Show Beef leef to be Graded Into Two Types for Under Marketing Marketing Marketing- Un Under er Packer Agreement National Livestock Association Devotes Session Se sion to Dis Dis- Discussion Dis- Dis of improving Quality of Meat Claim Cus Cus- Customers Customers Cus- Cus Prefer Stamped Brands ALT LAKE KE Jan 2 26 G By H i A Press y V the entire morning morning the tho National Livestock SO asso- asso so ILion's nion convention today was wasi i I n n a ocr oer to a discussion of oRI gl gi ding eding meats meat and nd an an- an was war al made that an cr ment had been reached reached-be reached reached- be be- be 1 v m lU n representatives es of 01 th the BeltT Delt Bolter r l f t and the tho mci meat dla errs which provides provide for tor the th of ot two grades trade of oC oCI oi I f t to bo ho known as prime nd choice his hiB hi announcement waa wa-s made madi IJ 11 Oakleigh Thorne Mill Brook Y chairman ol ot 0 th the National Beet Det association which 1 is 13 In conjunction with th thu of agriculture in the th fort tort to raise ralso ral o the tho ho standard t of on Ti 11 its ts marketed In this country TWO DIS FIXED n II U II w was stAted that tile tho move move-i move move- 1 it for SOT the ho grading and market markt III ix of ot meats ha has progressed con con- farther larther In the cast east titan than h but the movement mo Is 1 In 0 hI his address Mr Thorne said sall 10 l ii results obtained from l lion of oC tile the two tOT top topI I C ades aMs U U 11 S 5 prime and U S according to the plan ill n-ill govern future recommend recommend- Ions with respect to other grades T I agreement to recommend the th ding and ad of the tIle two toil tOI grades was arrived at only r the most 1110 t careful consider lionIl consideration tion II 11 was explained that at first t nero was a 0 wide difference of opinion between the better betler b boot f and end the tho packets packers Th Th- Th liter Iter roup group Mr Thorne said ld df- df de doI I II d their reasons for belief that ne ne grading and marking of ot b bl decrease the total salen sal's sal Id I id representatives of tho the 10 fo 1 r- r 1 r r save gave their reasons reason for a con- con conc conr tr- tr r c iry try opinion PACKERS S CO OPERATE CO The outcome of or these confer confer- ics lc 5 Mr Thorne said mid i e C tes clearly that the tho packers In heir r work wor as sales salo lives lies ives of the feeders leeders and cattle of the tho country are eager to too operate o-operate practically and to try tryout tryout tryout out any practical practical suggestions suggestion suggestions that nay be offered on the thc theory that r feeders and cattlemen at large Ire ne the packing In In- In Industry industry will also aio be Experiments Mr Thorne said shown that where tho the grads grades wre a re clearl clearly marked the sales nr If these grads grades Increased mater mater- ly Iy iy and customers customer teemed seemed fc to press pres a n preference for tor thc the st Ped meats meat In conclusion Mr Thorne saId h personally calie caIle called J on li butchers and aske asked a ked them It if the they grading of favored government go beef The plan h Ill he added had hd received 1 the endorsement nt of oC 11 Ham M Jardine secretary of oC agriculture ag Of tho the retailers visited 60 tO ho hl his favorably to said replied question two opposed It and th the to e ca- were ern unwilling press pross themselves QI 11 sm I R B M 31 Kleberg president othe of the Texas fexas and Southwestern Cattle association the lat la- la speaker at tt the tho morning se expressed ed the belief that the movement mo to grade meat as out out- outlined outlined outlined lined bythe bytho by thc previous pre speaker ep aker wa wa-i wa a n step forward Consumers hi ho he said amid aid were continually demanding more and more quality In meats as well ns as other commodities and that hat anything which favored the Sh trade favored th the producer |