Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-24
PACKERS WON WAR
MORRIS TELLS PRObERS
Made Smaller Earnings Than Food
Commission Allowed, Blames
Stockmen for Charges.
nv Associated Prs, to Evcrv rvcnns

NV Associated prrss to tVcrv tVen'ng
Washington. Jan Il Edward Morris,
ol Chicago. president oi Morris y 60,
told the llousr Interstate Commer'r
Committee TODAY that enactment ot pend
lng legislation for government regulation
of the meat packing business would put
that industry ~ the situation where the
railroads arc now THIS, he said, moi ohiN
meant great increase IN the cost ct
living. hut might cause ultimate rum OF
the industry
DENYING categorically charges ot the
Federal trade commission that there was
oollusion among the tivC hlg packing con
Germs either huNing OF selling. MI Morris
sand the commission had not p'oih"d
cStdrner tn .uhStuntiatc lt@ allegations
hrrau-e there was 10 evidence Tie eaid
be.n4.Llnp lndustr, had been "a political
footbalI for many Nrar> that the packers
c.nr hetorc tho puhllr now ior a hearing
with "clcan hlud- aud that all they
askei was Square dcd lle added
that pa>.ihlN thr unjust ~u.picion
nen,u-i them WIS duc to thclr failure ~
tha rqst IL tah, Tho public INTO their con
hd p.t
Nd Norr,- -al 3, would make the
statement deliberately and rFllengc -'i',
rea.ful contradiction that the Wat would
nut now i, over i & bad MT Ireu ior ihe
ht, ur Chicago pa,hat-
lh.s h, ~aid WAS 0tc oi the lhg
la,b-fue- thst .tood up and delivered thr
laad. ID .ly tr Ell storm i never
altrtd ul r never uaNcrrd and =
ur,,r a-k,d or received enc cent 81
assistance from the government i, 81
,#4d +. tho ,tstut ,rc,It 81 the packer
that the, maig -nuller p'rccuiagc 81
rr,ut during th, u.tt Iruod than the iood
administration Wthoutcd and approved
H. ih, D,- al Noru 60 the WaI
prohte ,,cr -grctA more thtu ou"-hali
~ shat n, tood tdnul~i iratlon approved
I his ilanc uNr- th, D., s. thc charge q
prohte,rug ana .hauli inrN,r ~rleuc' The
charge i uenapok md ii,aai com
llnaflen
Mr Morn. lcad a fhe committee +
lre ir,rcd -tutcmcu' covering i5l page
III III. course b, suarpl1 s~sallrd thc
trad, commission fnr i', report ga tht
packing industry sand lie market com
mntfcc at the National laNcStpek AsSo-
ciailuu Wss hchiud ID commission ln-
vcstlraion. and declared That thc com-
uuttcc sought hEhc prices iur lNr>iofk.
which necessarily WOULD mean lGf,l
prices - thc consumer
bcearuC ihat tr tad been informed
that The market Commute, rcrclVr,t
Si5opOO annually from fEc ASSOCIATION.
Mr. Morn, suggested that II fnlrh 'c
we'll for Corgr,~~ rr ftt 'radc COMMISSION
- investigate tb, Use. Is Which ttlat
uon,N MAS iaf
Alr Marn, ~ul that Il thc traac COM
ni>eipn had found ttat tile packers had
raised such ~tm III uno-tVcntlcth Of II
for III, purpn>g 81 rti9ing tie price q the
articles thew sell tt.v would have hcen
.,.,nu!uccd is prcfteer> llc added that
4, lad L,ari 10 crIo,m 81 the markt'
o.mnitte, fund tut sad tins possibly
was due % he tact that thc Puhhc 4
not aware of it.
Taking up the ederal Trade Com
MISSIONS charges IN detail Mr. MorriS
SAID that the proof thar thCre vas no con-
bInation among tho packers - control
prices ot livestock MAS gwen IA thc iac'
that prices had murr iirn doubled m t'4r
wears UC quoted rom independent
nsekcr' testimony hetrre Congrc>, ,lunal
committees rs show tIlt tlcsc trhs~ were
not oppressed hv ti largo pa.hsr~ ani
declared thtt s, rr.tt II OBS eaWpanN
ln IRE t-eal 1rr orarg November
IqIN III tho ta.. eafral II e~fcd ~
eluiluc Ior-Wea money! WIS ent
per cent