The Meat-Packing Investigation

G. O. Virtue

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1920, vol. 34, issue 4, 626-685

Abstract: I. History of the investigation, 626. — II. Growth and present position of the large packing companies, 632. — III. The stockyards situation, 639.—The rendering monopoly, 648. — IV. Fluctuations in prices of live stock, 652. — V. The charge of combination, 656. — The international meat pool, 660. — Collusion in domestic transactions, 661. — Question of a live stock pool, 663. — Collusive practices in buying live stock, 672. — VI. The Palmer-Packer agreement, 677. — Proposed legislation, 680.

Date: 1920
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