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The President: They do at all markets, where it is adopted. 

 They are not in Chicago. At all of the markets where that rule 

 is adopted and they are collecting from the shipper, they are col- 

 lecting from the packer also. But at none of the markets where 

 the rule is suspended or not in force are the packers contributing, 

 and neither are the shippers. 



Mr. Eisele: This Wilson, that is the packer? 



The President: Yes, sir, that is the packer. The packers are 

 ready at Chicago to contribute their share just the moment that 

 the Exchange adopts the rule, but of course they feel that it would 

 be unfair for them to go ahead ; and then, on the other hand, the 

 plan provides that we shall each contribute alike, and I question 

 very seriously whether the stock men would desire the packers to 

 finance it. That has always been the position of the stock men, 

 that they did not want the packers to finance their propositions; 

 they wanted to do their part. It is not the fault of the stock 

 men, you understand. We have never received an objection from 

 a stock man to the payment of this nickel a car — not one. Neither 

 has the meat board. It is simply because the live stock exchanges 

 have refused to collect that nickel, and we have no other way of 

 collecting it, only through the commission firms. 



Mr. Mott : What became of that deal that we put over ; weren 't 

 we collecting five cents a car? 



Mr. Gunn informs us that in spite of these handicaps they are 

 having a fairly good income at the present time, and with the pros- 

 pect, of course, of that being very materially increased during the 

 present year. So we believe that this thing is going to work out 

 all right yet and that we will get a real national meat board that 

 will really function in the interest of the live stock producers of 

 the country and overcome a lot of this misinformation that has 

 been sent out by quack doctors and one thing and another in one 

 way and another; such things as the influence of the '"eat-no- 

 meat" campaigns that were put on during the war, and all that 

 stuff that we have got to overcome. 



A Member: Mr. President, there is no organization that nas 

 authority to order that five cents taken from each shipper 's car ? 



The President : No, sir. 



The Member: We could direct our officers. 



The President: We could resolve in favor of it. I am glad 

 you called attention to that. Possibly we could incorporate that 

 in our resolutions here favoring that. That would be a fine thing. 



