Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-03-02
New York Grand Jury
|oquiring About Poultry.
Are Commission Men Holding
Live Birds TO Raise Prices?
Bill introduced In Congress That
= Will Nit the Packers.

New York, March 1.-While Pierre
Garven, the prosecutor of Hudson
county, New Jersey, is trying To get
hold of the books of the six packing
companies, recently indicted with their
officers and directors, a grand jury in
New York today began an investiga
ton Of the poultry trade in the greater
city. The same jurors who indicted
eight directors of the Consolidated
Milk Exchange recently have charge
of this new inquiry and the assumption
is that it is preliminary to a general
investigation of the cold storage bust
ness in Now York along the lines
adopted by New Jersey.
The investigation started by the
grand jury today, however, has to do
with live poultry rather than storage
fowls. Allegations have been made
that members of the New York Live
Poultry Commission Merchants Pro-
tective Association have been bring
ing live poultry into the city and hold
ing it for rise in the market. The
district attorney is directing the in
uury to find out if this charge is true.
George Brown, secretary Of the asso-
poultry men will be examined.
Coincident with the grand jury ses-
sion a resolution was adopted by the
board of aldermen, requesting an in
vestigatior by the city authorities of
the New York Commission Merchant
Protective Association, which, accord
ing to the resolution, controls the
slaughter house privilege in the city
of New York as we'll as the booths and
stands in the markets. Alderman
Schloss said the association met twice
a week to fix the price of live poultry
and should be curbed at once.
Mr.. Garven today held 3 conference
with Governor Fort in the matter of the
extradition Of the indicted packing COM
panies should such a course become
necessary. The prosecutor declined to
make public the result of the conference
Washington, March IA bill which, il
passed, will declare the members of the
Beef Trust, recently indicted in New Jer-
sey, fugitives from justice and compel
their extradition to New Jersey to stand
trial for illegal combination or monop-
oily, was introduced today by Rep. Henry,
Dem, of Texas, a member of the House
judiciary committee.
'The individuals composing the Beef
Trust who have been indicted by a New
Jersey grand jury" said Henry, ''are
endeavoring to hide behind the PROPOSE
ton that they have transacted no BUSH
ness in the state of New Jersey and
therefore could not have committed a
crime there because they were not per-
sonally present. This is an old dodge. an
elusive method OF escaping punishment .
The Henry bill provides that the de-
mand of an executive authority of one
state upon that of another state and ac-
companied by copy of an Indictment or
affidavit shall be "indisputable proof
for the authorities to act upon.
MY amendment plainly means" said
Henry, that although these individuals
composing the Beef Trust in Chicago have
not actually been present in New Jersey.
vet they have caused the execution of
their conspiracies and crimes on New
Jersey soil and this statute will provide
that they cannot plead outside OF New
Jersey courts and in Illinois courts that
they are not fugitives from Justice. be-
cause they were not personally present
in New Jersey, but must appear IN New