| Show DO 00 NOT WANT LICENSING BILLS farmers stockmen Stoc kmen and merchants oppose packer legislation at washington representing a diversity ot of interests ests and including farmers feeders re tall butchers and produce dealers fully a thousand individuals haqq cave made their way to washington to enter their protests against the packer lic licensing ensin 9 plan now in hearing before the senate se ate agriculture committee far from solving la in any measure the high cost of living the proposed legislation if passed passe d bould be a dangerous experiment for everyone li Is the cone consensus of opinion iori held beld by these witnesses weve had government control of railroads and telephones and telegraphs until were plumb worn out and we dont wont want any more W P C carpenter a rp enter stock feeder of karklo mo told the committee im in favor favo r of the man who can produce the cheapest going ahladas ahe adas far f as he can the way to cut down the cost of liv ing that the packers dominated the a took stock markets was an ah idea scouted by testifying stock feeders who sale said they found the stock yards places ol of keen competition taking away the packers tor cars was as reasonable as taking away their butcher knives was ivas the conviction expressed by J P lynch another feeder from karklo the concern of stockmen stoc kmen and hutch butch era who tear fear that hampering the pack ers era will only result in disrupting meat industry without benefit to any one was not the sole interest displayed fit at the hearing business men through out the country are strongly the licensing feature which would es cablish a precedent for bringing gov control and politics into th conduct of all manner of business many business organizations have hav expressed themselves formally resolutions as against the principle ol 01 bringing business under interference of the kind proposed ir in the kenyon and kendrick lck bills in speaking for the chamber of com coin merce of moultrie le ga C T caldwell caldwel said weve got swift co there and helped more than thai anything else to get our farmers t diversity diversify the alve stock busl nesi needs their national distribution |
