Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1907 — ULTIMATUM TO BIG PACKERS [ARTICLE]

ULTIMATUM TO BIG PACKERS

Live Stock. Commission Men Refuse to Sell Cattle of Any Kind Under Proposed Regulation. Chicago, July 11. —The live stock commission men’s ultimatum to the big packers on the post-mortem inspection controversy has been given out by the committee appointed at Monday’s meeting of the Chicago live stock exchange. They Will refuse to sell cattle of whatever class subject to post-mortem inspection, as demanded by the packers. The ultimatum Is in the form of a tentative agreement and provides for an absolutely “open market.” It favors a rigid ante-mortem inspectl >n of all classes of cattle prior to :b ■ consummation of sales, and extends to the puckers the privilege of select! ig and tagging animals “siispeete J" of being diseased. “Suspec s” then shill lie turned over to the inspector of the state to be killed and handle;! f >r the account of the owner on the same terms as are cattle with lumpy jaw and.--other' diseii ses.