The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1920-03-05
sllL Packets
ARE FROZEN out.
GONE INTERPRETING rGSTsMcNtY
- GIVEN Nv TRADE coMMlA
sIokEa cCLvrA.
ATTACKS ALLEGED COMBINE
eays catshiss N Causing nsash Of In
dependent Packing Coneerns o.
the Rats VI oas In every
Three Morslsa.


WaahinEtoa. Opening another eon
Eressioual Inquiry into She packing In
dassvy ard tbs activities Of shs "bls
tfEe.r Chicago packers. the is1saa agrt
cultural eommitsss heard Federal
Trade Commissioner w, n. Colvsr and
Representative Andersen, MINNESOTA,
author ~ bill carrying oat recon
Yneu,tatinaa of the trade consnissiot
for regulation NJ the industry
Some members Of the committee Dr.
Injured At ths proposal 80 bold the
bearings. Representative Raiasy, ilii'
n6is. polusiag out that five successive
congressional Inquiries had baeti hrsd
since 1915, while other members saG'
gested thai exceedingly extensive re@-
GSsts df pFevfauw irra'fi-sS wstssh e'ssss
the government 5000 volume,
should be considered sufficient basis
for action. The vote. however. was 10
to . In favor NJ holding bearings
Representative Anderson, arguing Ia
support Ut his lin saEd that present
conditions necensitAtsa GivaTcins the
packers from ownership OF refrigerator
ears and stock yards, combining thcir
business 10 tss handbag Of meat pro
ducts. ard. establishing a federal eonF
mission 10 regulate them otherwise,
Mr. cuiver dselaiu,ed any feeling
against the ~big siye," Az an outgrowth
IL tie bitter controversy which has
t.en wagea since the trade commits
tion's report On the Industry, and touch.
cd on the recent agreement between
Attorney General Palmer and tho pack
ers with the remark that ''of itself,
II is an argument for legislative reg
uIatsnn,"
Representation fIangen, 81 Iowa,
chairman az the agricultural commit
tee criticised the agreement, saying;
THAT consen. decree ths packers
will take admtta all the evil practices
which they have been In. forsiyes
them Tor Il. specifies that thsy are
10 he given two years more 10 con
tiuue all 81 then hut after that time
they are 90 cealine their rohbsries TO
tho farmers who produce butter. sgEs.
cheese aud poultry doesn't itF'
Commission.r Colver only smiled,
without direct anawer
Remafking that he was not disposed
10 mention minor scandals" Com
missioner Colvsr said that the Gem
n,'ssion had Aund that the Armour
Swift, cudaAy. Wilson and Morris con
Germs BAD "Rn agreement with respect
t. the purchase Of their raw r-uerial
Hive stock In all the principai mar.
kess
This agreement. he added. had all
tho effect OF restraint Of trade.
Independent parking concerns In tbs
tnitef rtstes. me- said, wore dying
of a., thu rate of oae every three
months, ana ~hen specifically asked
he said this was the result Of ,he
packer prac,ices"
Likewise. there I'm such a thing ~
rempetit!oa between commodities. he
said, which the packers, recognising.
had met by entering tho fields ot dis
trtbutica ot feodsis.fs which might
be- meat substitutes Their owner
ship of refrigerator cars, and OF stcck |
yards, hn offered "A further sllns,ra.
ton VI the tendency towards mnop.
oily"
Federal regulation THAT la federal |
eontaet, like national hank tuperyts. !
lon, he added. would meet tae alt |
ags'ea,
The committee decided "a give cp.
panents and advocates ~ regulation /
20 hours each after which ATTORNEY
General Palmer would hc eall@3 Ga evy
PLATA The Enforcement de,ree The
committee then will decide the tarthor
sea2e of Its Inquiry
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