The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-08-21
PACKERS DENY CLAIM
OF TRADE COMMISSION
independents nt Hearing In Wash
InEtnn Dispute I1ndingH re-
ported by ICdcrnl I'rotr'rs,
COMPETITION IS MAINTAINED
Both Ia sale Of Livestock aud Meats
Tho, NnN Law ~ supply ana
Demand T. Operating.

WAElINGI ~ Aux IN lnde-
pendent packers appearing before
the senate ugrlculuHe committee Co..
day challenged mos, NJ the state
mcus of tho federal trade commits
run ou which proposals. for strin.
gent regulation of the i've dOIN nhut
concerns ir the industry are based
The Independent reprcsontatlyos
insisted tHat they wore meeting and
furnishing lI,oly competition a. both
ends OF tho industry In The pur
chase ~ lNcstucb for thsir plants
and in the sale of meats io tho re-
taller and rapressrd me rOnolu
zion thai the law NJ supply ana de
mand would servo sufficiently 60
protect the consumer Their view
whs supplemented by that Of ~
tail butcher ana given minor sup
port iu the appearance ~ a vegetable
tunncry representative and Tho mead
Of milk rundenHlng business. % OBJ
jcgt 30 licensing provisions of the
Kenyon bills which they felt would
apply ip their business II not
changed
closely Questioned.
Committee members, particularly
Pcnhtor kenyon. republican, Iowa.
author ot the regulation measure.
ana Senator Capper. republican OF
Kansas. put TO the packers roprr'
sentatiVes pointed questions bearing
on tho establishment OF tho Amorl-
can Institute ~ Packing itH wash
aTGIUlFIEa N q ell
aH entering into the subject OF
profits
"isn't the inatltute office here 10
fight hny kind Of regulation ?. zen
ator Kenyon asked 7 Davis liill
who headed a delegation of inde-
pendent packers of Baltimore.
I'm not an officer OF IT, MI.
Hlll said. but ! suppose they want 10
DO on the Hround 90 he familiar win
all legislative proposals. affecting inc
Industry.
understand, I'm not saying they
are wrong" Senator Kenyon contln-
uod. "or that there In anything WRONG
In their methods. but do YOU know
about their AGENTS and publicity men
here or who Ia golng 20 pay Tor
them7"
~ suppose there will he dues AS
sesHed for that" MI hlll aAld.
That's the usual way
Buzlncas Abnormal.
I'VE are now passing through
period OF initiation" Mr.. Hill said, In
making his objection 10 the proposed
regulation Prices are abnormal,
business Ia abnormal This IL no time
TO regulate Wait until We get
through u and have out feet back
on the ground and then see what
drastic measures arc necessary"
The witness said he bought hogs In
company with the hig packers In
Kansas city and Chicago and was
sure tho big concerns could not con =
troll prices solomon Greenwald. who
said his husse IN Baltimore dealt In
only beef, asserted the same thing
was true Of other live stock.
Senator Hansdell. democrat, Louis
lana, took up the questioning from
another angle
We've been told the bis packers
arc going into everything" the son
ator qucried, controlling the sale OF
somo TOO other products, Do you
think II would be good thing TO
have them put all these other smaller
men out Of business and establish n
monopoly In foodstuffa7"
mo, hut ia say to license the
other and let the live stock Industry
alone" Greenwaid responded,
These are Just the sort Of ohjec-
tions that were raised TO meat In
Hpection when that Saw was pro-
poAed." observed Senator Kenyon.