The Sauk Centre herald., 1929-09-19
Holman, and the spectacular para
chute drops of Mona Mally and
George Babcock put a punch in the
aerial program,
State Creameries Protest
Repeal Of Packers Decree
Two Hundred Other Co-ops Join in
Asking that Petition Be
Granted
(By Rudolph Lee in Minneapolis
JournaD

| (By Rudolph Lee in Minneapolis
JournaD
Washington, Sept. 16-The Land
O'Lakes creameries and. the Twin
City Milk Producers Association
through their central organization
the National Cooperative Milk Pro
ducers Federation, voiced their pro-
test here today against granting
the petition of the meat packers to
have the socalled packers consent
decree" abrogated.
It is the first protest to the grant
ing of the petition that has been
made by a farm organization OF
size. More than 200 co-operatives
mostly those engaged in handling
livestock, have previously Joined in
asking that the petition be granted
Among those in the northwest ask.
ing that the petition be granted
are the Central Cooperative Asso.
citation of South st. Paul and the
Northwestern Livestock Shippers
st. Paul
The protest by the Milk Produc
ers Association, asks that there be
complete government investigation
of whether or not it will be to the
public welfare to have large pri
vately owned corporations get in
to position where they can contro
any part of the avenue of travel by
which food products journey from
the producer to the consumer.
The protest asks that the lega
status Of such a marketing link be
determined before the original de
cree is abrogated or modified.
The protest says:
Until the legal status of such
large business concerns is clearly
established cooperative marketing
associations cannot thus proceed
for if they do they may find that ir
due time the business practises OF
these other large concerns may be
held to be unlawful, in which case
the cooperative marketing associa
tions must reform their business
structure and change their business
policies, being no longer able to CO
ordinate their activities with those
of concerns held to be unlawful
The mere granting or refusal tc
grant the petition for modification
Fof the consent decree will not set
tie the basic questions involved"
| The protest further states thai
the effect of granting the petition
upon the development of co-opera
tive marketing should be carefully
considered. The Milk Producers
Federation is looking to the ulti
mate future and it's protest init
mates that what the packers evi
IDENTIFY desire to do if the petition
is granted is to develop market
ing system which might better bt
I developed by the cooperative.
themselves.
Citing the case of the California
Cooperative Canneries, a concern
which was seriously affected wher
the government in 1922 forced tht
packers out of the retailing o1
meats, vegetables and fruits, be
cause the California cooperative
had built it's business to depend
upon the packers and which founc
itself without marketing facilities
when the packers were enjoineG
from retailing products, the milk
producers protest points out thai
other co-operatives might fine
themselves in the same position il
they came to depend upon the
packers or any other private owned
retailing organization and found
later the courts prohibited the or
ganization from engaging in the re
tail business. In this connection
the protest says:
ut is unwise for the large coop
erative marketing associations tt
depend upon any of these giganti,
privately owned business concern!
for marketing facilities, but rathel
common prudence dictates tha
they must at all times be prepared.
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