Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1910-03-04

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requires that defendants appear al
Jersey CITY tor trial
IN" corpora ions indicted arc me
National Packing G., armour a co.
Swift X Co, Morris AZ CO. lia'li'n"h"
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are available, 1t beng the nest were
corporate greed IS lncuoated ana
cared for till its spurs appear.
The indictments, according to the
press summary, charges that these
defendants did willfully, felonious-
" and unlawfully devise, continue
and intend, for their own unjust, eX-
cessive, immoral and unlawful profit
and gain, to iniure. defraud. preju-
dice, damage, cheat, impoverish and
deprcss the public by cornering and
limiting the necessary and reason
able supply of meats and poultry for
consumption of the people of the said
city and county, so as to produce an
artificial scarcity in the supply of
meats and poultry. and to greatly,
excessively and extortionately en-
nance and increase the price there
of"
1t is further stated that this illegal
agreement was entered into FAR pack
as March, 1908, when, it is charged,
q meeting was held at Jersey City, in
which the defendants willfully, I'M
lawfully and eXtortionately," bound
themselves to maintain and exercise
control over a monopoly or trust OF
the meat and poultry supply, arbl-
trarily and unlawfully increase the
price thereof and not sell to the
public except at the extortionate
prices agreed upon.
1t is charged that the combination
has succeeded in keeping off the mar
ket large quantities of meats, which
nave Deeh Sulllclent 10 meet u reason
able demand. SPECIFIC relations are
shown TO sustain the charge OF con-
splracy between the leading compan-
les and the directorate OF the National
Packing Company rs means for con
shutting "a gigantic monopoly Tor al
DactlClDautS The National Packing