The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1919-07-25
SOME PACKERS AFRAID
GOVERNMENT WILL
TAKE HOLD
OTHER INTERESTS MANIFEST
VERY MUCH CONCEEN
License Under Secretary Controlling
Greatest of American Industries
Looked Upon With Great DIsiavor
- Proposed Legislation Declared
10 Be Revolutionary In Extreme


Currr.puIu...u IH s.r
CInCAGO. Dob, % THE bu..na-.
Interests throughout 'hr country ur
r,iuciug considerable, concern over
the proposed legislation BOO Washing
ton. - g. which practically would
establish government operation OF
all The plrkinghuusc- of the United
States hy means cot au elaborate n
'ccnslnr system. The packers conf
IDENTIFY believe. and this vicw b. shared
by other busincs, interests. that ~ the
bill introduced by senator Kenyon
become, % Law, it is stcppiug,ionc
10 government operation and govern
mcnt ownership of every basic indu.
try IN the United States. The bill will
also commit this country to puorual
ism and socialism, from which there
may be- no turning back IN brief. the
Kenyon bill prg,idcs that every per.
son desiring 10 engage IN or continue
any of the businesses here enumerated
IN Interstate or foreign commerce can
do ~ under llccnsc obtained from
the secretary of agriculture:
First Strengthening live stock
Second Preparing live stock prp.
duets for sale.
Third Marketing live stock pro
ducts
Fourth Conducting or operating
siuckynrd
Fflh-LiVc stock commission.
Sixth Collecting or distributing
live stock market quotations or mar
kci news
Seventh Buying. selling ur ship.
ping dairy products, poultry or poul-
try products IN excess of tbOn.000 r.
year.
The proposed legislation provides
for the appointment of commis.
sioncr Of f1Odstg1fs, who, under the
dircct'On ct the y srctary Of agricul.
turr becomes "a dictator. lie not only
would determine the kind of goods
the packer should handle. but even
the quantities of live stock TINT he
may buy, the times when he may buy
and slaughter, the prices, whether
reasonable or not, which he may pay
for live stock, and all details A. to
the sale, storage, shipment. dcstina-
ton and prices involved. are placed
within his hands Even the terms of
credit, the manner uf accounting, aud
IN fact every feature uf the business
might be- removed irpm the control
nf the management and left 10 politi.
cal subordinhtcs not familiar with the
business Ia determine with practical
finality all of the facta
The proposed legislation which IN
revolutionary ~ dangerous rxtcn.
sion of government interference with
business of which the country has be-
came ~ thoroughly tired during the
war. II the policy that has been ear
ricd out toward the railroads aud the
telegraph companies should be- carried
out with the packing industry, moth.
ing but a reduction nt efficiency
could result. The packing business
deals in n perishablc commodity and
Is infinitely more complex than rail
roaiing. up"umrut operation pt
the packing industry would result In
even greater disaster la 70 than result
cd ln government operation oi rail-
roadcs and telegraph lines,
Under this bill the secretary ot agrl
culture can compel the packers I'M
mcdiaiely Ia sell and abandon every
branch of their business except that
of slnuchtcgiug live stock aud prrpnr
ing for sale live stock products, Thus
depriNng the consuming public of
the marketing facilities of the various
packers, which are q potent ustW
mcnt in recurring the rnst lee consumer
of many cnmmodillr-, and go thc sans
time limiting the right Of The Amcri-
can bushes, man tn engage lu more
than one business 40 the same time.
The packers, ID the legislation b.
enacted, would bee compelled Gao d..
pose ut their interests lu stnrkNarls
and dlspuse oi their refrigerator rar-.
Al the present time there are mot
enough meat and refrigerator ears iu
the United States, and as meats are
very perlshahlc, ans Interference with
their prompt AMI efficient dislrIhu-
ton would immediately Jeopardlle lhc
daily food supply 0i the great rItIcs
of the country The railroads neglect
ell "a supply refrigerator ears and,
therefore, the packers were comp,Ilcd
to supply them
The effect of this eluborat, lceu,
ing system will be- to take the opera
lion and management ut the packing
houses of This country, great aud
suall,-out of IN, hands ut the men
who have admittedly crrated uur uI
the most efficient Industries cod the
world, and to place the industry bon
the hand, Ut subordinate boa rI. no.
partmru ui agriculture who ar. ..
tally unfamiliar with the pwr.I
operation Jua management ut .
business