New-York tribune., 1902-04-30

Y. took about three minutes to-day for leo-
eral official TO point out the weak spot In uhe
LATEST alleged move of the beef men.
The report as given out, was TO the enec'
that Armour & Co, Swift & Co. Nelson hoii'0
& Co. the G. II. Hammond Packing Compahs'
schvarzschild d sulzberger and the Thomas j.
linton Company would combine. Such nloNF'
so saws the federal official in the iegal depart
rneut Of the government, is Impossible IN lHe
foca az q decision Of the highest court Of the
state in the glucose case On the RECORDS II
ts The case Of George Harding vs.. the Anneri-
ran Glucose Company. and the Supreme Court
II that case made it impossible for any foreign
,o-rorations "a combine ana do business in the
State
While some Of the packing concerns are IN
corporated in illinois, several Of them are hoI
ard in addition. the car lines Of the Armour
oomnany and Of Swift & Co. both ILLINOIS cor
porgtious are incorporated outside OF the state
The Hammond company belongs in lndlana' anu
the Schwarzschild & Sulzberger Company ana
the Iipton concern both being foreign corpora
,,ons. could certainly not enter any such trust
rs Is suggested.
Attorneys for the big packers ridicule the
-,,,,,,,ro7fon story James F. Meagher. for
Hammond & Co laughed at it, Louis c hraut-
,o4Y for Armour & Co. said IT was born OF
imagination" and A H Veeder for swift d
% said that he did not see why such com
,snation could not exist, but that IL would IN
his nninion. depend entirely the decision IN
the Northern Securities Company case
GATHERING INFORMATION
Judge Day and A1r. Bethea continued at WORK
to-day gathering evidence against the 6eei
Trust Judge Day may be forced 10 return It E-as'
tomorrow, In order TO be in NeW-hork "llnii
the next two days to attend meeting oI lne
Interstate Commerce Commission Ii is Pfoo-
abe that before he returns to Chlcaso Tue
bill to restrain the packers VIII be hieu o' 'i
United States District Attorney. AL the ieuei "a
o43oes today il was practically admitted that the
drawing of the bill had not yet been beguh' 80
the chances Of any move against the compiha-
fion within the next few days is remote
That the government has not yet oolalheu
ar tbe evidence it needs for prosecuting the
case against the packers was indicated Wheh
several witnesses appeared at the District Al
1orney's office to-day in answer to summons
Three men were closeted for more than an noun
with Special Counsel Day, while Insflct AL
,oroev Rethea interviewed several oiieIs III "
=erarate office. The names OF these iileh ouuiu
No, he learned nor would the federal oc'diS
give any intimation Of the value OF 'heil 'e
tmony. -, .a-
RuQ10rS OF the pTOpdbihie Va N-i----
cution through the federal grand jury are SUN
an circulation.
May ASK FOR RESTRAINING ORDER
Chicago packers who are charged Win peis
members Of an alleged beef trust WILL NOW
ever get the surprise Of their lives and lasting
shock according tc good authority, when Atlor-
navs Rethea and Day file their petition ASKING
5hat the great stock yards Industries De ie
strained from doing business as colnplhdllOil
since +be original investigation was ordeIeo
tbere has been a change IN plan, Which mas peeh pee
closely gna rded Acting orders from the Al.
-o-ney General il is understood. Judge DdS anu anu
rTnitad States District Attorney bethed I'd
switched the investigation from an lhquIs ~
-he existence of a beef trust ana the cause VI -
,,resent high prices in meat TO a geheI gio,-a5 81 a.
vestigation of the methods OF business eiif'
bv the hackers and the mysterious Tela u. Iollo =,
sstine between the leading packers anu lie ian
roads. ,.5 :, nd
That the railways are TO be dragged III an I
,har traffic officials, who are resloIlslole io4
navrnenf of rebates made TO ten OF rec
1ions with the packing firms is pracucahy az
;..aa - ~ both MIR Pethea and Judge Day. IT
ts further verified by the fact that IL Is uiio i
nio1i1 announced that Paul Morton. yice-pfesi-
Snnt in charge of traffic affairs of the Santa + {
evste,r- A G Bird. occupying the same poSltloh
.;+b +,e Chicago Milwaukee and St paul roAu
I NJ Johnson the vice president IN chaise oI
traffic on the Rock Island system, ana the u ~
managers of the packers. are to be m, ~
the government the rebate quesuoh- lhe0O
rebates are where. il is said, the packers nlahe
their .-reat profits.