The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-01-23
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rIiE COMMISSIONS uEPLN
Denver. Colo. Jan. -. william n.
Cuiser. chairman Of the federal trade
commission. discussing tho commits
sion's report on tho packing Industry
before the convention of the Ameri-
can National Livestock association. to-
day declared that the packers IN at
t1ckinr the report of the commission
devoted themselves 10 criticism of tho
commission itself but do not deny
the facts contained in the report
They criilcise the language In
which The report was written" ho
said. "hut I failed to see what differ
ence that makes a. ions a. the facts
are in the report and the packers
don't say the facts are not there. They
can't deny the facts, because they
were obtained from their own files.
They say We were not fair because
We did not let their attorneys In 10
cruss examine Witnesses and look into
the papers We had. hut those papers
were taken from their own files and
they had examined them long ago.
What they wanted was 70 md OUT
What papers We had got hold Of"
AT Coivcr said that n the commls-
mission. which set out 10 mako an
impartial Investigation. had admitted
the packers attorneys Ia croa- exam
inc witnesses and had treated thn
packers AZ defendants u would have
bsen criticised then on the ground
that the inyc.tieation was unfair be-
cause the packers were bcing prove
Cufud.
1--WE did not consider the packers.
or any one else AZ defendants" he
added I'VE had no prejudice against
them or any one. We merely set out
10 discover the facts in the food sit
uatlun ana no ono has yet denied that
our report does not contain those
facts.
when We began our Investigation
We submitted queationnaircs 10 tho
packers and asked them for sueges-
lions Thcy aid not then suggest that
they were treated as defendants or
that their attorneys be permitted TO
present a. cr0as-eNamine witnesses. ON
the contrary they took the attitude
that they were not concerned In the
investigation aa an their business was
open aud above board.
I'VE hadn't gone very far, howev-
rr before We found that the packers
were In very clnne touch. secretly. In
/ Washington and In many other places.
/ Including such associations a. this
+ We aHw how they tried TO stop this
association from demanding an invoa-
I trutluu ~ the stockyards and pack
inr industry and We spotted the same
men who tried 10 stop this association
when they tried TO stop a..
1--WE have Investigated many other
Industries in the same manner In
which wo Investigated the packers and
I the men of those industries did not
say W. were unfair Il all depends
I What you say about them whether
I you are fair"
AIR. Coiver discussed al length the
findings ~ the commission In the in-
yoailgntion and continued
THE packers tell you that !, Ia Boil
shryik Ga license packing houses. com
I mission men and stockyards. But tho
packers have been licensing the co ~
mission men. 80 II u ln holnhevik Il
must re an right for them They havs
been licensing the commission men
through clauses IN their leases whith
permit them 90 uust commission
man from fhe stockyardu which they
control u he docsn't follow their reEu-
lations.
In sioux city. the commission men
have 10 scl dead stock 10 tho render
inE company in the yards under pen
atty uf cancellation - their leases. The
rendering company paid tS'f1 Tor
carcass when the hide alone was worth
SO. That is the way the licensing
system of tho packers works
Mt. tower nalh tNtt AN' ''thttiiH-
sion had completed Us work In the
packers inquiry and u now rested
with congress 20 enact suitable regu-
Iatur, legislation and with the ad'
mlnlstrHtiNe departments 60 see that
tho legislation when enacted Is prop
, rriN applied
H A. Jastrn ln preliminary r.,
port OF the market committee. said
that she work % the committee dur
ing the coming year would be more
important than ever inasmuch as u
musY see that the legislation intro
ducod hs result % thu federal tfsds
commissions report was not blocked
, hs the packers. a was due % IN,
efforts 10 the market committee, Mr
lastfo said that congress authorised
. tho mreHtigution hy the commission
aud care must he taken that th'
fruits of this Investigation are no
loHt several thousand dollars weT'
pledged ut the meeting to enable th'
committee 10 continue It's work.
J Tho committee was 10 report mort
} fully az the afternoon session.