Five Great Meat Packers Dominate Market, FTC Report Claims
The FTC report argues Swift Armour Morris Cudahy and Wilson control livestock purchase, meat marketing, and transportation. It contends real competition is absent with independent packers surviving only by sufferance as the five curb rivals and hurt consumers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift
Armour
Morris
Cudahy
Wilson
Ifeney
Waitnesses Widiere
Washington, D. C
Kendrick
Wyoming
Senate
From World-Herald
Packers’ Global Grip on Meat and Food Supplies Revealed
Summary of Findings declares the big American meat packers hold monopolistic control over US meat and key substitutes eggs cheese and vegetable oils. They own or control substantial export meat in Argentina Brazil Uruguay and investments in Australia. They command over half of the meat relied on by the Allies under current shipping.
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Congress of the United States
United States
Brazil
Uruguay
Australia
Independent Skinner Plant Fights Packers Control
Paul F Skinner and Lloyd M Skinner condemn the big meat packers for monopoly power over stockyards car lines cold storage and distribution. They vow to keep the Skinner packing plant independent, appeal to stockholders and farmers, and urge public support against packer influence in Omaha and the midwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Paul F. Skinner
Lloyd M. Skinner
Omaha Chamber of Commerce
Omaha
Skinner
Middle West
State of Nebraska
Paul Douglas County
Paul
Loup County
State of
Nebraska
Skinner Company
Skinner Packing Plant
Paul V. Skinner
R. C. Howe
RK. Co
Howe
Paul F, Skinner
Lloyd M, Skinner
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Federal Trade Commission
Met
William B. Colyer
John Prankelin
Victor Murdock
Allied
Rh. C. Howe
Paul I. Skinner
Elizabeth A. Hodgson
Notary Public
Packing House Trust
Meat Trust
South America
Packing Trust
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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