Show CHICAGO EGG KG lg A D HEADS OF P PACKERS PRODUCE DEPARTMENTS ORDERED GEED BEFORE BEFORE U.S. U. U US U.S. S. S GRAND MM JURY By 8 B International St e u n sen Ice Io lo to The rhe Telegram I I I CHICAGO Dec 6 James James E. E Wetz self styled egg king was today subpoenaed subpoenaed sub sub- to appear before federal grand jury and tell all he knows about the vast holdings of eggs in his name and the fixture of prices and who is back backof of him Government officials have repeatedly I expressed a b belief lief that Wetz is merely a figurehead behind whom others are I Hiding Heads of all the large storage houses of the tho city and of the produce departments departments depart depart- ments of the packing houses also have I been summoned by the grand jury Tho The grand jury is particularly anxious to learn if there is any relationship be between between between be be- tween the storage houses and the Chicago Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago butter blAtter and egg board and also will inquire into the financing of food sup sup- plies Storage warehouse heads are said to be loaning to 85 per cent of the value of products which they have in storage Some of these lenders are reported to have cashed in in inthe the notes of the for face value thus making a profit of 15 per cent I TN Th nack rt au rI wr r I 1 nn I Brown of Armour Co and W. W WF F P. Burrows of Lib Libby by McNeil Libby It was said at the United States district district dis dis- attorneys attorney's offices that the packers probably would not appear personally before the th grand jury which would have granted them immunity but I would be questioned by the district atI attorney attorney at at- I torney regarding their organizations Demand for a federal investigation of I charges that a meat ring is taking enormous profits from both the tha man who eats meat and the man who raises cattle was made at the national conference con con- ference on marketing and farm credits today E. E L L. L Burke Omaha Neb ranchman and member of the market committee of the American National Live Stock association called for an investigation of the live stock industry by the federal federal federal fed fed- eral trade commission He charged that attempts by cattlemen to secure an investigation had been blocked at every turn by an invisible hand The big question th that must be in investigated investigated investigated in- in is whether the tho packers are aro maintaining a practical monopoly of h ro h. h al 01 a L. L |