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Show CHARGES AMDS aided nam II C0KTIT1I Testimony Introduced to Show Little Poultry and Egg Dealers Eliminated by Underselling. USED CAMOUFLAGE IN BAZAAR DONATION Select Preserves for Gift Because of Size of Package Pack-age Containing Goods Worth $15. CHICAGO. Feb. Testimony to sub stantial charges that the bij Chicago packers eliminated the httl poultry and 1 es d valet by und or sell! them, by setting up "dummy" firms, by use of special spe-cial railway facilities and by other unfair un-fair means, was Introduced at the h.ear-conducted h.ear-conducted by Francis J. Heney before be-fore Samuel Ta tor, examiner for the tederal trade com mission today. V. F. Trlobe. who ts said by Mr. Heney to be drawing a salary ftvm tfwlft v'o., while serving the government on the food adumiistiatiou at $1 a year, was accused of bclnc; espectal'y active against tiie small dealers. Mr. Heney also attempted to show that the packers lobbied in state capitals dm-ins? dm-ins? the consideration of laws to better Uibor conditions, that they sought to increase in-crease necro help in the packitv- v'-:'ts. and that m genera; fought a; iint all legislation for tiie j;ood of the w orkins man and w o: ku-c woman. In one instance, accord; ng to Mr. j Heney, the packers bad made a donation ! to be used at a church bazaar to Mn. J. ; I J. 1 lcale . w u'o or an arbitrator lor the Illinois industrial beard. befoie whom j disputed cases of w orkmy mens com-pena'icn com-pena'icn were heard. Donated Product. "It miht be ud viubie t' make serr. kind cf a contribution to Mr.-. I lea' e y. 1 would ud abo'it $1 j woi th of our product." re a i a pat t of a letter w; u-ten u-ten by H. A. iie-nbrlch of the Wi son 'o. lc;al. dtiartn-ent to V. P. Skip-worth, Skip-worth, ice president of the fitm. j In instruct im; the wholesale depart- j me :: t t o deliver J J worth of s oo-Is to Mrs. naiey. Mr. Skipworth wrote that I he wanted tv,e donation to appear as j ia i;e as poss-ble. "I linn!; an ass v tnient of preserves won d make up a larger package t ian a:iti;t:ij; else," he suKe-'led in his mem-orn mem-orn nu um. Mr. Heney charged that the V. F. Pnebe t'o. of I'htcao. which has been sup'osed to be the largest "indeter,dent" butter and ei; dealer in the countrv and which is alleged to be owned bv Swift Jt Co.. controlled a scte of creameries and poultiv and butter and es Ipants in Missouri. Illinois and Iowa, and operated tiiem under "dum;:iy' names. Owned by Swift. "This was dme to fool tiie farmer-j nrd public." Attvrnev Heney said. "In reality all of the concerns are owned bv Swift & , sSo. 1 want to put in evidence this statement state-ment o: F. Pnebe- Co., ivin a list of their plants and buying stations." i The statement; was seized by agents of the t'ede: al trade commission from the correspondence files after the office man-i atrer for Frtehe Co. had denied any I business affihatious with concerns previously pre-viously mentioned in testimony except j tlrM Frlebe Co. merely acted as a seiiinc aijent. Ainous; the firms named in the list were the following : At 'an tic fwdur-e company, a creamery, at Atlantb', Iowa. ! W. K. Vriebe company. Hampton, Iowa. Audubon 1' reduce company at Audu-bo", Audu-bo", low;i. U. C. t)tis at Casey. Iowa. Far! ham Frounce company at Farth.am. Iowa. Harlan Froduce comrany at Harlan, Iowa. Atlantic Irodt:ce compary at Stuart, Iowa. R F. Ma tin in? Produce company at Mannlnsr. Iowa. Statement by Swift. Louis F. Swh't tonight issued the f'd-lowiiii;' f'd-lowiiii;' statement in reference to the letters let-ters from the packers' tiles introduced by Mr. Heney in the federal inquiry into the pack i us' industry: Mr. (enev has. by fn'so inference and misplacevl emphasis, t;iven . to disconnected portions or" the correspondence corre-spondence selected bv him and read into the trade commission record on Monday a false and sinister meanlui;, with the plain purpose of creating antagonistic an-tagonistic public opinion. The wide publicity sriven to the con tide filial communications of our ofiicials demands that the motives and poiicv of our company be made clevir to the public. If the letters from our tiles which the candidate tor governor of California Califor-nia is read in i; to the candidate for senator from Wisconsin are read carefully, care-fully, v it h out the "camouilae" ' of conversation and misleading comment that is interjected. I believe that the reader will asree with me that there Is not one word or line that can be construed as unpatriotic or as evin-ci evin-ci n an unwillingness to back the government in any and all things. I invite an open-minded study of these letters, keeping in mind that t hey were- written in confidence between be-tween officials of the company and with no Idea that they would be published: pub-lished: hence there was no occasion for any t nine but perfect frankness, and it Is foolish to suppose that the letters had any meaning but what the la.,1 n la n u a e e co n v e y s. Our relations with the government departments have been honorable; our motives have been honorable: we have been conscious of our country's needs In the present crisis, and at the same time, as business men. we have been diligent In maintaining t(,0 per cent ef rteiency of our company, (Continued on Page Four.) I CHURGES RAILROftDS ! (Continued from Page One.) mil oriU- for Ihp pf-iuiit ol our L'''.i''i"i sioi khol.ici.s Inn iilso for the K-i.oiU of our counti. 1 W aif askluc no favors of tiio i trhJe ruiiunlssion. :nul lun t1 I'.-M'e- j toforc vilu''H-M pnlilic criln'isni of Ilif I unfair inrlho'ls of tills Iliveslifl.iti'in, bin t'us ciri'innst.-iiico.i prnvoko us to j point out puMirlv tiie injustii'o of ninkinp of an import. ir.t imiilslry in wnr times a vcliii-lu for tlu' pl-raonul i iict-randizcnu-iit of an nuiliiiious poll- ( ' tlcl.in. Accusations by Several. : Arrn.-'-Uions lluit tho pmliPis soli'oled 1 the lit l if d.-iil. is. blifloil tliom !)' umlor-i umlor-i sfllim; nml In- .iuclimr uri''F. were m;ido li- Nii-ral wiiio-ssi's. anioiit; liicm 'I'. A. IliK-llana n. a poultry anil i i; di-aler of tlanlin. Mo. Hnrlmnan test ifl.'.l that when hi ro-fiscd ro-fiscd to s-'H lo amnts of tjie park.'rs tlifv titaitCTl a Kpirlt.'il fieht, i-von to tho 1 pointi of payitn; liislar prlri-s in llarilin i for proiliu'o than thrv I'ai.l in ad.iai-ont 1 tcrritnrv. The witnpss said that Nvhoio I trie lafuo ronrorns hail a monopoly in the. field it worked to a dl.sailvantn w ol not only the prod ueer. hut the consumer las well." He nald that as soon as inde-p.lent inde-p.lent huvoi-s were driven out of the i field there was an Immediate dit'P in j prices paid prodilcerH. Knrmcrs living near Hardin. Mr. 1 ftuehailllll testified, recently have been inclined to divide their sales between Independent In-dependent and packers' huyer.s so that I competition, uith attendnnl stimulation i of tradiio.'. mlltlil he continued. The ' witness declared that packers' ai.'ents. I posini; as Independent buyers, operated in j his territory, where farmers and pro-Iducers pro-Iducers were averse to IrnilinK with a monopolv. Iludolpb Miller of Macon. Mo., testified that "Swift rrot all of the bushies." His ! slory told of an liutirinir liitiit ujeainst price-i aisiiiLr on the. part of the packers' buyers. lie declared that bis business had been undermined and curtailed by the activities of ihe "bis buyers." who inrrled out a procraninio of Heinle prices to throttle all competition. Used as Club. The t kers. .Miller testified, used Ihe puiillrv and eecr trade as a civil, t" force prodtleom lo sell Iheni their entire out-t.lil out-t.lil fif produce, cream included. Two wllnesses questioned hy Atlornc' lleney lodav made the declaration that they ' rerelteil their a ppe.i ra nee before the conitnlsslou because tia'y feared rein-lsals from Ihe packers. , "I am sorrv I was called here lo les- I llfy." Miller said, "became I In- packers try to do me harm whenc cr the- r;m - il costs too much to field Iheln. It will be eonstanl str'uu-le b:leeu mvsidf and IIkuii until I die." Hepey assured him thai Ihe vhnle world is now1 I'li-nneil in n "Ikiil for demof r;icv." and lhat. speakhe: for lilm-s,.f, lilm-s,.f, he did not l hint: he would add in bis lon.'il clients as a re nil of Hie In H be is underl a k i nc for Ihe overiimenl in Invest i;:a i Ini; Ihe paekim; iudnsirv. .1. '.. Ilohan of Carrolton, Mo., a w d -ness. made an appeal for proteelion of l',c "Kovernnient, ns be feared his I ui.-d lie's woillfl lie cociplololy wrecked hy I he packers ill retaliation for Ids test Imnny. 'I am like a flea billin;- an cledia n t ." llohnn snid. "and I won't have a flea's chance If the packers slall alter me." Honey Moved. Mr. lleney appeared I o he mined 1 y llohan's unusual plea. j "If lliere Is not enour.b fi;:hllm:' ,'"ii';'. , left unions the siicill dealers lo I'l'iiii'1 he-tore he-tore Ihe lederal Hade coi 1 1 in i.'.'U-u I and let . tiie fto'ernment know what is colm: on, Inst as von hnve ilnne. I am, in, lee 1. M.rrv for the snail dealers and for 1 1 . people of lids eoiilllH "Tile Llleal Inciclc tic oernniuut lias r in proeeedine; asainst the packers is that men like ou. who have the information,' fear to give it. The federal trade com- j mission, without red tape, will act wlier.- j ever complaints are made of unfair, illegal business practices." I Mr. l leney is expected to read more ) letters taken from tile packers' files when ; the he-arin.:-; is resumed tomorrow. j |