The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-02-11
The Judges Charge EncOur-
ages Prosecutors
SAYS STORING PRODUCTS
To Advance Prices Is a conspiracy--A
Heavy Drop in All Livestock Re-
ceipts--Important Report Made
BY Dept. Of Commerce.

New York, Feb. H.. spurred on by
Judge swayzc's charge that combinp
ton to store foodstuHs FOR the purpos,
Of advancing The price Is an overt act
the Hudson county grand jury yesterday
continued its investigation Of the bic
cold storage warehouses on the New Der.
sey side Of the Hudson river. N view
q The courts dictum that any comhina,
ton 70 raise prices is 9 conspiracy, Pros
ecutor Carver counts on securing in.
dictments that Ne believes will check the
alleged evils 81 the cold storage system.
whereby It i charged that altituainous
prices are maintained in season and
out
Justice swayze, in opening his special
charge, said,
Tho prosecutor has brought 70 my
notice the investigation that you have
been pursuing into tho cold food storage
Of food 10 this county. / understand
the Investigation has led yon to desire
some instructions as to the law regarding
criminal Conspiracy. A recent decision
Of the supreme court certainly extends
very much the scope Of the crime 81
conspiracy, showing that il Is not linn.
tied 70 the acts prescribed by the stat
ate.
The court has said in 50 many words
that where the conspiracy results IN mis-
ebief 20 the public it Stems that the IN.
dictmept will be sustained whether nei.
thar the object nor the means are Grim.
inal3 and AN iudietable conspiracy must
be combustion 70 accomplish an o.
icrt which IS not criminal, by means
which are not criminal. where the public
il injuriansly involved % where TIE 81.
suit would he either injury or opprss-
sion @ individuals
eThis IS the last authoritative deelaru
ton Of our courts, and i IS eoaehed in
larguaee s. broad ana sweeping that
combination 20 commit anE ait where
the public i iniariopsiy involved 81
where tbe result would he an injury to
individuals, would seem to BE- an iadict
able conspiracy
Agitation in Nev York City proper
against high meat prices 81 simmerea
down until tie only remedial measure
now n view locally is tie cold storage
regulation ordinance before Tie board 81
aldermen Neat prices at Leat'4 begin
ming remain about stationary bat egg.
and butter are showing disposition to
decline This Is believed g be due to
reasonable reasons and not to tie agita-
ton for lower prices, which seems to
have been considered Ineffective ii fife
forms il had taken during The past few
weeks and % have been largely aban
doned Legislative and judicial action
IS now chiefly looked upon q supply a
solution Of tie high cost 81 living prob
lem, II one i 70 Be found.
Frankly acknowledging FIAT fowl. fish
and meats ARE kept IN cold storage from
from fonr 70 nine months IN This city,
packers appeared before the committee
on laws and legislation 81 the board 81
aldermen Wednesday afternoon IN oppo-
sition 70 4 proposed ordinance requiring
an cold storage products e Be tagged
and stamped with the date when they
are placed ID storage and the date when
taken out. They declared that the ordi-
nance would increase the cost Of cold
storage products 70 4 prohibitive figure
II was said By one man that cold storage
turkeys, covered with mould after hay
ing been II cold storage for two years
had been handled He also had heard
that goats flesh was sold in the spring
of the year for lamb Frank Harvey
Field representing the wholesale fsn
dealers, said that II the ordig%aee were
passed there would be no iish in some
parts Of the year. we would have toll
I'd to the cold storage houses in Newt
Jersey he said adding that il retailers
Of fish should have TO Tag every smeltI
in barrel one Of the cheapest foods
would become one Of the most costly.
One speaker Acknowledged that he had
$50 600 worth Of turkeys and other fowl
N cold slorage