Fire —- — a Accident & Health —- JOSEPH Every Casualty @: & Probate Bonds — Annuities E. OLSEN INSURANCE 515 Security Se Need Bldg. - 102 North Douglas 9247 Brand Blvd. Glendale, California January Mr. Marriner A. 1205 First Security Ogden, Utah. Dear Marriner: 26, 19359. January 24, Browning, Replying to Bank Bldg., your letter of 1959. IT have checked with several operators of large markets here in Glendale and Los Angeles and they tell me that they have always had and still experience difficulty in marketing the front end of the sheep. On the face of it it would appear a packing house problem, yet it is quite apparent that the packing houses have permitted it to go unnoticed. There may be many reasons for this which we on the outside of the packing house business do not know. After giving thought to it one is to conclude that probably this is due to the fact that the led sheep is only one of the innumerable packing house products. It may be that the packing house in some of their prepared products utilizes all of the sheep, yet the problem which the individual meat market operator has is disposing of the front quarters after he buys the sheep course, the meat market operator he wants, packing the but when he the price house whole sheep it saleable portion front end. able the at to or selling the Now the a good to becomes whole consumer buy lamb wherever has to he of the problem sheep is market owner to the front portion, of special house. of the cuts prohibitive, the individual least attempts from the packing can buy any part and Of sheep from the he buys so he can and then in establish a price on that that will to work absorb out sell at a his plan a loss that profit quarters of on all, each the will en- or sheep or lamb. For this reason it is my opinion that it would be of no benefit at this time to discuss it with the individual packer but to first find out if the sheep men could be induced to work out their own salvation on a cooperative advertising undertaking. back of getting the a Of course, If a few movement large I number it will of the larger believe of never the it sheep would smaller be possible be operators operators to would instrumental interest get in interested, 100% in this or any other scheme, In every beneficial undertaking there are always some who will stay on the outside with the thought that they will derive some benefit without contributing of their means or their efforts to do so, ways The individual meat market to market the front quarters operators have tried numerous of the sheep with their local