PACKERS AND STOCKYAEDS ADMINISTRATION. 659 



Adsor who exercises general supervision over the work of district 

 supervisors and their assistants. The division supervisors are James 

 Christensen, at Denver, for the western division ; Dr. F. W. Miller, 

 at Kansas City, for the central division; and W. A. Williams, at 

 Chicago, for the northern division; the eastern division being 

 handled from Washington. The district (local) supervisors have 

 their headquarters at the following markets and visit all other 

 markets at frequent intervals: 



Buffalo, N. Y. Kansas City, Mo. Omaha, Nebr. 



Chicago, 111. Los Angeles, Calif. Pittsburgh, Pa. 



Cincinnati, Ohio. Nashville, Tenn. Sioux City, Iowa. 



Denver, Colo. National Stock Yards, 111. South St. Paul, Minn. 



Fort Worth, Tex. New York, N. Y. South St. Joseph, Mo. 



Indianapolis, Ind. North Portland, Oreg. Washington, D. C. 



In this way the Washington general office is relieved of much de- 

 tail Avork which otherwise it would have to handle. Furthermore, 

 the administrative work, both general and special, is reflected 

 throughout the work of all the divisions which will be discussed 

 under separate chapters. 



The supervisors are the points of contact of the administration 

 with the various agencies operating in the public stockyard markets. 

 It is their duty to acquaint themselves with all phases of the opera- 

 tions and personnel of the markets under their supervision, to be 

 watchful for conditions that may adversely affect marketing condi- 

 tions and the interests of shippers and others who patronize the 

 markets, and to secure adjustments through informal action, when- 

 ever possible, of complaints that they may receive. They are not 

 ■confined to purely regulatory activities, but render helpful service 

 in any way that may appear desirable. For example, during the 

 period of serious car shortage in the fall of 1922 they rendered every 

 service possible to shippers and market agencies and kept in close 

 touch with the railroads and with supervisors at other markets, to- 

 gether with the Washington office, which in turn handled such mat- 

 ters with the Interstate Commerce Commission and the American 

 Hallway Association. Under normal conditions they have assisted 

 in securing improved train service and other facilities for handling 

 livestock to and from the stockyards, and they have not hesitated to 

 place themselves at the service of shippers and market agencies in 

 any way that would better their markets. 



In the report of Col. Henry W. Anderson, trustee under what is 

 known as the " packer consent decree," made under date of March 

 21, 1923, to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, is found 

 the following with reference to the packers and stockyards act : 



Its effect has been beneficial, especially upon the relations between the 

 public and the stockyards companies, in that it had provided at each of the 

 yards an authorized representative of the Department of Agriculture, to whom 

 any person having complaints on any matter arising on the yards could present 

 such complaints for adjustment. It was the general testimony of the man- 

 agement of these yards that the supervisors appointed by the Department of 

 Agriculture had been useful in the adjustment of such questions and in bring- 

 ing to the attention of the management any matter which might be the subject 

 of complaint which had escaped their attention, and that the presence of these 

 supervisors and the knowledge that the yards were under the general super- 

 vision of the Department of Agriculture had tended to satisfy the public, to 

 remove irritation and complaint. 



