Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-02-07

IreSn DON or cigarettes 1he worthy
prosecutor was plainly annoyed as
the EVENING STAR man entered.
Anything new in your attitude re-
garding a beef trust prohe?|s was
asked.
mo, sir" the prosecutor glowered.
Anything new in cold storage?" was
asked
Nothing new" said the prosecutor
as he gazed abstractIy out the window
and lighted a cigarette.
In answer to questions he also hung
out the Nothing Doing" sign when
asked of the Snead trial and the Dill
probe. He appeared feebly interested
and elevated his eyebrows when told
that Justice Swayze would charge the
Hudson county grand jury on the high
cost CT living
1t may and it may not be news to the
too busy prosecutor but there is said
to be well-defined movement among
certain members OF the present grand
jury to Investigate the high cost Of
living, Independent of the prosecutor.
Supreme Court Justice Francis
j. Swayze is expected in Jer-
sey City Wednesday afternoon TO
charge the Hudson County Grand Jury
on the high cost of living, and will
probably say something about the cold
storage situation in that city.
Prosecutor. Pierre p. GarVen, who,
with the Grand Jury. has stirred up
thipos among the cold storage houses.
said today that he had nothing inn
portant to give out at present regard
ing moves he is making other than to
state that his detectives are working
along lines to ascertain the amount OF
meat, eggs, poultry and provisions
stored in the Jersey City cold storage
plants. He claims to have some val
liable information that will be i'm
parted to the grand Jurors on Wednes-
day He says he has had a close watch
kept on all provisions taken in and
out of the different cold storage plants.
THE officials of these plants place
the responsibility for high prices on the
retailers. and claim they only carry
enough provisions for the general
trade he said. "On Wednesday after
noon | will examine number of Off
cials of the shipping departments of
the Erie, Lackawanna and Pennsyl-
vania railroads to find out how much
beef, eggs, etc, they have been hand
ling for the different cold storage
plants in Jersey City during the past
year. / will also examine many retail
provision dealers to find If what the
cold storage men say regarding high
prices is so. I have also informed the
grand jurors that I will continue an
examination OF the cold storage Off
cials."
The railroad men who viii have to
stand inquiry are: Thomas G. Haring,
Hoboken freight agent of the Lacka-
wanna Railroad; e. ]. Bauer, Jersey
City freight agent of the Erie Railroad,
and E. Butler. Jersey City freight agent
of the Pennsylvania. These three men
were subpoer aed TO appear before the
Grand Jury last Friday, but were not
called John M Cosgrove. superintend-
ent OF the Merchants Refrigerating
Company. and D. F. Mccarthy. super
intendent of the Union Cold Storage
Company. will also be called to testify
on Wednesday.
1t is understood that the different
civic organizations In Hudson County
will give Prosecutor Garven and the
Grand Jury assistance regarding the
purchase OF eggs and the provisions
from the cold storage plant in this
city. They propose naming a general
committee that will endeavor to pur-
chase. in the interest OF several big re-
tailers, eggs at the market price Of
twenty eight cents dozen as quoted
by Assistant Secretary Frank A. Horn,
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