The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-07-02
AGREE TO SURRENDER AND Be
PLACED UNDER $4,000 BONDS
Judge Betha Addresses High Praise to
Fearless Jurymen---Indictments Con-
tain Eight Counts and Lay Bare
Workings of the Trust

Third-The supply of the above
commodities is to be curtailed and re
stricted whenever necessary to main.
tain the prices fixed.
Fourth-Thc United States was di
yided up into territories between the
defendants, and each was to keep its
own territory without interference BY
the others.
There was division as to the vol
ume of trade allowed to each defend
ant in given market; ii one packer
old more than his per centage during
a given week. he was obliged to pay
SO much per hundred weight among
the packers who fell short in their
sales.
The Aetna Trading Co."
Sixth Certain corporations, name,
/ ly, the Aetna Trading company and
the Oppenheimer Manufacturing com
pany, were to be appointed exclusive
agents of the defendants to handle the
sausage castings and containers, and
those companies were to make ar
rangements with the several concerns
which had been handling such mer
chandise in the markets Of the world,
| for working in harmony and control
ling the output and price Of the mer-
chandise.
This scheme involved the destruc-
tion or "tanking" of large quantities
of castings whenever the supply was
too great.
The Kcnwood company another cor
poraton, 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 pack.
ing concerns throughout the country
for taking their output Of castings and
these castings We're either to be de.
. stroyed, or handled in connection with
the goods. of the packers.
Restraint of Trade.
The fourth, fifth and sixth counts
charge that these acts were in re
straint of trade.
The seventh count sets forth the
particulars concerning the organiza
: tion of the National Packing company
and charges that the object and effect
. of that organization was to destroy
composition not only between the
packers who were interested in the
National Packing company, but be
tween the ten smaller packing compa
nies which were consolidated by the
device of organizing the National
Packing company and this Is describ
ed as conspiracy in restraint O
trade and commerce.
Solicited Rebates.
The indictments against We'll, Ca
] sey. Todd and Skipworth of the
Schwarzschild & Sulzberger compan,
charges that on the third day Of Feb
} ruary, 1908, the four men conspret
with others to the jury unknown, II
commit an offense against the United
! States by soliciting and accepting TO
4 the Schwarzschild Il Sulzbergcr com
! lpany rebates from the Michigan Cen
! tral Railroad company the Chicago
|, Rock Island and Pacific. the Crane
Trunk, the Lehigh Valley, the BostoI
+ and Maine and the Mobile and Ohio
G large sums of money as rebates of tn
4 money paid and to be paid by Schwarz
. child & Sulzberger for the transporta
g tion OF goods.
4 AS soon as the indictments wer
o handed into court, District Attorne
Morrifon suggested that each OF tn
e defendants be placed under bonds Q
: $4,000 aud when the court asked
v bench warrants were 10 be served b
r. was informed by the district attorne
Il that the legal advisers for all agree
10 produce the men on Monday, or a
II soon as possible after July 4.
d Judge Praises the Jury.
ID Some of the defendants are not
Ig the city Judge Bcthea acquiesced
le this arrangement and then addressc
O. tho jury, saying:
ic 1T ls not proper for me TO CONNER
m upon the result OF your work, ina
II much as am partially instrument
In bringing about the investigate
YOU conducted congratulate W