Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-08-09
Th DAILY GRAPHIC PINE BLUFF ARKANSAS FRIDAY AUGUST
Commission Urges President to
 Commander Packing Industry
Report Charging Monopos tic Control of Meats for the United States and the Allies Is Made Public at the
 White House.

Washington, Aug. S.-Investigation of the packing industry of the coun- try by the Federal Trade Commission eliminated today in an announce ment that the commission had rec commended to President Wilson that the government commander and operate for the public benefit stock yards, cold storage plants. warehouses and refrigerator and cattle cars.
 Monopolistic control of the essen tial food supply, not only Of the United States and its army and navy, but also of the entente countries, was charged 'by the commission against the five great packing companies Swift, Armour, Morris, rCudahy and Wilson.
 Bankers Control Packers.
 The last named company the com- missions report said, is controlled by three of the strongest banking groups in the United States-Kuhn, Loeb & Co.,, Guaranty Trust Company and Chase National bank.
 Further close utilization between the packing industry and financial in terests was reported. The commits sion says that in the great financial centers the packers had representa- tion on the directorate of large banks. through members of the individual families, or through officers, directors or confidential employees.
 No Comment at White House. The commissions report on the packing industry was the third made in it's general investigation of food supplies ordered by President Wilson and Congress last year.
 The report was made public through the White House without further com ment than that it had been presented public because the president desired first to get full information.
 The commissions report is based upon exhaustive hearings conducted recently in many cities. Easing it's statement upon a great volume of evidence examined, much Of 1t taken from the confidential files of the packing companies, the commission said the power of the five packing companies "has been and is illegally used" to-:
 Manipulate livestock markets. Restrict interstate and internation- al supplies of food.
 Control the prices of dressed meats and other foods.
 Defraud both the producers of food and consumers.
 Crush effective competition.
 Secure special privileges from rail- roads, stock yard companies and municipalities; and:
 Profiteer.
 The Recommendations.
 The commission recommends:
 "1-That the government acquire through the railroad administration all rolling stock used for the trans portation of meat animals. and that such ownership be declared govern ment monopoly.
 "2-That the government acquire, through the Railroad Administrator the principal and necessary stocH wards of the country. to he treated as freight depots and to be operated under such conditions as will insure open, competitive markets, With unl form scale of charges for, all serv- ices performed, and the acquisition or establishment of such additional yards from time to time as the future de yelopment of livestock production Ill the United States may require. Thls to include customary ad]uncts o' stock yards.
 "S--That the government acquire through the Railroad Administration all privately owned regrigerator cars and all necessary equipment TOT their proper operation, and that such ownership be declared a government monopoly.
 "4-That the federal government