Bisbee daily review., 1921-03-13
PACKER HEADS
 ACCEPT OFFER
 IF MEDIATION
Assume Necessity Of Wage Cuts Will Not Be At Is-
 sue;' Men See Loophole

CHICAGO. March 12.-After an all. day discussion by heads. of the pack ing industry, telegram was sent Secretary of Labor Davis at Wash ington accepting his suggestion that they send two representatives to con fer with him and two representatives of the employees regarding the situa- tion in the industry.
 The telegram. signed by Armour and company. said:
 Your message. received. Will be glad,tO follow your suggestion"
 A Asstatement given out said:
 we assume that the justice and necessity of wage cuts will not he at issue Nor can there justly be an is- sue on the matter of hours.'
 Secretary Davis offer of personal mediation in an efofrt to avert a threatened strike also was accepted by the union leaders. Dennis Lane. of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Wprkmen Of North America. sending a telegram to him. It said:
 Workers Wire Acceptance
 ''It has always been and is the pol icv of our organization to co-overate
  accept your tender of services to work out solution of the situation which has been brought about by the delib- crate and arbitrary violation and re- pudiation by the five big packers of the agreement between your depart ment, ours and other labor -organiza- tons and the packers.
 We note that vou snecify no date for conference and we have informal tion that the packers contemnlate talk ing advantage of the fact. This. and the other organizations who are par ties to the agreement between vour deDartment and the packers. will ar range to select representatives to at tend a conference when you set a date. We suggest such conference be held in Washington. March 1s."
 The statement issued bv the pack CTS does not mention the wartime ar filtration agreement cancelled hy them February 26 and says regarding the announced reductions of wages and readjustmeut of working hours that except through such measures as we have sdonted- the possibility of indus t~'aI difficulties that might close our riants would stare us in the face" lt says:
 Pricee Near Pre-Wsr Level
 "The nations insistence on a return to normal and its refusal to pay war prices in peace times. has caused prices of our nroducts to dron to what are nracticaiIy nreswar levels. This has forced the price of livestock down tO a point which threatens the exist ence of the livestock industry. Our own business has been conducted at a loss for two years but OUT oneratiny eVpensas remained at the wartime reak Wage reductions therefore. are essential. not only from the emnlov- ers' stapdnoint but from the stand noint of livestock producers who are ha'-'ng to bear with rs the losses
 We assume that the justice and necessity of waoe cuts will not be at fssue. Nor can there irstlV he an issua on horrs. These cn-rnsnies are not resaonsible for tho fuct1ations in livestock receints- ts-fiuctuations illus trated Inv the fact that on some days there have been less then 1000 cattle on the Chicago market -whiIe on other days there are 49 O00 r. Is ob- vious that work day of definite nup,ber of honrs cannot meet such conditions. There are bound to be days when emnlOves will work only a few hours just as there will be days when they cannot take care.of the run in eight hours
 Aroue Standard Of Hours
 "The sfandards of hosrs of labo" established in mines. boundaries and