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Show i The LIVESTOCK SITUATION i i (I?y J. V. ;c.N.U'fiIITnX) The h'..v;;:j; o.iducted in Los An. se'.cs :jy repr.-f'-nt at Ives of the Interstate In-terstate Commerce Commission for the purpose of collecting data in the readjustment of lieestock rates has closed. Mary interesting feature? were brought out. Ail of those connected villi the pvoeram evinced a sincere desire to gather and present data that woud be of benefit in arriving at conclusions based upon economic facts; tending to give the greatest relief and most practical readjustment readjust-ment to the transportation situation i as it relates to Western agricultural and the livestock industry. The movement of livestock and other products from the producing j areas to the metropolitan centers on the Pacific coast, as well as to Eastern markets, is a question which , occup'os a most important place in the economic structures of the west. I Californa has a different cattle situa-j situa-j tion than prevails in other territori-i territori-i es. As this time production is more j or less seasonal, with oversupplies ap-; ap-; pearing during the range months, and i the importation of cattle from states being necessary during other months . of the year. : With the advent of better balanced I production and distribution this seasonal sea-sonal supply will be levelled so that ' it will move throughout the year, this i being accomplished by the Western i trend toward feed lot operations. Until that time conies, however, it is evident that the West should work toward a rate readjustment which will be practical and equitable to every state and bear in mind that the greatest benefit will be accomplished through giving the largest number of producers access to the largest number num-ber of markets. There appears to be a lack of realization reali-zation of the importance of stocker and feeder rates to and from central markets located in the west. It has been pointed out that the bulk of this movement is from the producing sections sec-tions directly to the feed lots. This, no doubt, is the case, but the fact should not be lost sight of that the small producer is not situated so as to directly to the range states and make stocker and feeder purchases. He is in the position of either purchasing pur-chasing through a central market or remaining out of the business. For this reason, for the sake of the small producer whi is becoming such a factor through the cutting up of large land areas, it would seem that a careful consideration should be given the stocker and feeder rate question as applying to central livestock live-stock markets. Everyone seems convinced that the rate hearings are being carried out along constructive and intelligent lines and that when all of the facts are collected and analized that the ' entire livestock producing west should I bpnpfit. |
