| Show the livestock situation ily J A mcnaughton tile railroad rall rail lond load situation some years back may well bo compared to tile lie situation surrounding contral livestock markets today anybody with it mule tenta team presno und dougli nou elion gli money to buy sonie some second italia ralls till ties could build a rall railroad road a great brent field for promoters ers nt at tho expense of if tile alio people lit in ninny cases thero there sufficient traffic to sustain tho the ORI in ili soine cases these projects were OVIT over liy by trunk linea and let expansions of this kind wore were inneo the owners found it tu to pet get authority front from tho the interstate Conini erce to up tile rafts and abandon these unprofitable and burdensome lines finally tile people gli our legislature brought about the of it measure requiring befaro adding to tile the railroad mileage of the alio nation a showing of f public convenience and necessity thus indiscriminate building of railroads rall roada was harnessed and the peo peoples pios money invested lit in railroads way was safeguarded central lives livestock toek markets which have been the very backbone of production lire are responsible for tho development of the greatest industry we have namely tho the processing anti and distribution of meat food under the most economical plan yet do devised this industry Is being undermined by private sales places auction and otherwise mostly unregulated and lacking in super vi vision stoll also kl 0 o without known finan caal responsibility tf of tho the operators till and spreading instead of central izing livestock supplies and buying power lw er impairing Im paring tile alio value of contral mat markets bets lit in tho the establishment of market values as it trade imse base anti ignoring the protection finati claley and trading tending rot out ly by the federal doverin ent in what t Is known na as tile packers Stock stockyards yards act lind nd ad ministered to protect tile tho growers ellid to ketill these con cen markets on oil a strict compoli live basis safeguarding the growers against wrong practices and hicl li iby diy federal and state stil cupi erv islon the spreading of infectious and contagious diseases the growers insist that sheso central markets arv aru in reality their markets and until goine better menus means Is found of es ca tab lishing market values tile the 1 reat et support should ibo be given to these which havo been set up till for their benefit and without which chaos would prevail there tire are sonic some 68 central markets under federal supervision handling a substantial part of tho the livestock marketed and establishing values for all kinds of livek k which cannot bo be set aside without sonic better method of creating values and regulated marketing these facilities represent it a very largo large investment on oil tho alart of lie public whoso choso interests teresta In should likewise bo be sa safeguarded fe guarded |
