The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-09-21
.BEtF TRUST IS
NEXT IN LINE
EFFORTS TO PUT STRIPES ON
BIG BEEF OFFICIALS WILL
BE MADE.
TO DISSOLVE COMBINE
Suit VIII Be Another Feature Of
Three Fiankcd Attack--"Junnle"
Syndicate and Leather
Trust to Get Theirs.


Chicago, Sept. 20, Government ofF
ca's have turned their searchlight ON
the beef trust, and an Investigate n
has commenced having fer its Tur
pose the rosecution of the packers
comprising the s500,000000 trust fol
having violated the Sherman law In
making the vast merger that brought
the big concerns Of the country to.
gethcr.
II is the present purpose Of tho gov
crnment to bring witnesses before n
special grand Jury that was today
called for Oct / and examine them as
&c the formation of the existing nj
lance. 1t is charged that the combi-
nation comprises the biggest trust in
the country. its qualifications being
now alleged to exceed those Of the
steel trust. Whether the investiga
tien viii include the supposed owner
snip by packers of the leather trust Is
rct known, hut strong intimation Ii
mado that tho entire connection Of
tho Jungle syndicate witt be plaocd
rnder tho microscope of the United
stqtcs district attorney, Edwin w.
Sims.
II is alleged that the institutions
tpdcr investigation include the Ar
mour Swift Cndahy Hammond Nor
ris National Packing aud Sehwarz
child and Sul2bcrgcr companies, the
boing that the National
company Is the holding com
pany, or that 1t stands In the sane
relation to the combination that the
holding companies of other trusts
The IS. & S." company Is
under tho light because of the allie
cation that Vice President Joseph's
holding became a part Of the new
trust.
Three forms Of prosecution are un-
dor consideration aud there results
may come from the inquiry:
The indictment Of eight or more
corporations under the Sherman law
ror conspiracy in restraint Of trade,
with possible fine of $1,000 for each
Jffense.
The indictment of the individuals
in the merger, carrying
with 1t the possibility of both fine and
me year Imprisonment.
The institution of civil suit to dis
olive the trust.
In addition to these forms of pro.
,.,f,,r, thn tgnvarnuntt hug I'm VipW
he practicability of citing the princi
,als in the industry for contempt cf
'errt in violating an injunction issued
~ Judge Grosscup restraining the
,ackers from violation of the law.
Indcr this last idea II will be pos
ible for the court to impose jail
cmtcnces upon a number of the most
,rominent men I'm. Chicago.
The news Of the proposed fight on
he packers leaked from the federal
Just after Attorney General
jharlcs ]. Bonaparte had taken his
nave Of tho city. District Attorney
inns very promptly closed all ave
Iues to information as soon as he
vas told that the big investigation
Iad become known. He declined TO
make any statement as to the plans
f the government. but carefully re-
rained from making any d/uial OF the
acts.
Then came the sensational piece
4 information that the government
Iad long possessed a line Of informa-
ion that was not placed before the
ourts in the packers prosecutions
f two years ago. This Information
vas alleged to have been gathered by
representative Of the department of
commerce. and labor, hut for some
easou never used
Some uukind persons intimatcd that
he information had heen secured
bout the time when national politics
old the c~nter cf the stage and that
hero were strong political reasons
or SIS not then having been made the
asis for prosecutions.
I'm addition to this it was learned
hat the attitude Of Ferdinand Sulz
erger. managing head of the
a. Sulzberger plant.
al made the governments task of
rrsuing its present investigation 1
easy. Through Mr.. I
defiance Of the trust IN /
& efforts IN control his concern the /
overnment has been given an opPor-
1nitv for learning speedily Just how
he trust was formed. how IL financed 4
: merger and how il made an chort
, drive Nr Sulzberger from his
herished institution and take over i
s control