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The Laramie Republican
Laramie, Albany County, Wyoming
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Delegates to the American National Live Stock Convention in Salt Lake City, Utah, pledged $30,000 to maintain a committee in Washington for conferring with the food administration and aiding the federal trade commission's investigation of packers. L. F. Swift of Chicago offered $1,000, which was declined.
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DELEGATES TO AMERICAN NATIONAL LIVE STOCK CONVENTION RAISING FUND TO KEEP MEN AT CAPITAL.
Thirty Thousand Dollars for Maintenance of Committee At Washington Pledged at Salt Lake Today, Representative of Swift Offering Thousand Dollars, Which Was Declined By the Convention,
Salt Lake City, Utah, Jan. 16, --Delegates to the American National Live Stock convention today were pledged to subscribe $30,000 to the fund for maintaining a special committee in Washington to confer with the food administration on all matters affecting the live stock industry and to aid the federal trade commission in the investigation of the operation of the packers of this country. L. F. Swift of Chicago, who spoke in defense of the packers, in reply to the report of the market committee of the association, offered to subscribe a thousand dollars, but the offer was refused.
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Salt Lake City, Utah
Event Date
Jan. 16
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$30,000 pledged; $1,000 offer from l. f. swift declined
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Delegates pledged to subscribe $30,000 for maintaining a special committee in Washington to confer with the food administration on live stock industry matters and aid the federal trade commission in investigating packers. L. F. Swift of Chicago offered $1,000 in defense of packers but was refused.