El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-22

! to buy the entire canned goods
supply of the state of California.
This attempt. Mr.. SasitS stated.
was made by special representa-
tives of the big packing con-
Germs who dispatched these men
to the Pacific coast. TO purchase
all fruits. tomatoes and other food
supplies of that region.
The speaker also said that the
packers later attempted TO buy
the salmon supply Of the nation
by sending special Representatives
into the northern states. and he
asserted that .the credits extend
ed by Wholesale ErOcers to retail
ers In west Texas, New Mexico
and Arizona Is three times rs
much as the credit extended cat
fIemen in the same area by the
meat packers
W. F. Danyers. a business man from
Cleveland, o., characterized the meat
packing industry as the most menac-
ing obstacle in American national
life He declared that the big pack
ers were a sort of a Germany how
ering over American industry await
ing the proper time TO strike at the
very vitals of Independent commerce.
Dig rive. asserting that it had been
their policy for the last half century
TO gain absolute control of the Ameri-
can food supply.
speak On Other Subjects.
MI Danvers pointed to the wide
publicity campaign now being con-
Quoted by the meat packers and char
acterized the movement as "a sort of
cheap propaganda being conducted by
the packing interests to fool the
american people into believing the
packers are really public benefactors
and that their control of the nations
food supply is after all the best
policy"
He read various extracts from the
report Of the federal trade commits
sion.
\ short address was made bv A.
Schwartz on general subjects. Re
did not commit himself on the pro-
posed legislation.
High Cost of Living.
Mr. Schwartz, asserted however.
that the packers are not the only peo-
pie who are abusing the public He
said he was told in washington that
Argentine and Australian wool grow
ers were anxious to sell their crops in
the United States at so percent OF the
price the United States government is
now selling domestic wool, but that
the government would not permit the
Importation Of cheap wool until it had
disposed Of the stock it had taken
over during the war. He said the
United states was also holding UP the
price OF wheat and declared: We
can I expect. wages 10 come down until
the price Of commodities come down
first Every day I get lunches Of tel
egrams from eastern markets and al
ways prices are going up. Bingham
that formerly sold for eight cents a
yard retail. now sells for % - cents
wholesale. and the retailer has to get
IS cents for it Shoes that formerly
retailed at IS are now selling whole
sale at So. Clothes that formerly
cost Us SIS. wholesale. now cost US
SIS to $50 and the material is not as
good"
c. S. Nasits replied to Mr.. Schwartz
and said If the government was not
in control Of wheat, flour would now
be S24 TO S2S a barrel and If sugar was
not under federal control it would
now be IS cents a pound
George B. Ryan presided at the
meeting Mr.. Roberts suggested that
the board of directors take a referen-
dun vote OF the members before act
ing upon the proposed measures. Mr..
Prudential. however. moved that
the board of directors be requested
TO send a message to Texas repre-
sentation in congress and also to SEN
ator Fall asking support for the Ken
drick bill. A standing vote was asked
and the resolution was carried by
vote OF II TO S.