The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, February 01, 1925, PART TWO, Page 2-B, Image 14
£jJoWri_ cAnd Qountrv East and \Vest Coast Livestock Buyers Praise Quality of Stock From Omaha, Exchange Official Says f What Is a Livestock Market? The livestock market at South Omaha is the biggest single factor in the building of Nebraska’s future. It should be a source of pride to every citizen living in the territory of the market. The general public has a very cloudy knowledge of the actual functions and purposes of the livestock market. Many people believe that the com mission firms doing business upon the market are a group of speculators who buy and sell livestock for profit. This is not their duty. They are regulated by rulings and laws to keep them from speculating. Their main duty is that of selling livestock which is consigned to the market by farmers and shippers. In order to build competition in the buying side of the market the Livestock Exchange represents the commission men in various ways. The in terview given below is but an example of how the selling side of the market is extended. Besides the commission firms there are many other angles to the building and functioning of the market. Separate organizations doing business alone yet all working together for the same end, namely; to dispose of the millions of head of livestock which comes to the market annually. V___«' By C. H. BLAKKLY, Agrlrulturtil Editor Tli« Oinoliu Bw. In an interview lust week A. F. Stryker, secretary of the Livestock exchange at South Omaha related some of his experiences and told about the future outlook gained by Ids recent survey of market conditions in America. Stryker has just returned from the east coast where he visited many in dependent packers. Besides the trip to the Atlantic seaboard he has been to the Pacific coast during the last lew weeks. While making his calls in the east Stryker visited Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo, Rochester. New York city, Newark N. .1-1 Baltimore. Boston, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Providence. Hoboken, Washington, D. O., and many other large manufacturing cities. His mission was to encourage packers, butchers and shippers to Ihe Omaha market for livestock. All of these points are heavy buyers upon the Omaha market. They buy cattle, hogs and sheep for slaughter in the east. Pacific Const Visit. After returning from the east | Stryker and other officials from the < Uriah a mai ket went to San Francisco in' attemi the annual meeting of Ihe National Wool Growers’ association. , While in San Francisco he called on many large shippers and secured i heir promise that they would he nn the Omaha market the coming sear to buy many hogs. The Pacific coast does not prodm-- neat enough po'rk to supply thnir demands. Fl hey have been liberal hovers in the past end expect to do even more business in 1925. Outlook Good. Stryker was asked to state just , what the outlook Is at present rein live to foreign trade, lie said: "A goi.d, strong and Increasing d*' mand during the year because of high prices for corn and a decreased num ber of livestock in the feed lots of ihe middle west. An improved con | ditlon in the labor world, increased | industry being extended In most lines. ; In the west a feeling of optimism ' among the wool producers on account of the shortage of Wool and a con sequent Increase in prices and the pi esent and prospective high prices of sheep at the public markets.” In speaking of the duties of the livestock exchange he stated that a livestock market Is much different lodav owing to the increased demand for foreign service. "A livestock market to function pio'perly carries with it more than the thought of livestock to sell," he said. ’"Those on our large public markets engaged in business must < barge themselves with the duties of seeing to it that If the receipts con tinue to Increase, there must In evitably he a broadened demand for Ibis livestock, that the producer there may be assured of ample com petition for his offerings when mar keted. "With that end in view, Ihe Omaha Livestock exchange has, for a num ber of years, been earnestly soliciting Hie business of the puckers located in ttie eastern territory, scattered throughout the states of Michigan. Indiana, Ohio, New York and the At lantic. coast states. Light yseven per cent of the meat foods produced in ihe west sic consumed east of tile Mississippi river and while Ihe ter ritory of which Omaha is the center, is Ihe bread basket end the toast beef source of supply for the enl ire eastern country, Ihe people in lids ihlckly-settled portion of ttie country must lie kept constantly aware of the most advantageous point at which to secure their supply for raw material. This dirty lies been under luken by representatives of I lie live dock Interests oil the Omaha mar ket centering In Ihe exchange and the Block Yards company, Omaha t attle Excel. That Omaha livestock Is gaining wide favor Is evident from ihe slale ment made by an eastern packer. Mtryker says: "one instunce will serve to show I lie producers In the west something of the reputation of west ern cattle. At ttie office of a packer In Brooklyn ihe other day, one of the partners said: ‘The best <atlle we gel come from the Omaha market. They are uniformly of the best uuallly and n are buying a goodly proportion of on' supplies on the Omaha market.' "There |e a oonatant end growlnr demand for cattle, imgg and sheep from the consuming territory in the Atlantic coast states from Washing ton to Boston. Orders for all classes of livestock are constantly in the hands of order buyer* on the Omaha market. This insures more nearly a stable market for the producers of the territory tributary to Omaha. Th'* members of thp Omaha exchange feel Not a Wayside Market The other day a large farm magazine contained an advertisement saying that Chicago acted as a terminal market for ship ments from the west and that other markets were “just wayside markets.” Stryker in replying to a question about this subject says: “lime was when the markets on the Missouri river, speaking particularly of Omaha, were transit f?ed;ng stations for live stock destined beyond. Chi cago seamed the final des tination of most of the ter ritory west of the Missouri river. Speaking in a rath- j er slangy way ‘those days are gone forever.’ Less than one-half of one per 1 cent of the livestock mar keted at the Omaha mar kit now goes forward to j other markets direct for re- j sale. The packers realize that for a large percentage of their supplies they must be situated as close to the point of production as pos- | sible. Freight rate adjust ments on fresh meat and packine house products from the Missouri valley to the erst has made this possible.” V■* that their iluty does nut end merely in the aelling of I heir shippers’ live stock; they feel this duty goes much beyond that, and that Its commission men must continue to do everything possible to enhance tbe demand for stock on tbe Omaha market.'' Kates Help Omaha. The question of freight rates anil cooperation between shipper and commission men has been largely ad Justed through Ihe etfuili of Ihe lo cal market. Today the producer and cuminIhhIop men are working hand In hand, says Hlrvker. lie explained the situation by the following example; "Kreight late*, or rather freight late adjustments have much to do with ttie continued success of the live stuck market. The Omaha l.lve Stock exchange has assumed Ihe duty of seeing to |f that the patrons of the Omaha market shnll tie fairly treated along this line. Hntlroad service In the Omaha territory hss msterlally Improved In the last three or four years. "During Ihe vear jusl closed there weie fewer than (ine"half dozen trains delayed in transit to this market to the extent that Ihe livestock thereon missed a dav's market. This speak* well for Ihe transportation faculties In this territory, assuring Ihe ship pers to the Omaha market (if prompt and efficient service. "The Omaha exchange was the sec unit organization In Die lulled Stales to Inaugurate a claim bureau for the collection of lies and damaga claim* on livestock In trmialt. The volume of claims filed lu 1 !I!M I* lint lo ex need llli per cent of the number filed In lull and Oil*. Tilts Illustrate* bet ter than tn stiv other manner I lie very much Improved trnn»purlaltou conditions in tills territory. ' I 'ondit Iona have changed In Ihe last 2a year* In Die commission busi ness. Time was when outside of loan lug money to shippers and selling tils livestock, there was not the i lose touch bet ween tbe ahlpiier ami his cointnlsHiun man. Today the cumtiil* aion man may he mora ueailv likened to a lawyer with Ills , lieux or * doc tor wllh hi* pal lent. Til* feeder and producer of livestock keep* consleiil ly In touch with til* market laprrsett tat 1 ve, relying upon him for Informa tion, conaulUag wllh him aa to the ‘Come On With Your Market” Ktiraanec. drama ami all Hie evperience* common lo big tisiness Is connected with Hie livestock market at Heath Omaha. Each day Hie mill goes round; squealing ot pigs, bleating of sheep. Hie lowing of cattle and the shouting of .'\cited gate pusher* mingled with staccato harking from •uycis and sellers as they troop up and down the alley* all over-shrouded with the rumbling of overhead traffic a* the trolleys lumber over thr million dollar viaduct. Main or shine the huge business must keep up its relentless progress for Hie feeding of a nation i* at stake. Each morning the old gang shouts,*“Coine on with your market." About the middle of the forenoon Hie packer buyers, lilppers and traders come trooping down Hie alley with a Hiker grin spread across their time-worn countenance-. They aie greeted by shouts from John 11‘ie & Co.. "Iley. Tommy, coine over here, got a lord of fine ones!" The buyer rides by the pen with a careless look and maybe lie say*. “Hive a dime up!” Perhaps he will ride off with Hie coinniis*ion man trailing after and won't even gise a grunt. It's a tough lob trying to sell the rsnerieiiccd buyer. Act that i< Hie commission man's Job. Head about it in the interview below. . Production and marketing goes hand in hand, 'the pictures above are scenes taken from the Omaha live stock market. Millions of head of live stock come to the market each year. The commission men who represent the selling side of the market sell them all, poor skinny canners, droves of high class porkers, millions of sheep, top beef cattle and even a sprinkling of sacred cattle come and go as the daily grind turns round. filling nf hi* feed lot*, th** time at which hi* stock should he marketed, the kind of stock to feed anti. In othei words, the two interests, the pro ducer and hi* personal representative of the market, work hand in hand.” DImrsc Control. "Thi* organisation in conjunction with tike Htockyard* company, the railroads, the bank* and the packers j ha* inaugurated a campaign tor the 'eradication of tuberculosis in Ne braska livestock, having employed l)r. W. T Spencer, one of the best veterinarian* in the Missouri valley, who heads this d«*i»arimem. A report j j of the work done in Nebraska in !!l*4 show* a decrease in tuberctiloair in l>oth cattle and hog*. It i* the hope of government, state and Omaha market representatives that in the course of h few \ears, Nebraska will l»p free from the scourge t*f tNiberculo si* in it* ilvesttM’k and the exchange , will naturally take considerable credit for having inaugurated this move. “Government regulation* surround lug the movement of live-tuck to anti from the Omaha market ha\e been simplified and are causing little or no trouble to the patron* of tin* market, i considering the safeguard* which are thrown around t lie bruit h of meat food supplier. “During th** epidemic of hoof ami mouth dlaettr* in Texas and <’ali fornlii Ncbi asku a nd t he I nluti Stock > ;u d* officials promptly safeguarded the interests of whe Omaha market by ! quarantine and embargo regulations. ‘ These were not lifted until all danger of the infection of l lie market wa* past and mo It is the exchange member*, the order buyer*, the trad er*. the pad er* ami all of us en gaged in business on the Omaha mar kef look for waul to the future with hope and confidence, feeling satisfied that the future of this market I* « rosy one; that it* influence for good In the livestoc k business of t lie west will continue to advance and im prove; that Us pat run* will be as sured of a steady and growing tle in*ml for their supplies; that those who look to Omaha as a source of supply shall not be disappointed. r-\ j Packers Fight Over “The old time packer*, formerly known at the big five, Uter as the big four, are working closely in har | mony with tha other inter est* on the public market* today. That spirit of dis trust and suspicion con cerning them which exist ed perhaps in the past, has largely disappeared. “The public ha* come to know that the packer is a big business man, endeav oring of course to make money on his business, but relying upon square deal ing for results. On our public market* today, one does not hear, as was the case in the past, such ad verse criticism of the pack ers on the market. “The feeder and pro ducer realizes he must look largely to the big packer for his outlet. He is happy, however, that that outlet has been supple mented by the buying com petition of the independent packers.” 1 i I - Backyard Poultry Philosophy Khicken money, pin money, the familiar egg check, all of those terms have been applied lo the farmer's income from the poultry busino- What do we mean when we sa \ pin money? The annual income from poultry In the l nlted State* is atuond (1 .V50.uuO.OQU, that is about 4U per cent of th* total Income from all other live stock. Ho we mean that our lady friends who ft*» around with the thickens spend that amount for pins to fasten on the old Mother Hubbard aptom ' lv| it possible that the 'chicken money ’ nil goes for the weeklv fund supply' Hardly so had as that. It Is more than likely we spend • great amount o that chicken income to pay for the loanee which some other branch f farm operations brought upon us. Poor Equipment. Yet with this tremendous income from a gigantic Industry n large pc cent of it is produced with poor equipment. Karin women and hack \ an; j poultry raisei s gather up some old broken dry goods boxes get hold n. an old broody hen and begin business. Thousands of them each vear make a grand total which almost staggers the imagination The woik of raisin;, the poultry upon many American farms is plain drudgery. Ilirl; Eggs Marketed. '<iathering the eggs down on the farm'" Yea. old time memories how they remind u* of dreams. Perhaps our farm women do not get an old pall and Just go out to the coops and scoop up th* egg* nowadays. They have regular hours to gather In the day s supply, getting them before the) are all mussed up by dirty feel. We don't know, guess they do. but some poultry market experts claim that a large per r ent of farm eggs a*-* unfit for market la** suite t h* arc j soiled Kvery farm woman who knows anything at sll about marketing eggr ! knows that she cannot wash off dirt. It spoils the eggs for market purpose* Then the Feeding Business. Ileus ar« hue l lei* sure, so arc hill) goats. Hut the fu uu*i win allow > his wits'* licit* to Imsllo sround the hog lots and the feed pen* foi then j daily rations will wake up sums morning and see that old dress wl.; a hit* * wife is wearing all but slipping to t|i« fluoi front lack of plus. She tan t have pin money unless she has some decent feds for the pin getlci*. Kveti old time cowboys have acknowledged that < rlurm ’ can t rustic, a living under modern conditions They all feed during winter months The. chicken business Is the only survival of the old "flee range practices.” Not (living Advice. Oh no. we arc not trying to give any advice. Just doing a little d» earning ! Went down on Karnam street for lunch a moment ago. Missed the «mrl> breakfa*f. felt hungry and deckled on ham and egg* Well. *gg* aellluy at retail fur a nickel apiece here In the little old burg give our restaurant men a good alibi hut believe me T am going to lay off of ham and eggs until the boss comes around and orders my wages raised about 1100 a week j With all the world full of chickens It l»eats the dickens sounds like Walt Mason, but It Is the truth. We should lw» aid# to get eggs almost as cheaply now as during th* warm spring month* would too If the farmers Itehgv*d their wives when they tell them that It Is the \ear around Inconn that counts. An egg a day fur 175 days, that's th* old stroke that hen* should straddle If we are to have equalized egg markets throughout the veer. f Beefsteak to Become a Luxury V nless “If till* rnuntry I* In liar* hrnfalrak at anything Mhr * Hvr and W i lira priir. Ilia envrmmrril would do wrll In ronir promptly In Ilia aid nf III* hardprraard ralllr iu*n. with * aiihntanlial tariff nil hidra anil with loan* In rnalilr him In rnnUnu* lii* nparallnna," aay* I apprr'a Waahly. In an adllnrial. “Qiharwlar ua may aipail a aerkni* aliorlag* «l ralllr within Ilia unit tlira* nr tour jraara. "Thar* waa a ahnrtata of h«*rf ralll* jnal hrforr llir world war whlrli ran prirra up an hull Ilia! a natiun whir drlvr waa atartrd In (r| farm rra In priHluva iliorr lirrf. Till* pfoimilion rontinui'd (ur yrara anil till tniiialril In lh« •'deflation'* >*ar l!C?« with a great ovar-pruilurlhin an.l thr ninat aoilnna atrlnieiiry «f all for rail Iran **n. .|t "hriike" many hit rani li inrn anil hiiiiitrrda nf nlhor alnrhmrii who hail inort nf tlietr auh ataner III brrf ralll*. “Thr firal aynililnina nf llir ruining aliiirat* In hrrf will In* high prirra fur ralllr. Till* will iiianifral llarlf In a f*w yaaia. -Inal how arvrra llir alinrlacr will brrnmr and hour rnally In thr ronaiiiprr il»'|M*inla mi w hal pnlh'lra flir (nvrritinrnt lakra at lh« inra*nl Uni* to mrrl il and rnabl* llir prnrinrrr* In mitigate III* ahnrlatr " C... —' CATTLE THRIVE ON SUGAR CANE FEED MimmIhI IM«|inI« It lu Tli* Omalin fine. Audubon. I.i l.m 91 I have found a ven **tiefeetoi\ nulmtltutr for niolennen hi (he ration of rnv herd of 40 dairy row a." ^.iiu Mem ire (Kihhv, piogienjUve danyutun of Audit hon countn. (own. "It In xu^iu mim. frfiat * nr hip? I drilled in mx erne* of It find Juft •before front Unt full I nit and shocked It I now feed it to my row* hihI t In v Minnunir it with y\I dent relish. t’uie tnu*i le tnUm in fending tt, however | feed tt with I he fm agr line |im i l of tile i lino to three pailn of alfalfa Inn hem Die wev (tie mllU flow la k»pt lip, I Judge th«l d t<i\»a the 111at v of the mole sees feed vet) litre Milk himI Corn IVtt. M h: (Iriham of ttanbim tom plaiad on Hm'tmliii II fcibdny footling prolan with 34 Poland t’ltlna hoga i Itrsr pig* wai* fallowed .lima 47 It' ,1 tily S in rlonn tola and want on (ral Nhvutnhoi I With Hu iiv«r|g« waUht pai pig of HMl J ponmia. 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