Chicago Producers 13 

 Years Old 



Sell More Than $308,000,000 of Livestock Since Crganiiation 



in 1922 



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H PARKK 



ITS s(-)iiothiH]; of ill! iiiici>i|ili>l-,iii<iit 

 for :i faimoi-ow^K'ii <<-f>|>frati\ » t( 

 l>«- 111 UusiiH'ss 1.'. yciii'i. huiuilt iOiii 

 ^«-ll (iiiiiiiir tliat peiiofl iiioie tliar 1-" niil- 

 lioi. htail of liv<'-.'l(ifk f<M- ^:!(»S.7 la.t'.U'i.T 1 

 and :u-i<>unl to the inmliim- f<>i i\<i\ 

 pmny riirlit fully <lue him. 



This achii'Vi'iiif lit c.f the (liuji;;! I'l.' 

 (iiutr> CciiiiMii~~ion A ^social ioi; which 

 pii>s(<i aiiothfi- i)iil< 

 -tniio at it> annual 

 nu'ctirjr Maivh !"_' i> 

 i.iir f:invici- cai' 

 uc!. Ki- pii'iii; iif. 

 parliculaily lllin<'i> 

 farmt"i>. for thc> 

 fiiriii<hi-ii il i: I : ii ;; 

 Il'-'il ncarl\ T.' p<-r 

 i-cnt I'f the ti'!::l ii- 

 ri'iias. 



(Ipfralinjr i>i: a re 

 li u I- (• li rommisMion 

 l.asi.- i.f Letter 

 than '2i' per iint siiui la-t April, the 

 rhicaeo I'loiiui crs canu thr<niKh 'he- 

 year with a j-'i'ii "f 14.(>4'"r in receipts of 

 iivei^tuck rl<>>iiiti' a reduitiot, of 2.*i7'', 

 !n total market iereipi>. and with a net 

 income of .SlT.^lT^. 1.". Not >-<^ nuu h of a 

 niarjri;.. to he sure, hut still on the rijrht 

 ^u)r of ih.e lecit't'r after iiiaintainintr a 

 I apahle sales ami service orfranization 

 nc) takinc eave of extr;'. expenses re- 

 -ultinjr frmii thi- <li~a-lri.ii- fire of last 

 -iimmer 



One loyal I'iimIuii-! patii'i Kinarketi 

 ill loiiimeiitini; i>n the reduceil ei'iumis- 

 ■-loli fee which olil liiu lompaiiie^ are 

 still fijrhliiit'. "Nve'r< vettir.j;- a commis 

 sion refuiiil now <>r every rarloai! wc 

 'hip to the rroiiucers." 



rresiilenl Henry 11. I'arke of lieKall; 

 1 ounty ilelivereil a iai'<full.v prepareii 

 statement full of soiinii. logical arjrii- 

 meut ill which he eiiihr-i .1 the iioi ai; 

 uistment pro>;iam. 



"Our srreatest ho|ie for tlu pres«-!,t 

 lies in n planned economy here al home." 

 he said. '"I'roductioi. must stay withii 

 the bounds of consum|>t!oii ; otherui-t 

 ■ •conomic chaos will prevail." 



Her* at'aiii we have an txaniple ot 

 .. company handiinp a farn; produit 

 which rococ-ni/.es that it is more impor 

 taut that the farmer eet a fair price foi 

 his produit than it is foi the compaiix 

 ti hardle ;i lar-je \ ohline li 



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iiicoiiie. li ;- I- the ilitle'.eim II point 

 of view lu'lweer, a farmer owneii com- 

 pany and ;i privately-owrieii company. 

 .Mr. I'ark(. a member of the iiationai 

 committee of l>eef latlle producers, like- 

 wise, spok*' for the so called livestock 

 and feed trrain amendirent to the .Ajrri- 

 ciiltural .Adiustmeiit .\ct whiih would 

 make possible iisiti;; levenui' from )>roc- 

 essini; taxes on livestock. ;riain. and 

 livestock products to dispose of farm sur- 

 pluses abroad, at home for non-food 

 uses, or to finaiici' a simple feed train 

 acream- control projrram. 



.■^peakin;; nf the .'<.l.">.(i(Mi t.- .Sod.tMKi in 

 -avin;;s to I'lodiieei- palioiis siiici tlie 

 Jli to 2'''- ( 4iniinissiiiii cut was initiated 

 la~t .'sprinj;. ['resident Parke saiil: "A\- 

 though we are ii, sympathy with tlu pur 

 pose of the adniinistratiiui in reduciiijr 

 the ciuiimissior. rates, it may prove too 

 ilrastic unless your ort;;;ni/.atior, is 

 Idessed with a much larger pi rceiitaini 

 • ■f receipts dulin^;• the comii.j; two year 

 period in which we >.hall face j;''»'!*tly 

 ilec! eased marketing's as a result of the 

 devastatiiii; ilrouth and the .-\.A.\ pro- 

 i;raii'. (>nl> through a more ambitious 

 field service prouuini t'.roUKh our Kami 

 Bureau or;.'aiii/at ioii> can this lie aicoiii 

 plished. 



"Your board of diiictors. knowinjr that 

 a nickel ad<ie<i t. the luaiket price of 

 livestock throu<;li effective salesmanship 

 is worth seven to eijrht times mole than 

 a ten percent refund, ha^ directed that 

 eviiy ouiKi of eiieiuy in the oryatiiza- 

 ti<'n 111- used this cominy year l(. develor. 

 \oluine anii more effective selliiit;. 



"While We are spending a few thoii- 

 -aii<l didlais trying- to centralize sellinjr. 

 the packers, han-ilinp ><tt'", of the slaujrh- 

 ter. are endea\oriny to decentralize sell- 

 iiif.'- Throu-ih. their .Association to Nlaiv- 

 taiii Freedom ii. Marketinj;. radio, and 

 publicity, they an >spendin;r hundiiil.- of 

 thousands of dollars to si-atter our ef 

 I'orts. .At tlic same time we witness 

 u-reater centralization in buymj:. This 

 jrradua! c<uiceiitration of l.uyin;; powi i 

 must be matched by c<dlective b»jir)fair 

 infr throujrh our farmer-owned and eoi 

 trrdled c«-0])eralives." 



.After payinjr tribute to the maiKet 

 rwsearch and analysis service of the 

 N'atioral LivestcK-k .Maiketinp .Associa 

 tion ;,•■ n helpful t'ui'l* '" 'hi farmer i' 



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hitting; lu'tter markets. I'resideiit l'ark< 

 asserted, that "investigation by the Nb- 

 tional di.sdoses an iniiiuitou.s rate sliiu 

 ture txist.iii(r between livestock and with 

 prefereiitials and malaii.iii.«tmcnts that 

 are in lar^e measure r-<'sponsiblc for a 

 vicious circle of price reductions whicii 

 are eostinp the livestock pro<iiicers thou- 

 samlf! of dollars annually. 



"Correction of these conditions wijl 

 ri-.|Uire a much lar.uer budget for thi 

 transpoitation <lepai1ment of the Na 

 tional Livestock Marketing: Association. 

 If the Interstate Commerce Commission 

 does not make corrections it may be- 

 come a subiecJ of cont'iessional invesiti 

 ;;ation." 



Speakini; of jriowii.t;- middleman tip- 

 position to (('-operative marketing an<i 

 l>articiilarly of the fiplit beinp; watred 

 by handlers of farm products against 

 the pendin>r .A.A.A amendments, he said, 

 "opposition to the amendments poe-- 

 deeper than appears on the surface. I". 

 is a prtdiminar.v attempt to overthrow 

 the .A.A.A iMotiiam at its foundation. The 

 next step is a concerted drive at thr 

 luocessinjr tax already manifested it 

 subtle propairanda for the farmer to 

 -wallow. Should their efforts prove sur- 

 ctssful. airricnlturc again would be on 

 the t<d)oi.'jrnii. Haii we not better makt 

 hay while we have- a .'^e-cre'tary e)f Agri 

 culture- whi' is sympafhetii- to ajrricul 

 ture-".'" 



Manatrer 1'. 1. Swansoii in his annua! 

 iiport ele.scribed dramatie-all.v how busi 

 iiess and order was restoreel fidlovvinj.- 

 I lit sreat stex-kyards fire last May li' 

 which destreiyed the- offices and nearly 

 all the book- and re-cords of the Pre 

 ducers. "The Chicat'o Producers came 

 threiuifh the year hanrlliiiL' the preates; 

 Volume of livestock and the largest per- 

 cenlape of receipts in its history," he 

 -ai<l. l;i,('74 cars of livestock from 2^: 

 -tates Were sedd duriiip i;»:{4. or 12.90"i 

 • >f the livestock available for sale at Chi- 

 cago. Sales value of this livestock wa> 

 «18,43y,835.]3. Trucks hauled in 52'^ 

 ■ ■f hope teilii at Chie-api- last year and 



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