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Show STOCK RAISER PROBLEM TO BE COM TOPIC Packers, Bankers and Growers to Discuss Increased Meat Production CHICAGO. Sept. 3. Representatives Representa-tives of the Chicago packers today sent letters to stock raisers, rallrouil officials ami bankers of the middle west and far west, asking them to attend a conference here on September Septem-ber lo lo discuss plans for financing Increased production of llvci-lock The lettor urged bankers, packers, livestock producers, railway representative represen-tative and others interested to meet here with repreei ntatlves of the federal fed-eral reserve batiks "to find, out Whether Wheth-er there is not a better plan by which tho livestock Industry can be protected protect-ed and financed lo the end that confidence confi-dence and normal food production be restored and abnormal shipments ol ydUng and breeding livestock be stopped." The letter was signed by J. Ogden Armour. Th.'n.i K WHm.m and L. p swift, of the packers; Male Kolden, president of th" Chicago Burlington and QuinC) railroad, J. Pnderwood, president of the Wyoming Stock Growers' association; J. M Wilson, president of the Wyoming Wool Growers' Grow-ers' association. J. S. Howard, president presi-dent of the American i.irni Bureau federation Q. G smith, president 01 ihe National l.irm Congress, Kearney, Kear-ney, Neb., and others, The summer of l'JJO has produced one of the greatest crops of hay, corn, pasture and other f ed known In th-history th-history of the country," the letter said 'However, the farmers and feed : find it vers difficult to secure runu with which to purchase llvcstocu lot their usual operations ' oo |