The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-12-03

ton and directed by a single word
Only g. few mon m each company need
Hnow that thet" is an agreement or
understanding
Tho report said the big five"
jointly employ men at markets to
gather market conditions and thus
check each others operations. Analy p
ing conditions az various markets. the
report said That nt 81. Joseph. Mo.
swift. Armour and Morris opcrJi, ~
yards controlled by SWIFT
IA Tunes" 10 was stated swift
hna difficulty in getting Armour and
morris 10 support the market SWIFT
y Company controlled az ST. Paul. but
now Armour has d share OF the live
stock receipts thcrc"
At Omaha and Sioux Citv. tho re-
purt declared, the Cuduhy and Ar
mour plants are the largest and
swift hhr recently acquired q small
Independent plant nt Sioux CITY.
AT this market tSiouN CityD. fhe
arrangement is Tor Crdahy to- buy
Just ace many hogs as Armour BUYS. "
the report declared. The Ufty-ufty
division Of hogs az Sioux City is of
long Standing thP report added.
quoting messages from r.. \. 1udghy
10 Manager n. Il Murphy.
Omaha the commission said.
the division OF hog purchases for
mann years was on tho following arbi-
trurv p~crcontpTcs:
Armour 80, Cudahy 80. SWIFT 90.
Morris 1l'
Tho COMMISSION said Wilson &.
Company in i917 tried 90 establish O.
right to buy al Omaha, bat Wus ro.
butf'l ht Arthur Mcckor of Armour
a Company.
Oklahoma city. Fort Worth and
Denver, On" report stated. aIl are
'n~ity-nftN' markets
That ISL ~ was stated. 'thcro are
only two lig packers operating at
each OF these markets and each pack
or Bee expected to purchase an equal
amount of livestock. AZ oklahoma
city. Morris q COMPANY and Wilson
a COMPANY control the stock Yards
aud buy practically an equal number
Of animals.
AT Fort Worth and Denver. Ar
mour a Company and Swift q Com
pany are the only big packers Tho
stockNurds and allied facilities are
Jointly controlled. Therefore. both
must support the market alike"
Detailed statements OF respective
livestock purchases al tho various
markets were appended by the com
mission In support ot Us charge that
agreements exist II is obvious" the
ffiuiN NNNiNlIINfffNs NNNftI inc HNfNf0fk
pool D. lot oulN m automatic regu-
lntor Of Tho business OF each com
panN, but also securos substantial uni
tormitN of prices. Win each hacker
purchasing only "a certain percentage
on the roof each is hound To have rel
atlvcly the s1mo proportion OF meat
Tor sale. rhus the competitive chance
that "a ~ of the packers will flood
the market is eliminated.
The livestock pool. therefore rs am
effective method or accomplishing al
most tho same results OF tho Nccdor
pool system so far as tho sale Of dress.
ed meats Is concerned
Tho commission also declared there
rs proof that Tho big packers take
advantage 81 livestock purchasers and
sellers and 'addcd,
The shipper who refuses 20 accent
the price offered al the first market
has q chance 10 sell his livestock on
IT'S merits TO small packers. buyers
and traders, but g the chance
rs slight
As tn Other Lines.
Regarding agreements IN othor lines
OF business In which the packers are
interested, tho commission reached
the following conclusions.
"ThH bon the saic of lard substitutes
there Is au ur.comout TO charge fixed
prices.
"Thtt in purchase OF cheese there ia
q division of territory and "a Join
manipulation of prices.
That in The purchase Of butter
cream, poultry and eggs there is com.
biuaiion IN tho form either Of the "a
vision oi territory OF price agree,
mcutg.
That IN the purchase OF fats from
retail butchers and ma tho general
conduct Of tho b|usincss of rendering
thcrc arc divisions of TERRITORY. agree,
ments n various colllslV, and an.
fair pruCtiCcs'
Tho COMMISSIONS report went al
length into % description of tho ac
quisition OF control OF Sulzbcrgcr 4
Sons company hy powerful American
bunkcrs' and us transformation int,
Wilson 81 Company. Inc RMS trans
action WAS described loo tie commits
siuns report 10 tho president LAS
summer ua We're many other dctatl
OF the report made today 10 congress
Itching, ~bleeding, p|rotruding Of
blind piles have yielded to Doan'
Ointment. G0c at all stores.
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