| Show If The Big Packers Cooperate This subject Is la pretty much In the public mind at this time W Webster says nays Cooperation Is working together to toone one end md for the purpose of en engaging engaging gag gag- ing In the production or distribution of cf The big packer pacta Is s scratching his h head ad to find the answer to the chain store aten situation and the the retail mark markets ts of certain packers not I Involved In the called so-called Contest De j De-j cree The original big five live packers now reduced to four were by the terms term of the Consent Decree barred from re retailing retailing re- re tailing and while relief from that situation is being sought th the outcome Is decidedly uncertain anyhow not n n the offing It Tt Is true that each caen cf t the big packers ha have han e established extensive dl distributing facilities at nearl ev every ry community of any size the United States and the these e facilities arc are becoming less serviceable each lach year because of the Inroads mate ma upon the retail trade by the chain stores stares t These Thue chain stores being quantity buyers usually draw their meat supply In carload carload carload car car- load lots Jots direct from packing Undoubtedly iru instead ad of having four plants as at present one of the plants I and Its sales organization at a given point would serve all practical needs c Jt ar and what an enormous saving savins would thus be made Jn Sn the she hc ex ex- ex pense penu We are heading pretty rapidly to towards towards to- to wards unity of purpose In the matter mattu of production and distribution and the principle will only prove workably If fairly and impartially applied |
