Bisbee daily review., 1919-01-23
BOLSFEv CHIEFS RIDDEN TO ATTEND PEACE FARLEY BY ALLIES
GOVT CONTROL IMMINENT, SAYS OGDEN ARMOUR
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-Two con gressional committees were occupied again today in hearing witnesses who were questioned concerning evidence brought out at the federal trade com missions meat packing inquiry. The committees have under consideration legislation providing for government control of the meat packing industry.
 Armour's Salary s25,oo0 Annually
 J. Ogden Armour, president of Arm our & Co, continued his testimony be- fore the house interstate commerce. committee. He said his salary was $25,000 a year and had never been any higher; asserted that Armour & Co., would welcome means to enable live stock producers to market their anil mals at a price based on the cost ol production; suggested a central con trol of livestock shipments as a pos sible means of obtaining this, and re- newed his opposition to pending bill to empower the government to take over control of adjuncts of the packing industry.
 Logan's Lobby Activities Questioned
 Before the senate agricultural com mittee, Thomas F. Logan was Ques- toned again as to his activities in Washington for Swift & Go, the Standard Oil company of Indiana and other corporations and his friendship with Joseph P. Tumulty, Edward N. Hurley and other government of ficials. The committee also heard sev- eral independent packers.
 "Means Govt Ownership" Armour
 COngressmen who questioned Mir. Armour, paid especial attention to get ting his views on the probable effects of the pending bill. Replying to Rep resenJative Shook of Ohio, Mir. Arm our said he thought the bill probably meant ultimate igovernment owner ship of the packing industry and he agreed with Representative Cooper of Ohio, that if the bill were constitu- tional, there was no limit as to how far the government might reach out and invade the realm hitherto occu- pied by private industry.
 Cattle Bought on 5o-5o Basis Representative Dillon of South Da- kota, tried to find out how cattle buy CTS determine prices. He drew from MT. Armour admission that Armour & Go. insisted on having an equal di- vision of the cattle offered at markets where there were only two packing plants, such as Ft Worth and Denver, but the witness said there was no col fusion, that the purchases were made on basis of plant capacity.
 The SteadineSs of purchase per centages is not strange, because a va riance of even 100000 animals might make difference of only l per cent" he told MT. Dillon.
 Defends Sharp Practice
 MT. Armour defended the practice of wiring on" whereby buyer who fail ed to obtain cattle which the grower insisted on shipping to another market for a better price notifies the com pany's representative at the new mar ket of the price he offered.
 Foreign Business Separated
 Foreign business of Armour & Go. was said to be entirely divorced from the parent corporation because it was desirable to have the companies oper- ate under the laws of the country where they were located.
 S. A. Plants Made Huge Profits The South American plants made $10,000000 last year, MT. Armour said. Virtually all of the South American meat has been shipped to Europe and Mir. Armour thought there would be little of it sent to this country in the near future, especially if free market is opened in Germany, which the com pany hopes will result from the estab- Continued on Page Two)