The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-11-23
NEWS OF THE EAST.
How the Beef Combine
Killed Competition.
rHE HAISEs CASE POSTPONED.
George ;. Knight and Disn Bencl-
caalt HepeasssIy Iil-Eera6-
lEesHs wnl Contest Virginia.

IT. L1cIs. Nov. =-Tas senate cattle
trade investigating committee met arxsa
this morning. Z l. Leonard % Saline
comfy. one OF the largest importers of
black cattle in Missouri. said the eassle
market was parasyred BY the coatrol Of a
c5zen bsef msa. Thsre wzs 70 csmreti-
iioa IN The market between buyers.
Senator Plumb asked the witness n he
shonghf the price 20 tie Consumer vas
soweE teau formerly. Uhea tee7e pe-e -.
packing aasaseS
Aignex-I know ikas the prices We get
for oar live stock beef does not Justify fAs
price which the consumer PAYS
Lsyi sangelS. wholesale hafcher os
Nsw YORK. formerly an exporter. testified
tHsi the cattle market Il now depressed
He was familiar with ihs dressed heei bus
isiess- Win the excepTloa Of ore Or two
towns in the East- al the beef sold there is
dressed beef The local b1tehers have
guilt siangDtering o. bnyisg frona whole
sale Slaagliere-s. TIE reason fer this was
t1at the Western dressed beef rsen have
gone in there and offered their beef lower
taan the l0rsl butchers could buy cattle
and slaughter them. In This Hzy the local
slAlsgatcrsEs were f0rce1 10 qels Killing
snd bay dressed hcei from the west When
the wessSra fasa bad secured ecafroI they
PAL uP the price high enough 70 justin
iheiF loss prcylossx 10 obtaining coRsrol
A. ". tIiiiiand, Of Midland, Tex. stated
that stosi year sgo he was Negotiating
sish the fFofEseforS Of a bssef FefFiceratur
~ p faso q supply them with cattle huf
the ueguiiasions fell throa-h because the
- Faso people were e4nSod cal The
southern Pacific railroad fefnscd fa supply
cars fer transportation OF dressed beef -
lbs Angeles, having contract with
Ga. as~ people which compelled them to
exe,uae Ei Paso people
Richard Grsy. geaeraI fr,igh. s~sa. -
the southern Pacific system. with his oaice
az eAu francisco, was examined a. his
aSn requsst He wished % gef on record
q esaiai % the statement made bg Hiiliard
aud anctasr witness with reference 80 the
COMPANY rclasai TO fuFnish rsffigerafo-
cars 81 p Raso. This statement could rot
- tFac, aS The company never had any re-
faseralor csrs IN iisequipment The com
pans Asd never refused 70 furuish box cars
10 any one when Il hsa them.
senator Cull0n thought he had Gray cor
nszed when the latter admitted that his
company had refused 70 accept cars from
other companies and compelled shippers
70 transfer from the original ears 70 south
era fscihc cars. Gray, however, qualified
this statement By saYsng that the Southern
Pacific hsd only done this whea tie car
offered was unit 20 go over the steep grades
and arouud the sharp curves OF their road
George Beck of Detroit. 3 butcher aud
carte dealer for the last 50 years. testified
ta4S iEe dressed beef organization had
been the means Of crushing cut al butchers
Throughout the Esst and concentrating the
cattle business 81 Chicago
HOw ksMoCE KILLED A BOYCOTT.
Warren BuckTasster a retail butcher of
Akron, O., testified that in iSs7 the Labor
unions of Akron passed a resolution not 10
buy meats OF Armour 4 Co. The
butchers OF Akron were hapRy.
but In few days Armour
sent doN n a carload of meat aad nndersold
them all The Armour concern opened two
stores IN the heart Of Akron aud actually
gave away the best meat In the land The
result was the signing OF an agreement hy
the butchers association TO give prefer
ence 10 the house of Armour & Co. the
latter agreeing 70 close their retail extab-
llsament IN Akron. Instead Of closing
their stores they sold them to local butch
ers. TO be run 10 the great detriment Of the
tE9de, Witness admitted. ho4yes r. tsat rs
Psesent the consumers get sheir meat much
cheaper than before Armour & Co. came in.
John Duff OF Detroit. butcher OF ,,
years experience. testified that he WAS
met at CheboyEan six years ago by Armour
meat and closed out OF the market there.
At y places Ia Michigan outside Of Detroit,
Armour meat is I cent per pound higher
than in Detroit. In these towns butchers
who SIX years ago were well 10 DO are now
bankrupt.
Only oue witness was examined AZ the
night session, A. c. CASSIDY, aa East -.
Louis commission man He explained the
difference between Chicago and ST Louis
ss cattle markets. on purely bssiness
principles, and claimed II -. Eoals did the
1ghf thing the cattle question would come
out all right