Ogden Daily Standard | 1920-04-01 | Page 1 | Organized Labor Favors Stringent Control of Packer

MIZEOLDI i FAVORS STRINGENT . CONTROL OF PACKER Attorney for American Fed-i Fed-i eration of Labor Presents Bill to House Committee WASHINGTON,, April 1. Organized labor put itself on record today in favor of stringent federjil regulation of the packing industry. Jackson II. I Ralston, counsel for the American Federation Fed-eration of Labor, presented a. bill to the house agricultural committee which he said "vvas specifically designed design-ed to separate the packers from stockyard stock-yard ownership and to prevent thoni from selling other products than meat. "This republic cannot continue it large aggregations of capital such as these are permitted to oxlst and grow; within it," Henry Sterling, represent-' ing the federation's legislalive commit-! tee, told the congressmen. The committee will hear- tomorrow j 'Attorney General Palmer, who' is ex-' peeled to explain the terms of the con sent decree put into effect against, the1 packers recently. ' ; I