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Show TENDENCY TO WIPE OUT COMPETITION "WASHINGTON", Dee. 20. Retail and wholesale groceries on a competitive basis m ill be wiped out within a few years : unless present tendencies in the meat , caching industry are eliminated, Chair- . man Colver of the federal trade com mis- i don told the house interstate commerce committee, today at hearings on the administration ad-ministration bill to regulate tho packing business. The cause, he contended, was that the packers had obtained control of numerous numer-ous Industries not directly related to the packing industry. 'Tho consumer pas- more," said Mr. Colvrr, "I can cite cases for proof of my belief. Since the packers have become be-come heavily interested in the salmon industry in-dustry priies have advanced without economic reason except of control." |