Show STOCKYARDS DEClARED I BABIES OF PACKERS Washington Jan Tan 18 Everett IS Everett Brown Drown president of or the tho Chicago Live Stock ox- ox change chango testified before the tho House Interstate In Irk commerce commerce committee today that government operation of ot stockyards stockyards stockyards stock stock- yards would result In tho stifling stifling- of or competition In n tho the purchase of or live JIve livestock livestock stock and that producers would bo be forced t to l accept an any prices tho the packers packers pack pack- ers era desired to pa pay pa Ho said saM tho the stockyards stockyards stock stock- yards were cre the babies of oC tho the packers pack pack- ers as ns shown b by evidence of oC tho the federal federal federal fed fed- eral trade commission and that If Ie tho the government took thorn thom over the tho packers pack pack- ers would buy direct from the Iho producers producer er ers The packers would not compete with ono one another In that event 8 said ld Mr Ir Brown Drown Instead of ot buyers going to tho the producers In groups tho the chances are arc only ono one buyer buer would go to each aach The packers would apportion tn the tho distrIcts districts districts dis dis- among themselves and not Infringe upon the oth others other's rs r's territory Mr Brown n said th the Chicago live U stock exchange o favored government supervision supervision super super- vision of ot the tho meat Industry provided thIs thIB supervision was placed over other industries as well wen For or or the tho past twenty years oar tho the meat Industry has been mado the tho target of oC legislative abuse ho saId and not nota I a n thing has been accomplished except Inconveniencing the tho Industry It Is time Congress either started investigating Investigating gating gating- other Industries as ns well or stopped entirely b e |