The age-herald., 1902-05-11
FULL TEXT OF THE
 BILL AS FILED IN THE
 U. s. CIRCUIT COURT

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 Washington. May 10.-The bill of com
 plaint against the so-called beef trust
 which has been prepared under the direc-
 ton of Attorney G3nechl knoax was fled
 today in the Circui. Co,ir- of the United
 States at Chicago. Following Is the pq;i-
 ton in full
 In the Circuit Court of the United States
 for the Northern District of Illinois,
 Northern Division-The United States of
 America Ns. Swift X Company and oth- l ers-Petition.
 To the Honorable, the Judges of the
 Circuit Court of the United States of
 America Tor the NoI thern District of Illi-
 nois Northern District, Sitting in Equity:
 Your petitioner, the United States of
 America, by s. H. Bethea, its attorney l for the Northern Dist. ct nC lllin. s. act- l ing by and under the direction of Philan-
 der c. Knox. It's attorney general brings this, it's bill of complaint against Swift
 & Company the Cudahy Packing Com l pany, the Hammond Packing Company,
 and Armour & Company. corporations or l ganized and existing under and by virtue 1 of the laws of the state of Illinois; the
 Armour Packing Company. the G. H.
 Hammond Company Schwartchild & 1 Sulzberger, corporations organized and 1 existing under and by virtue, respective l ly, of the laws of the states of New Jer- sey, Michigan and New York; Nelson,
 Morris & Ira N. Morris, co-partners un- der the name of Nelson, Morris x Com pany. doing business at Chicago, H., East St. Louis Ill., and South St. Joseph, Mo; J. Ogden Armour, Patrick A. Valentine, Calvin M. Favorite. Arthur Meeker, Thomas J. Corners, Charles F. Langdon, Michael Cudahy, Edward A. Cudahy, Patrick Cudahy, Albert Carton, D. Ed win Hartwell Jesse P. Lyman, Frank E. Vogel, Louis Pfaelzer, William Russell, Albert H. Veeder, and Henry Veeder, cit izens, respectively, of the state of Hi nos, residing at Chicago; Edward c. 1 Swift, citizen of the state of Massachu- setts, residing at Boston, and Ferdinand l Sulzberger and W. H. Moves. citizens of the state of New York, residing at the l city of New York, in that state, and or
 Information s.nd belief. alleges and re-
 spectfully shows to your honors:
 Are Buying Live Stock.
 First-That said corporations partner ship, and persons for many years last 1 past have been and now are engaged in
 the business of buying live stock, to-wit: ] Cattle, sheep and hogs, at divers points 1 throughout the said United States where l stock yards and such like open and com 1 petitive markets for the sale of live stock exist-at Chicago, in the State O. I Illinois; Omaha, In the State of Ne braska; Sioux City. in the State of Iowa; St. Joseph, in the State of Missouri; Kan sas City. in the State of Missouri; East St Louis in the State of Illinois, and St. l Paul, in the State of Minnesota-and slaught ering such live stock at the sev- eral extensive places for that purpose maintained by certain of the said defend- 1 ants, respectively, to-wit: The plants of Armour & Co, at the city of Chicago, in
 the State of Illinois; at the city of East
 St. Louis in the State of Illinois; at the 1 city of Kansas City in the State of Mis- l souri; at the city of South Omaha, in the | State of Nebraska; and at the city of | Sioux City, in the State of Iowa; the plants of the Cudahy Packing Company at South Omaha Kansas City and Sioux 1 City, as aforesaid and at Cudahy, in the State of Wisconsin, the plants of the I Hammond Packing Company at Chicago and Omaha, aforesaid; Hammond in the | State of Indiana, and South St. Joseph | in the State of Missouri; the plants of l Nelson Morris & Co. at Chicago, East St. l Louis and South St. Joseph. aforesaid; | the plants of the Schwartzchild Sulz- berger Company at Chicago and Kansas city, aforesaid: and the plants of Swift & Co. at Chicago, East St. Louis South St. Joseph Kansas City and South Omaha. afcresaid and St. Paul, in the State of Minnesota, and at the said several plants l converting the said live stock into fresh meat for human consumption
 Second-That tho said defendants for
 many yeers last past have been and are l also engag ged in the business of selling
 such fresh meets, at the several places
 where they are so prepared, to said Uni |. AN At..-
 said meats are so prepared and sold as aforesaid, and in the District of Columbia
 and in foreign countries, and shipping the
 same meats. when so sold, rom the said places of their preparations: oyer the sev- | eral lines of transportation of the sev-
 eral railroad companies serving as com l mon carriers. to such dealers and con | sumers. pursuant to such sales; end in | so doing nave beer and are engaged in l trade and commerce among the several states and territo tories Of the United States and the District of Columbia. and with | foreign nations.
 Third-That the said defendants for many years last past have been and are now engaged in the business of shipping such fresh meats from the said several points where the same are so prepared for consumption over the several lines of transportation of the several railroad companies serving the same as common carriers, to their respective agents To- cated at and near the principal markets for such meats in other states and terri tories than those wherein the said fresh meats are so prepared for consumption as aforesaid, and in the District of Columbia and in foreign countries, for sale by those | agents in those markets and in such other l states and territories and the District of | Columbia, and in foreign countries. to dealers and consumers; and have been and are. through those agents. selling the | same in those markets, and in so doing have been and are engaged in trade and commerce among the several states and | territories and the District of Columbia, and with foreign nations.
 Control 60 Per Cent.
 | Fourth-That of the total volume of trade and commerce among the said states and territories and District of Co., l iumbia in fresh meats the said defen- dants together control abort 60 per cent
 having during the year 1eod purchased and slaughtered as aforesaid and sold and shipped in the form of fresh meats as aforesaid. four million cattle. five million sheep and six million hogs.
 1 Fffth-That as to such trade and com lcontinusd on Seventh Paas.)