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have got to get out of the way with the inbound to take care of 

 the outbound, or vice versa. Stock coming in the morning or 

 evening has to be fed, and the force of men is not adequate to 

 take care of both. 



The Bureau of Markets, in my opinion, has been of very great 

 help to the shipping public, and is just beginning to get started, 

 and, in my judgment, their work will be more effective in the 

 future than it has been in the past. The supervision of the Bureau 

 of Markets will grow and develop in a short time to where you 

 will begin to see, feel and realize what it is worth. 



There should be a solution to the late arrival of live stock at 

 a market point, and before we commence our discussion, a little 

 later, I will give you what I think of it and what I recommend, 

 and what was accepted at Kansas City. It seems where receipts 

 are running as heavy as at this time, the first train should arrive 

 at the stock yards chutes at 10 p. m., and they should continue 

 constantly arriving and unloading until 6 or 7 a. m., and by such 

 a method your stock will be unloaded, fed, watered and sorted, 

 ready for sale, at 8 a. m., when the market opens, and if that 

 should be brought about, thefe could be no excuse for the packer 

 not coming out at 8 o'clock, endeavoring to commence his sales 

 at that hour. It would eliminate all excuses from the commission 

 men and the buyer not having an opportunity to try to sell his 

 stock on the day in which it is intended for market. Claims are 

 usually based in many cases on late arrivals. In many cases 

 claims are presented because they arrived too late to have the 

 benefit of the early market. 



I personally realize that the live stock shippers of today, as a 

 whole, want service and not claims, altho many railroads say the 

 shippers are unfair and unreasonable, and are looking to see how 

 much they can get back from the railroad before they make their 

 shipments. I want to say I do not believe any such stuff as that, 

 because I have farmed and bought live stock, and have represented 

 the railroads for thirty years, and during four years I was general 

 agent of the Union Transit Company of Chicago. I only mention 

 that because I want you to know that I have had some experience 

 along the various lines I am now trying to represent the people in 

 thru the United States government. 



I want to say something about the eastern stock yards. As 

 chairman of the special live stock committee, I have conducted 



