| Show WOULD localizing MEAT TRADE PAY I 1 senator currie curri stock raiser of nebraska makes ex pen ment s i meat Is hilgh athe packers admit it though they say that other foods are higher in proportion propof tion the farmer says saya he Is not getting too much for his cattle in fact not he says how about numerous local slaughtering plants scattered throughout the communities muni ties of our ou country or a more dl from farmelo consumer rotation rohlf ag there Is almost a sentimental attractiveness tive ti veness riess about te the thought like dreams of ones boyhood home it looks so simple indeed it Is sl simple mple after a fashion and I 1 la the way most meat was handled b before e fore the industry grew to national aa international proportions but would it pay tried to build buil up local market aff experimentation and testing Is dou doubtless the bl abst ost teacher and inquiring minds have not hesitated to dig into the ma ater senator F M currle currie of broken dow bow neb himself a stock raiser relates a bit of era experience of his own awit along this line he tried for fivars years he tells us to establish a market tor for fat cattle with local butchers invariably finding that he could not dot mee meet it the price made to them by the packers in other word worda he says the pack era could pay us more tor for our cattle on toot foot and sell the product to our local butchers fr cpr r less money than they the butchee batcher but chei js could pay us for our cattle and slaughter the beet beef themselves i during the forepart I 1 of the present year he carried his hi inquiry further lie ile shopped two carloads of cows to omaha and they iare were sold to armour and company tor fort per hundredweight among these was one cow which he wished to have himself for beef this cow weighed pounds and therefore brought him the animal was dand the identical carcass was to him by express press to thedford yeh and charged to him at the revolting wholesale price of such meat on that day in kansas city omaha and minneapolis the carcass included carrying charges of about COO cost him or less than he sold the animal for 11 in omaha di what cow would C cost ost consumer now continues tae tn e senator suppose a consumer in IntO omaha maba pad had ordered this meat durec from me mb and I 1 had slaughtered the asef beet at the ranch and sent the meat d di to the consumer to the he price received a the per hun it orth on ao an a 1 3 00 tor for all tor for ex er from om ha and ducts 44 ne hide i aie ila fugures the essed eased carcass of hla 1114 cow would be wa th in omaha as against the packers packer sF price of approximately which is derived by deducting the express charges to Tb thedford edford from the price the carcass was sold to him GO 11 f cheaper to buy than kill after thorough investigation the senator says bays 1 I am convinced that it does not pay for us is to slaughter our own meat at the therance ranch that we would better ship bour lour cattle to omaha and buy our beet beef from the packer I 1 have been beel engaged in the cattle producing business all my life there is no particular reason why I 1 should the be friendly bathe packers but I 1 am thoroughly convinced convinced I 1 am receiving 4 ce and always alway s have received more for my catt lebn toot foot than it if 1 I had been able to self direct to the consumer and consequently the consumer has been able to bay my product for less money through the packer than under any other isy system stern which Is known to bus ines p to the present time y |
