The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-05-11

ven general interest has been mani
0osee1 n the government investigation
0oW IN progress Into tho mode OF con.
.1uct1ng business by the large packers
1ocnoo6 In Chicago and elsewhere.
AucA has been written upon the nj.
yogeo Illegal and improper modes OF
00nen91D procedure connected with the
Oacking industry: but II seems that 80
GAe - definite charge OF any kind has
ooon sustained and no proof Of illegal
- 1ncqultable methods has been dis
E1oooa 90 the public. While a wave or
0overe criticism Of this great industrial
0ferest In now passing over the coun.
1xy it might be well TO remember that
- packers have had rs yet no oppor-
tDnlty 60 make specific denial. the
0any Indefinite charges OF wrong-do.
1ng having never been formulated so
that . categorical answer could be
0ade.
The recent report OF Commissioners
0ar0e1d. which embodied the results
- N o0cial investigation undertaken
~ tire Department OF Commerce aud
Labor Of the United States. was a win;
1lcAtion OF the Western packers. hut
dis result having been unexpected ut.
te0pts In many quarters To dlscredlt IL
were made.
In view of the situation as n now.
Gfan6a. however. attention may proper.
" - called TO few facts that owing
- popular clamor are now being ap,
Dareutiy overlooked. Fair treatment
u this country has heretofore been ne.
corded 20 all citizens whose affairs as.
oume prominence In the public eye anu
oo0s Of the facts that bear upon t,,,,
celGtion OF the packers TO the com:
oerce Of the country may at this time
- briefly alluded 10. IL would be-
1l0cuit 20 estimate the benefits gaine,'
~ the farmers OF the country result
Ing from the energetic enterprise OF
Ne packers. for whatever is OF benefit
- he farmer IL a gain TO the cntirt
commerce OF the country. And con
0ectea with their continuous aggres,
eve work no feature perhaps has beef;
mem important than their efforts iu
0oeking outlets nli over the world for
~ surplus products OF the farmerj
Dor total exports OF agricultural prod
0cts have gained but little In the past
tWenty years. and leaving out corn. thu,
totAl OF all other farm products wal
tar lem In 1903 than In 1891. Hut ~
-Uacsing house products there was con-
0e1erable gain during this period. be,
enuee an organized and powerful force
'aas been behind them seeking new
and broader markets.
Besides the benefits reapcd by farm.
ers on account OF the enterprise and
energy exercised by the packers In at
ginning commercial results 10y foreign
trade. the great development In the
0anufacture OF packing house by-prod.
octs has added enormously 10 the
value OF all live stock raised IN the
Unlted States. The waste material OF
twenty years ngo. then an expense 10
the packer. In now converted into ar
ticles OF great value and. as an eco.
oomic fact, this must correspondingly
Increase the value 10 the farmer OF
every head OF cattle marketed at the
numerous stock yards OF the country.
Let these facts be remembered while
now Il II 30 popular 10 regard the
great packing industry ms deserving OF
-coudemnation. At least II must be adj.
mltted that. so far. there Is no ade-
-Quate reason for the almost unaui-
mons howl that may he heard every.
where I'm the face OF the Garfield re-.
pert above alluded 10 which practical.
" exoneratcs the packers from the oh.
scure and indefinite charges that have
been for some time past made the sub.
acct OF popular comment.