The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-03-05
NEAT JUMPS Up AGAIN
scarcity of Supply Given As The
Cause, Despite Indictments.

New York, Feb. 2S.--Meat prices
scared today, and James f. Bathgate
Jr., one Of the indicted directors of
the National Packing Company. ar
ranged to give $4,000 bail 10 guaran-
tee his pleading to the charge of con-
| spring to raise the cost Of living.
Bathgate is the first of the indicted
| packers to offer to surrender. and will
! probably be the last The others have
declared that they intend to fight
| extradition stoutly.
Search Of the cold-storage ware
houses in Jersey City resulted in the
discovery Of interesting exhibits
| among which was a brace of chickens
| and turkey as black as ink from
the long association with frigid tenn
peratures, and also one turkey which
had been frozen 422 days in an arti-
hclal Artic Zone. The keeper Of the
warehouse said that the creature
was as good to eat as it had ever
peen, and that he was willing to have
1t served to him at any time. The
inspectors bore away the venerable
bird for analysis and bacteriological
| examination.
Pierre P. Garven, the prosecutor,
| whose activities caused the indict
ment Of the packers, will go to Tren
ton next Monday to argue in favor of
the James bill for regulating cold
storage wholesale prices.
Meats and poultry took their Sec
ond sharp advance, since the indict-
| ment was found, early this morning.
and scarcity Of supply was given as
the reason. Beef was 10 1-2 cents
pound, an increase Of cent over the
price Of last week; mutton reached
IL 1-2 Gems, an increase of cents a
pound; veal was offered at from Is
to II cents and hams at 19 cents. An
increase of 8 cents dozen was noted
Mr.. Bathgate's attorney, Robert S
Hudspeth, appeared before Judges
Blair and Cary, in Jersey City, and
declared that his client was willing to
plead to the charge against him. Mr..
Hadspeth requested that the sheriff be
little deliberate with any capiases
delivered into his hands, and not
take Mr.. Bathgate into custody forci-
bly,.
1t is likely that tomorrow or We'd
nesday Mr.. Bathgate will stand at the
bar of justice to commence his bat
tie against the conspiracy charge.
The sum of $4,000 was accepted as
satisfactory bail by the prosecutors
Office, although Major Vickers, the
Assistant Prosecutor, said that s2,-
800 was not to be regarded as a stand
ard Of the amount to be deposited
by the nonresident packers.
The other defendants are residents
of Illinois, Missouri and Nebraska.
although most of them are Chicago
men. Richard ". Lindabury and Will
liam D. Edwards represent them in
New Jersey and Samuel Untermyer
and Lewis Marshall, of this city, are
Of counsel.
Mr.. Garven said today that proceed
ings toward the extradition of all the
persons indicted would be begun
without delay. His attitude toward
the packers has undergone a change
since they sounded their shrill note
of defiance from Chicago.
The necessary papers are now
being prepared and probably tomor-
row warrants will be in the hands of
the Sheriff. 1t is improbable that the
"confederate defendants" will be ar
rested Immediately, but a requisition
will be made for them by Governor
Fort upon the Governors of Illinois
and other States
Should the executives of the West
ern States decide to honor the de-
mand for defendants, arrests will be
made and the packers delivered 20
the New Jersey authorities. If requi-
stions are disregarded, Sheriff Weldin
of Hudson county, would be on the
alert for any of the indicted men who |
might appear within the borders of
New Jersey. y.--BaltiInOrc Sun.