The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-03-14
BEEF COMBINE.
The Convention at st. Louis Passes Several
Resolutions.

Resolutions.
ST. LOUIS. March 13-The Legislative
convention reassembled this morning and a
number of resolutions bearing on trusts,
local inspection and other matters were
introduced and referred to committee on
resolutions; and what is known as the trust
bill now before the Texas legislature and
copies of inspection bills pending in the
legislatures Of Missouri, Kansas, Indiana
and other states were submitted and re
ferred to the committee on needed legisla-
ton. Adjourned until p. IN.
At ) o'clock the convention was called to
order and the committee On resolutions
submitted a report recommending all that
the resolutions referred to yesterday, be
laid on the table, which was done. The
committee also begged leave to suggest that
as a conference was called in reference to
beef and pork combine or trust designated
as in the Kansas resolution. That is all there
is for the convention to consider and in the
opinion of the committee the only effective
way to reach it is by legislation, if the
same can be done without encroaching
upon organic law.
The report was adopted, and the com
mittee on needed legislation presented as
desirable measures the bills submitted to
the Texas delegation, which will probably
become a law in Texas. This bill deals
with the definition of trials and and penal
ties to be inflicted in violation of the act in
the section defining trusts, as follows:
To make or enter to carry out any con-
tract or agreement of any kind or descrip-
ton, by which they shall bond or have
bonded to themselves. not to sell, dispose or
transport any article, commodity or article
of trade, use, merchandise, commerce or
consumption below the common standard
tigures or by which they shall agree in
any manner to keep the price of said articles
or commodity for transportation at fixed or
graduated figure by which they shall in
any manner establish the price of any ar
ticle or commodity for transportation be-
tween themselves or others, to preclude
free and unrestrained competition among
themselves or others by which they shall
agree to pool, combine or unite any interest
they may have in connection with sales or
transportations to array such article or
commodity that its price in any manner
might be affected.
The clause concerning the infiction of
punishment provides that any corporation
violating any provisions of the act shall
forfeit its franchise, and its corporate eXis-
tence shall cease.
ANY foreign corporation under similar
conditions shall be denied the right to do
business in violation, also declared a con
SDlEdCN dSdluSI anu hAICh tOLINlNtCd
carries a fine of 81 900 and ten years i'm
prisOnment.
After few slight changes the bill was
adopted as follows: Yeas, Colorado s, Iowa
5, Illinois S. Indiana s, Kansas s, Minnesota
Is. Missouri q %, Nebraska 4, Texas s.;
nays. Migsouri l 81, Nebraska4.
The various delegations were pledged to
recommend the bill to their legislatures.
The second bill introduced by the com
mittee ON needed legislation was practically
a Nebraska bill providing for the appoint
ment of local inspectors and inspection of
all cattle, sheep and swine, twenty-four
hours before Strengthening.
Penalties are prescribed for envasiOns of
inspection or sale of meat taken from ami
mails not inspected. 1t does not apply to
canned, smoked or salt meats.
A warm debate ensued resulting in the
adjournment to p. m, in order that the bill
might be presented. Texas men claimed
the adoption would be fatal mistake, as
the commission should announce to the
world the necessity of protecting home con-
sumers against the sale of diseased meats.
1t would result in shutting American
meats out of all American markets and
would be a severe blow to the producers.
There was a lively discussion of the bill by
sections at the evening session.
After prolonged debate, lasting till after
midnight, in which Texas and Illinois dele
gates were bitterly opposed to the measure.
The bill was adopted by vote of 45 Ais
to PSI, and the convention adjourned sine
die