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NEBRASKA'S LIVE STOCK INTERESTS
BY
JOHN W. THOMAS, Herald Live Stock Editor
niinMiuuuuti:nttminmimmtitiMiitmw
OOfUtBCTLl STATIOI) charges for services. Commission
firms should be notified of Bitch ship
In makinK the plate for the artis- ments In the uhuhI way and they will
tic heading for thlB department, the he taken rare of promptly,
ngraver has put into it a correct Within two months ending April 20
Statement . "Omaha the Great and shipments of hops Riven for the Red
Qrowlng Live Stock Market of the Cross were received from Nebraska
Went."
Omaha is not the "future great"
live stock market of the west, she is
the present great market; and grow
ing, too, at that. One need not feel
timid in making strong statements
concerning the prestige of the Omaha
live stock market. Such statements
can be backed up eaBlly by facts and
figures Comparative statistics make
an interesting study for the person
Interested in live stock markets, and
they are very gratifying to the friends
of Omaha.
t
ALWAYS BOOMTJfG FOR OMASA
and Iowa stations listed below, with
the amounts for which sold:
The Herald acknowledges the corn
"always boosting for Omaha." We
are proud of Omaha for more reasons
than one, hence we're willing to be
known as an Omaha booster.
First, Omaha is teh metropolis of
the greut state of Nebraska. That's
something for Omaha themselves to
be proud of. To be prominently
Identified with the interests of this
State and help to promote the same is
a credit to either an individual or a
community.
Then she's some city worth while,
right up and coming all the time. As'Enola, April 17
a railroad, manufacturing and whole-' Madison, April 17 ....
Baling center Omaha is in the front j Denison, la., April 17..
rank, and well uptoward the head, i Woodbine, la., April..
With approximately thirty cities of Arcadia, la., April 18..
the I'nited States having larger pop-' Spalding, April 18 ....
alations and only about one-half that Tilden, April 19
many having a larger volume of busi- Battle Creek. April 19.
ness, this city can rightly claim to be Albion, April 19
one of the Uveal ot the live metro-McClelland, la., Apr. 19
politan wins of the greatest country Beemer, April 20
on earth for enterprise. Marquette, April 20 . . .
The people of Omaha are a class j
Genoa, Feb. 21 :
Tekamah, March 5 . .
WlBner, MRreh 14
Uancroft, March 15
Fullerton, March 15
Uancroft, March 18 ...
Oakland, March 20
Howells. March 21
Craig, March 22
Kennard, March 28 . . .
Lindsay, March
Platte Co., March 30 . .
Decatur, April 1
Pender, April 1
St. Edwards, April 3 . .
Anselmo. April 5
Lindsay, April 5
Bayard, la., April 8. . . .
Washington, April 8...
(Marks, April 9
Hartington, April 10 . .
Rising City, April 11 . .
HRtnpton, April 11
Aurora, April 11
Washington. April 15. .
Rosalie, April 16
WInside, April 16
Copenhagen, April 16
Leigh, April 16
,tl". food administration As a result
j of these efforts the food administfa-1
tion Ims recognised the importance of
establishing a national live stock pol
icy a&d a committee has been appoint
ed for that purpose; all restrictions
on the use of meat have been remov
ed: contracts for our allies, our army
and navy, for beef products have been
made on a higher level, and the mar
ket price for live stock has promptly
responded to such an extent that the
losses complained of are now substan
tlally eliminated.
"Recently the food administration
made a contract with the allied pro
vision export commission for approxi
mately 72,000,000 pounds of beef to
move out during April and May, not
to exceed one-third of which could
be supplied with carcass beef weigh
ing 700 pounds and upward at 234
cents at Beaboard lighter weight
carcasses graded at a slightly lesser
price but all prices being material
ly "higher than during previous
months. The losses sustained by cat
tle feeders during the past winter
were to a large extent on heavy high
ly finished animals, and this Contract,
if properly reflected in live stock
prices, Bhould permit feeders of
heavy cattle on their present market
ings to get out even and perhaps with
some profit.
"It is believed that the food admin
istration now recognizes the Import
ance of allowing stockmen and feed
ers a fair profit if meat production
is to be maintained or increased.
2,566.80
5,542.50
3,526.64 i
2.701.35
3,004.56
2.481.73
7,365.40
2,845.17
1,566.44
2,940.41
2,736.30
2,333.30
6,125.90
2,288.65
2,507.38
1,937.17
569.50
2,779.14
457.40
2.640.14
2.188.82
3,053.20
2.068.87
2,438.39
398.63
4,397.86
2,587.17
3,229.37 The following are the official fig
5,803.86 j ures of the department of commerce,
2,350.21 showing the exports in pounds of
8,502.78 meat products during January and
1.480.61 ! Fehruary of 1917, compared with
2,414.73 1918:
1.731.96
4,270.00
5.326.62
2,376.23
1,421.65
1,969.60
5,000.00
2.500.00
C. B, Yancey, a well known and ex
perienced stockman, of L'berty Mo.,
has been appointed to the live stock
department of the food administration.
Jan uary
February
Ian uary
Fehruary
lleef Product!
1917
. 32.043,146
. 25,252.682
Pork Products
1917
105,707,646
1918
45,434.844
31,757,252
1918
93,541,912
.118,468,694 115,505,112
that give the city a splendid reputa-l Total $127,700.00 1 UnoBclsl exports during March,
tlon. We know of no large city whose ,F td ; 1918, as finished by the food admin-
business men as a whole have a bet-! ' ' 1st ration, are beef products, 70.000.-
ter reputation for vera.-ity and roll- 000 pounds; pork products, 210,000,-
bility. Except for an occasional l.xoi Uti.VilVi m;hs 000 pounds.
was In session for several days in
Washington and their report was Is
sued on April 6 and contains the fol
lowing statement :
"While we neither forget nor con-,
done pas'? OffenSM Of thj American,
beef packers, but, upon the contrary,!
insist on discontinuance of all forms
of market immorality, we none the j
less advocate constuctive rather than
destructive practices in dealing with
these great agencies of internal and
international commerce. We recog-!
nize and cheerfully concede the fact,;
thsl the packers may end rhould oc-1
cupy a DOSitiOfl of distinct economic
advantage to the country, in that;
their capital, extraordinary facilities'
for manufacture and distribution of j
meits, meat products and by-pro-dnctS,
coupled with long experience
and highly developed efficiency.)
should SBShle them to find markets'
and carry on distribution at home and
abroad at a minimum average net
cost of doing busineFS.
In order that the exceptional equip
ment of these great organizations
may yield a maximum service to the
country on terms alike to themselves,
as well as to producers and consum
ers, we nre of the opinion that gov
ernment supervision and control
should be continued and extended in
a business like manner, and that any
unreasonable margin of profit stand
ing hetween producer and consumer
should be located and eliminated. We
are further of the opinion that neith
er government operation nor govern
ment ownership is practical and ad
visable at this time."
on March 22 Congressman Ayers,
Of Kansas, introduced a resolution in
the house of represntatives, H. J. Res.
268.
" empowering and au
thorizing the president to control the
distribution of and fix prices of wear
ing apparel, hides, leather, cotton,
wool, meat, live stock, and various
grains, utensils, implements, machin
ery and equipment. "
As I understand the situation, the
food administration does not desire
any additional power over prices, and
it is unlikely that congress will grant
any further authority toward specific
price fixing. There is no possibility
of favorable action by congress on the
Ayres resolution.
The war industries beard is con
sidering some large contracts for
leather goods and may deem it expe
dient to fix prices on certain grades
of raw hides and their product. A
conference has ben called for that Ject to designation."
purpose as will be noted from the fol-. This liberal interpretation will per
lowing request: I mil the designation of a larger
Washington, n. ., April 12. till, amount of land tinder the 640-acre
T W. Tomlinson, 918 Evans Bldf., act.
Washingtn, D. . ror ,he y(ar 1918 tne allotments
"The war industries board has un- of liv Rt()rk n tho national forests
der consideration some problems in- .ire approximately 2,360,000 head of
VOlVlng the price Of hides. We are eattle and horses, and 8.940.000 head
inviting representatives of the .vari- oJ ngfi This jg an increaso 0f 239-,-ous
groups of the hide industry to 000 cattle or 1 1.2 per cent ; and 540,-
meet our Mr. Stout, head of the hide
ind leather section, on Tuesday the
000 sheep or 6.4 per cent. These in
creases have been allowed after very
statement bearing on politics and
made for political eftecr, you never
hear a word against Nebraska's metropolis.
FOR THE STOCKMEN
on the basis of orders already
placed our exports of beef products
r. . lomlinson, secretary of the .luring April and .May will he uuusu
Mnerican National Live Stock asso- ally heavy closelv aimroximateinir
The thine shout Oman! that most I elation, in S circular letter issued to the March unofficial figures.
Interests la numl r of The Her-1 members on April 15. had some very 1
aid it tin 11 , stock market and the encourag nu news for stockmen, w
packing hci s- industry round which reproduce his letter ss follows s
Jt !i'evs. i,e business of the "As predicted in our circular let-
ni i; confined to the trade' cr of March 23, the food : Iministra-
of th (!!!- by any means, It isi''on US USpendsd its restrictions as
vertically the only market that ls "Meatless Tuesdays." Tins action
easily accessible to all parts of this V - taken because of the large stocks
State, and it draw:, a large volume of Of Steal on hand and the belief thai
buMti ss from a number of thor'thsre were ample suppttos of meat
States. Iowa on the isst and Wyom- food animals for the immediate fu
lng. Utah, Idaho. Montana and Dsko-tUr, All restrictions on the use cf
ta In the weal and north wnai ,.- meal bare now been removed.
sides a smaller amount from various
other states
THE DRIVE is on
With the passing of winter, during
which every person connected vlth
The Herald was crowded to the limit
with work demanding immediate at
tention, and the
The following is a summary of the
action of th food administration:
February 22, 191K- all restric
tions as to the use of lamb in western
-talis were removed;
March 1. 1 9 1 S -extended the or
der Of February 2 2 so as to permit
On March 26 Food Administrator
Hoover wrote a letter to President
Wilson detailing some of the unsatis
factory conditions existing in the live
stock industry and the meat trade and
suggested the appointment of a com
missi OS to "at once exhaustively con
sider the entire situation in all its as
pects and determine a positive nation
al policy in meats." On March 31 the
following official announcement was
sent out :
The president has approved 'r
Hoover's recommendation for the ap
pointment of a commission to consid
er the whole war policy with regard
to animal production and the meat
packing industry, this commission to
be comprised from the department of
agriculture, the federal trade com-
Motion, and the comini of sprtno throughout the country;
with increased Interest In live stock I Mi(l.r1 , 1918 &
unrestricted use of lamb and mutton mission, the tariff commission, the de
activities, the campaign is opened for
andoned the
1 " 1 t l.iliC lm .1" unrl , .. . , b I . .ut. 0,
news relative to the live stock in- " .. " , , . " '"'"""
a.. ..f ,. - ilurdSJ retaining only the "beef-
" .u.r,r iuhw. ,eBS an) ,,orUless Tuef!(,
partment of labor, and the food administration."
men
Owing to the close connection be
tween the live stock interests of Ne
braska snd the state's great live stock!.
market, the Omaha department will
be made the center of news of the
kind above indicated, ultho, no doubt,
at times there will be more material
of this kind than can be contained in
the pages devoted to this part of tho
paper.
iofi
LIVE STOCK FOR RED ROSS
y
March 29, 1918 suspended
less Tuesday" for thirty days.
Unless our supplies of meat food
animals should sharply decrease, or
our exports of meat products abnor
mally increase, there is no likelihood
of any future restrictions being plac
ed on the use of meat. In my iudg-
Duly accredited representatives of
the live departments named are now
meat 8t'S8ion- Th"8 Illr no definite plan
"i has been decided on. Whatever is
agreed to will be submitted to repre
sentatives of the live stock industry
for their consideration
On April 2 Senator Thompson, of
Kansas, presented a resolution in the
senate of the United States S. Res.
Giving hogs for the Red Cross has
become popular among farmers of
Nebraska and Iowa. Within two
months hogs so donated were sold on
the Omaha market amounting to
more than $127,000, and the move
ment is growing in popularity. Men
shipping these hogs to market re
port that the country is waking up to
what is at stake in the wr and that
the patriotic spirit is on the increase.
The Omaha live stock exchange has
authorized all commission firms to
dispoee of all stock consigned for the
benefit of the Red Cross without
ment "meatless days" and "meatless 221, Providing:
meals" will not again be established.! "That the I'nited States govern
"Your committee which came toinient ,aKe over, control and operate
Washington early in February sub- a" tne establishments known and des
mitted to the proper government of-'Pnated as packing houses or packing
ficials the general live stock situation,1 Plants now existing in the United
the inability to secure cars for stock States, to the end that the greatest
ready for market, the losses of feed-and most complete service to the peo
ers, and the consequent growing dis-Ple aQd the country be obtained dur-stttiBfactio-n,
the necessity for preven-!'nK the period of the present existing
tion of such losses, the increasing I war "
stocks tof meats, the advisability of I Said resolution was referred to the
senate committee on agriculture and
forestry. From what I can learn the
attitude of congress is opposed to
such a proposition at the nrosent
the removal of restrictions and the
enlargement of the use of meat pro
ducts, etc. Our efforts along this
line were well supported by the rep
resentatives of live stock throughout i time.
the corn belt, and the National Wool
Growers' association, who were here
during March and presented their
Secretary Houston and Food Ad
minlstrator Hoover recently appoint
ed a committee of 23 agricultural and
reasons for a change in the policy of live stock producers. This committee
16th at 10 o'clock a. m. and Will I ..Mfnl amriv f tv,., cri-,inr ,.-m,tv
irsstly appreciate your being pres- on the different forests and are in
ent- , line with the policy of the department
"Price Fixing Committee. of agriculture to utilize the grazing
"By Robert S. Brookings. Chairman." j on tnP national forests to the fullest.
The supply of hides In this country i consistent extent
is the largest in history . Prices for -
country hides have suffered a very' se
vere decline, and are almost unsale- Tnp federal trade commission has
able. The margin between light coun- concluded its public hearings on the
try hide and heavy packer hides has meat Peking investigation. Some
widened materially. Such demand further investigations are still being
as there is Beems to center Upon I Conducted by special examiners into
heavy hides. Hides are about the only j different branches. The report of the
Important commodity selling todsy at I commission is now being prepared
a less price than when the war com- j and will probably be submitted early
inenced, while leather goods have in Jne. Your market committee
greatly increased in price. Economy I m ' in Chicago on May 2 and will
in the use of leather goods, decrease submit to you later on a full report,
in exports and larger domestic pro-1
duction are the main factors contrib
uting to this semingly anomalous Bit -I
nation.
1 would appreciate any information
from the parties who receive this let
ter as to prices prevailing for coun
I try hides in their section, and the de
i mand, etc. Also any suggestion as to
indirectly fixing prices on hides aB
posed.
Docket 8436 before the interstate
commerce commission involving all
rates and regulations governing the
transportation of live stock is set for
hearing in Chicago on June 3. Dock
et 9986 before the interstate com
merce commission relative to live
stock rates in the southeast has been
assigned for hearing at New Orleans
on May 6. Our association will be rep
resented at these hearings by our at-
T . , , 1 torney. Mr. Cowan, and other officers.
Secretary Iane has made the fol-1
lowing ruling relative to designation! There are persistent rumors that
western raiiroaas are contemplating
general advances in railroad freight
it is not likely that r.nything definite
will be done until the director gen
eral ascertains the result of the re-
I of lands under the 640-acre stock
raising homestead act:
i "In my opinion it was not the in
tent of congress when it described the
character of land to which the act WS
to apply ( lands the surface of which cent wage increase and the financial
is chiefly valuable for
grazing and raising forage crops
and are of such character that
640 acres are reasonably required for
the support of a family"), to limit its
application to lands whereon forage
'crops could be raised only by cultiva
tion. It is sufficient if native grasses
or edible shrubs can be produced
without .cultivation.
returns of the railroads.
During the winter there was a
marked shortage of stock cars in the
corn belt, causing great losses and
inconvenience to stock men. Every
Miing possible was done to remedy
this situation and I am glad to report
that at present stock cars are being
supplied with reasonable promptness.
We are endeavoring to have the di-
The act does not require residence ! T(XoT Peneral locate f
by the entrynian in excess of seven;
! 1 a 1 ,i:4-lkntl.-. rtf liim c 4 t-i-lr
months each year. Hence lands which '" " "l
will support a family for that portion Cars throughout the various shipping
of the year by stock raising are sub- sections.
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