Evening star., 1918-01-27
DENIES FIGHT ON
BORLAND INQUIRY
Colin H. Livingstone Declares
He Did Not Oppose Probe
of Packers.
HUNT MISSING LETTER

meat packing investigation. He was
questioned as to what efforts. II any. he
had made to prevent the passage OF the
Borland resolution providing for an in
vestigation Of the packers.
Mr.. Livingstone denied he had been
active against the Borland resolution.
and said the only things he did In that
connection were to make requests 1o1
postponements on behalf Of Armour &
Co. when 1t appeared Armour's repre-
sentatives could not reach the city In
time. He declared he considered his ef-
forts hardly worthy OF mention, and
got no compensation.
Mr.. Heney then introduced letter
from A. r. Urion of Armour & Co. to J.
Ogden Armour, which referred to a let
ter written by Mr.. Livingstone August
II, 1917. asking for additional COM
pensation in behalf Of his work to OBJ
tain payment from the British govern
ment for numerous cargoes of meat
products which had been detained by
the blockade authorities.
Livingstone Letter Missing.
Mr.. Livingstones letter did not appear
in the correspondence produced by him
and which he said was all that he had
in his files relating to Armour & Co.
Mr.. Heney then asked him to return
to his ONCE with q Federal Trade
Commission examiner and research for
the missing letter and any others that
might be ound.
Urion's letter said Livingstone was
mistaken In asking remuneration for
his services in connection with the de-
tained cargoes. and that evidently he
was thinking Of his work in connection
with the Borland resolution.
CONFIDENTIAL reports. taken from the
ss secret s files Of the big packing concerns.
ward the Borland resolution for an in
vestigatfon into the livestock and pack
ing industry were read into the rec
ord yesterday.
Extends to Railway.
In addition to the continued recital
OF the Efforts made by the packers to
forestall affirmative action by Con-
gress in 1916 on the Borland resolu-
ton for an inquiry, the commission
was given further indication of the
ramffcations of the packers financial
control, which was said by Francis ].
Heney, special counsel, to extend to
the street railway lines Of Kansas City,
to banks throughout the country and
to the tin industry. Mr.. Heney said
further evidence along this line would
be offered next week.
After It had been disclosed yesterday
that in 1915 R. c. McManus. Of counsel
Tor swift Co.. made a report
complaint filed with the commission,
and which was confidential under the
commissions rules, notices were posted
In the commission building that here
will be required for all persons, even
employees. who enter the building out
side Of working hours
When the McManus report was read,
Mr. Heney protested the practice Of
leaving the office doors unlocked Of
fered a chance for unfortunate" hap
penings, and said he had several times
found an attorney for the packers alone
In his ONCE when he returned there.
Received Advance Information.
It appeared from the evidence today
formation of postponement Of action
on the Borland resolution by the House
judiciary subcommittee.
Close watch was kept on the views of
by agents OF the packers in Washing
TON. their reports usually being eau
tiously devised SO that identities were
indicated only by initial or state. Espe-
ciaI attention was given to Represents
tive Gard Of Ohio and Representative
Morgan Of Oklahoma, from whom op-
position was feared. Opposition to the
Borland resolution, including a flood Of
ssiegrams inspired by the packers. was
Mnanced. according to the evidence. by
Q FUND of $4,000. raised on a percent
age basis among the Armour, Swift.
Morris. cudahy and Sulzberger or VIII
6Ou urmS-
Reporting on the alleged attitude Of
members Of the House judiciary COM
mittee to the Borland resolution to
Henry Veeder. an attorney for the pack
ers In Chicago. R C. McManus wrote
August 81. 1915:
can rely on Webb. North Carolina: Car
lin. Virginia: Thomas Kentucky: Tag
GarL 9;a Kansas: !goe. Missouri: viii
I Mams. Illinois: Whaley. South Caro-
Eaa! INA: Daie. New York; Caraway. Ar
sured that Gard (ohio) can be con-
Basis Of $4,000.
the percentage basis Of the $4,000
fund to oppose the Borland resolution
received close attention Of the com
that It was a continuation and extern
sion OF the pool known as the Nationa |
Packing Company. ordered dissolved by
the federal courts in 1919.
We will show that this under
standing between the packers has con-
tinued and is now in effect" he said.
ana that they apportion the livestock
purchases throughout the United States
on the basis Of their property holdings
and that all joint expenses are mat o,,
the same basis"
Buying agreements. tending to elimi-
nate competition and to permit tbe
packers to control the nations food
supply, long have been charged by the
livestock growers in their demands for
governmental inquiry into the business.
f. Z. Lasater Of Fulfurrfas. Ter a
ieading ngure In the American National
livestock Association. took the stand
70 tel OF conferences requested by the
packers to promote better feeling he
tween the producing and purchasing
ends OF the business
Packers Insistent First.
He said little was accomplished. as
the packers were insistent first Of all
that the proposed inquiry should be
sidetracked entirely. or confined only to
economic questions with all criminal
aspects eliminated
Il told them that IL conditions con-
uhueo unchanged. my holdings could
go to any man who would pay the re-
naming Indebtedness" he asserted "for
l did not want to leave my children a
heritage from which they could obtatn
only what they were allowed by Ave
outsiders controlling the markef"
The name Of e. Dana Durand of +h q
University Of Minnesota. a former GOV
eminent oncial, appeared in the doom.
mentary evidence again in Connection
with the preparation of an economic
1ustincation OF Swift & Co. Mr.. Durand
was asked to undertake the work OF
eoitinG the information complied bv
the Swift nrm. He replied he symps.
thized with their object, but could not
do so until he saw the information and
was certain it was q fair statement al
conditions. He eventually did Under.