New Britain herald., 1919-12-19
PACKERS LIMITED
 ID TWO BRANCHES
Handle Only Meat and Provisions Now .

Washington, Dec. 19.-Reorganiza pn of gigantic industry, involving pital of more than one billion dol Gs and affecting S7 corporations will suit from the compromise reached
 the government and the five big cking companies.
 Under the agreement announced lst night and which will be made hiding by an injunction decree the isiness of Swift and Co.,, Armour and D., Morris and Co.,, Wilson and Co.,. hd the Cudahy Co.,, will be restricted
 meats fand provisions
 Two years are given to comply with c decree.
 The packers agreed to dissociate emseiVes forever from all lines un- lated to the meat packing industry, men means they will exercise no rther control over the marketing of estock, or the retailing of meat foducts and will quit the field of feat substitutes, except eggs, butter, eese and poultry. '. .-# Furthermore, the packers agreed to bmit to the jurisdiction of the fed al courts and under the decree they HI be prohibited from maintaining Ry combination with each others or Tempting to monopolize any food Eoducts in the United States.
 The decree, Attorney Gen. Palmer lid in 8 statement thereon "estab- Ines the principle that no group of len, no matter how powerful, can Fer attempt to control the food table
 the American people,"
 The compromise followed the gov nment's antitrust action against e packers, started last summer at e direction of President Wilson as part of the campaign against the gh cost of living. The fight against e packers, however, had been |ng drawn out affair, extending over period of years, involving thousands
 dollars in investigation and causing tier feeling in politics and business. Despite the decree the bills pro- bsing government regulation of the tcking industry, now before the sen- e agriculture committee will not be bandoned according to their authors, nators Kenyon and Kendrick. Sen or Kendrick said the decree was merely a step, though a very long lS, GOWdIu IIl6 SOStI Wt ilaNt ptGll eking to attain"
 Chicago, Dec. 19-The probable trend
 prices for food products formerly lndIed by the packers during the yo year period in which the Swift, rmour, Morris, Wilson and Cudahy mpanies must dissociate them Ives from all other than the meat Id provision businesses today, was e subject of general speculation.
 Following announcement of the bmpromise agreement resulting from stitutien of antitrust actions, against c ST corporations and 49 individuals |aking up the ''big five'' packers, brying opinions as to the probable fleet on, the cost of living were eX- e&acd The price of meat is within the Pntrol of the people themselves" said
 Mitchell Palmer, II. s. attorney eneral, in announcing the agreement etween the packers and the depart ent of justice.
 A step with public opinion, an ef- brt to aid in aIlaying unrest and an Mention to remove cause for fric- lon with the government, rather than h admission of any guilt, was the ay statements of representatives of ae packers referred to the compro- lise.
 The grand jury inquiry into the perations Of the packers, begun at resident Wilson's direction as part
 the fight on the high cost of liv- g, recently was halted by adjourn ent after a months investigation.
 While the packers were permitted yo years to dispose of their side 1ne holdings under the agreement, bme of them already had begun such aggregation The leather, canned euit and vegetable, businesses of Swift ind Co. already were operating as eparate companies. Wilson and Co. nd disposed of its grocery business. Tmour and Co, a statement said, did ' ot manufa cture cereals but distribut- l the products of the Armour grain Dmpany-