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Show EFFECT OF PACKERS' TRUST. Branch Houses In Salt Lnke May Bo Consolidated Under a Single Manager. (Mondas s Dalls ) The consolidation of the large packing-houses of Chicago and Omaha Is causlns some concern locally, as It Is believed the branch louses In bait Lake will be combined eventual!', eliminating eli-minating competition, and placing tha local dealers entirely at the mercj of the rockers' trust Alrtads Indications of such a mote have been noted and tho managers of the branch concerns nie wondetlng where they will land In the shake-up that seems bound to take I lace This Is a more serious matter than may nt first uppeor, ns the bes part of the frish meat and a latV t trt of the smoked meat used In this city Is (hipped here from the I ast In refrigerator refriger-ator cars nnl as It Is considered superior su-perior lo the local article, dealers are obliged to buy It to retain their trade In the matter of pork, for example it Is a matter of common knowledge that hogs fed on alfalfa nre less desirable food than tho corn-fed hogs of tho Mississippi vnlley. Just what changes will occur In the management of the local brnnch houses Is a mailer of conjecture but Is prac-tlcalls prac-tlcalls assured that changes will be made very sonn The older emplosees villi tf course be given the preferential preferen-tial right to rctnln their positions perhaps per-haps nt lower salaries and the less fa-vored fa-vored Indlvltuals may be offered other situations elsevhero The representatives representa-tives nf tho Eastern pncklng houses t present In Salt Lake aro William II Arnold for i udnhy & Co J Wish oung for tho Armour Co, and W S Thoinrson for Hammond &. Co Joseph Jo-seph Oeoghegan represents hwlft & Co |