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FOURTEEN The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday November 9, 1978 State cattlemen's chief says New Meat Import Act would benefit both consumers and ranchers "Both consumers and cat tlemen will suffer if President Carter does not sign into law the recently passed amend ment to the Meat Import Act, which is now on his White House desk," according to Donald Ostensoe, Executive Vice President, Oregon Cattle men's Association, speaking before Redmond businessmen and the annual meeting of the Deschutes County Livestock Association at a banquet in Redmond last Tuesday. Ostensoe said that the "three thousand-member Ore gon Cattlemen's Association has urged President Carter to sign the legislation because failure to do so would thwart the will of Congress and stifle the cattle industry's rebuild ing of the basic herd, after four years of liquidation as a result of adverse economics. "Cattlemen have been sup porters of efforts to curb inflation," Ostensoe said. "We are urging the President to sign this bill, which is actually anti-inflationary." In support of his position, Ostensoe referred to Library of Congress studies which show the import legislation would provide stability bene fitting both the public and the cattle industry. The amend ments would help assure more dependable supplies of quality beef at reasonable prices for U.S. consumers. The new legislation includes a counter-cyclical import quota formula, under which imports will increase when domestic beef output declines cyclically, and will decrease when U.S. beef production becomes excessive. The legis lation also defines more pre cisely the circumstances under which the President may increase meat imports beyond quota levels. "We are already dependent on other countries for our oil supplies, the last thing we want to do is become depend ent on foreign meat as well. Failure to make this bill law eventually can have that effect." The bill (HR 11545) was passed by substantial majori ties in both houses of Congress last week. Cattlemen are concerned that critics are making last-ditch efforts to head off legislation by putting pressure on the President to exercise his veto. The critics claim the legisla tion will reduce imports and raise prices to consumers. But cattlemen, backed up by have a bead drawn on your hide! Veterans in hospitals can make excellent use of your deer, elk or cattle hides. Support this worthy project of BPOE 358 LEAVE HIDES IN BARRELS Je AT- rry s Mobi Heppner Chevron Elks Parking Lot Elks Hide Program BPOE 358 independent studies, say the exact opposite. "Over the 10-year cattle cycle, total imports would not be reduced," Ostensoe said. "In fact, during the next few years, when domestic beef output will be decreasing cyclically, imports will in creasehelping to moderate prices to consumers. "Later, as part of the cycle in an agricultural business like ours, U.S. beef production will likely become burden some again. At that time, imports will be decreased. The supply and price stability which will result from HR 11545 will benefit consumers as well as cattlemen." Ostensoe noted that criti sism of the bill by foreign nations was to be expected. "What these foreign critics fail to mention is that we already import more beef, by far, than any other nation. In fact, our imports account for 30 per cent of all beef involved in world trade. Under our import law, we guarantee beef exporting nations a substan tial share of our market, year after year. "On the other hand, most other countries including beef exporting countries which are now criticizing us put up barriers which shut out competitive beef. Because of those barriers, we in the U.S. export only 0.2 per cent of our beef production. Obvious ly, beef trade is not now a two-way street. 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