VICTORY FOR “BIG FIVE.”
RESTRICTING DECREE SUSPENDED. \ By Cable—Pr«*a Association —Copyright. .iUßiruinfii Ui.U aV.4. CiU>ib Aa*ucatti,iou (Received April 26, 5.5 p.m.) WASHJJNGTuN, April 23. A decree ordering the "Jjig hive” meat packers of Gnicago, to divest themselves of all holdings outside the meat business, was 10-uay suspended by the district,of Columbia Supreme Court-. The decree was not declared void but suspended in its operation indefinitely. This is <lue to tho loss suffered by certain Californian canneries, which had contractual relations with the trust.
The Department of Justice in 1920 obtained a decree under the anti-rust which was putting control virtually laws, alleging restraint of tiade. of the entire food supply of the united States into the hands of the packers. The suspension permits the packers now to'deal in buitcr, eggs, and multitudinous other food products, and participate in other unrelated businesses.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, 27 April 1925, Page 12
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141VICTORY FOR “BIG FIVE.” Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, 27 April 1925, Page 12
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