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Show Livestock Notes Los Angeles, May 1, 1935 A ' visit to the national capi.ul at W'ashinffton gives the impression, that a very large percentage of the people are attempting to get something out of the povernment. I have just returned from Washington Wash-ington where 1 was called to testify tes-tify in a railroad case. The city is crowded and it reminds me a great ileal of the feverish activity there during the world war. This time, it is said to be a war against! depression and there are plenty of j recruits who are willing to help; Uncle Sam spend his dollars in this bloodless war. With nearly five billions of dollars appropriat-J ed, delegations are pouring in from every part of the land with all sorts of ideas, ready and willing will-ing to give the president the benefit bene-fit of their opinions in spending the billions of taxpayers' money. Hotel rooms are almost impossible impos-sible to get unless reservations are made well ahead. Hotel and apartment owners in Washington know that the depression is over as far as they are concerned. It is next to impossible to get in the galleries of the house or senate sen-ate and it is even more difficult to obtain a seat in the supreme court quarters. Not only are there many people from all parts of America making a pilgrimage to the national na-tional capital but there are many people from every country in the world, all not only willing but anxious to help President Roosevelt Roose-velt and the congressmen solve America's problems and most of these people are willing that it help them personally as well. Coming back through western Colorado, as well as western Kansas, the country is in very bad conditions. There has been very little moisture; high winds have caused severe dust storms and there is an acute shortage of both water and food for what livestock remains. Probably much of the trouble dates back to the war days when a lot of good pasture land was plowed up and put into cultivation. culti-vation. On my trip east, I saw practically practi-cally no livestock between eastern New Mexico and Dodge City, Kansas. Kan-sas. The midde west is short on livestock but spring conditions are very encouraging. The greater part of the corn belt has had good winter and spring moisture and crops are going in under very favorable conditions. This means that there will be a great replacement replace-ment demand for livestock of all kinds although it must be understood, under-stood, that aside from the limited numbers that can be placed on pastures, there will not be a grain or forage crop available before fall. I hear a great deal of talk among middle western packers about buying California cattle. However, our market is rather high for shipments to the middle west. Some California cattle have been purchased for middle west replacement and probably enough more will be purchased to pretty well guarantee a stable market on the coast during the next ninety days. |
