The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1919-12-26
PACKERS QUIT ALL
BUSINESS BUT MEAT
Big FIVE WILL GIVE UP THEIR
INTERESTS IN sTockYARos
AND WAREHOUSES;
NO WR0MGD0lNG IS ADMITTED
Antitrust Suit 81 United states 10
Ended BY compromise Agreement.
Conduct Of Business 10 Now
Under Eye Of Court

washington. Dec. II me govern
ment's antitrust ac,ioa against the
great meat packers. begun 1T Presi-
dent wilson's direction last summer
~ part Of the fight on the high eosf
Of living. has been compromised under
m agreement by which tie packers
will confine themselves hereafter TO
the meat and provision business.
An Injunction decree 10 which the
packers have acceded Will be entered
In the federal courts 10 make the
she .bIg five Swift. Armour. Morris.
Wilson and cudahy have agreed;
To sell. under supervision of the
United States district court. prefer
ably 10 livestock producers and the
public, all their holdings In public
stockyards.
10 sell. under the same supervision.
aud In like manner. NIL their interests
IN xtorkyard railroads and terminals.
To sell. under the same supervision
and In like manner. NIL their interest
in market newspapers and dispose Of
all their interest In public cold storage
warehouses except ms necessary for
their own meat products.
To forever disassociate themselves
with the retail meat business.
To forever disassociate themselves
with all unrelated lines" including
wholesale groceries. fresh. canned
dried or salt fish. fresh, dried or can
ned vegetables. fresh, crushed. dried.
~vaporated or canned fruits. confee-
tioneries. syrups. soda water fountain
supplies. etc. molasses honey. jams.
1~liies and preserves. ices, sauces, rel.
islAs, etc. coffee, tea. chocolate. cocoa.
nuts, flour. sugar. rice and cereals
with mn exception to he noted. bread
waters. crackers. biscuits. spaghetti.
vermicelii. tnacaroni. cigars. china, fur.
niture. etc.
70 forever abandon the use Of the
branch houses, route ears and auto
trucks comprising their distribution
system. for any other than their own
meat and dairy products.
To perpetuaily submit tn the inris.
diction Of the United States district
courts under mn injunction forhldding
all the defendants from directly or
Indirectly maintaining any combina-
tion or conspiracy with each ether or
any other person or persons or mo-
nopoiixlng ar attempting to mopopo-
Iixe any food products In the United
States. or Indulge In any unfair prac-
tie~.
Two years are given to comply with
the decree. which affects NJ corpora.
iions and ~ individuals.
.In general" said Attorney General
Paimer's official announcement last
night, .this decree prevents the de-
PENDANTS from ever exercising any
further control over the marketing Of
livestock, II forever prevents them
from any control over the retailing
III meat products u eliminates them
from the field If meat substitutes.
with ths exception Of eggs, butter.
nputtry and cheese which are left for
future consideration, and therefore the
price Of meat II within the control of
the people themselves. II places the
of capital immediately under the eye
~ federal court With references to
their business practices,
Far greater than all II establishes
the principle that No group ~ men. no
matter how powerful. can ever ut,
tetppt Ia control the food table Of the
American people ar nns one of the
necessities ar component parts Of ".
THE department of Justice. having
In mind the necessities aud Interests
Of the whole American people Ia this
critical reconstruction period. feels
that by insisting on this surrender
ON the psrt ~ packing interests II has
accomplished more for III. American
people than canld have been hoped
for a~ IN. f~sui, of "a Ions dfawa-oui
legal battle
While Mr. Palmer views the pack
~rs' submission ta the governments
eontentians as surrender. Henry
ys-sier. counsel FOR Swift 4 Co. an.
nonneed the step was takca at the
Suggestion Of the department of ius.
siee Ia avoid any appearance ot an.
taxnnixlng the government and IN re-
move CAUSES If friction with livestock
producers aud food distributors, Inn.
phatieaiiy. Mr.. Nee.ler stated that the
decree Was nal Ia be construed as
an admission that Swift Il 90. had
violated any law.