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Show PR LIVE-STOCK LETTER Ofc-den, Dec. 19. With in-creased in-creased shipments of hogs to '--jig- the various markets of the United States, embargoes havo become necessary at several points recently, and the United ' States officials have united with KT.f. tno Packing houses and livestock yards in the effort to secure a f wider distribution of these shipments, ship-ments, so they will continue at ''''IStSr an nveraK ra which can bo handled by the packing plants throughout the year. This dials' dia-ls' tribution over a period of time is ' ;'. essential in order that the prices , may be maintained at the desired 'M level for the good of the entire livestock industry. jV' So far, no embargo has been t necessary at the Ogden yards, although the receipts have been , much heavier than one year ago. t The market has been maintained r at from $16.50 to $16.00 per hun- dred, with no indications of a decline. Livestock and meat . packing men recommend that t the intermountain policy of withholding hog shipments un-i1 un-i1 til hogs have been fully developed devel-oped continue there is more J money for the farmer and more !. meat for the people of Eurpoe and America In that arrange-tgglBh: arrange-tgglBh: ment. 'JBag Authorities of Europe have ;ppp shown tha,t America must be depended upon to supply pork s&w nd beef to the Entente allies, f" to .the neutrals, and then pos sibly to central Europe for many, many months. It will be more than two years before the herds " and flocks of Europe are built up to jeven the basis before the war. This assurance of market conditions condi-tions warrants' the belief that the market prices for hogs and beef, incidentally also for sheep, will remain at a high level 'for the next two years, if not longer. Intcrmountnin farmers and livestock live-stock men see in that prospect the opportunity for developing profitable business from this industry. |