The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-03
COURT WILL HELP
JUDGE BARROW OFFERS GRAND
JURY HIS ASSISTANCE
TO INDICT BEEF TRUST.
SAYS THERE'S ENOUGH LAW IN
GEORGIA TO STOP 1T.

Has Interested Himself in the Mat
ter-WrOte to Missouri Attorney
GenernI-WiII Secure Copy of the
Testimony Which Resulted in the
| Conviction in That state - This
VIII be Used as "A Guide by Pres
ent Grand Jury-COurt Raps So
! ciaI Gambling in His Charge.
In his charge to the Superior Court
grand jury of the March term,
delivered yesterday morning, Judge
Barrow made special reference
again to the beef trust. He
has made up his mind that the guilty
parties in this state can be punished,
and to that end has spent some time
in studying the modus procendi
against them. The investigation on
this subject fell fiat at the June term.
because of the inability of the grand
jury to obtain the necessary testi-
mony, but Judge Barrow has interested
himself and will aid the grand jury
in securing the proper testimony.
In Missouri, where the law is very
similar in this respect to the one in
Georgia, the Attorney General has
succeeded in securing a conviction and
fine against the beef trust operators.
In order that the present grand jury
may have something to direct them in
securing the necessary testimony at
this term, Judge Barrow has written
to the Missouri Attorney General for
the testimony adduced at the trial
there. AS soon as this arrives, it will
be given to the grand jury at special
session, and the investigation will be
begun.
Investigating 1t In Fulton County.
The view taken by Judge Barrow of
the situation is shared by Judge Lump
kin of the Atlanta circuit, who has
charged the grand jury of Fulton coun-
ty that there is enough law in Geor-
gia to justify and uphold an indict-
ment against the beef trust. Judge
Barrow contends that it is a woetul
state of affairs indeed when the beef
trust is, by the lethargy of the people.
allowed to continue its operations and
more startling still when the arm of
the law is admitted powerless against
the monster trust. He is firm in his
oIclIu d6dlilSl TIE TRUST, anu believes
that its agents in this county can be
punished by the securing of existing
evidence and an application of the law.
In this connection, Judge Barrow said:
The Beef Trust.
"Now, in this country, there is an
organization which is commonly
known as the beef trust At the
June term, 1902, l called attention of
the grand jury to 1t and to evidence
which l thought showed that it was
carrying on it's work in this county
in this judicial circuit. The difficulty
that the grand jury of the June term
and the December term had was to get
evidence. Judge Grosscup of the Unit
ed States Circuit Court in Illinois has
had the question before him in a case
brought under the act of Congress on
the subject of trusts, and he found
from the testimony laid before him
that the Armour Packing Company and
other packing companies-seven, l
think, in number--had combined for
the purpose of doing two things, and
that they had succeeded in doing two
things, which he considered a VIOLA
ton of law. The first was that they
combined to keep down the price of
live cattle on the hoof and the sec
ond was that they combined to keep
up the price of the dressed product.
He, therefore, issued an injunction.
HAD to Show Them.
THE state of Missouri passed a law
similar to the one that we have in
Georgia, and the Attorney General OF
that state instituted proceedings
against the Armour Packing Company
and five other packing houses, for a
violation of the law, and after hearing
testimony these companies were adj
judged to be guilty. L wrote to Mr.
Edward Grow, the Attorney General, tc
ascertain upon what testimony the s.
companies were found guilty, and ]
have received a letter from Mr.. Crow
which reads as follows:
Judge Pope Barrow, Savannah Ga
Dear Sir: The testimony in the beef
trust case-state of Missouri ex infor-
matone Edward c. Crow, Attorney
General, relator VS.. Armour Packing
Company,et al, respondents-was taker
and submitted to the commissioner,
H. Kinley of Kansas City, Mo-, and
he made a report, finding the com.
panies guilty of violating the anti
| trust law of our state, and his report
| Court, which is our highest judicia
| tribunal.
This testimony was all taken II
| of the clerk of the Supreme Court; il
has also been printed.
Very truly yours,
Edward G.. Crow,
Attorney General
Will Furnish the Testimony.
81 have written to Mr.. Kinley an(