| Show STOCK RAISERS MEET COOLIDGE Western Cattle Raisers Complain About A out Packers RAPID CITY S. S D. D D D. July 13 J Ey EyThe B The Associated Press A A group of western livestock raisers brought a a the straight complaint to President Coolidge e Tuesday against what they termed the domination of cattle men by Chicago and Omaha packers and their Wall street The delegation was owns headed by Paul PaulB B. B B Martin president of the Western Marketing association and their grievances grievances ances as well as lIS their suggested remedies were listened to attentive attentive- attentively ly by Mr Coolidge who conferred with them for nearly an hour What we want said Martin aft aft- after after after er his Ws visit with Ith the president is isto Isto Isto to have ha the government teach and help helpS us S to organize operative co-operative mar mar- marketing marketing marketing societies through which we can borrow enough money to keep our cattle on the use ranges and compel the packers to ro come here and bar bar- bargain bargain gain for them Their trouble lay he declared In Inthe Inthe Inthe the fact that cattle callie men were com corn compelled compelled to lo ship their livestock to Omaha and Chicago where we must take any Rny price the packers will give ive He added that feed and freight bills charged against them will cat eat up a carload of cattle a week and that they cannot afford to ship them back home to await a better price There seems to be no competition among packers Martin went on They pay us about the same ame price Often OCten the difference in price when shipment begins at home and ends at Omaha or Chicago is so great a drop that our profits are wiped out outA outA outA A fat cow that we can sell to the butcher bu her at home for brings about 30 in the Omaha market and out of or that must come the freight A hide we wc sell for 1 Si Is tanned by bv the packers and sold back to our local saddlers for about 28 The delegation blames the forced liquidation of the federal reserve board after the World war for their condition Martin declaring he was convinced that the packers ha e in interlocking In- In interlocking banking connections with Wall Vall street that cause them to have more Interest in the bankers than the themen themen themen men who raise the cattle The delegation declared they were pleased with Mr Coolidge's attitude saying that the president seemed to know about as much of conditions out here as we do They admitted that the Individuality of the cattle cattie men like the farmer in going about his business without thought of or organization or tion was handicapping progress in inthe inthe the solution of the agricultural and livestock lives lock problem The president Martin concluded was very Cry much to our difficulties difficulties and I hops hop that something good will mil come of our conference I |
