Evening journal., 1910-02-26
GOING AFTER
BEEF BARONS
New Jersey Prosecutor Takes
Steps to Get Indicted Men
Into State
EXPECTS TRUST OPERATORS
TO MAKE MERRY FIGHT"

By United Press Leased Special Wire
JERSEY CITY, Feb 25.-Prosecutor
Garvan took the initial steps to-day for
tho extradtion Of the twenty-one direc-
tors and agents OF the Beef Trust, in
dcted yesterday, to bring them within
the jurisdiction Of New Jersey. He real
Lies he will likely have a merry fight,
but he is reauy for It and declares tho in
dicted men viii eventually fnd every ave-
nut Of escape closed.
"Capiases will be opened at once Car
van to-day said, and notice given to serve
the men named. There is one chance in
thousand that the men will not resist
extradition. But 1 am prepared for a
struggle The Investigation has been very
thorough and the evidence adduced IS
such as to be practically certain TO bring
them here.
There is no question but tho National
company instigated the policy of raising
the price of beef by keeping It in cod
storage until an opportunity presented of
charging more to the public
Another demand has been made by
the prosecutor Tor the production OF .he
books Of the National Packing Company.
II this is refused and they are kept OUT
side OF the state action will be instituted
to revoke the charter of the company.
The indicted corporations are. National
Packing Company. Norris & Co, Swift
& Co., Armor & Co, Hammond Packing
Company. G. II. Hammond Company.
The indicted directors are: j. ogden Ar
mour, A. Watson Armour, Arthur Meek
er, Edward Morris, Louis g. Swift, Ed
ward l.. Swift l.. A. Carton, Thomas T..
Wilson, Edward Tilden, Thomas j. Con-
nors, Charles h. Swift, L. ii. Heyman. r..
A. Fowler. Ira L. Morris, James e. Bath
gate. Jr., George II. Edwards, f. V. Coop
er. ID. Il. Hartwell, Henry p. Darlington,
l.. b. Patterson A. A. Fuller.
This offense is charged The said de-
fendants, in pursuance Of conspiracy,
combination. confederation and agree
ment. did unIawfully keep, maintain and
control divers warehouses and cold stor-
age plants, in which they stored and kept
and withheld from the market large quan-
titles OF meats and poultry, to the great
wrong, injury an oppression Of the pub
lie.
Indictments Returned.
The Beef Trust Of Chicago. its various
corporations and twenty-one Of its indi-
vidual directors and agents were indicted
yesterday by the Grand Jury of Hudson
county, N. J., sitting in Jersey City. on
charges Of conspiring to raise artihcally
the prices Of beef and poultry.
This action by a single county, proceed
ing under an old common law Of the
State has a serious phase, striking al
the very roots Of the combination in a
region heretofore considered the safe
haven Of trusts and corporations.
The headquarters of the various beet
companies are in Chicago, although tkey
also have pants in Kansas City anC
Omaha. Most of their directors live In
Chicago and the separate charters ar,
from the Sta.e Of Illinois.
But IN 1908 there was organized a New
Jersey corporation, called the Nationa
Packing Company. nominally compose,
Of relatively small packing companies en-
gagged principally in export trade. bu
controlled and directed by the beef baron
Of the Great Chicago companies. VIII,
composed its Board Of Directors II wa
sort Of clearing house for their join
operations. It Is against this corporatio
that the Jersey officials are proceeding