Show I LIVE STOCK MEN SCORE PACKERS Federal Trade Commission Chairman Criticizes s' s Language Language Lan Lan- b guage b in Report Den Dener er Colo Jan 23 William 23 nU William m B B. Colver Coher chairman of or tho the federal trade commission discussing the commissions commission's commissions commission's commissions commission's commis commis- sion's report on the packing industry before the thc convention con of oC the American National u Live Stock association toda today declared th that t the packers In a attacking attaching the report of or the commission devoted dc them themselves to of or the the commission commission commission commis commis- sion its Itself Ir but do not deny the thc facts contained in the report The They say nay a we were not fair fall because I which the report was waR written ho be Ial said Bald hut but I 1 failed to see sec what difference that makes as lon long ai i the thc facts are ar In the l' l report port and the packers packer dont don't dontay ray ay flay th the fa facts are ro not thero They Thoy cant can't d deny n Ui the Ule fact s because they wera were ob ob- b- b from their own file They say Imy we e were not fair Calr because we wc did not let their attorneys In to I cross examine witnesses and look Into the tho papers we had But Dut those papers were taken from their own files and the they had examined them long ago What they wanted was to find out what papers W we had got hold p pf pt Mr Mr r. r Colver said that If Ir if the commission commission commission commis commis- sion which set fiet out to make an Impartial impartial lin I Investigation had bad admitted I life packers packer attorneys 8 to cross examine witnesses and aud had treated the packers a as defendants It would have been then on the ground 0 that the the the-In- In Investigation In- In was unfair because the packers were being prosecuted We e V e did not consider the packers or anyone else as defendant t t he added We had no against them or anyone We Ve merely set out to discover er the facts In the food situation situation situa situa- I tion and tao tio one has yet jet ct denied that our report dO does 8 not contain those OSO facts When we Ite began Legan our im Ih Investigation we submitted questionnaires to rho packers and asked them for tor The They 1111 Id not ot then suggest that they be bo treated as de defendants fondants or of that their attorneys be permitted to be bo present present pres pres- ent enl to cross examine witnesses On the contrary thc they to took k the attitude altitude that the th y were riot fot concerted concerned In the investigation In cs i a as all nil their business lJ was open and above board I |