Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-12-31
BIC PACKERS To
DROP SIDE LINES
Full Terms of Dissolution Agree
ment Are Given Out.
SURRENDER TO GOVERNMENT
Agree to Sell Only Meat and By-Prod-
ucts, and Give Up Yards, Rail-
roads, Terminals, Newspapers
and Branch Houses.

big packers, their main subsidiaries,
principal stockholders and managers
had surrendered to the governments
contentious against the monopollstlc
growth of the packing industry and its
control of unrelated industries.
BY the entry of a permanent In
junction decree,to which the packers
have consentel. their activities are TO
be confined TO meat and by-products.
eggs. butter, poultry, cheese and con-
densed milk. Refrigeration is TO be
limited to tie cars necessary for car
rying their output.
BY the decree, which is to be secured
by the attorney general within the
near future, the packers are to be re-
quired to sell their holdings in public
stock yards, stOck-yard railroads and
terminals. to disassociate themselves
with the retail meat business, and with
all unrelated lines" This is TO be
done within two years.
This solution of the packers stu
alton. which had its inception with an
investigation by the federal trade com
mission and with the placing of the
information in the hands of the attor
ney general, will render unnecessary
the filing of srits against the packers,
which were in the hands of the Chica-
go grand jury when its early fall SEES
sion was adjourned.
No Live Stock Control.
an general" says the department of
justice statement. this decree pre-
vents the defendants from exercising
any further control over the marketing
of live stock 1t forever prevents them
from any control over the retailing of
Imeat products. 1t eliminates them
from rhe field of meat substitutes with
the exception of eggs, butter, poultry
and cheese. which are left for future
consideration and appropriate action;
and therefore, the price of meat is
within the control of the people them
selves.
ut places the conduct of these great
aggregations of capital Immediately
under the eye of a federal court with
reference to their business practices.
But, greater than all. it establishes the
principle that no group of men, no mat
ter how powerful, can ever attempt to
control the food table of the American
people. or any one of the necessities
or component parts of it.
1.-THE department of justice, having
in mind the necessities and interests
of the whole American people in this
critical reconstruction period, feels
that by insisting upon this surrender
on the part of the packing business it
has accomplished more for the Amer
lean people than could have been
hoped for as Il result of a long-drawn-
out legal battle"
Under the decree, the defendants Of
whom there are &C. are compelled:
1. To sell under supervision of the
United States district court. preferably
to the live stock producers and the
public, all of their holdings in public
stock yards.
3 To sell, under the same supervi-
terests in stock-yard railroads and ter
minals.
8. To sell all their interests in mar
ket newspapers.
4 To dispose of all their interests in
public cold storage warehouses, except
as necessary for their own meat prod
ucts.
5. To forever disassociate them
selves with the retail meat business.
G. To forever disassociate them
selves with all unrelated lines" in
Guiding wholesale groceries: fresh.
canned. dried or salt fish; fresh dried
evaporated or canned fruits: confec-
tionaries. sjrups soda water fountain
supplies, etc; molasses, honey. jams.
jellies and preserves; spices. sauces,
relishes. etc; coffee, tea, chocolate.
cocoa. nuts. -four. sugar. rice and
cereals with an exception TO he
noted). bread. waters. crackers, bis
cult. spaghetti. vermicelli. macaronl.
cigars, china. furniture, etc.
Abandon Branch, Houses.
{. To abandon forever the use Of
their branch houses, route cars and
autotrucks. comprising their distribu.
tion system. for any other than their
own meat and dairy products
s. To submit perpetuaily to the iur
isdiction of the Emitted States district
court under an Injunction forbiddinc
all the defendants from directly or in
directly maintaining any combination
or conspiracy with each other or any
ether person or persons or monopoliz-
ing. or attempting to -monopolize. any
food product in the United Suites or
indulging in any unfair and unlawful
practices
The decree further provides that
jurisdiction is perpetuaily retained by
the court for the purpose of taking
such action. or adding at the foot of
the decree such other relief. f any. as
may become necessary or appropriate
for the carrying out and enforcement