Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-07-25
KENYON MEASURE
IS BEING BACKED
BY BUSINESS MEN
Bill to Curb Packers Activi-
ties, Now Pending in Con-
greSS, is Heartily Endorsed
by Duke City Citizens,

The Kenyon bill now before CON
gress, which is intended to curb the
Hig Five packers, was heartily en-
dorsed yesterday afternoon by the
director of the Chamber Of Commerce,
following a favorable report by a
committee which had been appointed
to Investigate the proy's ms OF the
measure.
Mt conlent with handling meat and
its hy-products. the packers have been
gradually cXtendins their activities 10
tho control and sale {. an Kinds Of
EcUdstuffs and tAe prediction has
been made th9r unless something is
dpre to curb the = a. .VIties, inside
OF Eve years WHOLESALE grocers VIII
h2Ve TO 90 ont Of business, and The
- me fate faces the re;uIcrS ins'de
o. ten Gr twelve ears The Kenyon
bill seeks to have certain other regu-
alton measures made applicable 20
the packing industry So Us to in
sure cheaper meats and unfair com
petition.
The salient points Of IL" nill are:
The president shah appoint I ON
missioner iof foodssUfis to enforce
ne provisions OF the net.
Every person engaged in the busl-
Eess of slaughtering 1S live stock, or
preparing live st9'l. products for
sale, or of marketing jive stock prod
uCts, as a subsidiary Of, CT an adJHnct
L. the Strengthening Of live stocN sha''
secure ana hold a license which shall
pc issued by the secretary of agrlcul-
turC upon application.
stock yard operators, comm ssiOr
men handling live stock, publishers Of
live stock market quotations, dealers
IN dairy products ~ poultry whose
business exceeds $500.UD0 year, aud
who are doing an interstate business
must also tai out Iceuses.
1t shall be unlawful for any
licenGee to engage in any unfair, un-
justly discriminatory or deceptive
practice or do anything tending to
establish monopoly.
After three years from the 1assag
of the law, persons engaged in tae
business of slaughtering live stock,
or preparing live STOCK for sale, or
OF marketing live stock products, shalt
not own OF etntrol, UT lave any in
terest in any stock yards.
Private ownership of refrigerator
cars - IOfDiddtH
The packers have been active in the
clrcuation of propaganda which has
for its object the defeat Of the bill.
TO offset this the wholesalers, retailers,
live stock men AMI others have begun
flooding their congressman with re-
quests to have the bill passed. The
action of the Chamber of Commerce
yesterday was communicated by
no /
Representative Hernandez, with the
request that they support the bill.
The Business Mems Cooperative
association also took up the matter
by letter with Senator Jones on July
q. The following is a copy of n
letter which was sent him:
There is a matter before congress
that we feel is of such importance, as
it affects the interests of the mer-
chants directly and will finally re-
solve itself into a menace to the pub
lie at large. We take the liberty of
addressing you and asking your sup
port of the Kenyon bill which aims
at the control of the meat packing
interests of the country, popularity
known as the big Five"
I'm line with their propaganda, we
understand that they are now MAX
ing an effort to secure the support of
local merchants by asking them to
write their congressional representa-
tives advocating the continuance of
the service as rendered by the pack
ers and supporting them in their
activities along the line of branching
out into other industries that are
foreign to meat packing. Some of the
smaller merchants, we understand,
have given such letters to representa-
tives of the packers, and we are fur
Their informed that the packers in
some cases have taken blank letter
heads and. written these letters them
selves, returning some to the mer-
chants to be signed and sent to you.
at is the sense of the Business
Mems Cooperative association of
Albuquerque, composed of practically
all of the leading business men of the
city, that the curbing of the meat
packing interests is absolutely essen
tial to the welfare of the people at
large, and in urging your support in
behalf of the welfare of the people
at large, and in urging your support in
behalf of your constituents of the
Kenyon bill, we feel that it is most
important work for the future bene-
fit of not only the merchant, but more