Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-12-19
PACKERS WILL
DROP ALI. Side
LINE: BUSInE: s;
Big tive 10 Deal Only In Mea
and Prov isions, is
Announcement
ANTITRUST
SUIT COMPROMISE
Will Dispose of Grocery Trade ar
Unrelated Lines-Operate
Under Federal Restric-
tiona Hereafter

Washington, Dec. 18.--The COY
cfnment's antitrust suit agains
the great meat packers, begun 9
President Wilson'S direction las
summer, as part Of the fight 0
the high cost Of living, has bee
compromised under an agreemef
by which the packers will confin
themselves hereafter to the meg
and provision business.
An injunction decree to whid
the packers have acceded, will i
entered in the federal courts [
make the agreement binding. Un
der its terms, the big five-SWif
Armour, Morris, Wilson and CT
dahy-have agreed:
70 sell under supervision of til
United States district court, prs
ferably to the livestock produced
and the public, all their holding
in public stockyards and newsps
perS.
TIE dispose of all their interest
in public cold storage, warehouse
except as necessary for their owl
meat products.
To forever associate themselvs
with all unrelated lines inclu(
ing wholesale groceries, fresl
canned, dried or salt fish; fres|
dried or canned vegetables; fres,
crushed, dried, evaporated
canned fruits; confectioneries1
syrups, soda water fountain SUI
plies, etc; molasses, honey, jam
jollies and preserves; ices; sauce
relishes, etc; coffee, tea, chocolate
cocoa, nuts, flour, rice, sugar ar
cereals with an exception to !
noted; bread, waters, cracker
biscuits, spaghetti, vermicil,
macaroni, cigars, china, furnitur
etc.
Two Years Given.
TO forever abandon the use 4
the branch houses, route cars an
auto trucks, comprising their dill
tribution system, for any oths
than their own meat and daiI
products.
I. To perpetually submit to til
jurisdiction of the United Stat{
district courts, under an injunctid
forbiddine all the defendants frOl
directly or indirectly maintainin
any combination, or consplrad
with each other or any other PEI
sonal or persons, or monopolizin
or attempting to monopolize, an
food products, in the Unite
States, or indulging in any unfa
and unlawful practices.
The decree further provides I'll
jurisdiction is perpetually retail
ed by the courts for the purpos
of taking such other action,
adding at the foot of the deere
such other relief, if any, that ma
become necessary Or approrrial
TO rthe carrying out and enforce
ment of the decree or for the pu,
pose Of entertaining at any tin
hereafter in the application whic
the parties may make with r.
spect to this decree.
Two years are give nto compl
with the decree which affec1
81 corporations and 40 individual
Palmer's Statement.
"In general" Attorney Gener'
Palmer's official announcemel
tonight said: "This decree pr,
vents the defendants from exc
cising any further control owe
the marketing of livestock. 1t TO
ever prevents them from any col
troll over the retailing of mes
products. 1t eliminates them fro
the field of meat substitutes, wit
the exception of eggs, butte
poultry and cheese, which are lie.
for future consideration and q
ton, and therefore the price
meat is within the control of Il
people themselves. 1t places I'll
conduct of these great aggreg'
tions of capital Immediately unds
the eye of federal court viii
references to their business pra
tees.
"But, greater than all. it e
tablishes the principle that /
group Of men, no matter how poy
erful. can ever attempt to contr
the food table of the Americs
people or any one of the necessitit
or component parts of it.
"The department of justice hai
ing in mind the necessities and il
terests of the whole America
people in this critical reconstru
ton period, feels that by insistin
upon this surrende ron the part /
the packing interests it has al
complished mere for the America
people than could have been hope
for as the result of long draw
out legal BATTLE"
Denies Surrender.
While Mr.. Palmer views "a
packers submission to the gover3
ment's contentious as "surre3
der Henry Veeder, counsel 81
Swift and company, announts)
u 4<~1 At +