The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-02

gal Rebating to Railroads fs
 Charged by the lnquisito-
 Eial Body.
 Chicago. July 1.--After an invcstiga- tion which has lasted something over three months and during which more than 100 witnesses were examined. the Federal grand jury this afternoon handed down Its report. Seventeen men prominent in the packing indus tries of the country were indicted Tor violation of the sherman antitrust law and four officials of the Schwarzs- child & Sulzberger Company were in- dicted for alleged Illegal rebating to the railroads. Besides these individ- uul indictments. bills were voted against five corporations. Armour & O.. Swift X Co.,. Nelson Morris X O., Cudahy Packing Company and the Fairbanks Canning Company.
 The men indicted for alleged con spiracy in restraint of trade. which constitutes violation of the sherman act. are: J. ogden Armour. Charles Armour of Armour & Co.,: Arthur Meeker. general manager for Armour & Co.,. T. J. Connor. a director of Ar mour & Co.,; P. A. Valentine, Treas urer of Armour & Co.,; Samuel McRob- erts, Assistant Treasurer of Armour & Co.,; Louis F. Swift, President of Swift & Co.,; Charles Swift of Swift & Co.,; Lawrence A. Kaston, Treasurer of Swift & Co.,; Arthur F. Evans. attorney for Swift & Co.,; R. c. McMonus. attorney for Swift & Co.,: Edward Cudahy of Cudahy & Co; D. C. Hartwell. secre- tary of Swift & Co.,: Edward F. Swift, Vice President of Swift & Co.,; Edward Morris, Secretary of Nelson Morris X Co., and Ira W. Morris of Nelson Nor ris < Co.
 The four employees of Schwarzschild & Sulzberger Co., who were indicted for alleged rebating with the railroads are all connected with the trahic de- partment of the corporation. Their names are Samuel Well. B. 8. Cusey' c, E., Todd, V. D. Snipworth.
 Indictments Identlcal.
 The Indictments voted for alleged violation of the antf-trust law were iden ttcal in each Instance. The in- dfctmeuts contained each eight counts which were spread over sixty-three typewritten pages.
 TSe frst and second counts in the indictments pertained only to beef sold In domestic trade.
 The ninth and tenth counts relate to beef sold in foreign trade. The third count charges a conspiracy in restraint of trade and commerce among the States. and with foreign nations In fresh, dried, smoked. cured. canned and nickied meats and in certain bi-pro- ducts of the packing industry. viz: &, usage castings. sausage containers. oleo stock. stearine and oils ana also in butter eggs and poultry.
 Third indictment-The supply Of com moSities was to be curtailed and re- strit ted whenever necessary to main- tain the prices so fixed.
 Fnurth-The United States was d. vidtd up into territories between the defendants and each was to keep It's owt. territory without Interference by the othS-s.
 Fifth-1 s>.e was a division as to inc volume of trade allowed to each defendant in given market: If one hacker sold more than his percentage during a given week he was obliged to pay an ante of so much per hun dredweight acording to the territory in which the matter occurred. into pool to cover the excess of sales and this fund was divided among the pack CTS who fell short in their sales.
 Sixth-Certain corporations. namely the Aetna Trading Company and the Oppenheimer Manufacturing Company, were to be appointed exclusive agents of the defendants to handle the sausage castings and containers. and those companies were to make arrangements with the several concerns which had been handling such merchandise in the markets of the world for working in harmony and controlling the output and price of the merchandise. This scheme involved the destruction or "tanking" of large quantities of cas- ings whenever the supply was too great.
 The Kenwood Company, another cor poration, was to handle oleo oils and products on substantially the same lines, excepting that there was to be no destruction of these commodities These agents of the packers were also to make contracts with small packing concerns throughout the country for taking their output of castings and stroyed or handled in connection With the goods of the packers
 The fourth count charges that the same matters mentioned in the third count as being in restraint of trade and commerce constituted an offense on the part of the packers to monopolize such trade and commerce.
 The fifth count specifically covers the handling of the bi-products. cas- inss and containers, oleo stocks, stear- inc and oils, and describes a conspiracy in restraint of trade to be effected the same way as set forth in the third count.
 The sixth count charges the castings to be an attempt to monop- olize trade and commerce in that com modity in the United States and in foreign countries.
 The seventh count sets forth the par ticulars concerning the organization of the National Packing Company and charges that the object and effect of that organization was to destroy com petition not only between the packers who were interested In the Natl o7al Packing Company. but between the ten smaller packing companies which were by the device of organiz- | irz the National Packing Company. | and this Is described as a conspiracy in restraint of trade and commerce.
 The eighth count makes out of the | of the National Packing | Company an attempt to monopolize the | same trade and commerce.
 Conspiracy Charged.
 Tho indictment against Messrs. Well, l Cusey. Todd and Shipworth of the | and Sulzberger Company charges that on the third day of Feb- | ruary, 1903, these men conspired with | other to the jury unknown to commit | an offense against the United States by | selling and accepting for the Rock Isl | and. the Grand Trunk. the Lehigh Val | ley. the Boston and Maine, and the Mo- | bile and Ohio Railroads, large sums of