The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-23
Especial to The Times Dispatch.l

Special to The Tines Dispatch.1
Washington, D. c., January 22.-The
Department of Justice Is going after
the men higher up In the beef trIst.
1t Is learned to-day that Attorney
General wickersham has instructed
Mr.. Ellis. his assistant. to give his un-
divided attention to the high cost OF
OF meat, and within short time Mr..
Ellis Will go to Chicago to take up
the active work of preparing the case
for the grand jury. Later the Attor-
ncy- General himself Will get actively
into the case. The aim is to send Of
| Tending trust magnates to Jail.
| President Taft Is in full sympathy
with the movement and has been kept
closely Informed at every stage OF the
Care has been exercised
throughout, and will continue to be,
not to give any immunity baths or
, offer any loopholes of escape for tho
trust magnates under suspicion. 1t IS
only a partial report of the results OF
the Investigations of the operations OF
the National Packing Company that
is on hand yet The facts contained
therein. however, have been found TO
be sufficient to warrant the interposi-
tion of the Federal grand jury. The
full report Will be received on Mon-
day, and as soon rs the Attorney-Gen-
eral and Mr.. Ellis have analysed 1t
Mr.. Ellis will leave for Chicago. In
dictments may be expected within
few weeks thereafter.
About to Bear Fruit.
1t is learned that the investigation
of the Department of Agriculture into
tho increased cost OF living Is about
to bear fruit in tho shape OF par
tial report. TO be Issued next Tuesday.
which will deal with the situation
with regard to meat production In the
United States.
One of the reasons given by the
beef packers is that there is short
ago in the number of cattle on the
ranges of the West. While Agrtcul-
tural Department officials decline to
anticipate their report, there are good
reasons for believing that these sta
tistics about to be issued will show the
existence OF ample supplies OF cattle
to meet all demands.
One of the most remarkable mani
festatiops OF an aroused public senti-
ment over the Increased cost of living
Is the manner in which the wives OF
high government officials are cooper
ating in militant measures OF retalia
tion against the trusts. And tho spirit
of '76 Is to the fore in the angry pro-
tests OF members of the Daughters or
the Revolution, who. In emulation Of
somewhat similar circumstances to
drink tea. are now determiped that
they will not eat meat.
A number OF these prominent wo-
men of the national capital and the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton gave Interesting interviews to-
day on the work of the National Anti
! Trust League. 1t Is a subject that Is
close to the heart of every housewife.
and the high prices of foodstuff wor-
| ~ the society leader as we'll as this
worklnGman's wife. AZ
Means Dire Poverty.
Mrs. Robert Shaw oliver, wife OF
the Assistant Secretary of War. and
one OF the most exclusive hostessea
| of the capital city, said:
Something has to be done to re-
| duce the price of food. II something
Is not done to remedy this evil. We
Will have an enormous Impoverished
. and starving population on our hands
Our poor people will become as poor
and miserable as the peasantry of Eu-S
rope. ! nm thinking the matter over
carefully, and II decide that the Idea
OF the National ANTITRUST League en-.
ters into 1t fully enough, which ! be-
lieve 1t does. will throw my whole
energies into the work" S
Mrs, Mary s, Lockwood. a founder
OF the Daughters OF the American
Revolution. and president OF the Wash
ington Federation of Womens Gibbs.
believes thoroughly In the proposed
boycott against high-priced foods.
"The move of the antitrust league
is right one.'' said Mrs. lockwood,
''and the Daughters of the American
Revolution will so without meat or
anything else to support 1t. II is tbs
chance they have been looking Tor 70
be patriotic.
"'Therb Is something rotten in Don.
mark and we havetto find out what u
Is. / don't see how tho poor peopis
let alone the weil-salaried ones, art
koing To tive think that the mora