Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-29

, rials that he can afford to sell his meats cheaper to the consumer. I'm willing to contribute that much as my bit to the war. Even at the high prices I am paying for waste can manufacture them into ferttlizers and the like on my own account and make q bare living. or l can even sell the and make e living. I tell you there Isn't a large soap factory in the coun- try today that isn't controlled by the packers"
 When Mir. Glennie, who is gray haired and soft-spol1en, stepped down from the stand he was warmly thanked by MT. Herey and other members of the trade comrniasioners' party. Another Trust RueIer. The other. so-cailed trust bucIer to appear at the hearing was D. J. Mo- Caffrey, who conducted, with his brother. the What Cheer Chemical sstt Of ,, rnTtre,e onas;.'a, l.; He tHis waste products and of refusing offers to sell his. business. T told 'em," he said. in describing his meeting with an official of the were made to buy him out, 'tthat they didn't 1havh money enough to make ma sch out. It was my business and intended to hang on to 1t. I was told at that meeting that, they didn't
 
 McCafrey Eaid he was able to do business at a profit by his low over head expenses. as compared with i those of the combine. As q result of unpleasant incidents in diapoaing of some of his waste material. he was en1arging his plant to manufacture all his own products. He found the rendering busin6ss pro6tahle in face of sharp competition.
 How seerss Was Kspk.
 Earl R Avery. conducting &n in- dependent rendering bustneas fn wor- of how. as he put #. the packsrs kept secret their control of both the meat and the rendering business. When he was employed by c wholesale meat hsm hs ,sdnnsd in Manenestar: 1ra7 ts M H. he ssad there was a meeting of the whofesal- CTS each week. where the account of each customer was examined. The re- taiiers were known by number.
 Known by Numbers.
 For instance" he explained. ~Mr Jones would be known as Number B. If it happened that he owed the Swift Company for last weeks meat, this fact was entered on the books of the other concerns When Jones tried to buy meat from Swift he was refused because of his unpaid bill. When he tried to buy his meat from the other
  son or another. But. if he paid his bill Swift's bookkeeper called up the other boolSkeepers on the telephone and would say: o. K Number 5, Swift And Jones would find clear sailing once more"
 When Avery statted out to form an independen1t ren le1ins company of his own in Worcester, he said his proposal to establish plant in Mill bury, on the Worcester line, was met | af first hut fot ta,- opposition suddenly developed He suspected the hand of the opposition, he said, and was later approached by Harry W. Smith, representing the op- position. with an offer to buy him out. T was willing to agree" he admit ted, 'but changed my mind when all could get was three or four cents on the dollar"
 | the efforts of his rivals to get away his customers.
 Another witness, A. E. Kee1er, in telling of his various efforts to es- tablish himself in the rendering bus- mess, described how the town of Bed ford welcomed him when they learned of his proposal to establish a plant there.
 1T even had the site picked out near p1ggery so there could be no objec- ton to any additional odor from my plant" he said, "but the ardor of the selectmen had unaccountabIy cooled In the meant1me. was no longer welcome. My plant was not wanted wasn't even given a hearing" Driven Out Three Times. Keeler has been driven out of the | independent rendering business at least three times by the methods of the combine, according to his state ment
 A new twist to the testimony was given by W. K Hutchin. proprietor of retail meat stores in Greater Bos-. | ton. who openly charged the packers with giving short weight for pork. He said some retailers were forced to pay for pork strips at the weight 1 marked on the packages when, as a matter of fact, the pork was from | three to five pounds below that weight That weight was marked on 1 the package at Chicago. he said, and the discrepancy was not due to shrinkage. Other packages showed no such shrinkage and 1t was impossi- ble for any pork to show such a | shrinkage, in his opinion. It made a big difference to the small dealer with pork at 25 cents, he said. Mir. Hutchins was asked by Mir. He ney if there was any truth in state