employment
with the horrors ot a cold winter
fating thetn and their families,
spreading the seeds ot anarchy and
bolshevism among the unfortunate
people of this great republic which
gave Its wealth and blood so freely
tor humanity Id the world's great
war, and
Whereas, our nation was able to
finance the greatest war on earth,
and has since provided millions of
dollars for various enterprises In
other countries with the loyal sup
port and assistance of the agricul
turalists ot this nation, surely this
nation has not become so Impotent
or uumlndtul ot the welfare ot its
own cititens as to allow them to lan
quish and fall for the necessary S
nanclal aid that can be given them
by the restoration ot the Farm Loan
Banks, which were so wisely provid
ed for by Congress;
Therefore, Be It Further Resolv
ed: That every legitimate effort
should be made to obtain a prompt
decision In the above mentioned suit,
and It the Act be found unconstitu
tional or detective, that we petition
our senators and representatives In
Congress to have said Act promptly
amended so as to avoid constitution
al objections and thereby carry Into
effect the intention of Congress in
the establishment ot the Federal
Farm Loan Act.
Therefore, Be It Further Resolved
That a copy ot these Resolutions be
forwarded to the members ot the
Federal Reserve Board, to the sena
tors and representatives of the 12
states represented at this conference
and to the American Livestock As
sociation, and that a copy be spread
upon the minutes of this Conference.
By Your Committee on Finance,
Joseph R. Murdock, ot Heber City,
Utah, Chairman. -
Committee No. 5.
Salt Lake City Utah, Dec. 7, 1920
Your Committee on "Better Con
ditions of Cattle Entering Market"
wish to report as follows:
Whereas: The market has been
largely demoralized by the market
ing of half-fat and Inferior class of
cattle, and
Whereas: The condition is often
caused by over-stocking and using
Inferior bulls, and
Whereas: It is of utmost Impor
tance that to relieve the present crit
ical condition of the cattle business,
every effort should be made to re
duce the output and Improve the
quality.
Therefore, Be It Resolved: That
every cattle association, both state
and local, be asked to urge upon Its
members the importance of produc
ing fewer and better cattle
WALTER A. COVER, President.
JOHN If. HARMON, Secretary.
Committee N'o. 6.
Report of Committee on Interstate
Trade In Feeder Cattle
Your Committee begs to report as
follows:
Whereas: We are a conference of
cattlemen from the twelve Western
states of the Union, and
Whereas: The cattlemen of said
twelve Western states raise large
numbers of feeder cattle to be mar
keted as such, and
Whereas: Certain markets and lo
calities call for great quantities of
these cattle every year, and
Whereas: Under our present sys
tem of distribution of these feeder
cattle, certain markets are glutted
while other markets go begging for
feeder cattle, and
Whereas: We are convinced that
this condition can be largely over
come by proper marketing regula
tions brought about by co-operation
of the stock associations of the var
ious states;
Therefore, Be It Resol-d: That
the secretaries of tne iflous state
associations represented at this Con
ference be required as part of their
official duties to ascertain the mar
ket conditions for feeder cattle, In
their own states together with the
approximate number of feeder cat
tle In each state, and then by proper
communfcatl on and co-operation
with the secretaries of other states
find a market for said feeder cattle
and direct said cattle to eald market.
L. L. MONTGOMERY.
N. V. WEMPI.E.
W. H. McGILL,
Conimlltr X". 7.
We. your Committee on Stale Co
operation, respectfully submit the
following:
We recommend the fullest CO-op-eratlon
between the State Livestock
Associations of the twelve Western
states California. AH ion a, New
Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Wy
oni ing. Colorado, Oregon, Washing
ton, Txhs and Mont., believing the
grounds of common Interest are such
hs to require the fullest co-operation
on their main problems, such as mar
keting, reeding. distributing range
forest reserves, health and financing.
To this end, we recommend the
creation of some central agency to
receive and disseminate Information
on these and other subjects at fre
quont Intervals.
We further recommend the fullest
co-operation and affiliation by sue
central agency with the American
National Livestock Association, and
the National Woolgrowera' Associa
tion. We further recommend co-opera
tive marketing agencies at the cen
tral markets on livestock and wool.
R. C. TURRITT1N. Chairman.
JOHN BLACK.
s Committee No. M.
We, the Committee on Bureau of
Markets, find that the expense ot
creating a Bureau ot Markets will be
about one hundred and fifty thous
and ($150,000) dollar; at such
time and under such conditions, we
feel it would be poor policy to re-establish
such a department, especlslly
taking Into consideration the doubt
ful value of their reports to the av
erage producer.
U. P. KERN.
W. I. DISHMAN.
BEN M. WHITE, Secretary.
Committee N'o. 0.
Resolution No. 1.
Whereas: The retail price of meat
should be governed by the price paid
to the producer and should fluctuate
to some degree as the cost ot the live
animal rises or tails, and
Whereas: Under existing market
ing conditions, the retail price paid
by the ootummor is and has been ex
orbitantly high and has In some In
stances Increased while the price for
the live animal haa steadily declined,
Now Therefore, Be It Resolved,
That die Attorney General of the
United States e and Is hereby re
quested to immediately Institute
such inquiry or investigation as will
fully expose the methods now In use
by and between the packers and re
tail operators In meat, to the end
that a proper solution or remedy
may be put into operation and the
Inequality between the price recelv
ed by the grower and the price paid
by the consumer can be eliminated
Resolution No. 2.
Whereas, It Is customary for the
operators at various stockyards to
give out false quotations of prices
paid, in that high prices sre often
quoted for prime and other higher
grades of stock, when In fact no
stock of such cIhhs or grade has been
offered for sale, or has "been In the
yards, and by reason thereof the
public generally Is given the impres
sion that animals are bringing a
much higher price than Is actually
received and meat Is often retailed
upon a basis of said falsely quoted
prices,
Now, Therefore, Be it Resolved:
That this Conference Is In favor of
enacting such legislation as will ef
fectually prevent any person operat
ing In or connected with said stock
yards, from publishing or giving out
any quotations of prices paid unless
actual sales of the particular class or
grade have been made on the day
when such reports are so made or
given out.
Resolution No. 3.
Whereas: The Food Administra
tor through the means ot the meat
less day and other anti-meat propa
ganda caused a great curtailment in
the consumption of meat In what
was Intended as an emergency meaa
ure, which has become a real menace
to the cattle producer through the
loss of the market for his product,
Therefore, Be It Resolved: That
we ask the epartment of Agricul
ture to endeavor to right this wrong
by using every effort to Induce the
people of this nation to return to
their former diet of meat. That ar
ticles of nutritive values and neces
sity of meat for the physical upbuild
ing of the American people and re
cipes for preparing tempting dishes
made from the cheaper cuts of meat
be published and given wide circu
lation through the channels of pam
phlets, newspapers, magazine and
weekly letter of the Department
That the Department direct Its agri
cultural agents and domestic science
demonstrators to present upon every
opportunity the value of meat as an
article of diet.
Resolution No. 4, .
Whereas: The restricted use of
meat during the war has lessened
the consumption and the shipping ot
fro Hen carcasses has further lessened
the use of domestic beet, and
Whereas: The keeping ot live
stock on the farm U Imperative to
the tertllliutlon of the soil, and as
the farm Is the basis ot alt our finan
cial prosperity;
Therefore, Ho It Resolved: Tht.t
we axk the American National Live
stock Association to take up with a'l
the statu agricultural colleges the
question ot a more liberal use of
beef as a dally diet and that they ask
the domestic science teachers to give
a more extended course In the prop
er way of preparing same, aud Its
wholeaomotiesH and essential use as
a fiMl product.
Further: Thst we would recom
mend to the American National Live
stock Association that (hey ask the
co-operation ot the different staus
and local associations. In Him spread
ot this educational props Hindi,
showing the essential need of lib
eral use of meat tor an active and
progressive nation.
J. M. MACFARLANE.
GEO. H. RUSSELL.
P. N. JENKINS.
"There's More
ays the
W-B CUT is a long fine
RIGHT
Have you tried one of our steaks. It
is our especial pride to give you a steak
that is so tender it will fairly melt in
your mouth. Or krone today and if
you don't say it is the best steak you ever
had we will be greatly disappointed.
New Meat Market
F. T. Cox, Prop.
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least, was the Otsl trip made by
bride sud bridegroom after the church
reretiiony. The bridegroom was a
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had never been down s coal pit, or
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Her Threat
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thut.
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