Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-03-07
SUPREME COURT DEF|ED

But 1t appears that men who have
been accused Of serious ofrenses by a
Federal grand jury are looked upon as
superior citizens and competent Cook
County grand Jurors by the jury com.
mission.
The people will wake up to the situa.
ton hereabOuts some day and then
there will be something doing.
The following individuals were In.
dicted by the Federal grand jury III
1905 for conspiracy In consplrlng to re-
strain commerce and trade by monopo.
LIKING the meat product and for VIC.
latlng the Sherman Antitrust law:
OF Armour 4 Col. Ogden Armour,
president. Chicago: Charles W. Ar.
mour, Kansas City. president Of tho
Armour Packing Company; Thomas
]. COnnOrs. superintendent. Chicago
Samuel A. McltOberts, assistant treas.
urer. Chicago; Arthur Meeker. general
manager, Chicago: Patrick A. valen.
tine. treasurer, Chicago.
or Swift 4 Co.--Lawrence A. Car.
ton, treasurer. Chicago; Arthur +.
Evans, special counsel. Chicago; d. r.
IIartwell, secretary, Chicago: Il. c.
McAlanus, special counsel, Chicago
Louis T.. Edward f.. and Charles II.
Swift, president, vice-presldent, and
director, respectively, Chicago; a. II.
vee,ler. general counsel, Chicago.
or the Fairbanks Canning CoinpGn ny
--I.dwari Morris. vlcc.president. Chi
cago; Ira A. Morris, secretary, Chi.
cagO.
or tn" Culahy Packing Company
Edward A. Cudahy. vice-president AMI
general manager, Omaha.
Corporations indicted Armour &
Co.. OF Illinois; Armour Packing Com.
pany, organized under the laws of Now
Jersey; Swift 4 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 a judge
that they were entitled to immunity be.
cause they had furnished evidence
against themselves under cOmpulsiOr
sufficient to convict. although he held
TINT the corporations indicted were moi
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 IL growing stronger and strong
or In the matter.
And the Supreme Court of the United
States decided March IL, 1906. that
trusts and officers of trusts could be
compelled to furnish evidence against
themselves and could be fined and I'M.
prlsOned on such testimony.
Notwithstanding these facts the jury
commission takes some OF these
men In order to I'LL up Cook County
grand jurles 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 filled up with representa-
tives of the stock yards interests. :
James W. Smithson, purchasing
agent for Armour & Company. was Oh
the venire 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
rls & Company. Union Stock Yards.
Armour & Company had no mer
the July Grand Jury SO far as can bt
ascertained.
Swift 4 Company, however, were