Show I 0 Ij ir- ir The a Packers s I I S A theoretical matter some good can be seen in the tle agreement r between be een Attorney General Palmer and the packing concerns concerns Sunder under which the packers dispose of certain interests interests' not directly connected conn d with the packing industry Practically n the value of the he is a matter of doubt Only time can can tell whether the stocky which the packers give up will wilt be better managed orthe or ort the t change will wiit bring about lower prices on s such canned goods as the packers have been turning out i It is probable there will be no p practical 1 benefit The big hardly packing g industries industries' have been beeri splendidly organized and it can an hardly ibe be exp expected ct d that others other w will n be be able t to c carry rry on th the busin business ss which Ith the packers under their agreement with Mr Palmer give up more moree ge e allYA than an has been the case casein in the past Nor is it proba a aBl le the change will result in lower prices lower lower prices There t There is nothing to td vindicate at that tb the Hie e packers have been geen making makina g exorbitant t profits on side lines or that they h have v sufficiently controlled the various vadous products to force the prices beyond a fair level But there is is a theoretical advantage acc accruing g from the change This comes from the quieting effect the the- agreement the will wm bear toward ITh general gener I feeling of unrest The char charge e had be been n made that the x ipat s constituted ons a menace because e a e they had grown so bi big biag g and tl ell m interests rests become so varied That ha tI they ey had never wielded toe the influence they held against the interests of the public did not Ico count a feeling a-feeling f eling of apprehension was created because it had been pointed out what the packers might do 8 x K Under the ag agreement just perfected the packers packers' consent to fd dwarf dwarf- dwarf themselves They will still stilt be big but they cannot be pointed std t 5 as as' as asa a a menace Therefore one situation that has added to the if feeling eling of of unrest will h have ve been eliminated Under the the agreement the packers in no way admit they have been guilty of anything legally or morally wr wrong ng but they show a disposition to to cooperate with the government in bri bringing ging about social and nd ind industrial in- in d tri l peace in this country |