The Washington times., 1919-09-15

81 have been engagedn the packing business in Baltimore for
twenty years We have been daily competition with al the b
We have no trouble securing live animals competition with
the big packers We are in competition with them in Cincinnati St
Louis Louisville and Toledo well yards at Baltimore
There is real competition in all these yards
Government regulation would put danPer the packing
business; would se initiative keep the young from showing
the ambition he ought to have.
81 have always found the big packers be very their
dealings with There times when do little better
with one packer than with another They have been
unreasonable have they esoed any unfair practices have
never seen any Of them trying to put the little fellow
All of the small packers they understand the business are
making money"
wish to take exception to statements by W. B. Colver
of the Federal Trade Commission that the independent packers
sted at the uferance OF the large packers know several OF the
independent packers of the country who have
On o. E eP than the big hve and we feel an nave prosPsTed
six independent small packers estimate that the smaller
packers do than half Of the business have known all the
big packers for number OF years and have never heard Of any
unfair dealings their part Our worst competition not with the
western packers much il with local competitors We find
the western packers fan every Of their deang We buy
five stock n7 makes and have always abe buy
open composition with the large packers and have found them
fair competitors in the selling of their products In place of trying
to put US out Of business the big packers really assist u.s.
THE big packers are our hard KEEN but fair competitors We
have never had any trouble because of being competition with
them There always strong competition the market in buying
but have hadSany trouble in meeting it know Of no
methods that have been adopted BY any of the big packing eOesn
which unjust unfair mOnOpOis6c We existing
by suerance We perfectly able to take care of ou
Our business has gradually increased since $780, AS far profits
concerned my company has made larger percentage On Is
turnover than any Of the sO-caIed Big Five.
The duty Of Congress is to build up and destroy. We
beg you to defeat these bills"
have been engaged in the packing business thirty wears and
during the last twelve years. have been in business for myself
Previous to that time had been with of the Big Five packers
When he learned that had gone business for myself he vo
tay let me have enough money to establish myself mention
this to show that he did put business On
the contrary, he helped me get started
We have all of the big five packers at Buffalo and about
thirty independent packers besides There keen Competition
among all of u.s. There combination practices among
the larger packers. We against this legislation
81 regard the big packers conducting clean and keen COM
petition They have done much to build the cattle industry the
packing industry and business generally grounds for at
tempting to regulate their methods of doing business If It were
not for the way the packers conduct their business the consuming
public right would be paying considerably the same
goods than they paying today You trying prevent the
large packers from and trying regulate keep
the little fellow out of business in his judgment thinks
he might succeed 1t has been stated that the Independent packers
of hecounty exist by Suerance of the big five not
true Anybody compete with the big FIVE packers We have
agreements understandings with any packing concerns in re-
gard to territory"