The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-20
Nothing Less Than I'm
prisonment Will Sat.
isfy Prosecutor.
TO BE ARRAIGNED
FOR CONSPIRACY
Food Barons May Also Face
Charge of Menacing Public
Health - Startling Condi-
tons Are Revealed by
Inspection Of Cold stor-
age Plant.

New York. February 19.---rhe granc
jury of Hudson county, N. j., is u
bring further indictments against the
members OF the beef trust. charging
them with a conspiracy against publ,
health In that they have been selling
impure cold storage food within thu
state. When the members of the jury
visited the Merchants fefrigcrating
plan, the manager proudly exhibited
D cold storage turkey. This bird has
been here for seven years" said he
"and 1t is as good a turkey now as i
was the first day it came into the
place. would not mind eating this
myself
VIVA, the members OF the grand
Jury thought of this statement may
be indicated by their action.
DR.. George r. Mclaughlin. an ex'
pert bactcriologist, was commissioned
to make thorough examination OF
cold storage poultry. The result o,
few weeks investigation was so
amazing that Mr.. Mclaughlin Is now
in Washington comforting with Pro-
fessor Wiley. the pure food expert OF
the Agricultural Department 1t is
said tina, Professor Wiley will join
Prosecutor Garven in a campaign
against the vendors of impure food.
The state Board of Health is also
likely to take up tic question. DR..
Mclaughlin will be able 10 prove that
the practice of putting poultry into
cold storage without first removing
the entraiis is responsible for the
generation of an acid which renders
the food injurious to health.
Sold as "Fresh.'
Undrawn poultry is put into cold
storage SO that dealers can sell it for
fresh food. They claim the bird is
fresh killed. although it may have
been dead two or three years. In con-
nection with the agitation against cold
storage food, the members Of the beef
trust are facing a serious setback in
the Bill introduced in the House at
Trenton tonight providing that the
dates of arrival at the warehouse and
withdrawal therefrom be plainly
stamped or branded on each article
placed in cold storage.
Another section of the bill gives tho
State Board of Health authority to in
spect the storage houses at all times.
In line with this, it is provided that
storage companies shall file with the
State Board of Health quarterly re-
ports setting forth Just what food
stufs are in their keeping. No food
can be had longer than one year.
Prosecutor Pierce Garren had made
ii clear that in case he obtains con-
viction against the beef barons he
will ask for a. Jail sentence.
II am satisfied" said he, from what
/ have seen of the preparation already
to fight these indictments. that the
indicted men do not feel that the New
Jersey prosecution Is a joke. 1t
would not surprise me in the least to
sec the names of some of these men
indicted on the sailing lists of trans
atlantic steamers, as il is very likely
that some of them will try to escape
being brought here for trial.
VIII Not &c Invited.
"When the indictments are handed
into court capiases Will be issued at
once, and these, together with copies
of the indictment, will be sent to the
cities in which the men reside. The
papers will be placed in the hands of
the local authorities for service, and
the governors of the States will be
asked for rcquisition papers. These
men will not be invited to tell us
what they know; they will be brought
here to stand trial on charge of
The National Packing Company has
retained James B. Vredenburgh and
will fight any effort to press the in
dictments to trial. Mr.. vrcdenburgh
is the chief counsel for the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad in New Jersey. A
strong effort may be made to have
the indictments returned against the
National Packing Company rather
than against its directors. among
whom are Edward Tilden, L. E. Pat
terson, W. T. Fuller. G. G. Snow, j..
Ogden Armour, L. T.. Swift, Edward
L. T. Swift, Ira N. Norris. c.
H.. Swift, II. A. Fowler and a. w. Ar
mour.
Should this attempt meet with sue
cess the only penalty against the Ma
tional Packing Company would be a
hne. Kenneth McLaren. one of the d.
rectors of the company, Will be used
as a States witness against the other
directors. There is also a strong be-
lief that tho various heads of the cold
storage plants will be indicted as con-
spirators in the sequestration of food
stuffs.