The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-03-07
YEARNS To JAIL
BEEF PACKERS
Prosecutor Garven, Who Indicted
Armour, Morris ct al, Tells How
He Will Prove Conspiracy.
BY w. G. SHEPHERD.

JERSEY CITY, n. j., March =
Enter Pierre p Garven, son of
blacksmith, sclfmade, self-reliant. in
TO the arena where is fought the bat
tie OF the people against privilege.
Uniquely, along new lines. this
county prosecutor in New Jersey has
brought about the indictment OF the
beef trust ringsters. Bringing up an
old point in old English law, in a new
way he has focused upon himself the
attention OF the country.
Il hope to punish the whole outfit"
he told me emphatically In an inter-
view
What is the new point of law
you've brought up against the meat
fcllows?"
why. it's an old point. You see
New Jersey is under The old common
law of England. That common law
says that 10 two or more men shall
band together TO consplre TO do any
mischief TO the public or 20 any in
diNidual
"Of course they didn't have trusts
in those days. But sometimes men
used TO form little bands TO conspire
against the public II was conspiracy
TO form band for robbery. even If
no real robbery was committed. The
intent was enough.
And so I've taken this old law and
| hold that the meat trust was form
ed TO keep up prices, make artificial
scarcity of food by means Of cold
storage; ard thus do mischief to
many citizens of New Jersey"
'sNHby tho pou ppiut Won voJco
any better than the points that are
made under the Sherman antitrust
lave"
Cases under that law are compli-
Gated, compared with the cases have
TO present. Look here:
First. under the old English law,
| have TO prove that the men who
are now under Indictment formed an
organization That's easy enough.
because their books show it and I
have that evidence
Second. I will have TO prove that
the purpose OF their organization was
to bring mischief against the public
or against individuals.
See how simple that is9 All I
have 10 prove is that mischief has
been wrought upon the public and
upon individuals
we went to cold storage ware
houses and found vast quantities OF
produce stored there, being held UNI
I'll prices justified sending it out.
Suppose all Of the 10000 600, eggs
we found. for instance. were to be
suddenly put upon the market How
the price of eggs would fall, And
how many people could have eggs who
do not have them now. II is working
mischief against the public 10 keep
eggs ont of their reach.
Who's doing this cold storage
BUSINESS | naturally inquired
found behind it the meat trust. SO
have the band of conspirators and
tho mischief
'1f we win, 1t means that j. Ogden
Armour. Louis r. swift A. Watson
Armour. Edward Morris Edward
Swift. Edward Tilden L. II Carton,
IRA y. Morris Lemuel b Patterson
Chas. II swift, l. II. Heyman, Thos
I. COunors. Arthur Meeker. ThOs VII
son-the whole band OF them In Chi.
caRo-are simply on the same level
with 2 pirate crew
Three years in Jail each or a thou
sand-dollar fine is the punishment
prescribed by law"
All America will look on while
Pierre Garven. two years ago mayor
Of Bayonne. n little New Jersey town
only two years before that a lawyer
i'm the Jersey Central railroad Offices;
only two years before that a self.sup-
porting student i'm the New York law
school. ,and-two years before that the
plain son OF the Bayonne blacksmith.
and only "a years ago babe In its
mothers arms-all America is going
10 watch Garven take his fling az the
trusts.
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