FTC Report on Meat Packers Exposes Market Control
The FTC analysis targets five dominant firms Swift Armour Morris Cudahy and Wilson. They allegedly control buying and selling markets and transport storage and distribution, leaving producers rivals and consumers at their mercy. Independent packers survive by sufferance and face intensified lines as commissions contend with falsified returns and legal challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift
Armour
Morris
Cudahy
Wilson
Ifeney
Waitnesses Widiere
The Packers Monopoly and Global Meat Influence
A report details how major American meat packers and their subsidiaries hold a monopolistic grip on the U S meat industry and key substitutes. It notes extensive overseas holdings in Argentina Brazil Uruguay and Australia and asserts control over export meat used by the Allies under shipping conditions of the era.
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Congress of the United States
United States
Brazil
Uruguay
Australia
Omaha Chamber of Commerce
Omaha
Skinner
State of Nebraska
Paul Douglas County
Paul
Loup County
State of
Nebraska
Skinner Company
Paul F. Skinner
Skinner Packing Plant
Packers face federal regulation push in livestock case
Washington May 24 Senator Kendrick warned in the senate that the Big Five meat packers dominate livestock markets and control stockyards car lines and cold storage. He urged federal regulation as 1916 interstate trade shows the packers' vast influence across markets, banks and distribution channels.
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Washington, D. C
Kendrick
Wyoming
Senate
From World-Herald
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Federal Trade Commission
Met
William B. Colyer
John Prankelin
Victor Murdock
Lloyd M. Skinner
Allied
Middle West
Paul V. Skinner
R. C. Howe
RK. Co
Howe
Rh. C. Howe
Paul I. Skinner
Elizabeth A. Hodgson
Notary Public
Packing House Trust
Meat Trust
South America
Packing Trust
Paul F, Skinner
Lloyd M, Skinner
Federal Trade, Commission
South Side
Omaha, Neb
THE
Skinner Company Packing Plant
26Th and
Douglas, Omaha, Neb
First National Bank Bldg
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