The Washington herald., 1919-09-15

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Baltimore for twenty years We have been daily
petition with all the big packers and all the small pack.
and we have always prospered We have trouble
in securing the live animals in competition with the big
packers We in competition with them in Cncn-
natl St. Louis Louisville and Toledo we'll as in our
yards at Baltimore. There is real competition in all
these aCaid:..,... yards: u.o,,,..o. ,.,,,, .,,,
packing business; would stfe initiative keep the young
from showing the ambition he ought to have"
Ihave always found the big packers to be very fair
in their dealings with me There times when
do little better with packer than with
another. They have been unreasonable have
they resorted any unfair practices have
of them trying to put the little fellow out of bus
All of the small packers, they understand the
business making money.
"I wish to take exception to statements made bv W.
B. Cover, of the Federal Trade Commission, that the
independent packers existed the suferance of the
large packers. know several OF the independent pack
of the country who have made larger return on
their capital than the big five and feel all have
prospered All the so-caled big packers represented
in Philadelphia and there six independent small
packers. estimate that the smaller packers do
than half of the business have known all the big pack
for number of years and have heard of any
unfair dealings their part. Our worst competition is
not with the western packers much as it is with
local competitors We find the western packers fair in
every of their dealings. We buy live stock in
markets and have always been able to buy in open
competition with the large packers and we have foun
them fair competitors in the selling of their products l.
place of trying to put out OF business the big packers
really assist U.S." - A..s~.s,. .s~s5.s
"The big packers are hard, keen, but fair COM
petitors We have had trouble because of be-
ing competition with them. There is always strong
competition the market in buying, but we have
had any trouble in meeting it. know of methods that
have been adopted by any of the big packing
which just, unfair monopolistic. We not
existing by suerance." We perfectly able take
of ourselves Our business has gradually increased
since 1880. AS far profits concerned my company
has made larger percentage its turnover than of
the so-called Big Five
"The duty of Congress is to build up and
stroy We beg you to defeat these bills"
Il have been engaged in the packing business .r+y
years and during the last twelve years. hive been in
business for myself. Previous that time, had been
with of the Big Five packers When he learned that
had gone in business for myself he voluntarily let
have enough money establish myself | mention this
to show that he did not want to put out of business
On the contrary, he helped me get started
I'VE have all of the big five packers at Buffalo and
about thirty independent packers besides There is keen
competition among all of There is combination or
unfair practices among the larger packers. We
against this legislation"
II regard the big packers conducting clean and
keen competition They have done much to build UP the
cattle industry the packing industry and business gen
orally grounds for attempting regulate their
method of doing business If it for the way the
packers conduct their business the consuming public
right would be paying considerably for the
same goods than they paying today. You irvine
to prevent the large packers from growing and