Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-06-21
MEAT PACKfRS.FACE
CUSTER SUIT IN
NILSSON RI
Suit Filed by Attorney General
Seeks to Drive Five Great
Companies From State,

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Jefferson Cits1 Mo, dune 20-Af@
torney General Elliott ". Major begun
custer proceedings against five mcnt
packing companies today bv filing quo
wArranto informations ia the supreme
court. The companies attacked are
the Armour Packing 60. Morris a CO..
SNitt a Co. hammond Packing Co.
and the -. Louis Dressed Beet and
Provision co.
The Armour. swift and Morris CONE
panies afe chnrged with violation Of
The anti-trnsi law and conspiracy, and
and the Hammond and ST. Louis
Dressed Beef and Provision companies.
ts subsidiary companies Of the Na-
tional Packing company. with con
spiracy TO control the business ia
Missouri
Tlie five companies are named in
two petitions which ask that the cor
parations be excluded from All cor
poratc rights. that their licenses he
forfeited ana that nm or such portions
of their property ~ the court may
deem proper. be confiscatcd. or IN
lieu thereof. a fine be imposed.
Armour Swift and Morris are ehare-
ufl with iatinR entered into IL COM
sptrtey in 1903 to control the prices
10 he paid by dealers in live stock.
butter, eggs, dairy ana agricultural
products, 10 control tho prices to be
paid by retail and wholesale dealers
dealers for dressed meats and 10 con |
trol Tho prices to be paid by All whole
sale ana retail dealers Tor poultry, |
butter 81 dairy and agricultural
products aud by products from the
business of Strengthening livestock.
These companies, the petition
says. entered into q trust to unlaw-
tnily regulate, tiY ard control the
prices af which dealers should SELL
md offer To sch To tho consumer and
an dressed meats and eggs. |
poultry u other products, and Ia
control tho prices to be- paid Tor such
articles. when SO regulated, ana un
lawfully 80 limit the trade Ia al pro-
duets with IL view to lessen. restrict.
limit and destroy trade aud fun com
petition la the purchase ana sale OF
meat products, poultry, butter aud
gigs.
'rhat in pursuance nt I'm unlawful
rust the corporations have met and
upon ana fixed from week tn
week and day to day, a. agreed price
90 hc paid 10y an persons for livestock
products which should be pur-
husrd, sold or Offered for sale IN
d%lssouri that prices ut which the
products We're to hc sold were unlnW-
aWiullN fixed hA menus of which com-
petition in the purchase aud salc ot
neat products has been lessened, fc-
itiried ana destroyed
lhee second count of the petition
harpts th0t tho three packing com
,''nirt oenspired &" restrain trade and
lcstroy competition Ia the purchase
ND sale OF meat products. livestock
butter ana eggs bv fixing a
'll'r T." " phiu nN All me mcmh'rs
"a me alleged agreement ANA con-
piilhk ~ 'ohlfnl the huslness 81 huA
ik' T'iiihe ana a'Allnk lh p'''klnt
.onS' products !
'nnilnulus thc petition says, ,
through those "Srrgments. trade d
'mni'lce and competition th ih' pun
hase ANA salr OF ptrkihs house pro- /
hels nave pcen restrained n The
oinhhhlcs nave obtained control oi
W~"h"uoll1ro 90 the exclusion ni
10 others tnr business ol BUYING sell
lk ana urAlltE lh amy commodity
rodu'is oi phrkins houses
lN' hliDetd absorption OF tle lianl N
lond % % Louis Dressed Beet and "a
fotlsioh '"inp'ihies inc national +
a' Hlnt ,"lnl''hN = stl1 pm ti' p'l'tlnh NJ
tine ATTORNEY k'h'ifl O." nave lahth b.
la't lh ~'plrlhh't te"-t me itaW- a.
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nttMful agreement Win others en- nj
2" ln hl''t l'''hlllA l"t tn' pu'po"e u
restricting t"ihp'tli'h "hn Pl'
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l'N- WIN "a t"lii'd st"'N OF t'f
10 V"V L" 'hs@A" M in''' packing .
~ seliins, ana 4" heid stock OF any II
htt corporation IN
N"ti"hsu company
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