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Show PUNS TO RELIEVE y Governor Calls Conference of Railways and Express Representatives. LIVESTOCK SUFFERING Purchase of Hay in Basin and Shipment, Where Needed, Suggested. With a view to putting into Immediate operation a plan to relieve the feed shortage short-age situation in L'tah and Idaho, which is already causing starvation of livestock in southern and southeastern Idaho and threatening the starvation of animals in northern Utah, Governor Simon Bamberger Bamber-ger has called a meeting of those inLr-osted inLr-osted in bis office at the capitol at this morning. Present at this meeting, in addition to the governor, will he represent at ives of the express and railroad companies, W. K. Jensen of the Mutual Creamery company and others interested. Mr. Jensen will submit to the meeting a plan which his company lias already taken the initiative in putting Into operation op-eration and which calls for co-operation on the part of the express and railroad companies to bring the hay supply from points where it is available to the far morn i whose cattle are starving or threatened i with starvation from lack of feed. Will Rush Hay Supplies. The plan In brief is to get the hay supply sup-ply from the Uinta basin in northeastern Utah and, by means of special express a nd railroad rates, supply it to farmers In northern Utah and southern and eastern east-ern Idaho at actual cost. The express companies will be asked to make a special rate of 6U cents per bale of 100 pounds on hay between all intrastate intra-state points In Utah and a rate of f0 cents per bale from Salt Lake to all points in southern and eastern Idaho. The Rio Grande railroad has already been asked to make a carload rate of 25 cents per bale from Helper and Price to Salt Lalio with a twenty-four-hour delivery schedule. Mr. Jensen argued the necessity for some Bort of immediate action in the feed' situation and outlined his plan to the governor gov-ernor at 2 p. m. Saturday. The governor took keen interest in the matter mat-ter and by 3 o'clock notified Mr. Jensen that arrangements had been made for the meeting to be held in his office this morning, morn-ing, to take steps to put the relief plan In operation. Agents to Make Purchases. In view of the fact that his company is (n close touch with the situation, both in Idaho and Utah, and is In a position to know where the farmer is in need and where a little feed may be gotten a t points here and there, Mr. Jensen decided de-cided to have his company act as a sort of agent to bring the feed and the farmer together. To do this the company sent men InV the Uinta basin and through the basin buying- up all the hay they can get. This ? is to be hauled overland from the basin to Helper and Price, Utah, from wlihii places it is proposed to ship It by express to the points whre it is urgently needed to relieve shortage in feed and to save"' cattle from dying. - "The situation Is such that the feed must be had quickly," said Mr. Jensen, "and to get it from the point of supply to the place needed we hit upon the idea, of sending it. by express. Of course, with hay ranging from $30 to $40 a ton, It was necessary to get some special rate on this hay to make it available. "In southern and eastern Idaho, cattle are literally starving to death for lack of feed and if the present weather continues cattle in northern Utah will be starving within two weeks. Home of them are on the verge of starvation now. Quick Action Is Needed. "The problem is to get feed in small quantities, just enough-to keep the cattle cat-tle from starving, and get it to the places needed quickly. We believe that if It is possible to handle the feed from the Uinta Uin-ta basin by express in small quantities for a month that the situation will be relieved, re-lieved, because by May 1 there should be feed on the ranges. "With the purpose of taking the feed to where it if? needed we started the plan of buying hay in the Uinta basin and having hav-ing it hauled overland tr Helper and Price, where we can express It to the points needed. "We are in hopes that we will be able to get the hay at a price 'that will enable us to lay it down at the railroad point for the farmer a-l an actual cost, of $20 a ton. This is what we are striving to accomplish." accom-plish." The express ccmpanies will be asked to make a specie! rate of 50 cents a bale on hay between intra-state points and a rate of 50 cents a bale from Salt Lake to Idaho points in the feed shortage belt. Mr. Jensen has sent a wire to President H. U. Mudge of the Denver & Rio Grande asking that he use his influence with the express companies to secure the specia 1 rate on hay and that the Rio Grande establish es-tablish a car rate on bav of 25 cents a bale from Helper and Price to Salt Lake with a twenty-four-hour schedule of de-liven'. de-liven'. A Governor Asked to Assist. '- A wire has also been sent to Governor Moses Alexander of Idaho, asking him h use his influence in the securing of special spe-cial rates fn Idaho for the delivery of hay to the points needed. In this time of neces?It for conservation conserva-tion of food supplies, Mr. Jensen declares that the state cannot afford to permit uny livestock to starve and the necessity necessi-ty for immediate action to relieve the feed shortage situation is imperative. He re-poi re-poi is t.nat feed is so scarce in the Cache valley that farmers are cutting down trees and letting their cattle fiied on the limbi and branches. Already the feed shortage has reduced the dairy products from local cattle to about 40 per cent of normal, requiring the purchase of about 60 per cent of such prouuets from outside states wit h consequent con-sequent increased prices. This fat. he d .clares. Is an evidence of the importance import-ance of doing something at once to relieve re-lieve the feed shortage situation. |