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Show STOCK IN TRANSIT -HOW TO SHIP AND SAVE LOSS The past year has clearly demonstrated demon-strated that the growers of live stock transportation companies and their .employees have practically become as one. This is encouraging and has proven to be of unestimable value to all concerned. This present situation has been brought about locally by officers of the Union Pacific system. They have made this possible, and how? Simply by personal contact and exchange ot Ideas and suggestions as between ' shippers, transportation companies, endl employees. Shippers should understand un-derstand that the officers and all the employees are ever ready to confer with them. There has been a very erious mistake made on the part of the average shipper in the belief that the car occupied by the official of the 'ransportation line, is a private car. This is not Ae case. It is simply and purely a business car and the place here you, as the shipper may transact tran-sact your business with the officer of the transportation company. The writer of this article attended (he Livestock Growers association rt their recent convention held in ).os Angeles, and will at a later date set forth his knowledge gained at his convention with reference to the e tockgrower. With about fifteen years experience experi-ence as a traffic manager in the hand iing of livestock in transit, as well as various perishable commodities, 1 found that in many cases, prior to (he time that we maintained our own . are takers of livestock while in transit, we were constantly confront-r confront-r l with over and above normal "irink, bruised conditions andi crippled crip-pled livestock while in transit. Thus i'.3'ims were created and a heavy ov-r.-hoad expense to all concerned. This i ondition was brought about mainly l y having inexperienced caretakers vith our livestock and transportation transporta-tion employees failing to perform their duties when finding stock down -idl being injured in not getting ''ie caretakers of the stock out of the .xretaker's car to get the animals vi). The average stockgrower will, in : ost caies, permit entire strangers r-.ul inexperienced men accompany t leir stock to the market, rather t':an pay the expense of men whom i' ey are personally acquainted with r id are experienced in the handling of livestock in transit. This is where the stockgrowers and (he transportation companies both lose. Never permit strangers or inexperienced inexper-ienced men to accompany your live-s live-s jck, even though willing to do so jo of expense to you. It some-, some-, t'nes happens that a stockgrower v.ill, in order to fill out a car, buy v 'int are known as overfed pulp cat-t" cat-t" This is positively dangerous and o'ten times creates no endi of trou-1 trou-1 Id for all concerned. As the overfed ivilp cattle are liable to develop sp:-v.: sp:-v.: I trouble, get down in the cars and come too weak to get up. Division superintendents, train '.sters and all other employees of ' n transportation lines are always ; uly to render any service that will nd to get your shipment to the I' irket in the best possible eondt-!''n. eondt-!''n. Josh McKosh. " |