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that were not members of the St. Louis Live Stock Exchange, and 

 it was comphiined by these independent selling agencies that they 

 were being subjected to a boycott by the entire membership of the 

 live-stock exchange and by practicall}' all the traders and order 

 buyers in that market. Repeated and persistent eiforts to secure an 

 amicable adjustment of the matter between the parties failed, and, 

 therefore, a formal complaint was issued, the principal charge of 

 which was unfair and unjustly discriminatory practices through a 

 boycott by the respondents. The hearing was set for April 3, before 

 an examiner of the Packers and Stockyards Administration, and was 

 entered upon, but it appeared that a satisfactory adjustment could 

 be reached by common agreement of all concerned, and this was 

 actually worked out, resulting in the issuance of an order, accepted 

 by all parties, directed to the respondents to cease and desist from 

 the continuance of the boycott, and business was immediately re- 

 sumed on an open-market basis. The St. Louis Live Stock Exchange 

 amended its rules to conform to the requirements of the order, and 

 since then several of the other leading exchanges have amended their 

 rules voluntarily in a similar way. 



Docket No. 3. — The Secretary of Agriculture v. W. E. Hilton and others, Na- 

 tional Stock Yards, 111. 



This complaint pertained to an advance by the Order Buyers' As- 

 sociation in commission charges for buying hogs at National Stock 

 Yards, 111., on eastern orders from packers. As the result of a reso- 

 lution passed by the association, commission charges were raised 

 from $3 per single deck and $5 per double deck to $10 per car whether 

 single or double deck. Provision was made also that all exchange 

 on drafts must be paid by the purchaser. It appeared that the pro- 

 posed charges were not wholly just and reasonable and a revised 

 schedule offered by the association subsequent to the issuance of the 

 Secretary's complaint, fixing a rate of $6 per single deck and $10 per 

 double deck, together with the requirement that all exchange on drafts 

 be paid by the purchaser, was substituted after a hearing and con- 

 sideration" of all the facts including rates for similar services in other 

 markets. 



Docket No. 4. — The Secretary of Agriculture v. The Belt Railroad & Stockyards 

 Co., Indianapolis. Ind. 



On March 10, 1922, the Belt Railroad & Stockyards Co. of In- 

 dianapolis, Ind., announced an increase in the price of corn from 

 $1.10 to $1.30 per bushel. This advance appeared unreasonable on 

 its face and the tariff was suspended by the Secretary. Prior to 

 the date set for hearing the stockyards company canceled the pro- 

 posed advance and restored the price to $1.10 per bushel, pending 

 an informal investigation and audit by the administration of»its feed 

 records. The complaint was then dismissed. 



Docket No. 5.— The Secretary of Agriculture v. The Peoria Union Stock Yards 



Co.. Peoria. 111. 

 Docket No. 6. — The Secretary of Agriculture, v. Union Stockyards Co. of 



Omaha, Ltd.. South Omaha, Nebr. 

 Docket No. 7.— The Secretary of Agriculture v. Union Stockyards & Transit Co., 



Chicago, 111. 



Following the assumption of jurisdiction by the Secretary of 

 Agriculture at the stockyards at Peoria, 111., South Omaha, Nebr., 



