The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-04-03

the omen cage and went away n
loft nix. ! might ray ~ hos been "a
most %intcroatinr proceeding ever
since
THE federal trade commission
did the same thing thai you folks
did. We did what you told ua T.
DO. after yon Went away and left
ua. then we started something ana
vfnt away and leff w..
The commissioners who finally
signed The report were Governor
Fort, Victor Murdock and myself.
An Of ua had come To the COM
mission after your movement had
been started. We had nothing iO
do with tho beginning Of u. We
had not been consulted BY either
side. and ! never stw three men
undertake % ioh with less prciu-
dice. We had not even met g
folks. The order cnme FOR us 60
nnd whRt were the facts on the
whule subject Of food, food control
nnd food prices. n was not lin
tied 10 meat M you know. We
Hpent $4,000 of your good money
q, ON the jon.
''Of course We knew about the
fight that had been going on. We
knew that three years ago az ~
paso YOU started YOUR market
committee ont nud we knew that
they did 40 out. and they cumpcd
on tho job, ana they never let up
unt1 they brought home f"e hn-
con. and fhen they wore .ouFh.
That % where We came iu.
Tile reason H. was through wher
he spoke those words was thrt b IN
~Vestigntion had been completed. 90
Iuly 3. 1915. Just one ear less NM
days after FUNDS q become avail
able. the commission forwarded 20 th'
president ~ the United states q sun
mary 81 their report This was nc
cowpnnicd hy % letter Of trnnamitui
from which I VIII read q rev short ,N
Answering directly your ques-
ton a. to whether there exist
monopolieS, controls. trusts. com
hi%nntions. ron%spifacies or re-
straints Of trade out OF harmony
with the law aud the public inter-
est We have found conclusive eva.
dencc that warrants an unquaii-
fled Affirmative.
III appears that hve great pack
ing concerns OF the country
swift. Armour, Morris Guduhy
and Wilson-hnve attained such q
dominant position that they con-
tNnl Ut VIII tue mhfkfN W MNi'i
they huN then supplies. the mar
ket IN which they sell their pro-
duets. and hold tho forums Of
their competitors in their hands
Not only BIS the business or
gathering. preparing and selling
meat products In their control
but an almost countless number of
by products Industries arc Slim
llariy dominated; and not contont
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The commodities which substitute
Tor meat and its hy-prnducta thcy
have allied industries aud even uu-
related mes.
AS We have followed these
I've great corporations through
their Amazing and devious rumin-
rations- followed them through
important branches ~ industry.
OF commerce aud OF unanCe-w We
have been able to trace beck 20
its source the great power which
made possible their growth We
have found that II n not M much
the means OF production ana
preparation, nor the sheer mo-
mentum OF great wealth., but the
advantage which is obtained
through a m~onopolistic control OF
the market places and means pf
transportation and distribution.
II these i've great concerns
owned no packing plants aud
Killed no cattle. and stll retained
control Of the instruments OF
transportation. Of marketing and
Of storage. their position would
not he less strong than ~ is.
The producer OF livestock Is a
the mercy Of these i've companies
because they control the market
and the marketing facilities and.
to One extent. the rolling stock
which transports b product ia
the market.
The competitors of these I'VE
concerns are az their mercy hs-
cause of the control ot the market
places. storage facilities ana of the
refrigerator ears FOR distTihutiur.
THE rsumrr of meat pro-
ducts By az the mercy uf these i've
because both producer and COM
prtitur are helpless 10 hriuE relief.
This report was nu one given
tho public than e campaign OF uii'
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