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Show oo PACKERS ASSAIL LICENSE BILLS Declare Kenyon and Kendrick Measures Would Utterly Demoralize De-moralize Their Business. WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 Indepen-J dent packers assailing the Kenyon and Kendrick bills before the senate agriculture committee today declared that federal regulation through a lie-ensing lie-ensing sy.-tem would utterly demora! ize their business. Patrick Drennan, president of the Independent Packing company , of Chicago, Chi-cago, said, his company, established In 1905. had built up its business in competition with the big packers, and I thai Its business volume in 191S was I 27.000,000. "These bills are aimed at the large packers," he said, "and I assume it is! the desire of congress lo encourage! competition and keep the smaller packers in the field. But they will! work towards an opposite effect." ! James P Cochrane, president of a Kansas City independent concern told1 the coniniitee hin experience in doing j busines under license during the war I had not made him like it. "Most of Hie government regula-i Hons. ' he said, ' turn out with the big houses getting bigger and the little houM s et ting smaller ' |