The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-24
INDICTED IS CHICKEN MEN
GRAND "a m Also CALLS ON
THE CRY re- REFORN
AMI Not Let the Ghirkrn Trust NOnepc.
IIr Nrst Washington MARKET -dsrAnd
jury krpt en- waiting Orders lnlII
NaN In Ease of More EmeFErneies.

gHty-r. ght poultry dealers will be
called a. plead before Justice Coz in tho
supreme curt az 1850 this morning to
'l-r. .ril.fm-nts for conspiracy TO FIX
n. r-...- II chickens and other fowls
ana ',r collation. OF the business law
Thor. 49,. such lot Of defendants thar
.G. .udl''ments werr not opened yester-
law Though v I. jerome and l. y.
"a 1. -ou. who viii defend the accused.
were. o. court and ready
IN .u'luation was given in court that
SOM other serious emergency Vas likely
tu arise. and the Grand Jury. which has
u."n sitting all this year 80 far. was nO;
d!s rargcd but merely excused until
~. 'rst Monday IN Nav. with the under
standing that II may Iva called on AZ any
u,ne IN the interval. Justice CioT sand to-
Lhs Jurors
In the times IN which We live az present
there arise emergencies which call for
self-sAcrifice on the part Of some citizens.
society can only he preserved by men
With single purpose and patriotism.
know Of no emergency just now. but IL
N not unreasonable TO expect very serious
questions TO arise in a short period which
will call for the intervention of the Grand
Jury
In addition to the indictments the Grand
Jury handed in a presentment declaring
that poultry dealers cannot obtain their
supplies unless they have stalls IN West
Washington Market and that the West
Washington Market stalls are controlled
by the New York Live Poultry Commits
zion Merchants Protective Association
and the Jobbers Association. The pre-
continent suggests that licenses for the
stAlls. which are granted by the Comp
troller. be revoked IN order 10 give Inde-
pendent dealers a chance.
The presentment read hy Evert Jansen
Wendell. foreman Of the continuous Grand
Jury says:
II appears that great many ~ these
stands are UNDER the absolute control Of
certain receivers and 'OhbeT- known a.
the New York Live Poultry Commission
Merchants Protective Association and the
Johhers Association n further appears
that at this time = considerable number ~
stands In West Washington Market now
held by members OF this association are
unOccuried and vacant The result Of she
present conditions u such that ~ - TN
pOss ble for an independent dei Ter IN ltV.
poultry not member 81 either ASSOCIATION
10 obtain market stand TO conduct hts
business
In view 81 the fact that hcers". - CON
duct these "a uds 1r" granted by the CIV
OF New Work No fs,. ~ our duty % oall the
attention n; m. court to this unfair. ur-
u.s. and I"t~1rahl- situation 10 the
Lup,. thai %" ,u.. ptrpIlcr 1T IN. tIiy ~ New
YORK ut, not ont. take such uI estauTe- a.
to insure To- ever. dealer 10 I've poultry q
tar and equal opJorturiry 20 obtain th~-r
Il, rr-s-- bur Hl-o mat q - b" found that
r'ands are Ur1',uuI-i and unused - Hfore-
~ the urly' roller Wa. -, oke the licenses
IOt such stands uud thereby aIOrd q market
lace To- the many INDEPENDENT deller~
~" are Lu' oUl. nflIrE tuf anxious To
Obtain yuirt-r- tn Wr~' Washington Msrk-t.
The attention u the Grand Jury was
directed 10 three poultry Es-ociatlons.
0uIy uue Of which the y Y LPM PA
- Incorporated The two others are the
Est SIDE Poultry Dealers Association
aha the Harlem Live Poultry DeslerS
Protective Association They have de-
bauaet but tho members arr r'Ill held 20
ts Irtenabi.. 20 the ant. conspiracy laws.
! 10. uemh".- 81 tn. y \ I. = " z \
are irving DNy"r. arthur q DWver.
OndTis- Ne~'"rOurE. William W smith.
Charles J'Vcll David Jewell. James
y Norris. William u Norris. Charles
Hawk. Charl's Thatcher t!-n~n Bishop.
sAmuel Werner, solomon FRANKIE. r.
Maury Pos-y. Joseph Cohen. Abraham
kAssel Pauline Jarob- Charles Werner
and Louis J. Schwah
The members ~ this organization are
Jobbers and receivers. The latter get
the poultry her. from the shippers and
sell to the lobbers for the account - tho
shippers. charging a percentage They
are said 20 control ~ per cent % all IN"
poultry fOr sale in the New York market
IL ~ alleged that the concern was formed
a. an experiment IN lSJs and ran until
February. 1905, when u was Incorporated
IL - alleged that the mamber- Of the
ASSOCIATION agreed on the price 20 be-
charged Wholesalers each we-.k. tho
lobbers conferTlng with IN" r,-ct..yerv on
frae Oh "A
vance Of The cost 0f the POULTRY They
are alleged to have agreed - sol no live
poultry 70 dealers who W~rc not members
Ot the Jobb.rS associate n - alleged
that their proft YVES not the ordinary
mlddlemsn's profit The r. : 7. 3. - I
was made up of wholesaler Who ma m
taIned slaughter houses and Sold 80
butchers ana retailers Tn" association
was disbAnded last January H. mem
hers were Abraham NDioW.fz. Ehas
MoloWttz. Herman Nathan. jacob Wolfe
SIgmund Moses. Harry SCEonznI'. samuel
schonzslt Edward ko"nlg. l.aWr-n'' =
GsrlIck, Hyman Motti-ky. Carl Mot
tufsky. William Sfs'y"-. LOUIS Stsfher.
William simon Fe.ts GOldfarb. Nathan
Bitlrk. Samuel Hiilnan. Albert Prince.
Charles B"rg"nfieid and Morris Alvo-
hnsky.
The Harlem ASSOCIATION. WHICH - ~aid
90 have had a W".kly pooling arrange
meni. was N .xi-t"n'" only abDIt siN
UlpttuH ann illN ltr' january III
msmber~ were the Be..kfnan Hi IiN.
Poultry tompany. Abraham Sgh.f lr.dOr
l. ,rsCh. Herman ka--"i. Henry O-uo-
witt. Charles S'uru. Ions = N.Wi'. 10.
William schiller. Man Cohen. Nty"r
Fink. Stniue. Levy. Samuel Ei-ne-. MAX
Perreck. Morris komau..r I.lu.- Werner
Samuel Hiliman Albert Br," Cola
Roth. Herman Cohen Sau.D.' Lehman.
lsaac MOt'u- Morris Mpttu- i-'."r
FellmsH, Rafael" q Na=tDr. R4f-,.'.
(aLstA4sy Aaron Ns.wUI4F.. ilgT. tfufN
Werner Ia"Ob Er4sr.. tHIrir. Levy.
Henry T.. Goldberg Rct'-'on PIkoss.
Morris F.d-'.,H. living WrIg"T' lsri.r
N"ger' HaIry ~tbouy"t wolf y o.
B'' ~. Diu"rgU.u. o." D.'-rmaH. NaA
SuEu!of Aiff..G % 'I,nsgd N.v-r Fred
lander Hyuiu kDby SIrru.i Pp-..f-
h.rz ger Lour- NsrrIhr, AMI Morr Ep-
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