540 TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART VII 



Another reason is the fact that up to the present the Chicago 

 Live Stock Exchange has not seen fit to adopt the rule to deduct 

 from each shipment five cents per car. The question was voted 

 on during the summer and voted down by the Chicago Live Stock 

 Exchange. Under the rules of the Exchange they cannot call up 

 that question again for reconsideration and take another vote on it, 

 as I understand it, inside of six months ; so that they have to wait 

 six months before they can consider it, which I am informed they 

 expect to do and are very hopeful of carrying it or putting it 

 across, so that the Live Stock Exchange in Chicago will then col- 

 lect or take from each car five cents per car to be turned in to the 

 Live Stock and Meat Board. That is one of the things that has 

 seriously handicapped them. 



The Producers organization at Chicago is turning in each month 

 to this board five cents per car for all of the stock that we handle, 

 but we are the only firm doing business at the yards, so far as 

 I am informed, that is doing this. Some of the smaller markets 

 — Omaha is collecting five cents per car on all stuff entering the 

 Omaha market. Some of the other smaller markets are doing the 

 same. Kansas City has adopted the rule by quite a large ma- 

 jority, I understand, but for some technical reason it is being 

 held and they are not contributing their five cents per car to the 

 meat board. So that as soon as they can get these little difficulties, 

 which seem to be difficulties at the present time, ironed out, why, 

 we believe that the meat board is going to be in a position to func- 

 tion in a way which will be of real benefit to us. 



The figures that Mr. Harlan gave you here yesterday — I was 

 sorry that we were so handicapped for time, especially when Mr. 

 Harlan got into those figures on consumption of meat, here, that 

 we could not have spent more time on that. You will recall that 

 his figures on the consumption of meat show quite a marked in- 

 crease for the last year. That is home consumption that I am talk- 

 ing about. I was surprised to learn that fact. Now, it just 

 demonstrates to my mind that there is no doubt but the agitation 

 that has been going on through the press already concerning the 

 work of this National Live Stock and Meat Board is already bear- 

 ing fruit in this country, that people are beginning to eat more 

 meat, because those figures actually demonstrate that fact, the in- 

 creased consumption in meat during the past year, and especially 

 in pork. 



Mr. Eisele: Do the packers contribute to this? 



