The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-23
II on Investigation Criminal
Proceedings Are Discovered
To Lie Against Them, It Is
Announced.
PACKERS CAMPAIGN
ALREADY MAPPED OUT
Meat Boycott Has Also Bee:
Up for Consideration and
The Proposed Price Reduc-
ton Discussed.
(American News Service)

Washington. ID. c.. Jan. 22.-Both
be instituted by the government in its
fight OIL the beef trust. The extend
ed scope Of the prosecution became
known here today.
The contest will be a battle to
smash the trust.
The case has been thoroughly
worked out" declared Mr.. Ellis today.
1t has not been brought hurriedly.
For six months I have had two special
assistants in Chicago. They have
been working up the evidence agains.
the trust. They are directly under my
charge. thongh nominalIy assistants To
United States District Attorney Sims.
at Chicago"
Mr.. Ellis said the two were T. VI.
Wickerson. Of Chicago and William
r. Medaris. of Ohio.
War to Bitter End.
rs il a war to the end." Mr. Ellis
was asked.
There's to be no let-up: hammer
and tOngs." was his reply.
What is the status of the injunc-
ton against the beef trust. sustained
by the supreme court. which was
proceeded against the beef combine
for fixing prices and controlling the
meat output of the country he was
asked.
Il can say nothing on the subject:
il has no connection with the present
case" he replied.
He intimated that he did not care
to discuss the plans of the govern
ment against the trust. II was point
ed out however that the packers have
circumvented the mandate Of the in
junction.
1t was intimated at the department
that there would be no immunity
baths for the beef trust magnates IL
criminal proceedings are found to lie
against them. The immunity plea was
successfully raised by several pack
ers. when they were threatened with
criminal prosecution in the investiga-
ton of their business by former Com
missioner Of Corporations Garfield.
PLAN OF CAMPAIGN.
New York, Jan. 22.-The plan OF
campaign of the beef trust in the lat
est war declared on il by the United
| States government has already been
! mapped out. ]. Ogden Armour. Louis
F. Swift and Edward Morris. the Chi
cago packers. are known that to have
I been in New York recently and It was
reported today that they had been in
~ ~ Ssy,
Alfred B. Urion. general counsel for
Armour & Co. Mr.. Urion has also
been in Washington recently.
The meat boycott which has swept
across the nation also received SER
ious consideration and the question
OF reducing prices was thoroughly dis
cussed.
Hurried TO Washington.
Mr.. Crion. who is president of the
Chicago Board of Education. was sent
TO Washington when the first rnmor
trust headquarters.
| When the federal grand jury In Chi
cago meets on Monday according to
dispatches from that city. il will take
steps that may lead to the indictment
of some of the biggest packers. Tho
guns OF the jury viii be trained on
Armour & Co.. Morris 4 Co, Swift &
Co. and the National Packing COM
pany. This, II is declared. is the d.
rect result Of the investigation made
a year ago and a full report of the
findings vas recently sent to Wash
Iington. The announcement that tho
grand Jury win again move on the
meat trust followed.
The office of the government will
be, IT Is believed. to show the National
Packing company Is controlled by the
Armour, Swift and Morris ~ q COM