Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-05-02
CODE BOOK IS FOUND
New York Herald Claims to
Have Positive Proof
Beef Trust.
TRANSLATES THE CODE AND
SHOWS PACKERS ARE IN
COMBINE.
Publishes Fac-Simile Pages Of an Al
legged Private Cuda1y PubIi-
cation.


New York. May 2-Gndel such cap,
tons as Code signals used by the
beef trust to send agreed orders 10
agents. "Cudahy cipher code eliscloses
the truth and Key words, with their
translations, prove the firm dealt as
Ia great combination, the Herald
announces that it is in possession of
the telegraphic code Of the Cudahy
Packing company and that it has
found i'll the code certain words prov
ing the company is in the trust. The
paper says:
The Herald publishes today faesim-
lie pages from the secret and confdeT1-
tial telegraph cipher code Of the Cud-
ahy company, the orders of which di-
rected the actions of P. L. Hughes.
eastern manager, and other managers
OF this beef trust house, and in purau-
anee of which the letters were written.
The code words, With their append
ed translations, which are selected for
reproduction are sprinkled through
ninety closely printed pages ST the
business formulas necessary adeouate-
ly to handle the immensely varied and
technical detail of fresh and preserved
meat products. The words which refer
to the understanding with the other
houses in the com bination tell their
own story, with small need for eXpa-
nation.
For example. on page Il. there ap-
pears 'synarchy,' which is translated
meeting here today agreed The
word meeting has only one possible
meaning. the weekly conference
among the managers of the beef trust.
Under the same head may be
grouped these positive proofs Of an
understanding to regulate and manipr-
late the prices of meat and the COM
mon knowledge Systematically explain
ed. which make concert Of action DOS
sible:
Shortlived'- are selling be-
low competition
Uniform Have complaint Won
are selling
Urology Agreed to hold and
want you to do the same
Synastry Attention meeting of
agents.
1T was at these meetings of agents
that the decisions were made upon the
information obtained in this way, the
telegraphic orders made possible. If
it was reported possible by the repre-
sentative of another trust house that
Cudahy agent in some far away east
ern city was not living up to the in
structions compelling him to do as the
others did, he received a selection of
rebukes from the following cipher
words:
'Uroscope'-'You must observe
SCHEDULED
'Tendering'-'Get into line
'Tenderly into line with 9TH
er houses.
In letter of p. L. Hughes, pub
lished some time ago, the exhortation
to get into line was frequently the
burden of his instructions to the man
ayers under his control, and the code
book shows that he was simply repeat
ing theord ers orders telegraphed him
from the head of the house in Omaha,
after the Cudahys had arranged mat
ters to their satisfaction with mag
mates of the other firms of the combi-
nation.
After the meetings in Kansas City.
Omaha or Chicago the managers some
times received messages which read
like this in the secret code book:
sUubanize'-'All interested have
agreed for following price effective
(date).
" Southerner agreed to CO.
operate for
'Southly combination price