Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 311, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 December 1919 — JOHN G. BROWN TO PRESIDE. [ARTICLE]

JOHN G. BROWN TO PRESIDE.

Indianapolis, Ihd., Dec. 29.- — [Special.]—Lewis Taylor, general secretary of the Indiana Federation bf Farmers’ Associations, has issued a call for an important meeting of live stock producers of the state to be held at the assembly room of the Claypool hotel at 10 a. m. on Monday, January 5. He has urged fthat at least one representative from each of the eighty-one countyorganizations of farmers which are affiliated with the state federation be present, and as many more as possible, as matters of vital interest to the producers of live stock are to be brought up at the "meeting. John G. Brown, of Monon, presij dent of the federation, will. preside at the conference and expects an at- ! tendance of at least 250 live stock producers. Aside from getting the viewpoint from farmers from dil sec- | tions of Indiana, consideration is to i be given a plan fostered by the of- | fleers of the organization to reduce ! the;»cost of handling the live stock from the ~ time it leaves the farm until it reaches the packers. It is pointed out that the heavy overhead

expenses caused by freight, yardage, feeding and commissions, all of •which come off the. original producer, can be greatly reduced' if a plan can be worked out whereby the live stock can be shipped direct to the slaughter houses. In speaking of the project, Mr. Taylor said: “The ups and downs of the live stock market from day to day have come to a point whereby the producer must take some steps to protect himself against any manipulation of the prices. If we can establish a system in Indiana whereby the farmer will know just what he is going to get for his cattle, hogs or sheep when they are rpady for the market, and will not have to take the chance of shipping it to the stock yards where it is knocked down on the block at any old price which he must accept, we have taken a stei in the right direction. \

“By shipping direct many expenses can 'be eliminated, and the producer may be in a position to know whether or not he will be forced to sell at a loss, as frequently is the case under the present conditions. The uncertainty will be eliminated along with many pseless expenses. In addition to the producer getting a fairer return for his product by the direct shipping method, there is no question in my mind but that the consuming , publif also would benefit by reduced prices on meats. We have worked out a tentative plan and are anxious to hear what others have to say in the matter so that we can embody all that is good in a set program to correct this evil which has grown up,with the-live stock industry and worked as a hardship on the producer.” • »\ Earl Ticen, a former resident and an employe 1 of the Crescent-News, who, now represents the Monitor Stove /and Range company through terrijbbry extending o*er the northerns part of Kentucky, the southern parthof Indiana and Illinois, will return to Evansville tomorrow after spending th/e holidays here as the guest of relatives and friends.—Saturday's Frankfort Cre»cent-News.