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Show Los Angeles, California, April 5, lf-il. In this national enier-srency enier-srency it behooves us all to do our bit to facilitate our preparedness program and, so far as central markets and packing plants are concerned, there should be a concentration con-centration of supplies available every day in the riirht kinds and numbers in order to keep our meat food distributors in shape to do their part in providing a constant flow to the army and navy and to the greatly increased number of men employed in our industries. In this connection, any extensive exten-sive outbreak of livestock diseases would be in a nature of a calamity when there is such a great need for adequate and timely supplies. Hence, it seems appropriate that we confine the movement, as far as practical, to establish agencies where federal inspectors are located lo-cated and where state and county are cooperating to detect and prevent pre-vent the spread of infectious and contagious livestock diseases. And, where the shippers get the greatest element of protection in trading and, most important, the best price opportunity based upon the law of supply and demand. It is undoubtedly true that unin spected and unsanitary places now exist in considerable numbers where livestock is sold and where there is no veterinary inspection and, manifestly, such ojx-ra'tion.s outside of regulated and supervised super-vised central markets cannot In-given In-given the same inspection-veterinary service without great expense ex-pense falling upon the nation. Thero is today the greatest possible pos-sible need for conducting the marketing, purchasing and distributing distri-buting of livestock and meat food supplies on an economical basis. Manifestly, it costs the packer more to buy outside of central markets and whatcvur this increased in-creased cost amounts to is borne by the livestock producer in one way or another. The most available avail-able means of maintjiining n reasonable rea-sonable price structure in the interest in-terest of continued production is through central marketing agencies agen-cies where market, prices ,are made and spread out through the country as a yardstick to measure values ami where you get the Greatest element of financial protection. pro-tection. These central markets have proven most, effective in several instances. For example, in controlling con-trolling and eradicating foot and mouth outbreaks, in maintaining the identity of read or cattle in Klat.es' clean up of t ulien-ulo.is and in the matter of reducing our cattle and swine surplus in !!.'' I-when- ,, livestock marketed pUH iod through, cenral markets as I a matter of economy and effic-! effic-! iency. ! In view of my long experience and connection with marketing, the best advice I can give to the livestock fraternity is to confine your shipments to posted and supervised cenrtal markets set up t and controlled by the federal I government and I know of no greater help that can be rendered in this emergency situation. |