Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-02
BEEF DARONS
ARE INDICTED
GRAND JURY HOLDS NEAT
TRUST MAGNATES
SEVENTEEN MEN IMPLICATED
Action Based on the Sherman Law.
Penalties in Each Case May
Be Fine or ImprIson-
ment
SEVENTEEN MEN IMPLICATED
sy Associated Press.

CHICAGO, July 1.-THE federal grand
jury today handed in report indictins
seventeen men prominent In the pack
ing industries of the country for VIOLA
tion Of the Sherman antitrust law
and four officials OF the schwarzschild
& sulzberger company for alleged re-
batting to the railroads.
Besides these individual indictments
bills were voted against five corpora
tions, Armour & Co., Swift & Co., Mel
son Morris & Co., the Cudahy Packing
company and the Fairbanks Canning
company.
The men indicted for alleged con-
spiracy In restraint of trade. which
constitutes violations of the Sherman
act, are:
J. OGDEN ARMOUR, president Of
the Armour company.
CHARLES ARMOUR, of Armour 6
Co.
ARTHUR MEEKER, general man
ager for Armour & co.
t. ]. CoNNERs. director Armour &
Co.
p. "A. VALENTINE, treasurer of Ar
mour & Co.
SAMUEL McRoBERTs, assistant
treasurer of Armour & Co.
LOUIS f. SWIFT, president Swift
e Co.
LAWRENCE A. CARTON, treasurer
of Swift & Co.
ARTHUR f. EVANS, attorney fol
Swift. & Co.
R. c. McMANUs. attorney for Swift
e Co.
A. H. vEEDER. general counsel fol-
Swift G. Co.
EDWARD CUDAHY, of Cudahy &
Co.
d. E. HATwELL, secretary of Swift
& Co.
fitamuel ETAONINUNUNUN
EDWARD SWIFT, vice president OF
Swift eco.
EDWARD MORRIS, secretary OF
Nelson Morris & Co.
IRA w. NORRIS, of Nelson Norris s
Co.
Charges Conspiracy
The four employees of Schwarzschild
Sulzberger, who were indicted for al
legged rebating with the railroads, are
connected with the traffic department
of the corporation. Their names are
Samuel We'll, b. S. Cusey C. E. Todd
and V. D. Skipworth.
The indictments voted for alleged
violation of the antitrust law were
identical in each instance. The in
dictments contained each ten counts
The first and second counts of the in
dictments pertained only to goods sold
in domestic trade. The third count
charges conspiracy in restraint ol
trade and commerce among the states
and with foreign nations.
First-Competition in the buying OF
cattle at the stockyards in differeni
cities was to be prevented and de-
stroyed by the defendants, who re-
quired their purchasing agents to re-
frain from testifying against each
other.
Second-Sone partition as to the sale
of commodities in foreign and domestic
markets was to be prevented and de-
stroyed by defendants fixing non-com'
petitive and unreasonable prices fol
such commodities and requiring theii
representatives of the different markets
to fix prices by agreement from day tc
day according to what the market would
stand
Provided for an "Ante"
Third-The supply of the above COM
modities was to be curtailed and re-
stricted whenever necessary to main
tain the prices so fixed.
Fourth-The United States was divid-
ed up into territories between the de-
PENDANTS and each was to keep its owr
territory without interference by the
others.
Fifth-There was division as to the
volume of trade allowed to each de-
fendant in a given market; If one pack.
er sold more than his percentage during
a given week he was obliged to pay al
''ante" of so much per hundred weight
This fund was divided among the pack
ers who fell short on 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.
This scheme involved the destruction
OF thanking" of large quantities of cas-.