Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-05-19
THE FAMOUS YELLOW CAR AND PROMINENT BEEF. TRUST
 OFFICIALS

of the laws and the courts has been in- voked to break up this gigantic combi- nation.
 It was in the spring of 1902 that Judge Grosscup of Chicago issued his famous injunction against the meat barons to prevent their forming or continuing monopoly in restraint of natural competition and trade. It was in the neighborhood of two years la- ter that this decision was affirmed by the United States supreme court. In spite of adverse judicial action, how ever, 1t has been a matter of common belief that the packing companies con tinued reaching their ends by other means. It was to investigate reports and charges to this effect that the spe- cial federal grand jury was impanel- ed at Chicago. Most of the testimony taken by this body has been in secret, but enough has leaked out to keep public interest keenly on the alert. That the investigation would result in criminal prosecution of a more or less wholesale order has been the general hope of the public. and if these precipi- tate vacations are an indication has be- come the fear of the trust magnates.
 To run away from a federal grand jury investigation Is not new thing with the packing house representa- tIves. Back in the spring of 1902 q similar inquiry was being carried for ward, and four of the trust officials
 were asserted by the New York Her aid md other papers to have ned into Mexico. carrying important books and papers. These four men were Cap tain W. A. FitzgIbbons. manager for Nelson Morris & Co.,: William C. Doug
 las. manager for Armour & Co.,; Louis Ashby. manager and secretary for the
 Armour Packing company. and E. c.
 Bailey. manager for the Cudahy Pack ing company This rumored flight oc- cured just after the call of a grand
 jury to find certain books and papers that were spirited from New York to
 New Jersey. again disappeared and ] were traced to New Orleans. from
 which place it was charged that they
 were taken to Mexico.
 It was during the 1902 probing that the secret cipher code books and let fers of the Cudahy company were brought into evidence. clearly proving the existence of an understanding be- tween that and other packing con cerns. As the same system. with . different code. is still doubtless in eI- istence. some of these are valuable as throwing light on trust methods. for example:
 Crbsntze-Alf interested have agreed te following prices effective s--
 rrchin-An Interested have agreed to- uroloGy-Agree to hold Want you tc do the same
 rpfui-Hs~e too many complaints your violating schedEi<.
 T.nderiy-Ge. in line with other houses southsrrer-Aii agree to cooperate for
 sorshiy-Nzke combination price Tn one of the letters unesrthed e. cured this significant passage:
 After talking with some of the gen e-1I managers personally and with oth- CTS cn the telephone we have decided to have our first meeting Saturday
 morning and wiIl report the result" This vas written from South Omaha.
 where sIi the companies have branch houses. and eseariy indirate> . meeting Of the general managers of the various ccsnpanses. ss there cousd scarcely he u,orr tks7 cs~ general manager Of one csmrany. nee are fer more Interesting clap te1 h ho1<Rs bIets<T than the derel epuG1f c tnn 1ght betweea tne oDv- 0nw m1 = QUmR of uWn 0