Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-04
SUPREME COURT DEF|ED

But 1t appears that men who have
been accused of serious Offenses by Il
Federal grand jury are looked upon as
superior citizens ana competent Cook
County grand Jurors by the jury com.
mission.
The people will wake up to the sltua-
tlOn. hereabOuts some day and then
there will be something doing.
The following individuals were In.
dlcted by the Federal grand jury In
1905 for conspiracy In cOnspjring to re-.
strain commerce ana trade by mOnOpO.
LIKING the meat product and for VIC.
lating tho sherman Antitrust law:
or Armour 4 Col. Ogden Armour,
president. Chicago: Charles W. Ar
mour. Kansas City. president Of the
Armour Packing Company; Thomas
J. COnnOrs. superintendent. Chicago !;
Samuel A. McItOberts. assistant treas
urer. Chicago: Arthur Mecker, general
manager. Chicago: Patrick A. Valen.
tine. treasurer, Chicago.
or Swift 4 Co.-Lawrence 4. Car
ton, treasurer. Chicago; Arthur f..
Evans, special counsel. Chicago; ID. l..
Hartwell, secretary, Chicago: Il. C..
McAIanus. special counsel. Chicago !;
Louis T.. Edward T., and Charles H..
Swift. president. vice-president. and
director. respectively. Chicago: 4. H..
Vcctler, general counsel, Chicago.
or the Fairbanks Canning Company
--l;dwnri Morris. vlrc.prcsident, Chi.
cagO; Ira A. Morris, secretary. Chi
cagO.
OF tn" Cudahy Packing Company
Edward 4. Cudahy, vlce-presidcnt and
general manager, Omaha.
Corporations indicted Armour 4
Co., Of Illinois; Armour Packing Com.
pany. organized under the laws Of New
Jersey; Swift 4 Co.. Fairbanks Can.
ming Company, anu the Cudahy Pack
Ing Company.
Armour, Meekcr and others Indicted
with them all escaped trial ana proba-
BILE conviction by the ruling Of Judge
that they were entitled to Immunity be-
cause they had furnished evidence
against themselves under cOmpulsion
sufficient to convict. although no held
that the corporations indicted were not
entitled to immunity and must stand
trial.
hut the opinion of the people with
regard to these men has never changed
and the Indignation Of the American
public from President Roosevelt down
has been frequently voiced, and the
feeling Is growing stronger and strong
or In the matter.
And the Supreme Court of the United
States decided March IL. 1900. that
trusts and officers of trusts could Nc
compelled to furnish evidence against
themselves and could be fined and I'M
prisOned on such testimony.
Notwithstanding these facts the jury
commission takes some of these
men In order to I'LL up Cook County
grand juries with "leadns citizens"
Here are some facts to bear this
| statement out:
Arthur Meeker. manager for Armour
& Company, has been drawn as men,
Der of the January body.
Every grand jury for months back
has been well filed up with representa-
tlyes of the stock yards interests.
James w. Smlthson. purchasing
agent for Armour 4 Company, was on
the venlre for the October grand jury
Among the Stockyards people drawn
upon the September Grand Jury were
Wilbur l.. Irwin, superintendent
Union Stock Yards.
]. J. Carey, manager for Nelson Nor
ris & Company, Union Stock Yards.
Armour & Company had no mer
the July Grand Jury 80 far as can bt
ascertained.
Swift & Company, however, wert
we'll represented.