New-York tribune., 1910-03-22
NATEON.fL COMPANY
DISSOLUTION SUIT.
Fedorai Grand yHry's .fciiOa
Reinforced by Prosecution
Of GcRiral Concern.

iNtl HtT hst 'ltH ArfuRu". EMAi AHA
% 1rlas comrarice. and Tho ndiNi5 i5uals
who dominate ans control hero con-
Germs.
immrDi@t. s. aucr the anr,2uc. .ncut
oi III Inducements before judge N,uessw
i L4n-is, .l" government Llea e. suit
scc1lne "a, dissolution "f she National
PachinE Company Tl, hyter aetien is
known "s a sull in equity and besides
those Indicted sixteen rIrns and srd!-
Niausis ar~ made dcf,ndants Iu q
statement issued ca behalf of tho Na-
aonsl Paclsia6 louIaaS. Ralph Crcy~,
its general oounse. gives some inkling
,o-night co. thc dcterlnmatioa to nrEt
the oNeiumeHt a. t!i- li.ai,
AtttuSs o5 Paekers
Ills s,atement follows.
Ihc company Vas orEanizeG it Aa...'s,
1893, Tor thc purpose of economic opera
ton 81 certain subsidiary Competitions,
named Jointly with it Ia ,hc indictment
returned To-day bv The federal grand
JrtF for thc uurilerl district ~ illinois.
4ts organization was directed hy tho hesl
counsel Obtaln.hlD. who thea believed
md now believe thHt SIS organization and
IRE operation ur i.s subsidiary companies
pa 10 Way tiansgrcsscd thc provisions of
ne sherman act- and IN this respect IL
IS similar TO ltarlN all the large cor
uonations cf the country
The tctal pcrccutJse of the business
oono by the corpeIoflCu~ controlled IA
'he Nafionsl Packing Company forms
tout . snall part of The whole volume of
ihe packing Industry. This proportion
could nct constitute a monopoly in any
sense Of tle wore. Instead of operating
20 RESTRAIN fae trade of its subsidiary
compSnics. as alleged in The Indictment.
q Is p TACT that tho companies have all
shown 8 hoIlthE Increase since fhs. for
nation of ile National The company is
operated by SIS officers Turelv rs COM
petiiive anc independent factor in the
-rade.
The Indictment rclaIued to-day aad
fhc ban in equity f.ed to-day bv ihe Dis
trict Attorney ale directed it tleo orsauf-
EGllon ana "pcl. tlons of this company.
y hcse operations have. al ail times been
frank and open. aud we are confident
tnat i1e oosl,4 NiH susioiU our conttn-
Hons with respect - thcir legality.
a IS snrsrcr.t frozn cao bin and tic in
cictnerIs thgt me government regards
lie National Packing Company as the
insltlmcntality through which. 81 is al
legged. ,hc packers Aay. ",lu ,yading
the arti-Jrus. Jaw aua by means OF
which they have been making their COM
hInaiion effective.
n Is admittedly the opinion of the de-
rsrtment # Justice and the grand jury.
which at Judge Landis's direction has
hcen Investigating the meat industry Tor
fhc best Two months thar IL tho National
Packing Company is broken up the al
leeed ils oi this combination uiI be
r,medicd
The Defondants.
Th dcferasn's 10 fhe l1l arc tte Ns-
t.au3 PacAils Compan-. the n. -. Ham
mond Compeuv. tho Hammond Packina
Goiaran,. th, omaha Packing Company.
ihe Auelo-Aucricau Provision COMPANY.
fhe Fowler Packing Company. che
United Dressed Beer Company. the 81
louis Dressed Beef and Provision Com
Panv. the Ncstcru Packing Company.
tlr. Colorado Packing ana Provision
Company, The NtW NoIk Butchers
Dressed Meat Company, the Continental
Packing Company Armour A Co, Swift
A Co. Morris a. Co, Edward Tilden
Louis F swift Edward F. swift
Charles H. Swift J.. A. Carton. Frank
a. Fowler =. ogden Armour. Arthur
Msycr Thomas ,. ,ounors. Edward
Morris. yhowas b. IIs~or md ,. H.
Hcsmaa.
The uil for aiss1.utioE of ih, alleged
-rlst charges 1llt pIaol 20 Nay 40. l9o.
ATaoUr A. CO, Swift a. GO. and Morris
a. GO. were pariics tc IN unlawful COM
hinatcn fu fa prices suu restrain trade
IN fresh mcat. that r"n tnat day suit was
brourht by thc United STATES under the
sherman anu-trusl laN to prevent their
siolations az lhe laa. an6 that as a re-
salt o. that suit Judge Gr'sscup, on Feb
sa~v Is. 1902. dlod an oIiuioa stating
rhat he would eraut au Injunction IN ac-
cordancc Elth The prayer ~ the govcrn-
Inent's Mn. The Gaal order In the case.
however vas not catered uutl April =,
1903
Fn lie laoau tulo on NaIoa j., l9"&
tae National Packing Company was or
s-arizcd. nu ~ tae st9g's of nhicn was
owned d. tbe Armour. swift and Morris
Interests. the parties 20 jhe or'g!asl a.
iercd c-rlbinasioa.
The Nst,o=s' Msr9e-
On the out. 30 .ta Organization. Tie bin
states. thero Rorr turned over 20 tic Ma
.ionaI Packing C-,lpauJ l,:- tho armour.
swift and Morris Interests control 90 q
number of packing concerns ',hich pre-
vious % taat nme had bren competitors
nol only e. thc Armour swift ard Mor-
ris oonIanies rGt oI oaca otLar. These
ronccrrs 80, fho-s named as del -ucauts
y thc ina.etm-nt vesurrod uy the grand
jury to-da.
The oIG .H. r,s t..aL -s.. i'cesslt. .i-
raCt ~ a., ruiou ~ thcse Interests ia
.ho manaesm.at uf tha National Packing
0nauy % destroy competition n0;
onl, .mol. t.- .aI-tiu.i.r companies oi
30, Na.o.-I l'..@rs C,mlaar, b-i 2 sa
altre.r fa.-. companies aud ihe Ar
lnou.. -.tt aEa Alav'e r.uparirs.
"lie s.a.,r of the ain If ihat thc 7-au-
se.m.m .aa 'a.rH b. the Ssfioua'
pnoEne ramr.r ri lts subsidiary sou.-
namee mar p. t, .re. to Boz 100 violation
of lh' ~b-s.-al o.t suc unlawful and
.o.3. and ihat ,ac. 81 81. i,di, iaual de-
lgdaRs an0 iA. Nai.eial Pacsng COM
.aE. and Tic hlnar. swift ..I Nor
-ss co.lpanicE may De- euJoIu.,i f,5aa ,s-
..cisiuF arr control aale8,--ef over tb.
4 8RACER