The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-02
JURY TELLS HOW ALLEGED
CONSPIRACY WAS. WORKED
Restriction Of Trade Among
States and With Foreign Ma
tons Charged Indicted
Packers Agree to Appear to
Answer Indictments
on Monday.

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Xestlgauon OF several months. during
which more than a hundred witnesses
were examined. a Federal grand jury this
afternoon returned indictments against
seventeen men prominent In the beef
packing industries, for Violation OF the
Sherman anti trust law. and against four
&: officials OF Schwarschild and Sulzberger,
Tor alleged Illegal rebating agreements
y with railroads Besides these Individual
indictments. bills were voted against Ar
4 mour and Company. Swift and Company,
Nelson Morris and Company. Fairbanks
Canning Company and the Cudairy Pack
Ing Company. Tho men indicted for al
legged conspiracy in restraint OF trade
which constitutes a violation OF the Shcr-
nun act, are.
y. Ogden Armour, president Of Ar
nour and Company.
Charles Armour. OF Armour and
Company.
Arthur Meeker, general manager Of
Armour and Company.
z =. -. Corners, director Armour and
Company.
P. q. Valentine treasurer Armour
and Company.
Samuel M. Roberts, assistant treas.
~ urer Armour and Company.
Louis f. Swift. president Of Swift
and Company.
Charles Swift, Of swift and Com
pany.
Lawrence a. corton. treasurer Of
swift and Company
Fl Arthur f. Evans, attorney for Swift
and Company.
r. G. MeManus, attorney for Swift
and Company.
a. n. veeder, general counsel for
Swift and Company.
Edward .. cudahy, OF cudahy and
Company
Q. e. HartwelI. secretary Swift and
Company
Edward SWIFT, vice.presIdent Swift
and Company.
Edward Morris, secretary Nelson q
Morris and Company.
Ira w. Morris, Of Nelson Morris
and Company.
The four employees Of sohwarzchlld
and suIzberger, who were Indicted for
8 alleged rebatlng with the railroads, are
all connected With the traffic depart
ment Of the corporation. Their names
are Samuel Well, 3. S. cusey, c. e.
Todd and ". N. skIpworth.
The Indictments.
The Indictments voted for alleged viola
II ton of the antitrust law were Identical
{ in each instance. They contained eight
counts. The first and the second counts
of the Indictment pertain only to beet
sold In domestcc trade. The ninth and
the tenth counts relate to beef sold In
( foreign trade. The third count charges
Il conspiracy In restraint OF trade and
commerce among the States and with
II foreign nations. This count charges tina,
4 the trade which the defendants were car
I rying on was to be restrained In several
\ ways.
First. Competition In the buying OF
{ cattle at the stock yards in different
cities was TO be prevented and destroyed
by the defendants. who required their
purchasing agents to refrain from bidding
against each other.
Second. Competition as to the sale oo1
the foregoing commodities In foreign and
domestic markets was to DO prevented
and destroyed by the defendant fixing
non-competitive and unreasonable prices
for such commodities. and requiring their
representatives In the different markets
to fix prices by agreement from day to
day, according to what the market would
stand.
Third. The supply of tho foregoing
AZ commodities was to be cllrtuiled and re-
strcted whenever necessary 10 maintain
4 the prices SO fixed.
Country Divided Up.
Fourth. The United States was divided
" UP lHlO tleITitoTlcS uIHoHB 9lHc4 ueIenQanlS
! and each company was to keep It's owI
Aerritory without interference by the
others,
Fifth, There was division as 10 the
volume of trade allowed to each defen
e dant In a given markets II ono packer solo
more than his percentage during Il gver
z week, he was Obliged To pay an ante OF
so much hundred weight. according
to tho territory In which the matter DC.
Cured into n pool to cover the excess OF
sales. and this fund was divided among
"a the packers who fell short In their sales
~ Sixth. Certain ntions-namely tn,
Aetna Trading Company and tho Open
heimer Manufacturing Company--were Il
! be appointed exclusive agents Of the dc
Z PENDANTS to handle sausage, castings anc
containers and those companies wer,
to make arrangements with several con
Il Germs which had been handling sucl
merchandise In tho markets Of the worlt
for working In harmony and controllin;
the output and price OF the merchandise
This scheme Involved the DESTRUCTION .
thanking" Of large quantities OF casing,
whenever the supply was too great.
The fifth count specially covers The
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