The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-20
First Original Memorandum Cost Sheets Are
 Unearthed
THREE COMPANIES
 EXCHANGED DATA
Witnesses Dill and Waterhouse Give Damaging Testimony Against Packers-Eyidence Upholds
 Government Contentious

 original memorandum cost sheets for beef used by Armour < Co. at it's South oma- ha plant between March and September, 1910, were introduced in evidence by the government in the packers aia today
 They are the first original data dealing with the actual figuring of the beef cost within tho period covered by the iudic.- rsent unearthed in the trial and show the allowances made for hv-products by tho test cost system This system, the gov e2nment declares, was used by the pack ers IS the basis of fixing prices.
 The sheeta we're produced by Edward J. MeAdams, office manager at the South Omaha plant of Armour < Co.
 Companies Exchanged Data
 Earlier in the day, Everett B. Dill anl Perry N. Naterhouse, formerly managers For the National Packing company at Boston, from l93 to i906 testified that il was the practice for the representatives ot Armour x Co, Swift & Co. and Morris x Co to exchange data of the daily ship lnents. margins and selling prices. | They said that in this way the repre- sentative of each company knew what the other was doing. Sometimes this iu- | Formation was ohlaned by telephone and al other times the branch managers made the rounds of the other offices to get the | figures
 | Waterhoese testified that when he was | in charge of the National Packing com pany's business in Boston. the managers met every Saturday 10 exchange this in- formation. IIe said they made the daily and weekly reports to the main office in Chicago regarding the price obtained on l sales,
 Dill Goes on Stand Former Manager Dill of the National Packing company in Boston and assistanr manager for the same company in New York, went on the stand and gave damag- ing testimony aganist the packers fe declared that the managers for Armour. Swift, Morris and the National Packing company in Boston who were in charge of the Nsw England territory met daily and were on terms of the closest bust ness intimacy.
 While e' Boston representing the Na- i tional Packing company were you notitieT | of the shipments 10 be made, before the current weel<?' Senator Kenyon asked 1 Witness Dill. Yes
 What other information did you get7'
 Got Margin Estimates 'T got margin estimates for each week which gave us our selling price" he re- piled. ''These figures were often changed in the middle of the week by telephone orders If I thought the cost was below tho cost Of cattle I would bolster tho selling price and get all could from re- taiersa
 Did you receive the margins of Arm our Morris and Swift while you were manager of the National Packing com pany In 3oston?'
 tYes. every day" Din replied.
 How"
 By telephone; I'd call up the Boston of- fee of Armour Morris and Swift and get the figures; Mr Vanpelt represented Ar mour Mir. Paddock represented Morris and Mr. Hunnewel Swift"
 "Dd you meet these men every day?r
 Met Every Day
 'Yes, we saw one another every day to talk business over, but we had no regu- lar meetings" Dill replied
 Did you receive weekly summaries of prices and margins of Armour, Swift and Morris?"
 Yes"
 'Js it not true that in fixing the price of meat your own judgment prevailed?r asked Attorney Payne
 ''Yes within certain limits" Dill an swered.
 Dill estimated that g per cent of tho fresh meat supplied New York City was shipped by Armour & Co, Swift & Co, Morris & Co, National Packing company, Cudahy X Co, and Schwartzs- child & Sulzberger Co.