Arizona republican., 1919-01-23
ARMOUR FEARFUL OWNERSHIP WILL HARM INDUSTRY.
Might Go Too Far-Admits Salary Of $25,0OO A Year Defends Practice Of Wiring On"- Tells Of Huge Profits Of His For eign Plants.
Republican A.P. Leased Wirel

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-Two con- gressional committees were occupied again today in hearing witnesses who were questioned concerning evidence brought out at the federal trade com missions meat packing inquiry. Int committees have undur consideration legislation providing for government control of the meat packing industry.
 J. ogden Armour, president of Ar mour and Company, continued his tes timony before the house interstate commerce committee. He said his sal ary was $25,O00 a year and had never been any higher; asserted that Armour and Company would welcome means to enable livestock producers to market their animals at a price based on the cost of production; suggested a central control of livestock shipments, as possible means of obtaining this, and renewed his opposition to a pending bill to empower the government to take over control of adjuncts of the packing industry.
 Before the senate agriculture com- nittee, Thomas F. Logan was ques- toned again as to his activities in Washington for Swift and Company, the Standard Oil company of Indiana and other corporations, and his friend ship with Joseph P. Tumulty, Edward N. Hurley and other government off cials. The committee also heard sev- eral independent packers.
 Fears Ultimate Ownership
 Congressman who questioned Mir Armour paid especial attention to get ting his views on the probable effects Of the pending bill ReVying to Rep resentative Shook of Ohio, MT. Armour said he thought the bill probably meant ultimate government ownership of the packing industry, and he agreed with Representative Cooper of Ohio, that if the bill were constitutional, there was no limit as to how far the government might reach out and invade the realm hitherto occupied by private industry.
 Representative Dillon of South Da- kota tried to find out how cattle buy CTS determine prices. He drew from MT Armour admission that Armour and Company insisted on having an equal division of the cattle offered at markets where there were only two packing plants, such as Fort Worth and Denver, but the witness said there Was ns collision, that the purchases were made on a basis of plant capacity.
 The steadiness of purchase percent ages is not strange, because a variance of even 100000 animals might make :. difference of only one percent" he told MT. Dillon
 Mir Armour defended the practice of wiring on,' whereby a buyer who failed to obtain cattle which the grow CT insisted on shipping to another market for a better price, notifies the company's representative at the new market of the price he offered
 Foreign Business Profitable
 Foreign business of Armour anC company was said to- be entirely di- vorced from the parent corporation because it was desirable to have the companies operate under the laws oi the country where they were located
 The South American plants made S10,000,000 last year. Mir. Armour said Virtually all of the South American meat has been shipped to Europe, ant Mr. Armour thought there would be little of it sent to this country in the near future, especially if free marker is opened in Germany, which the com pany hopes will result from the estab- lishment of a new government there.
 Charges of juggling figures were re- sentcd by the witness. He said re- ports of transferring prices to make one department of the business show better results than another wa! "childs talk"
 Mr Armour criticized the fedora trade commission for alleged unfair ness in conducting it's inquiry. Dis cussing in detail recommendations bY the commission he declared:
 "I think the commission made a To
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