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SENATE APPROVES
CURLING PACKERS
PGSs Bill For Federal RegJIa-
tio0 Of Neat ID-ustTy.
AMENDMENTS VOTED DOWN
Under the Measure a GoVernemnt
Live Stool, Commission win Con-
troi Packing Industry.

! Washington, Jan. -.J--The hjll pro-
posin- federal ryA5.iu,iua OF the meat
pacaei, d..G other l.vysro x uuraering
| agencies was passed ny the senate.
The vote on passage vas Is 10 33.
! H} vote Of - to 81 tie senate re
fused to Strike from the bill the plan
for voluntary licensing and rpgutarton
If packers.
Also ~ a vote Of Is to 81 the senate
! defeated the plan of Senator Sterling,
Republican, South Dakota. To turn
oyrr administration of the proposed
iaw 10 the federal trade commission,
instead Of the new livestock commits
sion. authorized in the piil.
Opening the final lays debate, Sen
ator Snoot, Republican, Utah, denied
chal ges Of colluSion and monopoly
made against The Big Five" packers
by Senator Kenyon, Republican, Iowa.
The Utah senator said the federal
trade commissions Investigation of
thar Industry was an eX-rarte inquiry
and that the commissions charge of
monopoly was based only on circum-
stantial evidence and unwarranted in
fcrenCeS.
The packers have 10 lg'2"d percent
age of purchases II livestock, Senator
Smcot declared. The much discussed
memorandum Of percentages taken
from; packer files Mr.. Sy1oot said, was
basis for collection of Joint funds by
the packers to fight harmful legislation
and to apportiOn expenses Of their liti-
cation.
Senator Kenyon replied that he
would demonstrate that one use of the
percentage memorandum was TO appor-
ton packers funds used for election
Of members Of congress-
Senator McCumber, Republican,
North Dakota, announced his opposi-
ton to tie measure. Senator Warren,
Republican. Wyoming. also declared
his opposition, presenting q resolution
from the Wyoming legislature con-
deDtning the measure.
Senator Kenyon said The Wyoming
legislatures act was designed to slug"
Senator Kcndrick, of that state, who
has been active fer the legislation.
Swift & Co, the senator added, sent
III agent 10 the Wyoming legislature,
and its action, he said, was evidence
of the power Of this gigantic monop-
oily. which cares nothing for laws of
latUreS"
Senator Reed, Democrat, Missouri,
opposing the bill, said 1t was state
socialism"
Senator Hitchcock, Democrat, Ne
brGska, announced his support for the
measure on the general ground that
the packing business had grown to
such "stupendous" size chat federal
protection of the consuming public and
livestock producers was desirable.
bureaucratic interference with pri-
vatc business" was reason given by
Senator Edge, Republican, New Jer-
sey, for his opposition.
The bin disposed Of is known as the
"GrCnna bill" having been reported BY
Senator Gronna, Republican, North Da-
kOta, as substitute for the Kenyon
Kendrick bill. The Gronna measure
provides for federal regulation Of meat
packers, stodkyards. commission men
and other agencies of the meat indus
try by a n w government livestock
commission of three members appoint
ed by the president At $4,000 salaries.
Besides power TO prescribe regula-
tons for the industry, reyiewable by
the federal circuit courts, the Gronna
bill proposes a voluntary system of IL
censing packers, instead of the COM
pulsory plan Of the original Kenyon
Kendrick measure.