Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-09
Chicago Cattle Dealers Reject
Tentative Agreement With
the Packers
CITIES
ACCEPT
OTHER
Omaha the Only Point Outside of Chi
caso Where Agreement Has Been
Rejected-Action Shock to Conser
vative Comm ssion Mon = Creates a
Big Surprise,

refusal of terms Of peace by the COM
mission men in Chicago yesterday at
ternoon tore wide open again the
breach between the packers and the
here.
AT meeting held at the Saddle and
Sirloin club, with the largest attend
ance of recent years. the members of
the live stock exchange tore the report
of the arbitration committee to tatters
and adopted an ultimatum which will
be presented to the packers today.
The terms of the ultimatum, the text
of which was kept secret by orders Of
Joseph Adams, who presided at the
meeting, are in direct opposition to the
tentative agreement reached Friday by
the heads of the big packing houses
and representatives of the live stock
exchanges of Chicago, st. Louis, Kan
sas City, Omaha. and Sioux City.
Thorough reputation and scathing
ference marked The meeting which con-
tinued for two sultry hours.
The test vote came on a substitute
resolution offered by George v. Wells,
for the report of the conference COM
mittee embodyirg the Friday agree
ment. Mr.. Adams who was in the
chair, declared the substitute adopted by
una nimous vote after hot debate, all
tho there were several votes cast on the
negative side.
The position OF the commission men,
as indicated by their action of yester-
day, is that the big packing houses
shall not handle any Of the tagged
heifers and cows which are subject to
st-mortem examination. This class
of cattle If the commission men win
their point, will go to the Independent
concerns.
This committee was named to carry
the result of the deliberations of the
commission men to the packers: p. n.
Ingmersen, John w. Moore. s. e. Wood,
John Byers, George v. Wells, Joseph
Adams, George B. Van Norman, John
Bowles and NJ. p. Buel.
The adoption of Mr.. Wells substitute
came after a motion had been voted
down reiterating the strong resolutions
which the commission men adopted
four weeks ago in reply to the annouce-
,nent of the packers that they would
purchase COWS and heifers only subject
to post mortem examination. Added to
that resolution was the assertion that
the attitude OF the packers, all thru
the contest. had borne out the accusa-
tions which were made at that time.
The commission mems representa-
tives will present their demands to the
heads of the packing houses this NOR
ming.
The result Of The meeting yesterday
afternoon was surprise to the con-
sentative element among the commits
sion men, who had expected that the
compromise agreement reached be-
tween the packers and the representa-
tives of all of the live stock exchanges
would receive the ratification of the
Chicago Live Stock Exchange. mas
much as the agreement carried with II
a majority of the points demanded by
the commission men in the first In
stance, according to one of the mem
bers of the committee which conferred
with the packers Friday.
Telegraphic information had been
received during the day that the Kan
sas City and Sioux City live stock ex-
changes had ratified the conference
agreement in all Of it's details and that
the st. Louis exchange had accepted
the agreement with a modification OF
clauses B. Little difficulty, therefore.
was anticipated in securing the &C
quiescence of the Chicago men, and
the surprise at the action taken was
the greater.
The agreement will go into effect at
once at Kansas City as a result If its
ratification there yesterday. Mem
bers of the Kansas City Live Stock
Exchange consider it practically q vic
tory for the commission men, as 1t GOES
away substantially with The PROPOSE
ton of the packers that cattle DE re-
ceived from shippers subject to rost-
mortem examination.
The post norton rule, Waich has
been opposed by all i've ST. elk ex-
changes, will now apply at Kansas City
only to dairy cows and to common ma
tive Gamer cows. Whit shall consfi-
tute Gamers and dairy cows will lie
agreed upon by commission men and
packers at the time of ca, sale. All
range cattle will be passed without
post-mortem examination.
At Omaha the commission men and
packing house managers met without
reaching an agreement. Another meet
ing will be held today. One prominent
commission man there declared that
Omaha would stand pal WITH Chicago
aEd insist on having an open market
For the packers, R. c. Howe, man
ager for Armour e. Co., at Omaha, said
he believed the matter wo I'D be set
tied on the same. basis that was
reached at ST. joseph, Kansas City,
st. Louis and Sioux City
AT East St Louis, for the :'rst time
in nearly two mon his, buyers for pack
ing houses bought COWS at the Nation
al Stock Yards yesterday without ask
ing that the trans actor be made sub
iect "a a post-morte.n inspection. When
buyers saw a ccw in lot they dld not
want the animal was cut out and sold
81 parately. There were enoGgh Ut
side buyers for came :; - that the
con'n ssion men and pa ;keri' BUYERS
did not have to argue over this class.
Commission men are elated ever
wha. seems a de stable solution of the
long controversy. They are, however,
cautioning shippers against over
stocking the market, for the packing
houses have not yet announced any
definite policy.
AT Sioux City the compromise agree