Show CLAIM BIG PACKERS MANIPULATE TEALL ALL I INSPECTION Witnesses at Meat Inq Inquiry iry Declare Small Dealers Are Barred V 1 I. I By International News Service fc Jan 5 Another Another eking trust revelation was sprung g today by Francis J. J Heney investigator gator Bator for the federal trade commission when when th n his chief chief witness at the l last st day of wf f the meat inquiry in this city charged that the federal federal and and meat inspection In- In to I service is is' manipulated the profit of the big packers and the disadvantage of independent independent t. t slaughter e houses R R. R J J J. Maynes an Independent packer of this city testified today at length upon upon the enormous waste of meat products under the present methods metho s of conducting the industry He lie said that if the government will prohibit the slaughter of ewes and lambs lamba between n. n November and May lay of each year th the number of sheep in the United States States States' would stow show an increase se of 25 per cent One Ope of the present reasons for lor for meat shortage is the decline of ot sheep production production production pro pro- which is also accompanied by bya a shortage of wool and consequent higher prices Maynes also Charged that through illegal and unfair interpretations of the federal meat laws which are ap applied applied i ap plied only to small packers thousands of tons of ot good beef and other meat p products are destroyed annually He Hes s fid id Five years ago the big packers packers' did 40 per cent of ot the total business In what we call small email stock In this city which includes veal lamb Iamb and mut mut- ton Today they are doing 75 per pcr percent percent cent of this business and are reaching out daily for more They will sell HEll at retail at almost any of ot their meat stations Through manipulation of government inspection of ot meat mea products the pa packers kers have y ruined d the little producing business atM at M Lanc Lancaster ster county Pennsylvania and they have almost ruined the South as asa F a 1 production center So Soe s e years ago Lancaster county raised enough beef to feed this city for three months but today the quantity coming in is a 4 negligible in the total tion i lI ney today rounded up J Israel rael J. J Levine a bookkeeper formerly in the employ of Co a local subsidiary sub- sub of the American Chemical company the rendering trust Levine I i admitted he did not want to testify fearing for his future i Under Heney's examination however however however how- how ever he admitted that E. E J J. J Murphy hea head l of Co who ran the fight on M M. L. L Shoemaker Inc the Independent rendering I made a profit of more than In selling out the concern concern concern con con- cern to the trust Harry K Buck of the firm of P P. C C. f. f Thompson a one time independent J J rend rendering ring company proved extremely forgetful when he was was examined He Ie repeatedly testified he recall incidents In the tite trusts trust's fight against Independents to which his attention t was called by Heney Following his testimony Heney reft reiterated re re- re ft iterated rated his previous statement concerning concerning con con- attempts to reach the gOVernment government gov- gov witnesses He lIe said the ac actions ac- ac of several men called to testify were suspicious and an investigation Is being made to determine whether any attempt was made to bring ence to bear upon them If It s so o I ere tl-ere would be e Immediate p prosecutions |