Show live stock 1 0 situation sassy tm ton the east la Is moving west when the abe coin country itry east of tile mississippi aheady become an intensely cultivated agricultural area 1 with great centers of 0 population lation and industrial activity the far west was a land of 0 unfenced ranges forbidding deserts and primeval forests it took months to travel from the valley to the west those who did make the trip hardy pioneers who tilled the soil sall ruined tor fr precious metals or engaged in hunting bunting and trapping the other iglay I 1 was shown an old contract fe made by a california cattleman in which lie he sold his herd of catlie rf re gard gar less of 0 numbers sex or condition at 00 a head bead with calves thrown in the value ot of tha cattle was mainly in the hides tor for there were wera comparatively tow few people leopla to be ba fed nearby and there was no practical means of shipping the meat nor the cattle to the more thickly populated sections ot of the east how the picture has changed with the uniting of 0 the pacific and atlantic and intermediate territory by transcontinental railroads east eastern af pf ople began moving west where land was cheaper ch Laper soil was richer and opportunity seemed greater the curtain goes up again and we see practical tops dips ly by airplane nad railroad from one side of the continent on to tile the other in thirty six hours the west coast is now a great center of population lation california alone one is credited with souls louir one county rightfully claiming a population of rich nich valleys are producing enormous amounts of foods and grains the range land Is fenced and big numbers ot of high grade cattle hogs and sheep are raised in III the country that was once composed mostly of 0 desert and wilderness because of the great productive alf lity of the soils and ranges it was natural that our production of foodstuffs and meat animals made tar far greater progress than our growth in population the result was that the amount ot of foods needed in tho the tar far west was a small part ot of the production and the final result was that the west naturally looked to the east for a market tor for live stock hides pelts and ana foodstuffs we are now consuming a very large share of the grain fruits and vegetables cattle and sheep produced in the west nest and we import the greater percentage of pork needed on the coast great meat slaughtering and distributing centers have grown grow rk up in the west but we are still sending our hides and pelts back east where the wool Is fabricated and much ot of it made into clothing to be shipped to the atlantic seaboard to be tanned and converted into shoes and leather goods certainly a very large portion of this western wool and leather Is sold to consumers on the pacific coast our cotton crops are shipped back to the east cast to be fabricated despite the fact that our great tire industries and consumer demand tor for cotton goods is several times greater than our cotton production modern transportation has cut down the time between east and west but costs of transportation have not decreased and the high cost ot of settling up the country forbids decreased transportation costs there is an enormous economic waste in shipping our raw materials east and shipping back the manufactured products tor for western use it Is just as reasonable to ship our live stock to the missouri river and have the meat shipped back as it is to interchange our other raw materials tor for manufactured goods tito the economic waste is still greater when wo we realize that raw wool carries about 40 per cent of greaso grease of no commercial value hides dides and pelts contain about 10 perc riet salt to preserve for long distance shipping it if handled directly from rom the point of take oft off to tannery this expense would be obviated the favorable climatic and living conditions of the pacific coast have attracted the greatest population influx in history lil story so that we now have tho the labor supply the consumer demand the raw product and biery essential tor for the building up of our manufacturing ceA cheaters ce Aters tera undoubtedly the proper economic setup Is to do our manufacturing ot of raw materials from the interior on tile the pacific coast and our friends in hi the lilter interior lor should keep before them the idea that whenever the coast 9 gets ets a new industry it is bound to reflect something of 0 value to the interior of course the mere inere shifting of the population from one section of the country to another except to relieve tile the surplus hero here and there means but little to ahe the country as a whole but when wo we remember that theowest th tho weal eWest la Is capable of supplying much more than will ever be consumed locally arid that wo we are several thousand miles rall 11 than titan the east coast to two thard thirds 9 of the worlds population itts not difficult to see the tremendous advant advantage ag ot of western development to meet the armands demands ot of foreign trade |