Salem, Oregon, Thursday, June 21, 1956
THE CAPITAL JOURNAL'
Section 2 Page 3
Wary Eye Kept
By Producers
Of Livestock
Cattlemen Feel Long
Drought Breaking,
Hog Prices Up
By SAM DAWSON
. DENVER m - The men who
nave steaks, bacon and lamb
chops still on the hoof are feeling
, better today. But they are keep
ing a wary eye on the life ex
pectancy of the general good
times as well as on the livestock
markets.
With good, times have come
some of the meat industry's best
friends: The big baby crops, the
spreading custom of backyard
grilling of steaks, the popularity
of the hamburger with the young,
the upgrading of consumer buy
ing and increased meat consump
tion. Livestock men are counting on
the prices they g-'. firming up a
little more after their long drop.
But they know that full pay-
checks and a feeling of prosper
ity throughout the land has a lot
to do with boosting meat con
sumption to record highs.-
They also know that good times
determines to a large extent
which of their individual meat
products gets the public's money.
The housewife switches quickly
from expensive to cheap cuts, or
even to meat substitutes when pay
checks shrink or stop altogether
for a while.
Cattlemen feel that the long
drought is breaking, especially on
the ranges to the north of here.
Hog feeders in the Midwest have
perked up since prices bounced
back some from their lows. Sheep
men out here hope for firm prices
on lambs, and also count on the
government's new incentive pay
ments on wool. . I
There's going to be plenty of
meat going to market this fall.
But people have been eating all
that's offered, points out Radford
Hall, executive secretary of the
American National Cattlemen's ;
Assn. There are no big inventories!
in storage. The cattleman's trou
bles stem from high production!
pushing prices to the weak side, '
from rising costs, and above all
from drought in most regions to
the south of here. I
Despite the drought inroads the!
number of cattle in the nation has
been growing. There are around
974 million head, some 60 million
of them beef cattle, both record
highs. The association estimates
more than 13 billion pounds of
beef will be eaten by Americans
this year, some 82 pounds per
capita.
Both Hall and Dave Rice, Colo
rado Cattlemen's Assn., secretary,
agree that the drive in recent
years to halt the steady growth
in the cattle population hasn't suc
ceeded yet. Both say there will be
a record number of cattle ready
to move to the market or to the
feeders' lots when the first snows
drive them out of the higher
ranges west of here. .
Rice and Hall boast that cattle
men have "never asked a direct
subsidy from the government."
However, the Agriculture De
partment has agreed that if a big
run to market this fall should de
press prices badly, it will buy
meat at the market price for such
things as school lunches with the
aim of halting the drop.
The department also will aid
wool growers with an incentive
plan that would supplement the
price they'll get for their clip if
the market stays depressed.
KentuckyDemo
Rejects Offer
Of Senate Seat
FRANKFORT, Ky. tft-A Dem-!
ocratic appointee to the U.S. Sen
ate has declined the post and the
Republican party has delayed se
lection of a senatorial nominee for
Kentucky's November election.
Joseph J. Leary, 49-year-old
Democratic leader, was appointed
to the Senate Monday by Gov. I
A. B. Chandler. In announcing his I
decision, Leary yesterday told re-!
porters "a sincere desire to bring:
peace to the ranks of the Demo-i
cratic party in Kentucky" had led '
him to consider the senatorship.
Leary, who has served as a
speech writer and adviser to both
Chandler and Sen. Earle C. Cle
ments, said he was convinced, un
der the circumstances which now
exist, that he couldn't accomplish
his peace objective.
Kentucky's Democratic party is
split between two factions, one
headed by Chandler and the other
by Clements and former Gov.
Lawrence Wetherby. The Demo-!
cratic State Central Committee
Tuesday named Wetherby as the
party's nominee for the unexpired
term of the late Sen. Alben W.
Barkley in the November election.
The committee is controlled by
forces friendly to Clements.
Chandler said he would try to
fill Barkley's seat "in a reason
able time."
The Republican Stale Central
Executive Committee will meet in
Lexington Saturday, but Chair
man Dewey Daniel of Hazard an
nounced Wednesday the party's
nomine for Barkley's seat will
not be chosen then. It had been
reported previously that the nom
inee would be announced at that
time with Dr. Elmer E. Gahbard
of Buckhorn expected to be the
choice.
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