Show e livestock situation industry and business generally la Is considering how to readjust operations erat ions to conform con forin to tile tho forty hour week generally speaking lt it insana five eight hour days with saturday as a holliday the evident intention ot of the proposed legislation la Is to gain increased labor employment in discussing the subject with some of 0 the packers tho the livestock gr growers awers outlet for ills his product it appears that the operating cost w will ill bo be materially increased it the intent of the proposed legislation la is lived lip P to some of tho the processors have been working under the old schedule with certain limitations but different from observing the straight forty hour week in all pait ments tile the packers volume lias has been greatly 1 reduced deduced within the last three or tour four years owing to the big decrease lit in the pork depart mont naturally rally this blits de decreased creasI volume volatile hits hasi clia changed liged the unit cost of operation automatically falling on tile the remaining tonnage consisting of beef veal and lamb now hen hall to further increase the cost of processing process hig and distribution pro ants rather a serious situation in that uio the housewife considers ilia ho price of meat food products along with fish fowl nna and a groat many other commodities that are directly competitive with ineat food tilt the question Is how much mol more o will the traffic bear without huiting tho the business it Is clear that either cither the consumer or the grower must play an all important part pait in ili tho the matter it if by any ally elia eliptico tico ilia packer cannot me merchandise r chan diso ills his product the prices paid pahl tor for livestock must bo be reduced 1 nm not unmindful of tile the tact fact that In inci creasea eased labor employment Is essential if we are aie going to have continued conti prosperity which can only come collie from sustained buying power but it la Is clearly evident that there Is ii a limit to we e can call go lit in merchandising nier chand I 1 sing meat I 1 products aside from the butof increased labor expense there la is the she question lu estion of allocating the nd ad expense taxes insurance and depreciation deien italy fixed charges that cannot bri avoided and must be ba assessed a ganest the tonnage hindeleh hande hinde led it Is inevitable that increased cost of production automat lely increases the cost of living which lit in turn calls for increased wagi scales somewhat like the do d chasing its ital tall tail but iauch moro more important on acco account lint of the tar far reaching effect not only in the livestock and meat food industry but to nil alt who trade relations and add in many ways most imbor taut ind industry astry we nye havet we are aie now having throughout alio west we it and southwest the us its nal summer meetings of 0 organizations associated with ith agriculture and livestock a sort of checkup check up and discussions that result in much good also we will soon have our state county and dis tilot pairs falis showing that much progress has hag been made along different lines ot of agriculture agil culture and livestock endeavor with the horsa taking an all important part and show ing the result ot of breeding bleeding ot bf thoroughbreds run nerg norg harness li arness and gaited classes to my mind there never was a time when good borses were in such puch demand as nt at present pro sent at all metropolitan meetings and doubtless at the state county and district pairs fairs tile the entries will ila be controlled by stable space such events so far this year have had a big surplus that could not be accommodated undoubtedly tho the horse Is ia back with us its to stay and it is a good thing in agriculture in fit providing an outlet lor far our grain and forage and ana it also helps in ili the employment of labor and the circulation ot or money tor for the necess necessary ary supplies attending the breeding training atia and exhibition in ili southern california we have several thousand miles of bridle path used for recreational purposes purpose 8 and the industry Is ing throughout tile the ivest and I 1 southwest in ili an all effort to eliminate tuberculosis from our cattle herds our boef beef cattle interests are directly ingol involved L it in a empting attempting tt to ship t alie lia markets east cast of the rocky mountains on oil account of federal regulations ions requiring tile the isolation or shipments from nonaccredited non accredited areas into a so called accredited areas comprising practically all ot of the states east ot of tho the rocky mountains under this practical quarantine arrangement arrango ment if the cattle are to go to the country a TB test is regu required regul red ired involving edenso aw delay and tho ilia segregation do tile the buyer any good la ill selling to tile the packer pacher by roalo reason n a ot f tit the a isolation and the tha restrictions imposed on oil tile the movement out of tile central market in california wo nye have only eighteen accredited counties out of a total of 0 forty eighty eight and an accredited area cannot be credited TD has been eliminated from all alases of cattle I 1 am not judging the ilia situation but groely breely pointing out what I 1 think to do bo an important practical illustration effecting the entire cattle industry in the western and southwestern states where non accredited districts exist lets commend the railroads ads Is for tor the tha splendid work they are doing in adio advocating cating increased meat consumption and in ili malting making it a leader on uie the menus not long ago steaks and chops were priced so high on the menus t that hat tile the im kosslon pies POs slon was created that meat was waa a delicacy after all tha lall roads are aie vitally lit in tho the livestock and meat food industry the largest institution ve e have in lie he country for foi that reason it is it a good investment on their part from the standpoint of ti transportation and for foi tle welfare of the country |