Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1912-01-03
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pnEsrNI ISSUES.

fHhi'fa 20 inc othcf, Ih"fr are uthur
nice economic issues Involved 10 the
final analysts ana the battle vii b.
wssea 70 the last hitter edge ~ ls0sl
procedure llBi aside from lhe purely
legal aspscf ~ NO proceedings. ths
producer on thr Texas range knows
that eai'le.ralelng hss ccnssd 10 be-
profitable business thai ihe dlscrep.
aaey between TIE price paid fof beef
on the hooi and the price pald ~ The
consumer d aItoreihor tou sfcai far
legitimate prof,a aions gee tine thar
sho price 81 beef on the hnaf n8ei
uaies 10 ami out 81 uoatua. rerafdisls
81 the coat inflicted GA she producer
ana hnaiB iha, the Nice paid h not
bated on the actual number ~ eai
ter iurrd dnfinf rlsvn seasos
1ha uons aef reading market f-
ports b. ikewise oopaeious ~ iihg.
rant disregard ~ lhoto natural condi.
Lions which should flrhiil enter lato
ihv d.aliae- 90 TIE meat baraas
elik their ruaiomera the American
people The price ~ sood hesi sieat
formerly uonsidofsa an Inevitable o.
zion ior iho manual nhoref haa so
steadily climbed into she foslon Of
lmaD That 70 uoe takes the proceeds
of 4 aay'a TON 10 bny steak onouIh
60 saiipf, the faulty maFiur meat
holiday relish Instead of nosdf
vhoiesome. voriaday dioi
A. uounl the producer purher fe
isil,, ana sonaumer ace AZ loesof
heads not the equation stand
rlainly nraiosi th, paeher li thc
pfepoudsfanoo of puddle on.nIun
fhihcrod from tho PARTIES euFaved
ma, hs iaton ua lhe nnai husuor
The rpmr oaitio rplaer upsnl charges
lbe packer tlb Illegal combinations
hfoaebi Ca b focus iof purpoaes Of 81,
,,llior ava consequent prohi llo
hind the cairs raiasf ~bo has ra
pea,,iiy irri go aai,e ,no mystery
ipspl,loe ,hr liberalization uf moat
tomo iho sothsr ami lho cnuaumef
slually pppllls, ,tet au iuiuauco ovt
oi eli proportion hse bsNn fel1lod 90
on ihc mehteatihg puifut
lha lnaiotmenls orainrl ih' pach
ca. Aaahrd bafo % iogal scfhiagc
tbagse
first rhut tho drionisuts. ns
dnls agreement. amone tDemNcl,o
thvo ntei nnd controlled prices.
which afo paid m an ct uiom fer
i,e stock 81, the siooh isfda and
thai these 1tol pdor arc mach lower
than che, vonli oihervla, have been
SECOND that ,hc acirudenti have
n,ea AND controlled % their weekly
agreements. lho ptito 81 frcsh meats
suid in che ssuoea markets ot che
cnuatf, ana hat those used pfleoa
have bcon Inflated. excessive aud
lhlsbcr than would otherwise have
bosn The case,
Tho hccrasn,y inference u that 'hc
cattle raiser has hesn the victim Of
lpll,e manipulation. Aua that tae
moai.ca,er has been the ,ie'lm ot 'n-
ilatea prices. lca'ins the dinorcne'
40 she pacbcf In al,iacnds no aases
niu tho truth OF ,hc matter and cor
s.ss tno syll. n an c,ii rsir'-. Watch
socms more than uteh 10 Che pee
,lnsc Of lhe ooufla.
Coupaol foi che pachvFa, hEhiinE
Tor the m,esrip Of tae paee'ns ln.
aunlt, a. nov wasct, makes sweep
int Arnlals.
The defendants 90 not rs the par
chase prlgo 81 waffle by esfccmen,
The purchaser price - hNcd ey thc
lmarAes eoedliloes which nei,s'r
defendants nor an, one ccuircls, o'
lcan control. and TIA, purchase pfloe
has s,eatlY risen durlns the Years
rtc defendants 40 90, "A aad sousrol
lu sals priecs os ire.h meats "a me
lmarhcts The.e meats arc sold aa.
der competitive conditions. In thc
markets. Ia direct rempetiiion vish
dosonA aud hundreds ~ competitors
which mAkcs snth a Thus Impossible.
and a ls NOT IN iaes done Nor afe
salo prices 81 moais BY the packers,