The Washington herald., 1921-07-17
SOUTH AMERICA -
STARTS DRIVE ONT
PACKERS TRUsTO
Argentine and Urugusy
Urge Cooperative
Farmer Plants.
ny ,. W. WHITE.

ny Do W. WhIIA--
BUENos AIRES. July ls.-The
campaign being waged In Uruguay
in favor Of the appropriation OF al
foreign-owned packing houses and
their operation on a cooperative
basis -for the benefit Of the cayr8e :
raisers." is making considerably,
headway. Packing houses. and es-
pecially the American ones. recent
Iy have been made the subject OF
several legislative projects both IN 2
Argentina and Uruguay. accom-
panied by Widespread newspaper
hostility. The project which has
obtained the strongest popular
backing and the widest publicity :. T
one by the Uruguayan deputy. re,
brino L. Wanna. which is as fo.--
lows; -s
"A spcial committee shall sg.,
charged with arranging for a South
American international congress to !,
devise means Of defending the cat
tie raising industry in the various
countries OF this continent.
want Better Prices. rar
The committee shall arrange me p
program for the proposed congress
and shall include in the Invitation
sent to the various republics a res
ume OF its Investigations. in orcer
that the results Of these investiga--
tions may serve as a basis on which
the public ofhcials Of the countries
represented at the congress may
plan their policy.
Without prejudicing this prin-
cipal object Of planning for the m
ternational congress. this commit
tee shall study also the meanrr
whereby they Immediately can
bring about a better compensation %
for animals than the psckins
houses are now paying"
In presenting his project to the
house OF representatives. DR.. VI
anna reminded the legislators taar
In both France and Italy great at
NeHNiSh mas OScu pdlo 10 TINS QueS-
tion.
Argentina has devoted much a..
tention TO the problem presented
by the packers trust" the deputS
said, and has tried to solve the
problem by employing for the de-
Tense Of livestock the same methods
employed for cereals. But the prop-
lem is not the same.
petition in South America. while
Argentine meat mas competftror
from Brazil. where the Industry y,
new. but is developing under splen-
did conditions. from Uruguay. and
even from Paraguay. This cornpe-
tition might at any moment place
the Argentine producers and cattI,
rsisers in a difficult situation.
Cite L. 8. Action.
Recent telegraphic news from
the United States regarding -
ANTITRUST LEGISLATION ssairSf the
packers th'-e brings r8s-H % o.
again The necessity ~ uaitIuE g.
control tAis trust OtE0r. AZ control.
rs 20 a greater extent thsn Il al
Eeady Goes. We must 'sie the ieaS
Z h pushing n. movement for unit
iEs Tie meat producing contries Of
South America, as this union will
result in the real economical inoe. b.
pendence Of these countries"
In discussing his scheme TO news
paper men, Deputy Wanna said:
The project provides for ar
agreement between Argentina, Bra
xii, Paraguay and Uruguay where
by the packing houses Of these
countries will be operated for the
benefit of the cattle raisers of these
countries.
I'VE expect TO offer meat at lower
prices 20 consumers in our own
countries and at the same time IN
crease the profit OF the cattle rails
ers.
This scheme also would resulr
in an increase OF production a..
cording to the producing capacit,
of each country. instead Of the pro
duction being severely limited and
apportioned among the producinr
countries. as is now done by tn,
packing trust. ....-.
Farmers 70 Run Plants.
Half a million OF cattle die -ir
Uruguay every year because ex.
posed TO epidemics. to droughts ano
TO severe winters after the com.
mercial policy OF the packing trua
has left them on the farmers hand1
instead OF slaughtering them. rss
packing trust continually keeps
down South American production ir
order to keep up prices in consum.
ing centers by pleading lack OF
supply.
Il propose that the manaEerent
OF the packing plants be put ints
the hands of cooperative directo-
rates appointed by the farmers OF
the various countries and that the
whole South American industry st
under an international directorate
which would supervise the distri.
button OF the dressed meat In for
eign markets. This international
directorate would be composed a
delegates from the various national
directorstes. r
Ccepyrisht isaI.)