The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-15
Against Common Carriers, Rail
way Officials and Shippers.
GIVING OF REBATES.
And Conspiracy to Gain Rebates
Are the Charges.
Members of Beef Trust Are In
cIuded in the Bills.

Kansas City, Mo, Dec. 15.-FOurteen
Indictments We're returned by the fed
eral grand jury here today against com
mon carriers. railway officials. shippers
and freight agents, charging the giving
of rebates and conspiracy to gain re-
bates
Indictments were returned as follows
George H. Crosby of Chicago, general
traffic manager Of the Chicago, BurIng-
ton & Quincy railroad.
George L. Thomas Of 800 Broadway,
New York, a merchandise broker.
L. B. Taggert, New York CrOsby's
chief clerk.
The Chicago & Alton Railroad com
pany and John N. Faithorn and f. A.
Wann, formerly vice president and gen
eral freight agent, respectively, of the
railroad company.
The Cudahy Packing company.
Swift & co.
The Armour Packing co.
The Chicago. Milwaukee & st. Paul
railroad.
Nelson Morris, Edward Morris and
Ira N. Morris, comprising the partner
ship of Nelson, Norris & Co.
D. II. Kresky, Kansas City, freight
broker.
The charges against the Chicago & AL
ton, and Messrs. Faithorn and Wann are
identical with those made in the indict-
ments returned by the federal grand
jury at Chicago on December b.
Investigation in St. Louis.
St Louis, No, Dec. 15.-Special
Agents +. L. Hawes, Charles Earl and
William Twimbley, Of the department
of commerce at Washington, VINO nave
been in Chicago investigating railroad
rebates, arrived last night, and, it is
presumed, will conduct d similar in
vestigation in St Louis. They de-
cHned to state the nature Of their mis-
sion here.
The indictments against the packing
companies charge that they entered
into a contract with the Burlington
railway to accept concessions on ship
ments of their products from East st.
Louis to New York for export. The
grand jury charges that the agreement
thus entered into provided for rate
Of % cents hundred pounds on these
products. This WAS in July, 1905. The
agreement was to continue in force
until January j, 1906. The local rates
applied on these shipments between
Kansas City and St. Louis.
In August, 1905, the joint rate on
packing house products was raised by
the joint traffic association to 35 cents
between East St Louis and New York.
The Burlington nevertheless, it is de-
clared lived up to its 23 cent agree
ment with the packers in Kansas City
and under which agreement it prac-
tically carried all the packing house
products from this city except those
Of the Schwarzschild & Sulzberger
Packing company.
Two indictments were returned
against George L. Thomas of New
York, who is alleged to have a contract
with the Burlington by the terms of
which he was to receive a certain per
centage of the freight rates paid on all
shipments more than specified tonnage
from New York to Kansas City and
vice versa.
The investigation made by the grand
jury revealed the fact that Thomas
had agencies at Kansas City, Omaha
Chicago, st. Louis AtChison, Milwau-
kee and other cities.
The specific charge against the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railway is
that Of granting a rebate of seven cents
a hundred pounds to the Howard Mills
company Of Wichita, Kan. on a ship
ment of flour from Kansas Cgy to New
York.
Garfield Sent Them.
Washington, Dec. 15.-The three Spec
ial agents Of the department of com
Tnerce are in st. Louis. by order of Com
missioner of Corporations Garfield. who
IL Is learned has received complaints that
certain railroads there are continually
making rebates in violation of the law.
The names of the roads affected and the
extent to which the granting of rebates
mas been carried on could not be ascer-
tained.