The Washington herald., 1919-08-08
FOOD, LABOR,
WILSON TEXT
In CONGRESS
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.

ne VIII dellNer 10 Congress today.
The message is said to be the
longest the President ever wrote
for the ears of Congress.
The prosecutions of the meat pack
ers will be done through District At
torney Clyne. of Chicago, who will
be in immediate charge of the packer
cases on the ground, although he will
be under the direction of Isidore ].
Kresel Of the New York firm of Je-
rome, Rand and Kresel. selected BY
Attorney General Palmer to handle
the packer prosecutions.
CIyne Sees Palmer.
! After seeing the President, Clyne
was IN conference with Attorney Gen
/ eral Palmer. Immediately after he
| left for Chicago.
1t was learned today that the prose-
/ Cutions against the packers will be
/ both criminal and civil and that they
will go further than merely the CON
/ troll Of meat and Immediately allied
! products as reported by the investiga-
/ tions of the Federal Trade Commits
sion.
/ According to the Federal Trade
Commission the Big Five packers pro-
( duCe or deal in 10 commodities be-
:
( be directed at the monopoly gained, d,
1t is charged. in a number of import
ant lines like leather. canned goods,
rendering and even rice.
While the prosecutions will be prim-
arily based on the Sherman anti
trust act. it was stated that the
Lever Food Central act would also be
utilized where deemed advisable in
order to reach boarding and prof.
teering.
There were intimations today that
the prosecution of the packers will
not stop with big Chicago houses. but
that action would be instituted against
the smaller packers. In connection
with the packer prosecutions il was
stated today that Investigations arc
on regarding boarding and proiiteer-
ing in the sugar industry
Facts that convinced Attorney Cen
eral Palmer food boarding is being
practiced is shown by a report of the
Federal Trade Commission. made pub
lie today. The report shows a greater
accumulation OF foodstuffs on June l
than on the same day a year ago
The excess is 10 per cent in the COM
bined total of a number of the most
important foods in dry and cold stor-
hand, the prices of many Of the i'm
portant foods have increased
Hoardlng Data.
! The report shows the following
classihcations:
Commodities increasing in stock :
and also in Price-Wheat. wheat
dOur, canned salmon. canned corn.
fresh eggs. creamery butter. salt
beef and frozen fowls.
Commodities Increasing in stocks
and decreasing in price-Only bar
ley. rye. buckwheat flour. canned
tomatoes.
Commodities decreasing in stocks
and also increasing in price-Corn.
sugar. American cheese, dry salt
pork and lard
Commodities decreasing in both
stocks and in price-Oats. corn
meal. beans and rice.
The total of dry storage stocks.
including both those which have in
creased and those which have de-
creased. in pounds was 7.S75.2SO,O ,O4O
on June l. \ year ago on the same
day the total was 6.536.7635O5. That
is. the total dry storage stocks re-
ported on June l. 1919. was 124 per
/ cent of those on June ]. 1918
The total of cold storage stock :
listed in pounds was l.671.777. $50
on June l. 1919. as compared to
1,669.82G,1I6.
"Bolshevism is increasing in the
United States because Of the prejudice
aroused by one-sided INVESTIGATION Of
the meat packers by the Federal
Trade Commission" L. d. II. Weld
late Yesterday told the Senate sub
committee investigating food prices
in Washington.
Swift Chief Testihes.
Weld Is chief Of the commercial re-
search department of Swift and Com
pany, one of the companies investi-
gated BY the commission. He said
that during July his company profted
one-ninth of one per cent per pound
on beef cattle sold here
Your stock now is quoted at 20
points above par" said Senator Cap
per. How then do you explain that
II wouldn't attempt to explain it"
said Weld.
Few sausages can be sold Washing
tonians. J. F. IIealy. Washington
manager of Swift and Company, COM
planned to the committee. Healy said: ::
But Washingtonians will buy enor-
nous supplies of tongue at 81 a pound
They won't buy oleomargarine for
butter and they won't buy Texas
beef