New-York tribune., 1910-02-15
RAILROAD ACCUSED
MONOPOLY CHARGED.
PENNSYLVANIA -4Heged TO Con-
troll Jersey City Stock Yards.

,-.ar~ss that the Pennsylvania Railroad
s,,,,,r,nls si4e management OF the STOCK
xa-ss at Jersey City. and that for q term
80 x.a-s II has so ordered the regulation OF
Che yards that the dealers operating 'i'e'e
hsxe been unable TO compete with the Meat
rr,,s. thereby losing a large proportch OF
,hes-a business. are now in the haHus u
ro,yrtv Prosecutor Garven OF fuNs'N
County. The charges, which are hiaue ~
Fres5erick l. hratz, a commission illeI man
OF Jersey City. also say that an orsaiiiI0
protest has been made by the coliiiilISS,o' ~.
-nen or Jersey City. Philadelphia, baiu-
-, -,,6 pitfshi,rc. who have treated di-
rectiv with the management OF the feiih-
.vi,ansa Railroad and have been received
nv The officers o. that company
The Jersey CITY yards were built ny the
,,s,nxvirania Railroad and leased to the
t1entrai Stock Yards Company ihe apa'-
.oir vas closed that is only cerOaih
nufchers were allowed tc slaughter 'here'
Several wears sgo the lease OF th's c"li'
rsnx expire6 and il reorganized as the
Jersey CITY Stock Yards and Slaughter
house Company. The same regulations
which had been in force under me eai iiei
.nsraeereut were continued. II Is sai"'
The president Of the company was HaiiiUe
" Anerton a We'll known stock Naras
manager Of Chicago.
IT, xo,lov-ire firms ioined in May Of last
-esr 20 form the New York and New Jef-
eev Livestock Exchange: Samuel Sanders
- FZe~rs. Commission Company. Frederick
Kratz. Mcpherson & Co, A H kpp-
stein. the shippers Commission Company'
-obia e. Shannon, Newton & Co, ;. judo
e Co, and J. Shambers < Son.
An executive committee Of seven mem
hers Of this exchange recently made pro
.est TO the mana cement OF the Jersey Wy
as7ock Yards COMPANY asking that the anat-
.air- he made .oper,' so that any oeaieis
-.ho v-ished 10 do SO might slaughter IN
.he wards. The request was refused Il Il
said and The committee then aPpaed u
.Jer7es -NcCrea. president OF the FenhsHi-
s-snfa Railroad. who referred 1heIh ~
George r. Dixon tins roads freiSil' Haiiic
manager. The committee was received 0S
Nr Dixon early IN January, q Iheiiipei
said Yesterday. and received his promise
that he would look into the matter
AT-. Hrarz. who was originally a menoer
nj ~F@ executive committee. resigned from
-l,ar body before the interview In ms
s-ssArnenr 10 the County Prosecutor ne
gives as his reason that he believed the
committee TO he n sympathy with the rail-
road. and that It would be ready TO reach
2 settlement which would be advantageous
20 the Meat Trust
The nrincinaI charge against the present
regulation Of the yards is that the whole
sale butchers who slaughter there are COM
PEELED 10 sell the hides, fat and offal rom
The ca-ca ses directly 10 the stock yaros
conapany and that the price which is palo
s. about g less for each animal than would
fe obtained were the product 70 be sold IN
cper. market. The total profit TO the yard
-Tanagernen1. aside from what may he
snade by this regulation, is about SO 30 Tor
each carload Of stock. according 10 Mt
hratZ
a member Of the committee said yester-
nav that the purpose Of the interview with
-fr Dixon was 10 ask that the abattoir ne
opened 50 that the dealers might deter
rr1ire whether an added prcfit would accrue
10 them. Whether the committee were pre-
-1a-ed n charge that the railroad directly
controlled the stock yards company he oio
-7or say lie dc say, however, that the
lease of the yards 10 the company was
very short II is generally understood, he
said, that Il can ne terminated by the rall-
road a arz time upon ninety days' notice.
7 was also true. ne said, that there had
reen great falling of in the trade in the
yards He did not think that it amounted
70 x per Cent. as Mr.. kratz charged, but
g was considerable.