The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-01-31
Witness Tells House Committee
Wholesale Dealers VIII BE
Forced to Quit Il Operations Of
Big Five Are Not Restricted.
HENEY CONTINUES HIS
GRILLINo OF SWIFT
Lawyer Declares That State Of
Armed Neutrality Existed.
Whereby Each Packer Under.
stood He Should Keep Hands on

Washington. Jan. ai Names %
Witnesses uuon Whose testimony
charges of cullusion FmonE the five
lsadlur packers we're basel hy the
federal trade commission will be sub
mitted voluntarily 10y the rummirs.on
to the HOUSE Interstate commerce
committee. together with all other
testimony and q idcncu gathered dur
Ing the Investigation of tho meat IN
dustry
william a. rolvor. chairman OF the
trade coiamissiou. "a Informed the
committec today a. result of de-
mandH made hF committee members
be dlvulged ~ that the committee
would have basis for further ques.
luutng uf the pnrkerH
william y liode. president ~ the
Reid. Muriluck Company of chicago.
wholesale Erocers. testified that the
entrance OF the big packers into the
Wholesale Johbing business had b.
come great menace 10 the whole
sale Erossrs - the country. and that
they would p. driven out % buFinUss
unless the packers operations wfro
festfistcd.
racLcr~' Advantage Unfair"
The wholesalers would not object
g. this" hs iaid. ~ q was not Tor
thc itci that the packers have an un.
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thcm hy the -ailfuads which la denied
uH
The witness said the packers sont
their products In refrigerator curH
Intended originally only Tor perish
able meat products that the railroads
save ihom passenger train service und
ntauc dciiycri"s iu two days whore the
wholesalers IS required from five o. ten.
gh, railroads. be- added. refused Go
fa.. HaH ~ .aN
wholesalers except 60 limited uum-
her of cities. while the packers rf-
fugoratur ears were taken every
where
Ile suggested legislation 10 prevent
packers shIuuiuE any thinr rNc, %
meats in their refrigerator ears
Effect uu livestock p.lCus 81 pur-
chase. by the live leading packers was
dealt with in rruHs examination OF
Louis D. sWilt. hy Francis j Heney
to-day before the senate agriculture
committee considering regulations Tor
the meat industry.
Mr. ucnoY read letters TO show
that each of the "hig five" tried tu
maintain "a certain percentage OF pur.
rhases ON the omaha market.
This was natural result ~ each
concern wishing 10 Keep his own
business away from his rivals said
Mr swift
but you didn't go into the market
Hrrroe-iNcly Co buy any more pro-
portiuuptely than you had bought fuI
twenty ur thirty years" asked llrn0y
"Nu. ! didn't have any object In
siartinE H flrht there aud running w
prices said Mr swift
"iut udHhy said he would have "a
firht fur bis SHARE HAld Mr Heney
THAT does Uut chow any cumhina
ton. replied tho witness.
ARMED Neutrality"
no. hut % shows % stats OF armed
neutrality in which each packer iH "a
leave the others alcne.' responded
Mr HrurN
81 could have started price wal
. HuN time
And u you started a war on Arm
our hgd tight back" heuey said
Armour understands pretty woll
doesn't he'"
81 suppose hc docs"
whether the consumer could gel
/ cheaper meat products from his oi
small concerns was also discussed. Mr
swift said hc made less on hutterins
than an independent company.
Mr. HrnrN cuutonded that the hii
packers bought 30 per cent ~ the To-
tai sales every whore. and the witness
said he Thought IL was fair TO huN
Hs chruply 40 O., sHihlc with the packer
making such u small margin uf prof
H."
- don't know whether you muk
such u small margin Of profit" re-
piled Mr UrnsN "Our experts Hal
your hooks are kept no itH Impossible
tu say how much your costs ID
amount to-