Aullll l Kll 1:a1. AI'l'ltorKIATloN HIIJ., 1924. 503 



substantiate tlw rontontion that llu> <»p«THtn»HH <.f Armour & Co., 

 I)V reason of the operations of the .Misth>t4M> vanl. ileprewed the 



market. 



On the other hatxl, there \va> a pretty j,'oo(| ar;;iiment, if y«»u want 

 to theorize on it. that taking that many ho^'s out of the pul»h<- VHriU 

 ini^'ht possihly he henelicial to the vanls. As a matter t>f fnrl. a 

 comnarison h<>t\vcen the prices at Kan>as City ami tht.^e at other 

 markets showed that (hirin«^ a ««m.si«hriihh' part of the tune KunniiH 

 City was the hi^lier market. We did hnd certain improjH-r |)rartir«'H 

 in <'»>nne(tion with the Misthloe yard. We found, lor examfih*. 

 that tlie FowU'r I'ackiii*; Co. was encotira^inj; nomnnipetition he- 

 tvveen (lilVereiit shippers i)y a system of wlial was jaUed |)rotertuiK 

 the shipper. In other wonls, if one shipper tried to get into another 

 shipi)(M's territiuy, he w»»uhl |)rohal)ly h>se liis ri«;ht to ship to the 

 Mistletoe yard. We also found that there was diserim'; — >n 

 between shippers with respect t() the feedinj^ of ho;;s in the M m^ 



yard. Some of the shippers j^ot their ho«;s fed, although the FowU^r 

 rackinj; Co.'s announced policy was not to fci-d any liogs up<»n 

 arrival. We ordered tho.se things stoppcil, aiul the order has b«'en 

 complied with in every respect. 



There have been no other formal proceedings against the pack«'rs, 

 and the other matters that liave come up have been informal. For 

 instance, there lias been the matter of the butter-fat di.serimination, 

 and also the matter of the amount of butter placed in butter carton.s. 

 There was a complaint that a big packer was putting 15 ounces of 

 butter in an ordinarv pound carton and simf)lv stamping I't ounces 

 over the pound on the label. There was no dilFerence in the size of 

 the carton. We ^ot together all of the big packers and repn>senta- 

 tives of the American Creamery Butter Manufacturers and others on 

 the question of whether that was a desirabh' business practice. They 

 agreed that it was not and tiiey stopped it immediately. 



Mr. Anderson. Was there any difference in the price of this 

 15-ounce package and the pound packaged 



Mr. MoinuLL. There was not, so far as we could find, liy that 1 

 mean that while probably the packer sold it at a price slightly less, 

 so far as we could ascertain, tne retailers might or might not have 

 sold it for less. The grotlnd of complaint seemed to be that other 

 people who were trvino; to sell straight pound packages were not able 

 to make a go of it, and were complaining that it was unfair competi- 

 tion for somebody else to sell lo-ounce pa(*kages. Not only did they 

 agree that that particular practice should be stopped, but they agreed 

 upon the principle of the standard size carton — m other wonls. that 

 there should be no deviation from the quarter-pound, half-j)ound.antl 

 pound sizes. Recently I made some inquirv regarding it and I am 

 unable to find th^it the agreement has been departed from anywh<'re, 

 although, from our understanding, there were several million pounds 

 sold previously in that manner. As I have said, we are attempting 

 to work on the matter of the accounting systems now. 



ENFORCEMENT OF TlIE (IR.VIN FUTURES ACT. 



Mr. Anderson. The next item is for the enforcement of the grain 

 futures act. 



Mr. Morrill. The giain futures act. as you have it before you, 

 takes the place of the future trading act of August 24, 1921, the 



