Show REPORT REPORT GIVEN ON PROBLEMS F FACING AGING WEST Conference Review Sent to After JL L Session Reporting officially n to C Y V In charge charco b o marketing livestock meats and wool Unit Unit- United United ed ad I tatu d department nt of agriculture lure ture an Interesting review r of o th regional agricultural cop cop- con fer nce held In Salt Lake Lalie has hos l been een compiled by F R Sawyer nUng that branch of o the tho federal work In Ogden Needs of th the Intermountain mountain and anil moun moun- mountain mountain tam tain states tates as IlS shown by confer confer- conference conference ence enca speakers speaker especially those In- In In Interesting to tho the l bureau are reported on by the Ogden official His HH report fol follows tol- tol lows Tho regional res-lonAl conference on Agriculture for tor the tho eight Inter Inter- Intermountain Intermountain mountain mountain states sponsored b by the Chamber of ot Commerce of oC the tho United States was held at Salt Lake City October 1 I an and l 2 lL This conference Is the first of ot five sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce in la which they are endeavoring to learn the problems of ot the tho various regions The Tho conference was tak- tak taken tak taken en up largely with discussions of varIous arlous farm topics There was some debate but no resolutions I z missed only the forenoon which labor session Friday In production cost and credit were the tho topics According to reports It was Will brought out that many mony of the tho problems on the farm wIlt will willbe willbe be solved when a larger return over the cost of production can be secured while It was as shown that the selling selling- price and the cost of production v ero too close at atthe atthe the tho present time for or the the good of the tho farmer It was brought out that the producer producer could could not compete with tho the In- In Industries In Industries for tor Or competent labor un- un unless un unless less there was much Improvement In the tho agricultural situation Some pointed out the necessity and value of credit to the pro pro- producers producers pro producers and nd others stated that most moat of oC the tho farmers had been able to secure ample credit while In many cases and especially during 1921 too much credit had been Jeen advanced I In ln the discussion of reclamation tion It was pointed out that os as asa asa a whole reclamation had been successful and had been a a great factor fattor In the development of oC the West est however it was the tho opinion of the tho majority that no new lands should hould be bo brought under tinder reclamation but that where here possible further develop develop- development development ment should be bo made on that al- al already al already ready teady started and special em- em em was put on oit tho the need of more water on many of the present reclamation projects It lt appears that the chief thorn In the tho side of oC many we western tern men menIs menIs menIs Is tho the tact fact that a largo larco per cent of territory territory in many of these states Is In 11 the public domain and very ery little taxes cornel como from Crom this territory It was brought out that 35 per cent of the funds now collected by the Federal Government from the public lands was waa returned to the state slates while many were of the OpinIon opinIon opinion ion that all of oC these funds should be returned to help pay tor Cor or the policing etc A Wyoming man was very severe In his of the Governments Government's policy In handling the tho public lands anti ami es- es esp cs p the tho methods used In reclamation territory PUBLIC LAM LM o L CO I Ho Ho could see see- no reason why each state should not own all Its territory and lIe he attempted to point out the tha advantage of the ownership of all nil land The Farm arm Bureau president from Crom Neada stated that there were vast ut tracts In his state that no noone noone noone one would caro care to own as they would be unable to make mako a liv- liv livIng liv living ing off oft the land The secretary of the Utah Wool Growers As- As As Association claimed that Utah was wa opposed to any proposal to turn control of the public lands to the tho state It was the tho opinion of everyone expressing himself that It was a regrettable fact that the government does docs not have a national policy In handling the public domain especially since the tho Government owns 42 per cent of the territory of the eleven en western grazing states state and on thi government territory around 17 per cent of the nations nation's sheep an and about cattle are pastured ORGANIZATION ORGANIZATION- 01 OP n I During During- Saturdays Saturday's sea slon on the importance and need of u a strong farm organization were brought up however the tho general opinion was that Western Vestern farmers rs had hadnot hadnot hadnot not successfully fully organized The greatest Interest of the tho last session appeared to be bo on the tho work done In Idaho by U H ti H of the tho Bureau Dureau of oC Agri Aerl- Agri- Agri Agriculture Agriculture culture Economics of or the U S 8 Department of Agriculture Mr dr Critchfield gave a discussion of his work and presented several se charts which showed findings of his survey Mr Critchfield with the tho assistance of the State De- De Department De Department of Agriculture and vari vari- varioUs van van- vanous various ous farm organizations made a survey of Idaho production trends trend and their markets and demands and nd compared them with the production trends trend of ot the same lame commodities and the Na- Na Na Nation's tion's lion markets Mr survey brought out that It likely would b be advisable to switch from some commodities to others while It likely would be bo profitable to continue on other line lines such all a dairying Representatives from 8 several veral states expressed a desire to have a similar survey put on In elates RAILROAD It KATES UTES TES TOO One of the chief discussions and grief brought up at the final 8 sea sea- ses session sion slon was wu the discrimination of freight rates The president of the evada Farm Iann Bureau Dureau told of II a U freight rate sate from torn a certain town In Nevada to San or L a distance of mile miles while many poInt points In Wyoming which r 1000 milts ii San cisco bad had a rate An Idaho wheat shipper pointed out that he paLe out In freight to the tha western coast last year ear and that ho could have saved laved between 10 and 11 ii cents a bushel If It he had lived ll In Montana Several other oilier incidents I A were showing how the Intermountain territory was discriminated against n R It E B Shepherd president of the Idaho State Chamber ber of oC Commerce stated that that It Wa was more moro Important the government Issue Information tion on ula lA on what to sf A-A A expect and Ice advIce regarding the future than on Conference what has happened Tho The Con Con- Con ference ferenee was attended by the most able Agricultural mind minds of the |