Show RED BOOKS PRODUCED IN PACKERS PACKERS' CASE Contain Much Discussed Records of Average Sales and Margins CHICAGO Jan Jin Cross 27 Cross Cross examination examination I of Steiner G. G Laugher Lan ber margin clerk for the thc National Packing com coin pany by Attorney John Barton P Payne to show the tho varying margins and selling sell sen- lug ing prices of shipments of b beef e from the same sa Q plant sold cold s M in different different- cities eit es was continued in the packers' packers trial todaY to to- day The witness read lists of shipments I showing howin tho the weights margins and selling selling sell seU- ing prices prices of boef beef sent from the tho Chi Chi cago St. St Joseph Mo f Kansas City and Omaha Omba plants of tho the National Packing company to eastern Cities The period covered was from 1907 O to 1910 and the prices es ranged r n ed from 5 to toB B 8 4 3 cents a pound Several instances were referred to where there thero was as a difference of ot more thau a 11 cent a pound p in in the prices of dressed me meats s' s sold in inan inan in inan an eastern city it the ame day dar By Bs- these comparisons C the defense defenso end endeavored a. to refute the charges of the government o that the te test t cost and margin system used by bv the alleged packets packets' combination Was was uniform and played an important part in fixing the wiling selling price e of fresh beef The witnesses produced the c red red books in which h the average sales ale and ind margins s were kept |