| Show WHY NOT RAISE KAISE HOGS the management of the salt lake stock yards issued a statement to the effect that the total receipts of hogs at the stock yards during the first lour months of the present ear amounted to approximately 59 VO WO head of 0 this amount only were received from utah shippers which means about 7 per cent A tew lew came from idaho the bulk from nebraska and colorado to more clearly state the actual condl condi tiong existing we can safely es estimate ta that annually not less than head bead of live hogs bogs are brought into the state of utah from eastern states more especially nebraska which are sla slaughtered almost entirely by the two plants located one at salt lake one at ogden based on valuation they would be worth little under two million dollars in addition to this his valuation live animals brought boroughf here we believe it would be sate sale to estimate at least one million dollars worth of pork products are shipped in from other states as tar far east as illinois tor for consumption by the of the intermountain country we can say therefore that approximately three million dollars are sent out of the state of utah annually f for or live hogs and pork products such as hams bacon lard etc however the demand within the borders of our state to which our utah farmers could contribute is only a small item compared to the thousands upon thousands of bogs that are shipped through our state annually from states east of utah destined tor for san francisco los angeles portland seattle spokane etc some even to butte montana Is it not reasonable to expect that these buyers would much prefer to buy at least a portion if not all their hogs in utah thereby getting advantage of a much less freight rate much less hazard in shipping considerable time saved and a reduction in expense all round as compared to buying their hogs bogs east of here it must also be remembered that with the rapid increase in population of the coast citi cities cimics cs more especially los angeles and san francisco this demand will not diminish but steadily increase IR increase crease some of our farmers have misgivings on this subject feeling that they have only the local demand to cater to but it must be impressed upon them that this demand is the least important the demand is from the coast and we can see no reason reabon why they should not obtain a goodly portion it if not all of this business provided of course the coast buyers could depend on this section for their supplies which has riot bj been een the case statistics show that approximately hogs per month are being slaughtered in the city of los angeles a like number in san francisco to say nothing of the cities further up the coast california raises very few hogs which means that the bulk of these supplies is imported regularly from points east we believe it sate to estimate that these hogs c ost cost the coast buyers or slaughterers slaughter ers three million dollars and upward monthly stop and figure what that would mean annually 1 ie 5 it not reasonable to assume that these coast buyers would give the intermountain farmer a chance to compete for this the fact that we are from to 1000 miles nearer the source of demand than lb Is the case of states east of here and there would be a considerable sid bid erable saving in freight shrinkage and expense generally and I a much lower hazard in duri ing extreme hot or cold weather conditions dit ions I 1 one needs only to travel through the corn belt section of the states i east of utah to gain an impression of hog bog raising and fattening in its true light it is generally admitted that no farmer in those states would con bider his work done or his bis farm complete without some hogs bogs year in and I 1 year bear out regardless of market conditions dit ions hogs like r else are subject to market fluctuations but farmers naturally must take the bitter with the sweet and no one has haa ever gained anything by being m n and out regardless of what line they may be engaged in the utah farmer can and must raise rais hogs but as previously stated he be must be educated along the lines of doing it properly there Is ib no reason why the utah farmer cannot engage in this business just as successfully cess fully as farmers of any other b tate state and from the figures herein quoted it is plain to see that our utah farmers could and without a doubt should enjoy some of the revenue expended for hogs in other states while it is not probable yet it is possible that the time may come when hogs might even be shipped successfully or profitably to states east of the intermountain country that of course w 1 be dependent U upon pon S supplies available in such states the value of corn etc the utah farmer should get into the game of raising good quality hogs bogs by all means HOW THE prohibition ACT WORKS prohibition commissioner roy A haynes has issued a statistical report covering the two years he has been in office containing some very interesting data it shows that at the beginning of his administration bonded liquor was stored in over warehouses located in every section of the country this subjected the owners of the liquor to great expense and hazard and made it very difficult and expensive for the government to exercise supervision under an act of congress passed in february 1922 the prohibition office was peral permitted ted to concentrate the storage of bonded liquor and under the provisions of the act it has designated 26 25 centrally located warehouses for that purpose at the time the act went into effect there were gallons of distilled spirits in bond in the united states this liquor is being moved to the designated warehouses and the work of transference will be completed within a short time up to date there has not been a single theft t in connection with the removal of liquor from odd warehouses to 25 designated warehouses commissioner haynes calls attention to the fact that in 1920 whisky withdrawals aggregated over gallons in 1 1921 during which period the present administration with new ideas of organization more adequate supervision and various safeguards had bad charge for only six months withdrawals amounted to only gallons during the calendar year 1922 withdrawals for medicinal purposes totaled gallons in speaking of this showing commissioner haynes says in his report this notable improvement in con ciol ot of the withdrawal of liquor lor for medicinal purposes and the prevention of its diversion to beverage purposes is to be attributed to improved supervision and the new permit method instituted the permit form now in use is practically impossible to counterfeit and the quantities withdrawn are stamped upon them |
