Show the livestock I 1 situation i OY L A mcnaughton LOS ANGELES peb feb 1931 never has there been a time wit when so much attention was being paid to the mutter matter of methods of mark eting by live livestock stock interests at tile suggestion of Il restock leaders tho tha united states department of agriculture la Is now giving serious study to fo the effects on tho the price structure by direct mark ting central marketing contracting in advance and packer feeding of live tock every effort Is being made by secretary ok of wal laco to make tin in unbiased study of marketing in to determine termine le tho the effects ot of direct sales in the country against tho the contival conti at marlc maric eting method twice the united states department of agriculture has determiner to insist upon central market ing policy first in the case of wool wol and just a fw lays days ago in tho the i caso case of fluid milk distributed in the los log An angeles gelcis milk shed in ill tho the instance of wool tho the rod red oral era farin ciello administration ordered all wool balsera 10 who lo had borrowed federal money to consign their wool to central markets either cither through a recognized cooperative marketing association or batly federally recognized and ap lasion house se tito the fact that IL i very largo proportion of american wool was wai carrying federal loans Ille meant alit that a largo large proportion of tile tho 1033 1933 acol clip was forced to central this immediately mado made it difficult tor for country buyers and speculators to buy their usual volume of wool in tile tho country it meant that nil all 00 wool oo had to be sold under n competitive bidding it meant that ill all buyers were placed pretty much on an all equal trading basis it meant tho end of tile the ti mo when shronda country buyers could do pond upon picking up wool at much cli losa less than value from growers who were not as aa conversant with values alues us as tile tho buyers tho result Is known to every wool grower wool prices leaped upward almost overnight and in a fow boks weeks tile the market carlm t had ad alced danced practically por per cent that the price rains gains wore were legitimate Is proven provan by tile the fact that today a year later wool is selling at ayon non better prices than last summer tho substance sub stanco it Is that the laws lawa of supply ail and demand bernand weri given an opportunity to function lit in tile the now los angeles mallk marketing agreement all milk must bo be do delivered livered to producer owned central receiving stations khero all must buy their supplies for delivery the alio sacred right light of the grower glower to sell ills his milk nt at homo home to whom ho he pleases and at what price lie in his wisdom thinks best la is not do tiled there Is no gainsaying gain saying the fact f let that it la Is the owners fuller ent ant right to sell when and as aa ho he pleases but these lays daya Beri exilona ee ilona chis consideration la Is being given to a method that will best servo the greatest number tito the plan Is that all distributors must buy their milk front from the central market so to speak distributors are hold held in fit line byi by kho tho fact that tile end of tl the ie industry Js Is to be upon a strict license baals tito the distributor who attempts to chisel around and buy cheaper milk than purchased by competitors stands a good chance of 0 losing his license lic elije in ill california tho the pact Is strengthen cd it by tho the fact that the now new deal lea will y ill worle under both 11 state farm F arm act as well ad aa under the federal agricultural adjustment administration it la Is recognized that vo ivo must work out ways and moans of establishing tab lishing fair practices possibly federal guidance will steady us its at least until wo get on our feet such stich supervision Is possible only through centralized effort it may provo to be the solving of the livestock marketing problem producers as a whole are deeply interest ed tit in tile problem they are open minded and the recommendations of tile the secretary of agriculture will go far towards giving the central marketing idea a fair and impartial trial it central marketing will guarantee fair practices competitive peti tive bidding responsible trading that will insure cash payments in full fill the plan la Is worthy of trial |