The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-27
|[V JERSEY NOW
/ BUSTER OF TRUSTS
- @Free and Easy" State
rTsking Lead in Prosecu-
tion of Combines.
fGSE OF MEAT PACKERS Ia1t,lS . n,o>,
~ IS POINTED ILLUSTRATION
o..seeutor Ready to Order Ar
rsst Of Indicted Magnates
If Necessary.

,.red Wire to The Tribune.
y VEN W YORK, Feb. 26.-The free ana
~ s,,.o of New Jersey. the haven
y, z s,ntrusts'' and the home of the
',.ukst charter, is taking the. lead IN
''a'1 III ,rarfare against oppressive coW-
::ksst;ons of capital and INDICTMENTS IN
.psev CITY against the beet trust, lis
+" mnderlyiug companies ana the tWeh,
,ne directing heads, has orougnl
now .'frust BUSTER apparently
Effective rs any other hltherto pro-
5raseentinc Attorney Pierre Garven
HwSson county. who is responsible
hesrdinq the beef trust in lis Chi
lair is the newest ST, George to
'tt,c The trust dragon. and from the
~ that Mr.. Garven S successful Itiga'
~ has, cost the state of New Jersey
y an cents leads to tine belief that
~ prosecutor will follow his lead
s;nst other combinations FORMED and
,tcred under the peculiar laws of
NJ Jersey, a.
Thore is every reason TO believe that
Ii state which has always been known
he the most friendly 10 trusts may
&ou become their bittercst antagonist.
|;fh the powers Of revokiug charters
[its disposal. New Jersey could wlpe
. thr earth with the big mergers while
a federal grand iuries are getting
.ady TO summon witnesses,
First Telling Blow,
The Indictment Of the National Pack
|.o company and IFS joint concerns. to-
-piber with i. Ogden Armour, Louis
Swift. Edward Morris and others IN
<,n,rol of inc food and cold storage
.n,sis. is the first real, definite and
|apeible blow struck IN the public
.Is1br against high prices And IN.
<Identally this is the first time the beef
|{r,,st, and the beef harons have Sc
|rjonsIy been under fire. For weeks the
'fcdrfal grand jury in Chicago has been
ple1aing along investigating condi-
iior in Cook county without result,
len days Will be allowed the indicted
III 10 como TO New Jersey 10 plead
I The indictments and if they arc not
|r thc state by that time Prosecutor
1arren is prepared 10 have them extra
He'd.
prosecuior Garvcn got into communi'
<iion with Justice Swayzc Of the su.
|rrme court today and asked for permls
|ons to start proceedings TO annul inc
|<arters Of the companies indicted. The
d he would be sitting al Trenton dur
d the month of March and would bc
|ady 10 handle any such eases as were
'pught before him.
First Assistant Prosecutor James F.
|iarkc. who has been Mr.. Garvcn S
tght hand man. drew the indictments
Knight Mr.. Clarke said:
|"Wc shall give the indicted men Ter
|kys' grace TO come and plead TO the
voluntarily We ASSUME
|Mr. as they are millionaires concerned
u hic projects. they viii not submit
i}fnselvcs to the humiliation Of being
Egged into court by detectives ant
"a put under bonds 10 appear here.
May Force Arrests.
.fIf they do not make their appear
,nee in ten davs we shall issue capiase
'<hich have already been drawn an'
'fause arrests in Chicago or anywber
Else in the United States where W.
may find the accused men,
II Prosecutor Garvcn today said tina
Ithe indictments had cost the state o
New Jersey about 40 ccnts-whlch wa
|fhc cost Of the paper on which the III
idictments were written. The Hudso
,county grand Jury was in regular ses
,ion and no extra men were hired D
NE prosecutors Office.
"We have proceeded upon the con
pou law and have facts in our DO!
ession which lead me TO think tina
hnvictions will be forthcoming. sal
hosecutor Garvep tonight, The pei
" of the crime alleged IS $1,000 mn
thrcc years Imprisonment, or botI
7t will push the cases to a speed
<EsiusloD.
Attorncy Ralph V. Crews. attorne'
lnchief for the National Packing cor
pzny. fbe holding corporation OF u
1nderlying concerns of the beef trus
Has hurried to Jersey City, and toda
y 1eld long interview with Proseeut'
: 6aryeD. simultaneously James l.. Bat
= gate. ono of the directors In the be-
trust, who was indicted or ThursdS
afternoon. sent a notice 10 Prosecute
Gaven that he was willing TO gl'
himself up and submit to trial,
" Prosecutor Garven is a corporatl,
attorney himself. and understands q
Eorkings Of the New jersey corpor
bon laws thoroughly. Before he W
appolnted by Governor Port he W
me New Jersey counsel for the Centr
kallroad of New Jersey (thc Baltlmo
81 Ohio) and other companies.