The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-21
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THE. GREATEST
.353 or ALL THE5$ TRUSTS

X.
IN tho FEBRUARY; number OF Every podyls
Magazine Thomas WI. Lawson ms ms tW ,e
articles oil Irrcnzed Finance, w herie
iis1gnot much lii Sthen%b by frenzy. ~ -
$devotcss most Of his space to telling now NO
he caused tho slump initlie stock iliarketJ
On d December 5th, and how lio was 9 DISCO
tby1thcs stock, jobbers doing ttcsE4 \. Il i
stf13ut3 there Is iii tho same ina ga zliles ~
more or less sensational article on VIZ y!
Beef TRUST, by Charles Edward s sen ,'
d newspaper man. MI. Russell So tlllt.t
the beef trust Is the greatest fall trusts vs. y
md the most dangerous. Ilo declares That
fitSiixes he prices that tho farmer OF g tne
West IN sllnll receive for his cat hll ~
hogs GtlGplces the butcher Of the , lAS W
shalt charge forfhls meat the price ING
grower Of California shall r zee vo q or
lis fruit tho price the flab'orer OF ~! Ne~
York Shall paySfor. Ills break fast, IN q az
jfects tho cost OF living in Aberdeen 5nntd1.
Geneva as cnslly as IN Chicago ana New
York. There arc many broad SIT emel', q .
Rof$ The same character, but VIC nrc more
inR the story which he rel la ,n
or the fornrt ion sof this trust I'D ING
manner lii whicllSit was done. All Il II al .sS
x lie tells lis that before 1874 The popIul-i
tlation 5dcntcrs Hi tho United States a,yero
supplied With frosll meat fresh ve &C.
tables and fruit from their n !;
datc nelghborhood AN Ct ! ~. y
narrowly restricted tho variety md sea- ,i
sons Of production and often the 81 Supply,
But about that time n man Invented ana
perfected tho refrigerator car III which
meats, fruits and ~ egetablcs could Y be
transported over long distances without
being Injured. b i t was TN ref geratoer
car that wrought the revolution nld
created tho beef trust. Orig nnlly, So 3
Mr.. Russell, tho nation $ tables were sup
piled within by local tchers. W. est
Iorn cattle werc shipped al I've to the EAST,
iern markets IN cattle cars, but wit the
OF the refr gerator car az all \
this was Changed, and tlou ~. dressed meat .'
traffic was create q Instead q chdll .
cattle East 10 be sin lltered the SLAVE,
terpg was done in. the III
C,llicago n and tho dressed nleat pr'oulull
was sent East, Chiefly III refll gel'attto Of
cars. Year after year tho! use 20 4. sue u
cars Increased, ana also tho u Importance
Of Chicago as the enter OF the, ~ meat
industry. IThe number Of cattle slallgllli-
tered Or packed III Chcag go rose from
!21,T12 in tho year ending March II 1914,
TO 22O6, 1SG In tile year ending March III,
1880. Branch estab llshments ere opened
In other cities OF tho Vest, four men
most largely engag ed n the bus nessSbe g
p. d. Armour q Il s. Swift. George. 4 i.
Hammond and Nelson M orrls 3 SS \. ;Ss "A
II At first they were strong colnre ttt ors,
IbutStllcy formed a gent eman' $ agreement
among themselves and became friends
instead OF enemies. B vt there were other
competitors, ana they refused to- go out
Of business. Tile then tul n
3theirE attention to the ilroads. each zach g g
them owning thousands u o. cfrigeraltorl
cars. They sent to the abroad cons
5panies and demanded q heavy mileage
compensation on these cars Tho rail-
roads demurrcd, 4, ana then be packers
drew on hem what Mr.. itssell cal ne
''I3lg stol''-th hat - say hey had g
weapon SO full OF peril to any relu Giant
railroad n that no 4,Y;lna scr or president
could contemplate 1t thout terror. Flo
does not say what that Big I Pistol was
but he declares that IT was IN weap pom %
sufclently dangerous to bring the rail-
road nlnnag ers ..ernls and lie declares
that ,lhder5t his relate agreement on
every car shipped from Chicago to New
York tho Big -Four obtained a rebate
of $3.50. Thn sotl her concerns did not get
a robate e. and, of course, could not coal
pete. In tlmo8 they, WORD forced to sell
out or go out of bus nes3,f and the pa ck-
S 1fS compete as under , th h