Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-04-04
A MATTER OF SLOP
RECEIVER M'NULTA FILES 4
LENGTHY PETITION.
SETTING FORTH WORKINGS al
WHISKEY TRUST.
President Greenhut Accused Of Being
in League With Norris in the Con
tract to Feed Cattle at the Distil-
leries-Wants to Save S550,000 for
the Trust.

Chicago, April 2.-Gen McNuIta, of
the wLiskey trust, has filed a lengthy
petition in the United States circuit
court asking that the Nelson Morris
slop contract be annulled by the court.
In his application Gen McNulta AYERS
that President Greenhut of the trust is
a partner with Morris in the contract,
though the contract purportS to have
been made solely with Morris. The re.
ceiyer also charges the contractors
with having failed to make a just re-
port of the profits of the business, and
that an accounting will show that
they are indebted to the trust in a
considerable amount. The receiver de-
sires to have the contract declared il
legal for the purpose of heading off a
suit for $55O,OOO which Morris has in
stitued against the trust.
The contract vas agreed to on Feb
ruary "A, 1892, for a term Of three
years. Its conditions were that the
trust should provide ample barn room
for all cattle that could be fed at the
distilleries named in the contract, and
that it was to furnish for each head
of cattle so fed, an amount of slop
per day, as derived from one bushel
Of mash, Norris agreeing to pay the
sum of six cents per day for each
bushel of slop, during the period from
October l, of II year, to June l., Of
the next. Ne charge was to ne made
between June l and October /; the
contractor, after deducting all costs Of
feeding the cattle and IS profit per
head, to divide the profits above thai
vision to receive all slop free, between
the periods named. The trust was to
notify the contractor in advance Of
the amount of grain to be distilled al
each diStillery, from October l to June
/, so that he would arrange to have
in the barns all the cattle required to
consume the slop. If at any time the
distilleries shut down, or could not
supply the amount Of slop stated. the
trust was to provide . sufficient
amount Of meal and water for feeding
the cattle.
After setting forth the contract, and
the distilleries named in the contract
which were: The National, Great
Northern Manhattan. W0olner. and
Monarch of Peoria: the Wabash of
Terre Haute: Consolidated of Cincin-
natl; Missouri Of st. Louis; Riverdale,
and Calumet of Chicago; st. Paul Of
st. Paul, and Willow Springs of Oma-
ha, the receiver points out T1Iat the
contract was authorized in the city of
Chicago at a special meeting of the
board of directors held in Chicago.
Feb. 2, 1892; and thai the legal place
of meeting was Peoria: that Green
hut was president of the board at tile
time, and Morris director. The re-
ceiver points out the peculiar meth
DDS used in making the contract. The
price of Slop was fixed in February
to take effect the following October,
and continues at the same price of
six cents a bushel, for q period of
three years without regard to the price
paid for grain. Furthermore the price
fixed in the contract was the same
at all diStilleries, though the price
of slop varied at different places &C
cOrding to local conditions. At some
points it was worth seven, at others
nine, and at others ten cents a bushel.
BY the terms of the contract The trust
was compelled to keep the distilleries
in operation in order to furnish the
requisite amount of slop, without re-
gard to condition of the market, and
the demand for making spirits. The
distilleries had not been started up
last year until December, and Morris
now has a suit pending for $55O,O00
damages for failure on the part of the
trust TO open it's distilleries in October.
and to furnish slop for him. The re-
ceiver says hat he has grounds for
recovery against Greenhut and Morris
for the amount unpaid or received by
them on account of feeding slop.