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Show Petticoat Boycott Wrong Way To Lower Meat Price Woolgrowers Secretary Says "The present meat .situation cannot be corrected throui'h a 'petticoat boycott' of publicity seekers Ignorant of the meal situation. These very p ople are violently opposed to bov-eottinn bov-eottinn in other fields. Meat 'is labor .suppllmented by nature. The present meat situation is economic and biological," said James A. Hooper, Kxeculive Secretary of the Utah Wool Ci rowers." He continued, "We hav - an increasing human population with a decreasing livestock population. pop-ulation. Therefore, this part of the supply and demand Is bio-logical. bio-logical. There is the largest amount of money in circulation circula-tion of any period of history ami the velocity of Its use is probably prob-ably at a record hie.h, this is economic. The biological situation situ-ation cannot be corrected by a wave of the hand or throned boycott. The economic situation has a political aspect and wcic it not lor fear ol political repercussions, reper-cussions, could piohnhly lie partially par-tially eorreeled. "Pi oduel ion anil prodii. I ion alone is the one impoiiant i a-ture a-ture that would contribute lo lower prices of meal. Production Produc-tion can be accomplished by increasing Ihe number ol animals, ani-mals, as well as increasing 111 weight of livestock thai is ava.l' able id the present. The lirsl is a lolifj time program the la Iter relatively shoil. "We have a potential increase In this year's record Iced cu,,, especially corn. l-'eeoTup, i isk and hinli taxes place many feeders in a doubllul posit, oi and there is little question bu' what Ihey will be further dis couraHcd In increasing tin vvelt,'hl of these animals 1 housewives and other uninformed unin-formed segments are lo continue con-tinue their activities. In this way the purpose of Ibis nioup seeking lower prices, is entirely destroyed, because tliere can be no lower prices by diseoiu a'iii).; increased weij:ht and production of meat animals. For the immediate imme-diate future Iced crops are ihe only potential possibility of increased in-creased meat production and consumers are standing in their own linht from their summer ranges and the border line animals ani-mals will either c,o to ihe processor pro-cessor at a lie.ht wcifdit or t') the finisher of livestock to pin-duce pin-duce better -meat and lai;ei tonnage. An encouraged feede-will feede-will increase' meat tuning . I :imliy vchtrh :i in laiim. fill ly' Hie below beef caltle of equal K'ade, show a downwanl trend in production anil an unfavorable un-favorable lamb condition in the late producing an a, has reduced the lall lamb supply by approximately ap-proximately 10',;. With favor-unlorlunale favor-unlorlunale situation, as a able feed conditions, this is ar, higher percentage of the late lamb crop will be killed at lighter weights, thus reducing the tonnage of meat and the supply of lambs to be fed during dur-ing the winter of 1!M8 and V.iV.l Uncerlainties, climatic conditions condi-tions and the hleh cost of production pro-duction lias been responsible lor no K'vat Increase in meat production. pro-duction. It would be interest liif,' if figures were available through a careful cost study to know the actual cost per pound of meat at average industrial wa'es with a forty hour we. k. The public must not forget that all costs, including labor in processing and distribution, have further added to the cost of meat, and with present ceo nomie conditions, including increased in-creased earnings, the situation does not permit u trend toward lower prices. Only 21 of the industrial income is spent lo food, which is lower than the pre-ward percentaK.es and in the total amount less money is paid for meat animals in the United States than for liquor." |