Arizona republican., 1920-02-15

IT tier before tine United States grand jury sitting in New ! York in Noven ; Der and December He fully expected to show that the packers were guilty of violating the antitrust laws Tnes
 were between two fires- on the one hand. effective governmental regula- ton: on the other, prosecution by the department of justice. The wholesale arocers were pressing The public was demanding action. The oppor- trnity to submit to the terms. dictated
 by the attorney general came. and tl.ey seized, il. He withdrew his suits and they agreed to submit to all the contentious of the government and to an injunction decree of the tilted States district court under which the
 defendants and each Of them either as corporations or individuals are com opelled-
 First to sell, under supervision or the United States district court. all thelr holdings in public stock yards, stock yard railroads and terminals and mar
 lxet newspapers.
 ests in public cold-storage warehouses,
 except as necessary for their own meat products
 Third, to forever disassociate them
 selves with the retail meat business
 Fourth. to forever disassociate them
 
 cliftling wholesale groceries, fish. fruit vegetables and a great variety ct foods. Fifth. to forever abandon the use or their branch houses. route cars ana auto trucks for any other than their own meat and dairy productS+
 Sixtfi to perpetuaIly submit 10 the Jurisdiction of the United States dis trict court under an injunction forpld- ding the defendants maintaining mo- nopoly on any food product in the
 United States, or indulging in any un- fair and unlawful practices
 It Is inconceivable that the pack
 CTS would have consented without a struggle to abide by such decree II they had a reasonable expectation Of being able to prove their innocence of the charges. What do they gain by
 submitting? T m o ar y immunity from prosecution. They also hope to
 quiet the public demand for federal legislation and to be let alone They have carly yielded what ground seemed absolutely necessary in order to avoid giving up more later It IS very clever
 and farsighted move, but 1t will not accomplish it's purpose People are asi<lng everywhere: Is it surrender or is it an armistice2 It's neither It's a great victory as far as it goes but he fruits of victory can only be
 made secure by legislation which Will
 not only provide an efficient agency clOIlCu- AllH ID DteANC tAAt cree of the court effective, but which will provide for those other things
 without which the markets cannot be free; namely, government regulation
 publicity. uniform accounting, refriS-
 eratcr-car service. which all together
 mean equal opportunity These must
 be provided for before the unrest and
 su@picioni which surround the packing business will cease. Neither the pack
 CTS nor the attorney general, who Is l reported to deprecate legislation al
 this time. understand the temper Of tho people if they think a permanent | treaty Of peace will be signed until ! constructive legislation has been ! placed on the statute books We de- | fnand 9 clear open system of produc- l tinn, manufacture and -distributioT | free from dark passages concealinS tho real beneficiaries of the consumer: ] dollar. Nothing short of this will sat i isfy the public or restore that conf dence Of producers in their industry which is a preree uisite to production We are not minimizing the import ance of the decree. Far from it, Tn, l attorney general has placed this eSfi- 1 mate on it's value: "It establishes th' ' principle that no group of men no mat