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Show P NO NECESSITY FOR RESTRICTIONS ON MEAT, CLAIM Immense Stores Now in U. S. More Than Ample, Dr. McClure Says. That thra ar Itnmenw atorea of niMt in thi I nited Ktatea and that thrrt rkitiii to Mint no reanon for further conservation In thntr wh th Ptatemrnt made today- by Or. 8. V. McChir of the National Wool-crbwerw Wool-crbwerw aaaoclfttlon, As an tsiuatratlon lr. MrClure eatla attention to the fart that twtra during- the month an em-hanro em-hanro ha heen placed on ehlpplnn - howa to Chicago, aa the packera had -- mflw hoa;a than they could handle. "jAmbs have a! decreased in prie .gJ from SI H.76 per hundredweight to Hi. ii) per hundredweight durlna: the W paxt week. aald In. McCUir today. cannot aee any re won for an advance ad-vance in the price of meat. My per-aonal per-aonal opinion la that the country haa all the meat It can use and anoug-h to a par. "Tha United Htatea doea not export lamb, aa the earcaaaea weigh only about thirty-five pounds imd are too mall to be economically loaded on veasela; therefore, tha entire domestic .production of lamb must ba consumed here. We are exportlna in excesa of 1.000.000.000 pound a of pork and pork inodui'ta annually. bw ama loial AirnT. tfuctton la so enormous (hat tha e-ports e-ports amount to only 10 per cent of the production. "Our total annual alaua-hterina; of sheep and lamb In tha United State ta about 15.ooo.000 head. The report rtt beef exports from the t!nltM Statea for the flacal year endtria; June 30 and this lnHlMM lieef wnt te tha aoldlera In Kurope amounted to fiu.-000,000 fiu.-000,000 pounda. Theaa ftfruree) look larg-e, but when It la understood that our total production yearly la In ex-teas ex-teas of 9,000,000.000 pounda. It ta aeen that our total exports of beef aad by-products by-products are only about per cent of our total production. "Halt Lake usea the lowest trade of beef of any large Western city. Many butchers aell aecond or third claas cow beef. The sleera are of an Inferior tirade. There la only a small portion of a-ood grade meat uaed In this city. Cows from scanty pastured Id tha suburb sub-urb furnish much of the cow beef. Good ateena are animals that have been fed on grain. "Iocal eowa are purchased by local bntchera for 7Vfc to 8 cente a pound. . Tha mark eta In Bait Iake alao una a very low grade of lamb. Th pork la f a good grade. I cannot aee why meat should increase In price, and although al-though I do not advlee waste, I ee no reason for conservation.' According to Information received by Mci-'lure. decllnea of 1 oenta a pound In grease wool was noted In the aalea made yesterday at tho government auction In Bom ton. About 18,000.000 j pounds of wool was sold. Tha com In season's clip will not bring aa high a : prica aa J orrn rrl v. af-coni i d ft to predic-j Tbe go-ernment haa 400.000.n00 pounda of woo to be difpoeed of. The government la attempting to diapoae of the wool alowly in. order not to disturb the market, but it munt ba old, a a the nest eeaaon'a crop will be on the market and claim attention. Woo (men are watching conditlona wltb anxtoua eye. |