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Show i The Salt Lake Tribune, Sunday, September 22 2. 1973 Meat Packer Views Clampdown on His Business Rich LAKETOWX, Parnell Johnson pumped the accelerator, but the truck killed again Mr Johnson, who owns tne only gas station m this northern Uuh community of 3IK), was . out of gas. "Well, I U be go to hell, Mr Johnson said as he sur-- . veu'd his truck stuck on the hillside From Ins position Mr Johnson could see Bear Lake Val- ! 7 Vs V-'-V- .IS Johnson is one of the few Utah cattlemen who raises his own cattle, feeds, slaughters', processes and sells them. He also buys cattle, hogs and lambs from other ranchers for processing Mr. But. with the ceding price on beef, business has slowed down at the Laketown firm "Weve opened and closed twice in the last week, he said lately M.. Johnson has had difficulty buying cattle, and he hasn't been slaughtering as much of his own beef. Locker orders for individual custom- - A cow and bull t -- 1 in one of Par- nell Johnson's feed lots. His But we cant sell anything at the celling price and make money," he said "Imagine the fool govern-menregulations we have I told them 1 couldnt make a living al their. ceding prices, so 1 was going to quit. They said I couldn't Devil. I can't, I told them. T'm going Mr Johnson rememto,' bered. t' Kern-mere- Wyo Sold One DELUXE We sold one veal to a cafe Supplying Meat this time Mr Johnson By was supplying the meat for western Wyoming corridor, a mining area valuable to the government during wartime "They told linn how to to get around the law cheat in order to stay m business, Mrs Johnson said and then began selling celling to some markets. Thats the beginning of the trouble were in today. he said GlasvLined WATER HEATERS His meat business soon one mile north to expanded Frontier and one mile south to both mining Diamonds die. towns & 5 YUR t IIANUFACTUPfR'S The packer bought a lot of cattle in Star Valley, Wyo , during those days. Top price for a calf $1. the butchers in Wyoming agreed that if we got caught, theyd pay the fine, Mr Johnson added And UNCONDITIONAL The agents government explained to Mr. Johnson how to charge the butcher for something he didnt get. It works like this: Meat may be worth $1.10 a pound, but the ( ceiling price is 93 cents. So, if the packer sells the butcher 100 pounds of beef, he loses WARRANTY WATCH FOR We Handle Installations a Compare Puce I Quality And SAVf ' i OPEN MON. THRU SAT. :30 A.M. Til 6 P.M. SUNDAY 9-- - S. svu 4 BUY & SAVE AT jt 'if i LIL DRAPER THE Now battering at Glenns Barber Shop, Avenue Shopping Plaza, 5th Ave. & E St All types hair cutting, specializing in mens full & long cuts STRAIGHT JHOOTER SAIT LAKE CITY OGDEN ' 1 Tel. .363-717- 3 BLACKWALLS 21.88 B78xl3 Reg. s MQi. LJ i KAIT 2.44 MUMtlA THS PULS Suf TO If ASM Df'CCtS MATfttlllS OPUAhSP O Out bust OjT wia Oj? D ACCIOiNT Misuse IMtLf OR NA. PuftwWASf 0M TH( CAN IT CHAfU. ... MU fttPLAUD 94 BA ACM IS ASb CLAMPS If MtOtD 90 ! v(M IF ill gill F.E.T. ALL TIRES PLUS SHOCK GUARANTEE IN lEhf Jill Mi'Mi Mi Jill 1.73 Eoch k--J EA. GUARANTEE If 1 J S futon MUFFLER ,t MOUNTED FREE NO TRADE-INREQUIRED WHITEWALLS in. Mr Johnson said, wielding a flyswatter He is softening a little on Democrats Several years ago when Gov Rampton requested a tour of his packing plant, Mr Johnson refused solely on political grounds. But, after persuasion from many sides, he relented and let the governor see Ins operation Now Mr. Johnson even confesses that he voted for Gov. RampOne ton in the last election: of the few Democrats I ever vottd for. he next few years really beefed up his meat business Then World War II slapped a ceiling pnee on meal The UFA lined him $3,000 for selling over the puce limit He started his meat business by way of the cabbage patch during the Depression He and his wife, Letha. weie making .a bving selling produce mainly cabbage and to markets in corn POLYESTER G0RD 'Whitewalls Only 'I 1937 attwy J 4-FULL- There are only two other things that Mr. Johnson dislikes as much as meat inspectors flies and Democrats Flies, of course, are the I don't packer's enemies know how some of them ge i Sept 12 (when the price ceiling ends) with custom kill, a piocess where butchers buy the animal., directly from the feed lot and the packei and processes slaughters them "I had more money m than 1 do now million business has suffered during the ceiling price on beef. $2 calf, but 1 reached m my pocket and discovered that 1 had onlv six bits Mr Give that to me, Johnson quoted the rancher "Its moil than the calf is worth, anyway calf that Today would sell lor $100 to $12) ers have been abandoned He is keeping the plant open until FOWLER GAS ... jyArt -PLY a But Parnells Packing, his slaughterhouse, is his mainstay. It has grown from a shed where they hung cows in l'kJl to a large, modern plant and a $2 million business. rrcrDcsp "They just had to put more paruMtes on the federal payroll As if they didnt aave enough already, mey had to Mr go and put more on, Johnson complained The packer believes in meat inspection, but he thinks it has gotten out of hand He muit provide an off'ce ar.d shower for the federal inspector m his plant. He must submit to inspection anytime during 24 hours Of course, his expenses for inspection are ultimately paid from the consumers where his gas station, packing plant, grocery pod liquor store, hay fields, cattle feeder lots, fishing pond and hunting lodge are located One of Few SUN., MON., TUES., WED. 7 The federal meat inspection law had been paed m 1907, but no one had previously enforced it ley ' 10-- SUNDAY 0, closed down his plant, which had moved from the shed to an old creamers His beef was slaughtered at E.A. Millers in Hyrum Inspection Law By Angelyn Nelson Tribune Stamf Writer County OPEN DAILY j: H.D. IUFFLEH SUSTiLLED .21-Ins- ON 9G YOU Alt AT OWNERSHIP REPLACE MILL MARK PAILS ACCIDENT ANV Of IT CHARGING LAIOSIRVICE NORMA. MG TiME THIS CAR OHL.V w CHARGE LgargaaagCTflEggangsa To Reg. 19 fct ABSO St J talls Foreign and some luxury fi cars not included. Guaranteed as Long as You Own DELUXE H.D. SHOCKS Reg. 0.44 Ea., Installed Sizes to lit most Ameri- - pm in1 Od Your Car con cars. Installation eluded. l3Atpiston.Sove. Guaranteed as Long as You g i fEa. ff Own Your Car SUPER 1(500 32.8834.88 Reg. 4 Days Only Mrs. John- The only one, son added But. the events of the last months have turned the packer away trom the Republicans too few Parnell Johnson From Cabbages to lows the- - And the Johnsons USE YOUR BANK CARDS OR YOUR KMART CHARGE CARD! wor- " 11 vTlnili- will be clamped on permanently. If it does, .hey have other plans right now m of Utah, Mr. John- packer are ried that sor ethmg may go awry and the ceiling on beef son said The Sizes to Fit Most U.S( Cars no" going on state "Ourbestbottery .polypropylene case for spoce, additional plates and more power then stondord rubber battery he let President Nixon tour his packing plant? Not today, no sir Hell, Would $17. In order to make up the difference, Mr. Johnson would report that he sold the butcher 110 pounds when in actuality the butcher only received 100 pounds of beef Its Guaranteed as Long as You Own Your Car - auan he swears his hasnt resurrected 1940s CUT-RAT- WOOD SUPERMARKET UTAHS FIRST AND ONLY E tactics himself, but hes certain that if he had to do it again to stay m business, CUT-RAT- E WOOD SUPERMARKET JUTAH S FIRST AND 0 CLOSED LABOR DAY e SUNDAY AND these guys m Wyoming would do it today because they need the meat In 1933. 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