Show 4 L in ili the summer and tall fall of 1929 now new york poultry racket was under investigation and prosecution li in federal courts the poultry racket co consisted of a combination of most of the large poultry market auses jn n greater now new york being organized into a vl vi cloua racket this organization was made up of three associations or unions one being the truckers union which was wait operated by the herbert brothers of brooklyn the second was the rabbi killers union known as tum and the third the association Botia tion formed by a former investigator vesti gator for the attorney general for the state stale of now new york some 0 othe the poultry market men resented being forced into the unholy alliance and endeavored in every way to got gel out while others aided and abetted by the truck drivers the shockers Shock keto ets which la Is singular for Shock tum denoting poultry killers continued the racket tor for a number of years this racket had its first with the law which lasted several months in the fall of 1929 in new york city there were 66 defendants a na of the largo market operation plus the three organizations some otther 0 them killed between DOO and per week of live poultry on each and every pound of live poultry killed it was necessary to pay into the association one cent per pounds this sum of money coming from 66 large poultry markets in greater new york amounted to a considerable sum of money as will be noted in ili order to enforce the rules of tho association the poultry truck drivers had road men on all the highways leading into greater new york and when any one tried to bring poultry into greater now new york without paying an exorbitant price forthe privilege had their trucks wrecked and the poultry turned loose on the highway this amounted to restraint of trade and racketeering and caused the F B 1 I to investigate the racket and finally terminated in ili the prosecution of these people some large poultry markets which did not line up had their sire feic fi nt blown in al arstad leta 1 l poultry markets were assigned to certain wholesalers and whether they liked the wholesaler to whom assigned or not biad to buy their poultry through this one source the prosecution culminated with sentences which totaled higher than years for the 66 pool people ale and thousands of dollars er ablo apparently pd stop tho the racket in greater now new york because Is was later practiced again in new york we have an all analogous situation in the united states at the present time wherein certain largo large operators are endeavoring over the complete control of the killing of oc poultry small communities like kanab and out of the way places such as kanab are about to be taken into a big combine which reminds one lone of the new york poultry racket and it Is reported that at the present time there is a move underway to tb force the poultry to he be killed by a few select slaughters and then shipped by strict assignment and control contralto olto to the smaller communities muni ties where the poultry was raised after haying having been killed by the few select poultry houses throughout the united states this paper Is emphatically any such proposed regimentation whether it comes through the aid and assistance of the united states government it la is still frowned upon as aa a vie vicious I 1 ous practice we hope to be champions ol of the freedom of enterprise and feel that by allowing bertain large interests ta to take over everything lit in this country Is monopolistic with government sanction the freedom of enterprise antei prise will do more to keep this country from being over supplied or under aup supplied than any control to be put into effect by the government thoro there 4 nag haa been considerable agitation against the OPA in congress recently and it if the OPA joins in the vicious practice sending poultry to some large killer and distributors before it can be shipped back into small email loolie communities muni ties where the poultry Is raised something should be done dond congress may be ba right in looking into the affairs of the OPA under these circumstances we have nothing against the local OXA OPA officials they are aie the finest cyp type a of people and have the file highest integrity what we to la Is tile orders coming from the leigh or ups in washington people who have little regard for or tile the constitution and bill of rights wo we hava fought this war and won halt half of it without the necessity of putting poultry through a certain select fw fow poultry houses and we think it Is high time that any move on the part of certain vested interests and governmental to take over the poultry industry should be stopped |