The Mena weekly star., 1907-05-30
RESENT PACKERS ACTION
Kansas City Live Stock Dealers Refuse to Sell Under an Ob-
 noxious Order.
DECLARE 1T ARBITRARY AND UNLAWFUL
Resolutions to That Effect Adopted by the Commission Men, and m Addition Their Customers Are Re quested Not to Ship any Cows and Heifers at Present.

quested Not to Ship any Cows
 and Heifers at Present.
 Kansas City, May 25.-The live stock commission merchants in Kan sas City decided Thursday on plan of opposition to the packers post mortem inspection order. Armour, Morris X Co, Swift & Co. the National Packing company and Schwarzschild & Sulzberger notified the commission men recently that be- ginning Monday, May 27, they would refuse to purchase cows or heifers except subject to examination after killing. with the understanding that if condemned because of diseased condition of the meat, the settlement for the carcasses was to be made on the packers valuation. The order is to take effect in Kansas City, Chi cago, St. Louis, Omaha and St. Joseph.
 The commission merchants here met at the stock yards exchange Thursday and adopted resolution that they will sell no cows and heif- CTS to the packers under the terms of the new order. A roll call of the commission firms doing business at the stock yards was read and every firm was represented. None voted against the resolution. In addition the live stock dealers have advised their customers to ship no fat cows or heifers for the first few days next week.
 The following is an excerpt from the resolution adopted:
 Resolved, That. while we are In favor of a rigid inspection for the protection of public health. and while we recognized that in the large amount of stock purchased there will necessarily be more or less loss by reason of condemnation. we also con- tend that the buying interests are in position, as they have been at all times, to protect themselves against such losses. not only in their pur- chasing but in the sale of the prod uct; and that 1t is the unanimous sense of the live stock commission merchants, members of the Kansas City live stock exchange, that the proposed joint action of the packers Is unlawful, unfair and unjust det- rimental to the trade in general and calculated to work a great hardship upon both the producer and the shipper of livestock
 In discussing these resolutions James c. Swift. member of the commission firm and president of the National live stock exchange said:
 This action of the packers Is en- tirely arbitrary. unjust and unlawful. tfrefy~ unuef the control of the pack CTS.
 "The post mortem inspection is done by government officials entire ly within the walls of houses owned by the packers. Thus when cattle leave the hands of the commission man the owner has no one to rep iNsNAi nun ht thO ihCPCClhOu VI any recourse or appeal from the returns shown on the government inspec- tors sheets"
 Although the Cudahy Packing company's name does not appear in the original notice from the packers. representative of that firm said at the meeting Thursday that his com pany would act with the other pack CTS.
 South Omaha. May 25-The South Omaha Livestock Exchange Friday morning passed resolutions in which the members agree not to sell heif- CTS and cows to the packing houses in this city until the packers rescind their orders, taking effect next Monday, to refuse to pay full prices for cattle of those classes if, after being slaughtered, the animals are found to be suffering from tuber- culosis or other diseases. The ex- change has issued notice to stock men and shippers to withhold ship ments of heifers and cows for he present
 Packers state that their action in making the order against cows and heifers is due to the fact that the condemnation of this class of cattle is SO heavy that the loss is too great and the risk too heavy
 Corporal Knowles Gets SO Years.