The Houston Post. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 152, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 3, 1919 Page: 3 of 18
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THE HOUSTON " POST: 'WEDNESDAY MORNING SEPTEf.lDER 3 1919
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IEXA1IS -OPPOSE-
FEDERAL CONTROL
OF BIG PACKERS
Cattle
' Men I Interested in
Business Regard Pending
Bills aS jBad
Pipe Line Company Halts
'; Railroad Penalty Suit
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' Flouston Post Special. -' -
AUSTIN Texaa. Sept 2 Elliott Jones
Oo.Ine late Tuesday secured from ll-
trlct Judge George Calhoun a temporary
injunction restraining the railroad com-
miaalon from Instituting S penalty suit
agalnet It nnder-the atatuta enacted at
the regular aeaalon giving turn cemmia-
aion authority to regulate pipe lines.
The defendant company attacka tha en
tira act aa . being unconstitntianal but
specifically acta .forth that it deniea tha
authority of the commlaaion over Ita tank
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WARMS GRAHD JURY
TO ACT SO RIOTS
II AY BE AVOIDED
can and
Houston Poet BpedaL
WASHINGTON. Sept. 2. Texas wit.
neitea appeared before tbe senate agri-
over the three and' four-inch
Sipe lines which rt haa from certain pro
udng wells to Its settling tanks.- It
operate in taa iHortnwest xezas
fields. . - . - f-
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; culture coinnilttee Tuesday to give tbelr I I ' ' rt " ' '
views concerning the Kenyon and Ken-1 ludse S KeSlCnaUOn tO
Arid. hill. ... k. nmlilLn ami I J W Z - 6- - - - -
dries bills for the. regulation and control
of the packers.- Ail who testified oj-
posed the senate bill the heart of the
opposition being apparently against cen-
tralization in Washington ; of federal
activities and the danger of government
ownership as well as opposition to a
government licensing system applying to
private enterprise.
'i lie fore the Texas witnesses took the
stand. Senator Kendrick out into tha rec
ord a telegram from A. B. Bobertson of
Kort Worth vice president of the Cattle
Jiaiserr asaoeiaUon of Teias whlcn
called attention to the fact that the. ma
jority of witnesses appearing before the
committee are not actual breeders of
cattle and expressed the opinion that most
or the testimony was propaganda fos-
tered by the packers "not creditable even
to them" and expressing the belief that
the seal of the packers in opposing this
legislation ' lndioatea the necessity for
legislation that will restore public con-
Delay Poo Hall Case
. f "Houston Post BpedaL
AUSTIN. Texas. 8ept 2.--Becani of
the resignation of B. I Batts as federal
circuit judge tha case wherein tbe con
atitutlonality of tbe pool hall act la at
tacked in the federal court :'and which
waa Bet-tor hearing at Dallaa September
10 will be 'postponed. It requires three
circuit Judges to hear the case and the
delay in appointing a successor to Judge
f idence and prevent monopol;
telegram from P.
"Benatoc
ODOlV.
tcnyon put In- the record a
ni P. IL Landerrin of Ama
nllo. member of the executive commit
tee of the Cattle Kaisers' association of
Texas saying that committee had wired
J. H.xAvery not to testify against the
Kendrick bill as the Texas association
favored ita enactment Mr. Avery who
is nere witn toe rort worm delegation
. win not appear oeiore the senste com
jnittea. - -
Kleberg Aaalast Reaslatloi.
.J. Klaberc of Kinriville was tbe
first witness. Be took the Dosition that
j tne packer can not aiiord to injure be
A buying public nor the producer as he
- must have both in order to succeed
i That the packer has built up a great sys-
tem which must operate equitably in or-
- der to continue to succeed. He thinks If
- tbe packer actually controlled the price
of beef on the hoof it would be better for
: both the market and the consumer. He
-said no legislation would increase con-
sumption which is falling-off as farms
supplant ranches. The cblen trouble to-
. dsy he' said is food shortage. He
thinks this is a bad time to attempt to
legislate while all the world is recovering
from the effects of the war. He does not
believe: there ever will be a packers'
monopoly.
Fori Worth Mayor Protests
W. D. Davis mayor of Tort Worth
objected. first-to the present trend to-
sward paternalism in the federal covern-
. ment Seconds he objected to' provisions
in the Kenyou bill giving the secretary
ulture power to appoint a food
rator as great abuses would
spring up through appointment of incom-
4petent men; that great harm would come
through taking refrigerator cars and
c stock - yards from the packers as that
would increase the cost of meat to con-
sumers. He thought labor shortage one
ofi the chief causes of the high cost of
Marfon Sausora of Fort Worth said at
one- time be thought the government
. ought to control almost all business but
- he haa -changed his mind since witnessing
a practical anmonstration during tne war.
He. gave it as his view that no results
- would be secured through the Kendrick
and Kenyon bills in the matter of re-
- during i the cost .of living or prices of
.. meat. Ho argued strongly in favor of
making it possible for the packers to go
direct to the consumer saying such sell-
ing and marketing would reduce prices
and if then there vas profiteering it
could-easily be detected. He contended
meat ia no higher than other food.
- Tevana here in addition to the above
' are Lee Rinell W. N. Waddell W. I.
lteynolds and Frank Birmingham of Fort
j worth aniUI. H. Avery of Amarilto. Ex-
oepthig the latter all will appear before
; me senate committee
liatts renders It
Assistant Attorney General Townsend
said the Bute haa prepared ita case and
haa submitted most oi it to -the court
In the meantime pool halls are operating
ail (Over ue otais ana tne aeiense or tern-
Sorsry injunction whereas the State is
eslroua of- having tha injunction dis-
solved so the pool halls may be out out
of bturiaeea.' ' .
Land Patent Increase
-" Indicates Prc6perity
J- " Houston Post Special ' "'!
AUSTIN. Texas--Sept 2. For the
fiscal year just ended the land office has
Issued 2485 land patents -aa' compared
with 8675 for "the preceding two years.
This is an indication of returning pros-
perity in West Texas and that particular-
ly . in tbe wheat section' although the
lurry in oil haa something to do with it
Ft?rt ; Worth Judge Asserts
Profiteering. Unchecked
" OTBrmg Outbreak
2.-
' Associates Press Be port -TOBT
WOKTH." Texas. Setft
United States District Judge Wilson
charging a federal-grind jury Tuesday
moruing to Investigate profiteering and
high cost of living told tha jurors
unless tha authority
that
es did something to I
curb -tha " profiteers ths people-would
take the matter In their own bands and
there would be riots. Hs placed a former
anna officer in charge of tbe . grand
jury. saying tbe officer had felt the ill ef
fects of profiteering on both sidea of Ue
water. .
Regarding' the 'right 'of workmen ' te
strike to obtain living wage. Judge Wil
son said - that waa -natural and ia- his
opinionjegitlmate. He said turtnac the
iresent grand jury tied every opportnn-
ty to- protect tha consumer as the big
packing houses retailers stock ttrodne-
ers and others are right here at their
beck and calL - . -
LA. HiUIs Appointed:
liastland " Distnq' Judge
Houston Poll B pedal. -
AUBT1N. Texas. Sent 2.--Goveraor I
Hobby Tuesday appointed K. A. TU11 to
be district judge for Eastland conntv.
vice Joa Burkett resigned. Eastland I
count waa made a separate judicial dis
trict By the legislature at tne recent ses-
sion - -
Horllc'sOrigitJ
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Comptometer opieratbr
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A high tenool education plus 6 to I weeks'
-preparation fits yon for a position withi
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Escellcnt pay right from the start.
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SanAhtonio Insurance
: Firm Lowers Basic Rate
V" '. Houston Post Spedal.
' 'AUSTIN Texas. Sept 2. Hornberger
..Schmidt & Co. general insurance agents
" at San Antonio have filed with the State
fire insurance company notice that they
.propose to make effective in the counties
ot Heiar ComaL Travis and Karnes.
basic rate of 15 cents on dwellinss in
stead of the 25-cent rate promulgated by
tbe committee thia amounting to a cut
. of 40 per cent in the maximum rate. The
same firm has also "filed notice that it
Will put in a rate over the entire State
on" cotton gins of a base rate of $1.50
instead of $2 as the commission has fixed
and on country gins a base rate of 60
cents instead of SI as fixed.
i Tbe firm is acting on behaf of the
. northern branch company of Stanton Pa.
and the -city fire insurance company of
Pittsburg Pa. These rates are effec-
tive under Section 2 of the fire insurance
commission law as soon as filed to ap-
- ply on the business written by this com
pany but it will probably mean a reduc
tion on tne part oi other companies
wnicn mace a specialty or gin Insurance.
Comptometer School
Course includes special trainingVin
Buane Arithmetic unders system of-
Felt & Tarrant Mfg. Co.
MAKERS OF THE COMPTOMETER
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Phone Preston 6860 : . .
' North Texas Federal
District Attorney Quits
Houston -Post Special. ;;
vised Tuesday by District Attorney Wil-
..liara O'Dell of the federal district court
for North Texas that he has tendered bis
-resignation to become effective Septetn--
ber id. Senators Culberson and Sheppard
; announced that they had jointly recom-
mended for appointment as O' Dell's suc
cessor Jed J. Adams of. XMHaa' a well
T known attorney. It is "expected 'that
Adams ; will be appointed .by President
. uuson witnin a lew days.
Shopmen at Marshall .r
Want Scales Inspected
Houston Post SpedaL '
AUSTIN. Texas Sept 2. Twenty-"
live auourea snonmen ot xexas and l a-1
c:iic snops at Marshall have petitioned
tne laeparunent ot weignta and measures
to send an inspector to teal' scales of nT-
tellers Tbey assert that there is need
lor it; and that tbey are of opinion -that
ouch an inspection will -result .in mate-I
rmily reducuig the cost of living in that
city.
"Elstimates Frances Loss 1
' of Man Power 26 Per Cen
Associated Press Report
PARIS. Sept 2. Captain Andre Tar-
dieu epeakmg for tne government dar-
ing the debate in the chamber of depo-
ties Tuesday afternoon on ratification of
the German peace treaty said tha French
. war losses constituted 26 per -cent of
Hie men mobilized. Fifty-seven per cent
of all men with tbe colors under 31 years
. ----T-ar-l " . mriasawrrrh '
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