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Show STOGKGROWEflS faRATE ATTACK COMPLEX ISSUE Many Interest Represent ed in I. C C Chicago . Hearing; Midwestern Packers Under Fire CHICAGO. Spt. la. Ths fight pf loo sal allied livestock growsrs of Wsajt. Mldwawt and south Mid-. Mid-. west livestock sTchangas, Eastern packers and trunk llns rmllrMds gainst MIdwsstam packers was kept alfra today at tha interstate com meres commission rata hearing rtaspita ths proeontatloR of a mora limited regional lasuo. Tha faas haa bocome a complog ronsollds - tran of ooveral related Issuoa, but Intsrvwrrsnt Intarosted In tha at-. at-. tack cf Mid was torn packers upon tha higher rang of meat ratos vp livestock rates on oasthound shipments kept that lasus to 'tho fiea 4, .i East am packsrs, blocked lata f ysstsrday In an sffort to havs rep-rosontatlve rep-rosontatlve of Iowa livestock pro duoars gtvtn a hearing, today sought bv rroas-sxamlnalton nt w It n eases for flwtft a Co. to elicit Information relet I va to ths dlfrl- - - rulty and expense of Icing and maintaining meat rarg from ths Midwest to Eaatsrn destinations. The wltnossea. Swift officials, were called by O. J. Rynder of Chicago, counsel for Swift a Co, and Its " subsidiary. In an attack on meat; rates from Missouri river points to tho Mississippi a a factor In t h rough ra tes, F wl f t aV Co. a I - " legos t that Iowa Packers at a d!-tsnce d!-tsnce from 4ha Missouri have an unfair advantage. The Swift men replied to questions hy C K. Osrt-ner Osrt-ner for tho East paoksra and S. H. ' Cowan for Southwestern livestock growers that Swift meat cars cay ried etoa pounds of ice and aalt grant In winter. Spokesmen for tha growers. In opposing; ths Mldwsstsrn packers' plea for removal of the spread of meat rates over livestock rates, have taken tha position that higher high-er rates for meat are neosseary to enable Eastern packers to bid for livestock against Midwestern packers, pack-ers, and that Eastern bidders In a competitive livestock markst Is essential es-sential to the grower. Representatives Representa-tives of the Western packers combat com-bat tho second premise, that the Eastern bidder ta essential to ths growsr. Farmers who are fighting for existing ex-isting rates to mtalntaln competitive competi-tive markets for their product are supported by tha livestock az-chsnges az-chsnges of Chicago and Omaha. Southeastern, Midwestern, Southwestern South-western and Northwestern stock-grower stock-grower e havs intervened. The American Farm Buraan federation la also represented. These Inter eats flatly oppose any Increase In rates on livestock and ta this particular par-ticular they are supported by the Cleveland Provision company, packers, pack-ers, as regard rates to Cleveland. Tho Southeastern packers further furth-er contend that ths Eastern packers pack-ers com pries mora than two-thirds of their market, and that It would ba disastrous to them If Eastern living power were Impaired. Ths Midwestern packers maintain main-tain that tha existing rates give ths Eastern packers an unfair sd- . vantage and that either livestock rates should be raised or meat re- duced. Eaatsrn packers have filed a . counter-complaint that the spread, oa tha contrary, la sot enough. |