Bisbee daily review., 1919-01-31

was gamble. Much of the agitation
against the packers, he contended was
led by producers who had been given
rough treatment by the packers years
ago. and who still held a grudge. He
denied that the packers were control
ling prices by collision.
Representative Sweet of Iowa want
ed TO know whether $4,000, 600 pounds
OF meat was held in storage through
out the country to maintain or in
crease the price
No, indeed" Mr.. Wilson answered.
You must understand that is not
such an enormous quantity, A short
time ago my company had an order
one-half that amount it had to fill in
two weeks, The figure seems large,
but large figures are common in the
packing industry"
Mr.. Wilson said the great quanti-
ties Of pork held in storage resulted
from the governments action last
summer in urging increased produc-
ton CT hogs.
There was big response to the
governments request" he stated.
Then when the aTmistice. was signed
and everybody began to believe prices
hog wanted to get rid of it. The
market was glHted and the packers
bought in enormous quantities"
In taking up the examination of
Mr.. Swift regarding the NJ. X. & T.
yards, Mr.. Heney read letters to show
that Swift & Co. and Armour & Co.
had refused to ship livestock over the
railroad as long as the road main
tanned its yards and that later when
the yards were abandoned an agree
ment was reached to ship a certain
volume OF stock over the line on GER
tain days
Well, want to explain that" sug-
gested Mr.. Swift. but the raising of
the immunity question caused a recess
and executive session of the commit
tee and delay in the testimony until
late in the day.
Mr.. Swift said the railroad stock
yards were merely feeding yards"
had not been successful, and probably
would have been abandoned by the
railroad, anyhow
You and Armour refused to ship
on the Katy in order to bring all the
livestock to your yards, though, didn't
you?" asked Mr.. Heney.
There were negotiations with the
railroad, but as to how far they went
in the way of a threat, l don't know,
was the reply.
1t wasn't a case of a threat" con-
tinued Mr.. Heney. You simply with
drew your business from the Katy"
We may have withdrawn some
Mr.. Swift started to say, but was in
terrupted by Mr.. Heney, who said:
Forced Yards to Close.
You withdrew so heavily that you
forced the Katy to close its stock
yards in return for your shipping a
certain amount of stock
Mr. Swift said he thought the NJ. K.
& T. might have closed the yards
quicker, if the action had not been
requested.
Your correspondence shows that
you shook each others hands over the
result. all right" responded Mr..
Heney
When Mr.. Wilson's examination be-
fore the house committee was con-
cluGed late today, Arthur G. Leonard.
president of the Union Stockyards &
Transit Co, Chicago, took the stand
to protest against proposed govern
ment control or regulation of stock
yards. He said that 1t is neither Just
nor fair, nor economically sound for
the government to deprive stockyard
companies of their property" and OBJ
jected to having the business squeezed
dry by government regulation without
ownership.
Mr.. Leonard said the Chicago stock
yards had always been FAIR TO both
producers and packer and that few
complaints had ever been made
against it. He denied that the prop
erty was controlled by the five big
packers. or by any other combination
of large and small packers, and said
the company has constantly sought to
increase the number OF buyers d. its
market.