The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-07
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER
United Press Asso.)

names that have been associated witl
 the beef industry in Chicago for {
 couple of generations will be called l City some day next January. The 1 month but not the day has been fix
 ed. Then will be placed under way ! a giant struggle in which the best re. ! sources of the government will be us ed to settle the question whether | there is beef packers trust. and l if so. whether any of the multi-mil. l lionaires who control it can be made
 acquainted with prison work and oth- I CT routine.
 With unlimited cash at hand the
 barons will have the brightest lights 1 in the law business in court, to con- 1 vince the solemn judge and drowning l jury that there is no trust. or If there Is one, that the eminent defendants
 have done nothing that would justi- l fly their punishment to Leavenworth | A contest over technicalities will
 mark the opening of the battle and long and weary days may pass be- I fore the actual trial of the barons | is begun. Motions to Quash and de- .murrers to indictment will be offer | ed and are likely to be subjects Of l long consideration.
 r Indictments were returned against | the packers last summer after an in- vestigation conducted by Assistant | Attorney General Kenyon, of Wash | ington, and United States District At 1 torney Sims, of Chicago. The best men in the Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Justice probed the affairs of the alleged trust and pro- duced a mass of evidence that, in the opinion of the highest law officers of the government, justified criminal prosecution. Kenyon and Sims will
 conduct the case. on behalf of the government. National interest will center in the case for the reason that the men on trial will be the biggest, in wealth and influence, that have been attacked in any trust hunt. Several years ago a number of the packers were indicted but they es- caped trial by claiming and receiving an immunity bath Their lawyers ar gued that they had given full infor- nation regarding their business to James R. Garfield, who as Comnis- sioner of Corporations made an in- vestigation of the Big Four" in the packing business, and that that in- formation could not be used in a prosecution of the packers in court. The claim was in accordance with law and the charges against the ac- cused men were dismissed.
 Washington. Nov. While the loca- U one in each State and territory, have been chosen, and it is probable that the banks will be opened at the be- ginning of 1911 much work remains to be done in the development of the system, according to one of the trus- tees.
 A problem that is taxing the trus- tees and the solution of which is awaited with great interest by bank CTS, concerns the deposit of postal funds in banks. The law provides that 65 per cent of the funds, shall be deposited in solvent banks, wheth- CT organized under National or State laws. being subject to National or State supervision and examinations" The word banks" includes savings banks and trust companies.
 The solvency of National banks will probably be determined by the Comp troller of the Currency, who has iners. The best method for ascertain ing the conditions of other banks has not been determined. One plan Sug- gested provides for the cooperation of the comptroller or some other govern mental agency with the State Bank ing departments.
 There are many bankers who are anxious that the method for deter mining the question of solvency shall be thorough and guarded to protect impartially the interests of all banks. Unless that is done they fear that possibly make the power to decide as to Solyency basis for favortiSm in the distribution of postal bank funds.
 Washington, Nov. "A hamburger of Christmas has appeared in the form of a warning by the Post Office De- partment to persons inclined to attach ornamental stamps to holiday pres ents mailed to foreign countries. Gifts bearing such adornment may fail of delivery because of prohibitive postal regulations in the countries to which they are sent.
 A statement issued by the Post Off, flee Department says that the follow ing countries refuse to admit to their mails articles bearing non-postage Christmas stamps or other adhesive charity stamps or labels:
 Guatemala, Uruguay, Portugal, of they resemble regular postage stamps.)
 The following countries will admit articles bearing such stamps, but only when affixed to the reverse and not to the address side:
 British East Africa. Uganda, An tigua, Barbadoes. Bermuda, British North Borneo, Cayman Islands, Cy- prus Gold Coast, Dominica, Falkland Islands, Gambia, Gibraltar, British Honduras, Jamaica, Mauritius and de- pendencies Montserratm Nevis, South ern Nigeria, Saint Christopher, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent. Seychelles, Sier- ra Leone. British Somaliland. Trini- dad. Turks and Caicos Islands, Vir- gin Islands, Germany, Austria (pro- vided they do not resemble postage stamps), Great Britain, Southern Rhodesia. Transvaal.
 krtio1ac 1iah1o fo hn raf1Sad admit. tance to any of the foregoing coun- tries on account of the fact that they bear charity stamps will not be dis patched from this country, but will be returned to the sender if known If the sender is not known, such arti- cles will be sent to the dead letter office.
 To preclude delay in handling arti- cles bearing Christmas Stamps to be transmitted in the International mails