| Show 7 jull 1 ae federal trade commission s report gamst the five bifi big meat balking concerns con of oi the t auntry particularly to collusion in the bucino of live stock and it relates to a situation alleged to east na as cf 0 f today and not it d of some other time these thew companies have lately been and are now operating un del the supervision of the federal food administration what they have been doing has been largely or entirely done under the sanction of this administration which has invited concert of action and imposed a restraint upon prices as in many other industries indin indis trie tries deemed essential for the prosecution of the war wa it is the general impression that they hive h jve operated cooperated co heart il i 1 with the government in this work of provi our people and armies and those of our allies jilies and nd if it ie is not a fact that they have acted fairly ind and effectively the he food administration is in the best position so to inform the tile country the world holds no bricf for the beef trust at is ought to be well Sn dw but the beet beef trust would seem to be entitled to know about where it stands in relation to the antitrust law and its administration I 1 ife re federal trade commission wa created rat rather as an advisory k body to NA 1 Rup that had been duly chAi ch bened ened than as a prosecuting body to business thit has not been chatt chattered ened it is nere appearing however az i 4 tor in which case its its finding findings f should be referred not to con gress but to a federal grind jury by way of the department of jui tice new york world |