Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-06-05
BEEF TRUST ENJ0INED
Injunction Against Backing Combine
Granted by Albany Judge.
APPLIES IN ALL NEW YORK.
Defendants Restrained From Carry
Ing on Business In the state In
Violation of the DOnnelly
Antitrust Law.
APPLIES IN ALL NEW YORK

Albany, n. y, June 5.--Justice Ches
ter has granted an injunction restrain
ing the beef packing companies of the
west from carrying on business in this
state in violation of the provisions of
the Donnelly antitrust law.
The order was served upon the repre-
sentatives of the concerns in this city
and Troy and will be served on others
throughout the state as quickly as they
can be reached. 1t was obtained upon
the affidavit Of D. w, Meredith, for
mer manager of Swift 4 Co.
The injunction is directed against
Armour n Co.. Swift 4 Co., Cudahy
Packing company. the Hammond com.
pany, the Schwarzschld Il Sulzberger
company. domestic and foreign cor
porations. and against Nelson Morris
Edward Morris and Ira Morris, CO.
partners carrying on business as Mel
son Morris & 60. 80. .s~'
- Terms Of the Order.
The order directs that their man
ayers, agents. attorneys and servants
and all persons acting for them are re-
strained and enjoined from fixing and
determining by combining together the
prices to be charged for meat and from
agreeing between themselves as to the
supply Of meat to be brought into this
state by them and from acting upon
any understanding tending to diminish
such supply and from fixing or main
tanning prices of their and each others
products by agreement between them.
They are also enjoined from acting
under any agreement whereby the
price of labor shall be affected or com
petition therein affected and also from
maintaining uniform rules for credit to
dealers or fixing uniform prices for
carriage.
In obtaining the injunction Attorney
General Davies asked that it be made
permanent, and Judge Chester directed
that it continue until the other or
further order of the court
The Meredith AFFIDAVIT.
The Meredith affidavit which was
presented to the court recites that his
experience in the meat business covers
a period Of ten years, six Of which
were with Armour & Co. and the re-
mainder with Swift & Co. Continuing,
TIE affidavit says:
When first went to work for Armour
& Co. there was open and keen competi-
ton between all the great packing con-
Germs Of the west and each endeavored to
secure all the business 1t could until 1898,
at which time agreements were entered
into and meetings held between the repre-
sentatives of said packing houses to ar
range prices at which their products could
be sold
The general managers of the packing
houses were accustomed to meet once
week and sometimes more frequently for
the purpose OF endeavoring to reconcile
any differences existing between them
and to consider the prices that they were
to impose for the ensuing week for meat
products
The affidavit, which is exceedingly
lengthy, then proceeded to recite in de-
tail how the weekly meetings were
conducted and the manner in which
the managers apportloned territory
among the several packing houses so
that competition could be reduced to a
minimum.
The attorney general also submitted
to the court copies of an alleged credit
agreement and carriage agreement,
which were identified by Meredith as
the same in effect when he worked for
Swift Il Co.