Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-26
subpoenaes for Eight Persons Will Be
Served This Morning.
LANDS FURNISHES INFORMATION
Detailed Charges Come to the Judge
in Form of a Letter.
PRICES DROP IN NEW YORK
Milk, Eggs and Butter start Down
ward as Result of widespread
Revolt Against Existing
Conditions.

CHICAGO. Jan. 25-Eight subpoenas
were issued today and win be served to-
morrow on witnesses to appear before the
federal grand jury in the governments
Investigation Of the so-called beef trust.
BY tomorrow afternoon 1t is expected the
governments force formally will have be-
gun its inquiry into the charges that the
dressed meat industry Of the country Is
controlled by practically one price fixing
company.
The names of the witnesses for whom
subpoenas were issued were not divulged.
but II was made known that the secret
service men were ready to visit the offices
OF the National Packing company. Be-
fore the investigation is completed prob
ably weeks hencd everyone connected
with the packing houses In Chicago and
in other cities who can throw any light
on the subject, is to be called.
Routine docket cases occupied the at
tention of the jurors today. These, 1t was
said, would be cleared by 2 p. m. to-
morrow.
1t became known that the information
which came to Judge Lands was in the
form of a letter making detailed charges
These charges were of such a nature that
Judge Landis Immediately reported them
to United States District Attorney Sims
Due to Congestion I'm East.
NEW YORK, Jan. 25.-Milk eggs and
butter led the procession of receding prices
in food products here today. Nationwide
agitation aided by potent local influences
have brought about the drop. Meat, too,
is on the deeline, following a greatly re-
duced consumption.
State anti-monopoly laws are to Le in
voked in the movement to combat the trusts
that have advanced food prices. Today a
special grand jury, whose particular office
it will be to consider the effect of combi-
nation among dealers in food stuffs, was
sworn In While 1t is expected first to
deal with the alleged milk combine, the
meat question is likely to be put to it
strongly and possibly the whole scope Of
the food situation will be taken in during
its probing,
Milk is down a cent quart already on
two routes, butter in the best qualities,
has been cut cents a pound and eggs
are off cents a dozen in the local mar
kets Storage eggs that have been selling
as strictly fresh at high prices are no
longer put out as such, the big whole
| salers say.
Weather conditions were none to good for
test against high food prices, but a great
outpouring nevertheless was expected.
Local Food Trust at Des MOines.
| DES MONIES, Ia, Jan. 25.-(Special
Telegram.)-The proposition to establish a
| cooperative meat market in Des Moines
received new impetus today from a num-
ber of prominent citizens and incidentally
! there was a drop in the price of some
! food stuffs The price of butter went
down cents Wholesale and cents retail
/ today. At the same time the grand jury
began work on a letter from a prominent
grocer, who insists that there is a COM
binatlon among grocers and that it Is
through this that prices are fixed. The
price of beef at Wholesale lso dropped II
cents, but the retail price remained the
same. The city council made an Offer
of space on city ground for public meas
market.
Oakland Keeps Out.
| OAKLAND, Cal, Jan. 25.--Declaring that
a boycott would hurt only the farmer and
retaile1 the Central Labor council OF
Oakland last ndght refused to pass q
resolution declaring a boycott on meat
butter and eggs.
| DENVER, Jan. 25.-The Colorado State
Federation of Labor today adopted reso-
lutions to boycott meat It is estimated
J that 5000 men in this state will join tht
boycott.
Missouri Court Acts.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo, Jan. 25.-Chie
Justice Valiant Of the supreme court toda,
appointed Daniel Dillon of St Louis, ex
aminer, 10 take testimony in the proceed
ings against the beef packers filed by tn,
attorney general last Saturday
The hearing probably will begin in twt
weeks.