Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-12-20
REGULATE ON The
Infect ON PRICES
! OF PACKERS CASE
its With People, Attorney
General De-
clareS

'luf General De-
pct clares
ere
- llicago, Dec. 19.-Probable
rind of prices for food products
dled by the great meat pack
D. during the two-year period in
TT, Armour, Morris, Wilson and
oraphy companies must dissas-
xthte themselves from all other
I h the meat and provision busl-
Fess today was the subject for
id eral speculation.
following announcement of the
promise agreement resulting
n institution of antitrust &C.
against the 81 corporations
40 individuals making up the
1 Five" packers, varying,
lions as to the probable effect
Y Che cost of living were express
Il The price of meat is within the
;rol of the people themselves, :"
! A. Mitchell Pa liner, United
les attorney general in an
ncing the agreement between
packers and the department. of
ice. "Time alone will tell
yther our, activities in the lines
9se dropped were in the interest
The public" said Edward Nor
.osof Morris and company.
laude r. Turlay, organizer of
= women's division fighting high
res in Illinois, was cautious in
ting her statement.
IL the packers with their or
/, CITATION have given up food at
kes below those of small con-
ms, prices will not now go
en-" she said. eff they have
their strength to advance
yes, we. can look for imme-
e reffsf,n
Il step with public opinion, an
srt tosMid in allaying unrest and
1intenkon to remove cause for
dtion With the government rath-
Ethan any guilt was the way
hements of representatives of
packers referred to the COM
mise,
Packers Not Guilty
s1Fhis settlement was made with
il express and distinct under.
nnding that it does not involve
syiolation of any law of the
tied States by the packers and
decree of court will so pro-
|le,' said Mr.. Morris statement.
Il would never have made any
Element whatever that involv-
implied or adjudicated any
1t on our part, because we have
violated any law"
sinniiar statements by j. Ogden
Armour and company and
lis n. Swift for Swift and COM
ny insisted that the packers po-
on was economically sound
A ~Hnassailable from a legal
lndpoint," and that the step was
!Sfen Eat the suggestion of the
S@artment of justice and in spite
the fact that there is no law
&uiring it." Action begun in
@cago against the great pack
III is it at an end, according to
Strict Attorney Clyne. "The
icago district is no longer con-
med in the packer prosecution"
l said. "The books are closed
lFDissolution is certainly a great
Sitcry for the people," he added.
XErand jury hearing Of testimony
harding the packers, begun at
Vesident Wilson's direction as
1T of the fight on the high cost
VI living. recently was halted by
Monument after a months in
litigation.
8 Are Given Two Years.
While the packers were permit
u two years to dispose of their
lie line holdings under the agree
bnt some Of them already had
gun such segregation. The
kther, canned fruit and vege-
.ble businesses of Swift and COM
my already were operating as
Ibarate companies. Wilson and
Inpany had disposed of it's gro
I ~ business. Armour and COM
my, a statement said, did not
hnufacture cereals, but dis
buted the products Of the Ar
Sur Grain company.
&ummed up the interests of the
Sig Five" that must be dispos-
Eof are:
Public stock yards, stock yard
Threads and terminals, market
Erehouses, retail meat business
wsnapers. public cold storage
q wholesale groceries. fresh. can
IA dried and salt fish: fresh.
5nned and dried vegetables:
|nsh crushed, dried. evaporated
Id crushed fruits: confectioner-
s. svrnps soda water fountain
l3pplies. mollasses, honey, jams
Rlios preserves, ices. sauces. rice
hid cereals with one exception
I be noted); bread. waters crack
Is hiscuits. spaohotti, vermicelli.
kacaroni, cigars, china and fur
fture.
Preparation and manufacture of
ke following foods and products
3hy be continued:
eMeat, butter, eggs, soups, gela-
ne oleonargarine, soap, cheese,
Eultry, fertilizer, hides, sporting
pods.
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