Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-06
Packers and Livestock Exchange
Men Agree Upon post Nor
tenn Rule
SOME OPPOSITION MAY DEVELOP
Commission Mon May Balk Settlement
When Approval Question Comes UP
Monday and Ask New inspection
Lsws--Terms Of tho Agreement -
TeIeeraphic News.

| Chicago, July 6.--The fight between
the large packing interests and the
members of the National Live Stock
Exchange will probably be officially de-
clared off on Monday.
| The terms Of an amcable adjustment
OF the grievances of commission men
who have been refusing since May u
to sell cattle to the packers subject to
the "postmortem" examination rule
were arranged at "a joint meeting Of the
association with representatives of the
packing interests yesterday afternoon
| The dove of peace lowered over the
committee room Of the exchange while
| the meeting was In progress.
| When Arthur Meeker, representing
Armour & Co, emerged from the inner
room the smile that he wore resembled
tina. which Illuminated the tan bark at
Lake Forest last week when his crack
fore in hand took the blue ribobn.
Whether the terms of adjustment
will prove as gratifying TO the individ-
ual commission men when they are
called to pass upon them finally next
Monday is matter of conjecture. Indi-
| cations were not wanting that the dove
of peace may have to desert its resting
| place on. the lintels of the committee
room doors.
f. The draft Of the agreement drawn up
yesterday retains the post norton
clause which provides for rejection by
the buyer of diseased carcasses, but
limits the application Of the rule to cat
tie which have been tagged as appar-
emily unhealthy by the government in
spectors at the time of sale. Such cat
tie are then to be taken by the buyers
subject to post mortem inspection at
the original owners risk. If the buyer
and the sellex should be unable to
agree as to what shall constitute indi-
cations of disease the inspector Is to
be the final arbiter.
1t is agreed that both the National
Live Stock Exchange thru its members
and the packers shall appeal to the
governors of their respective states to
secure the passage and proper enforce
menr of laws tending to stamp out dis
eases, particularly tuberculosis, among
cattle.
Briefly SUMMARIZED the terms of
settlement decided upon yesterday are
as follows:
1. All cattle which appear to be I'M
healthy are to be tagged and sold sub
ject to post -mortem examination.
2. In cases of dispute the inspec-
tor is to decide how the tags shall be
affixed.
3. All dairy cows and all cows driv-
en- into the yards and sold to pack
ers are to be subject to post-mortem
examination. This rule is also to APP
ply 10 all canning cows sold under a
certain price. This price is to be de-
termined on the first of each month
by representative Of the packers
and representative of the exchange.
4. The exchange agrees at it's own
expense to hire one or more insectors
to have charge Of the tagging of all
COWS
5. Range cows are by the terms of
the agreement to be excluded and are
to be sold as heretofore. The buyer
and the seller will agree in this case
as to what constituted dairy COW,
and in the event Of their failure to d.
so the inspector shall decide.
The agreement drawn up yesterday
and submitted by the executive COM
mittee of the National Live Stock ex-
change to the packers for approval is
in reality digest Of a number of ten
tative terms of settlement presented by
the packers themselves in the various
large markets to the local exchanges.
Certain protective features were added
by the committee during an execu-
tive session which preceded the gem
eral conference.
This agreement which was APP
proved by both parties to the controv-
ersy will be submitted for final APP
prevail to the local exchanges on Mon
day. Without their sanction it cam
not become effective. and opposition is
predicted The commission men have
fought the post-morten1 regulation on
the ground that it left them no re-
course in case they were unable to
trace the cattle to the original own
ers and even with them restrictions
imposed upon its application by the
new understanding it is believed that
strenuous opposition will develop.