Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-03-21

But IL appears that men who have
been accused of serious Offenses by u
Federal grand jury are looked upon as
superior citizens and competent Cook
County grand jurors by the jury com.
mission.
The people will wake mp to the situa.
ton herenbouts some day and then
there will he something doing.
The following individuals were in
dcted by the Federal grand jury In
1905 for conspiracy in conspjrlng to re-
strain commerce and trade by monopo-
LIKING the meat product and for vio-
lating the 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 4. Mcli"berts. assistant treas
urer. Chicago: Arthur Meeker. general
manager. Chicago: Patrick 4. valen.
tine. treasurer, Chicago.
or Swift Il Co.-Lawrence 4. Car
ton. treasurer. Chicago: Arthur +.
Evans. special counsel. Chicago; ID. u.
Hartwell, secretary, Chicago: Il. C..
McAianus, special counsel. Chicago !;
Louis f.. Edward r.. and Charles II.
swift. president. vlce-president. and
director. respectively. Chicago; 4. IL.
veetier. general counsel, Chicago.
OF the Fairbanks Canning CotnIs;ny
--lidwarl Morris. vicc'president. Chi.
cage; Ira A. Morris. secretary, Chi
cagO.
OF III" Cudahy Packing Company
Edward A. Cudahy. vice-presiticnt and
general manager. Omaha.
Corporations indicted Armour &
Co.. Of Illinois Armour Packing Com.
pany. organized under the laws Of New
Jersey; Swift h Co.. Fairbanks Can.
ming Company, and the Cudahy Pack
Ing Company.
Armour, Meeker and others Indicted
with them all escaped trial and 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 he held
that the corporations indicted were not
entitled to immunity and must stand
trial.
But 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.
er In the matter.
And the Supreme Court of the United
States decided March II. 1900. that
trusts and officers Of trusts could be
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 fill up Cook County
grand juries with ''leading citizens"
Here are some facts to bear this
statement out:
Arthur Meeker, manager for Armour
& Company, has been drawn as mem
Der Of the January body.
Every grand jury for months back
has been well filed up with representa-
tives Of the stock yards interests.
James w. SmithsOn, purchasing
agent for Armour 4 Company, was on
the venire for the October grand jury
Among the Stockyards people drawn
upon the September Grand Jury We're
Wilbur l.. Irwin, superintendent
Union Stock Yards.
j. ]. Carey, manager for Nelson Nor
ris & Company. Union Stock Yards.
Armour & Company had no meI
the July Grand Jury 70 far as can bt
ascertained.
Swift & Company. however, were
! well represented.