Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-04
CATTLE AND HOGS.
What Chicago Shippers Know
About the Former.
VESTS COMMITTEE STILL AT WORK.

The Missouri senator Won't HAYS ST. Louis
Called ''Siow''-A Combine In Dressed
Beef Developed-rho big Four" Must
Pace the Music-"Oid Hutch Tells n
Reporter What He Doesn't Know About
Pork DeaI-Important Railway Res
ignation Announced.
CHICAGO, Sept 4-The senate committee
yesterday continued its investigation into
The dressed beef and live cattle business, and
examined Ashley C. Hallowell, connected
with The Drovers Journal and Daily Sun,
,t the stock yards He said that his esti-
mate showed that the receipts of cattle at
Chicago during the last eight months had
been the largest in the world, either at this
Dr. any other market, the figures being
.97, 900 head of cattle About -, 900 were
rom Texas; Il 900 from Montana, Wyoming
and the northwest, and the remainder from
che central states, Illinois being in the lead.
He said that in this business St Louis had
hardly held its own, because, in his opinion,
that city was little slower than the others
N getting business.
Senator Vest a Littled ''Riled."
This, OF course, brought Senator Vest to
ais feet in an instant Said he:
did you never hear of the eveners' COM
1inationr
The witness admitted that he had, some
twelve years ago.
Senator Vest Well, did you not hear that
clique of Chicago shippers made a COM
bination with some of the railroads by which
cheaper rates we're obtained from Chicago,
and that by this the ST. Louis business was
ruined!
The witness had heard some talk of such
things The senator pressed him harder and
brought in the names of Nelson Morris and
Allerton and some others, as having been
parties to that "eveners combination" Sen
ntor Vest intimated that he was not going TO
let it appear that St Louis had lost her trade
ION account of her reputation for being a
little slow in getting business" as the wit
ness mad said, il he could help it.
The big Four" Don't Appear.
When they were through with this witness
the senators adjourned to p. m, at which
time Chairman Vest was visibly irritated
over the absence of prominent dressed beef
shippers who had been summoned as wit
nssses The men wanted were Philip Ar
mour, Nelson Morris, G.. F. Swift, Frank
Vogel, aud John B. Sherman, and Vest read
their names with others who had received
notice to be ON hand, and said: This com
mittee does not desire any trouble with any
of these gentlemen whom it has summoned
TO appear for examination but they are moi
here, although duly subpene1. These men
are directly Interested in the result of the
hearing and it is from them We can obtain
our evidence. will say now that they must
be here and testify. There is no way out
of It,"
Says There Was a ''Com bine."
Charles II. Ingersoll and J. I. Eastman
were examined, and agreed in tho opinion
that the dressed beef business had been hard
for the cattIemen, as it lessened the compe
tition for live stock, while Alfred Nc
Curdy laid it to the railways, who charged
too much for transportation Of live stock.
Fred j. Howlands, the last witness exam
insd, proved an interesting and valuabl,
one. He Is young man who has been In
the employ Of Nelson Morris for three year.
previous to last May in the capacity of office
man and filing clerk He testified that his
firm and three others formed a combination
in cut beef, and regulated the price in seven
states Outside of these states each sold As
he pleased- He admitted having "a converse
ton with member of the Fairbanks Can
ming company, who told him he need not APP
pear before the committee; that there was
no necessity for his doing so.
At the conclusion Of the session the com
mittee held private conference TO consider
whether or not writs should be issued com.
pelling the attendance of Mr.. Armour, Mel
son Morris, and others before the committee
What action the committee decided upon i.
not known, but 1T is understood that Senator
Furwell wall use his infiu nee to secure the
attendance Of the gentlemen without attach
ments