The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-04-20
BEEF ON THE RISE.
Combine Advances Price ard Censuri.
Or Must Foot tho BIll-Trust Men
indicted at Chicago.

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/ A Chicago special says: Price OF
beef has advanced in every import
! mt market Of the United States. The
consumer is paying the advance price.
which to him represents several cents
per pound, over what he paid UP to
| ten days ago. Swift & Co., Armour
and Nelson Morris state that no beef
has been supplied to the retail mar
kets Of Chicago or to any other mar
ket Of the country during the LAST
month and a half, except with a loss.
This, it is declared, has been par
TALLY due to the fact that the breed
ers Of stock and the handlers Of range
cattle have been holding back on sup
ply until the grass of the range be-
comes nourishing. Swift & Co., speak
ing for the packing interests, Friday
afternoon, issued the following state
ment:
During the last six weeks the pro-
duce- Of beef cattle has been rece1v'
ing about q dollar advance over past
prices for choice cattle. This simply
means that the advance to the con.
sumer in prices should be about -
on the one-half Of choice cattle that
can be used for food purposes. 9ae
range cattle producer is the master
Of the situation"
Price Bounds in New York.
Prices Of all kinds Of meat have
begun to rise in New York, according
to q dispatch from that city, because
of Z reported increased cost to deal
ers of about cents a pound. TIM
advance In dressed beef by the pack
ers means a corresponding increase
Of from 4 to 6 cents per pound at
retail on the average grade OF sir.
loin steak, porterhouse steak and
prime ribs Of roast beef.
Meetings Of the Retail Butchers
and Meat Dealers Protective Asso-
citation will be held in all the boroughs
to take action. The Brooklyn branch
Of the association already has met and
discussed the situation. Several
speakers bitterly denounced the pack
ers, who were alleged to be taking con-
certed action. It was declared that
the raising Of prices was entirely un'
justified. /
Cleveland Feels the Advance.
The retail price Of beef was ad.
vanced by all butchers at Cleveland,
Ohio, Friday, 2 cents pound, while
the wholesale price went up all the
way from $1.00 to $3.50 per hundred
pounds. The higher prices are said
to be due to the scarcity Of good cat.
tie.
Way Up in Detroit.
During the past two weeks the price
of beef in Detroit, Mich, has increas-
ed 2 cents per pound, meaning an In
crease Of about to 6 cents per pound
in the retail price of steaks and rib
roasts. Local wholesalers declare
that the rise in price Is due to the
increase made by the so-called beef
trust and say the prices will continue
to increase for some time. They e1
pect other meats to rise in price with
beef.
Beef Trust Men indicted.
Four men, three Of whom are en-
ployes Of the Schwarzchild & Sulzber-
ger company, and the other an attor-
ney for that corporation, were named
in an indictment returned at Chicago
Friday afternoon by the grand jury
which is investigating the beef trust.
It is charged that the four men OBJ
structed and fmpeded Deputy Marshal
A. A. Bach in his efforts to serve q
subpoena upon Edwin B. Fish, clerk
employed by the company, who re.
Gently returned from Canada.
The mon indicted are: Joseph Weis-
senback, attorney for the Schwarz'
child & Sulzberger Co.; B. S. Cusey.
traffic manager for the company; Geo.
D. Hopkins. auditor for the company:
Leo 8. Joseph, employed in the pro-
vision department Of the concern.