The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-07-06
INDICT EIGHTEEN OF
LEADING PACKERS
Beef Trust Gases Reach Climax
In Federal District Court
at Chicago.
GRAND JURY REPORTS
This Marks the Goal Toward Which
Government Secret Service Agents
Agents Have Been Striving
far a Long Time.

Chicago. July AFTER an inycstigg
ton which has lasted something over
three months, and during which more
than 100 witnesses were examined. the
federal grand jury last Saturday hand
cd In It's report. Seventeen men prom
inent In the packing industries OF the
country were Indicted for violation of
the Sherman antitrust law, and four
officials OF the Schwarzckild a Sulz-
berger Packing company were Indicted
for alleged Illegal rcbating To the rail
roads. Besides these individual indlct-
ments. bills were voted against I'VE
corporations. Armour * Co, Swift &
Co, Nelson Morris x Co.. the Cudahy
Packing company and the Fairbanks
Canning company. The men indicted
for alleged conspiracy In restraint Of
trade. which constitutes violation OF
the Sherman act. are:
j. ogden Armour. president OF Ar
mour AZ Co.. Charles Armour. of Ar
mour * Co. Arthur Meeker, general
manager Tor Armour & Co.: r. j. Con-
ners. director, Armour & Co: l.. 4.
Valentine, treasurer OF Armour * Co;
Samuel McRoberts. assistant treasurer
OF Armour x Co: Louis +. Swift. presi-
dent of swift & Co.. Charles swift, OF
Swift & Co. Lawrence 4. carlton.
treasurer OF swift * Co.: Arthur r.
Evans. attorney for Swift a. Co. r.. &.
McMarus. attorney FOR swift * Co:
A. g. Nccder. general counsel Tor Swiit
& Co: Edward Cudahy. 90 Cudahy a.
Co.: -. r.. Hartwell, secretary OF Swift
& Co. Edward r. Swift. vice president
OF Swift q Co.. Edward Morris. sccrs-
tary OF Nelson Morris * Co: Ira w.
Morris. OF Nelson Morris * Co.
The four employees OF Schwarzchild
& Sulzbergcr who were indicted for
alleged rebating with the railroads are
all connected with the traffic Depart
ment OF the corporation. Their names
are Samuel Wiel. u. :. Cusscy, g. r..
Todd. v. ID. Sklpworth.
The indictments voted for alleged
violation OF the antitrust law were
Identical In each instance. The indiCt-
ments contained each eight counts.
which were spread over sixty-three
typewriter pages.
The first and second counts of the
indictments pertain only To beef sold In
domestic trade. The ninth and tenth
counts relate TO beef sold in foreign
trade.
Conspiracy Is Charge.
The third count charges conspiracy
I'm restraint OF trade and commerce
among the states ana with foreign ma
lions In fresh. dried. smoked. cured.
canned and picked meats. and IN GER
tain y-pgoducts OF the packing In
dustry. viz: Sausage castings. sausage
containers. oico stock. stcrnliue and
oils. and also On butter. eggs and poul-
try. This count charges that the trade
which the defendants We're carrying
OF In the above named commodities
WINS 20 De restrained ip several ways.
/. Competition I'm the buying % cattle
NJ the stock yards On different cities
was 20 be prevented and destroyed by
the defendants. wh, required their Uur-
chasing agents 60 refrain from bidding
against each other.
. Competition as 20 tho s1ls OF the
above commodities On foreign ana do
nestle markets was 10 T.. prevented
ana destroyed by the defendants fixing
uoncompctltive and unreasonable prices
FOR such commodities and recurring
their representatives, In the different
markets 90 flv prices by agreement
from day 60 day. according Go what Tie
market would stand.
=. The supply OF the gloy" CoWmolI-
ties was 10 be cuTiaIlrl aud I. stgiy'"l
whenever necessary TO maintain the
prices SO fixed.
Z. The United States was divided into
territories between the defendants and
each was 20 keep IT, own territory With
out Interference by the others.
3. There WAS division as 10 the vol
umc OF trade allowed 10 each defendant
IN each section. II one packer sold
more than his percentage during a
given week he was obliged 20 pay an
ante" OF so much per hundred weight.
according TO the territory In which the
matter occurred. into a puol To cover
/ the expenses OF sales. and this fund
was divided among the packers who
! fell short In their sales
s. Certain corporations, namely the
Aetna Trading company and the OPP
penhcimcr Manufacturing company.
were 10 be exclusive agents of the
/ agents TO handle the sausage castings
I and containers. and these companies
/ Were TO make arrangements with jhe
several concerns which had been hand
/ ling 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 OF "tankng" 81 large
| quantities OF castings whenever the
/ supply was too great.