The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-12-30
RULES BEEF WORLD INCOG.
CORPORATION WITH No NAME
FINED TERRITORIES.
Needer. the Younger. So Testines. hut
That was I'm the OOs and Be, ond the
statute OF Limitations Each Dis
trict Lettcred Schin and Merger.

Junior member Of the law firm Of Arthur
h Needer 4 Son. was the star witness
for the Government to-day when the
hearing Of the ten indicted packers was
resumed in Judge Carpenter's branch Of
the Federal District Court in this city.
He is the son Of Albert II. Needer. trust
builder and attorney for the Swifts, whose
evidence during his four days session
on the witness stand startled the public
as he related the story surrounding the
formation of the National Packing Com
pany.
The elder Veeder has become known
TO the learned legal minds attendant on
the trial az Ajax tho Greater. as his son
to-day became identified with Ajax the
Lesser Homers classic hero who defied
the lightning and was destroyed. And
the young attorney certainly did defy the
governmental bolts in metaphorical
sense to-day. He apparently told with
great readiness the details Of the Name
less Corporation tina, territorially re-
stric.ed the operations Of tho beef barons
OF the early '90s Il was evident that he
was depending on the insulation Of the
statute Of limitations to protect his patrons
from the aforesaid lightning.
Henry Veeder incidentally demon
strated he has remarkable memory
for facts and details The ready manner
In which he answered the questions put
TO him would seem To Indicate he had
fully rehearsed his all except the
gestures
Under the rapid FIRE questions Of At
torney Pierce Butler. representing the
Government. the witness unfolded the
story OF how he had been secretary of
an organization that had no name This
institution the Government will try TO
show, was the institution primarily or
ganized TO control the prices of fresh
meat. The organization OF that alleged
ring was in 1898 he fact that for more
than dozen years IT has been out of
existence did not duh the memory Of the
witness
he said he was secretary Of that insti-
tuition and that the expense of maintain
ing it was met by the firms some of whose
members are now on trial. He also stated
he knew certain sections Of the United
States by letters tho letters referring
to territory. 1hes" sections he said were
IA follows.
Territory 4 North Of the Ohio River,
east Of the Mississippi including also the
state Of West Virginia. with the exception
of Illinois
Territory r The southeastern States
Territory C.-Cooh county. Illinois. in
cmding the city Of chicago
Territory II - Illinois and Iowa e1Clud-
ing Council Bluffs and Cook county. and
taking in addition the city Of So Louis
Territory The state Of Colorado
After these statements Attorney Butler
asked the witness who wer. the persons
interested in the association" that had
had no name lie said they were in the
beginning
Armour 4 Co. designated as A
Armour Packing COMPANY, des Snated
as n
Cudahv 4 co. designated as &C
q. n. Hammond Packing Companv.
designated az ID.
- Louis Dressed Beef and ovision
Company. designated a. f.
Morris 4 Co. designated a. F
Swift 4 Co. de-Isuared as
This system was in vogue until the
Schwarzschild 4 S'Illberger Company
came into the concern and We're dcslg-
mated as H.
Swift 4 Co. then became n surrender
ing their title Of &c" to the newcomer
In describing the location Of the as
soCiatiou' tho witness said II occupied the
sixth foor Of the Coun-elman Building in
La Sale street, opposite the Board of
Trade
lie stated the Office was used bv him
self and three other employers for re-
Capitllating the shipment of meats hv
the firms mentioned into the section
esignated as territory A These re-
ports. ne SAID. dea II Cith the shipments
of fresh meat into m. east and north
east sections Of the country. The rccapit-
ulations # weekly business were sent out
Mondays 10 the various interests that sup
ported the association.
The following day their representa- atives
met and allotted the amount each com
pany represented should send ont IN its
next weekly shipment.
Fines were passed upon those who
overshIpped or undershipped the agree
meut. The expense OF running the ~as-
sociation" was prorated according To the
interests in territory a of the different
companies named
This condition obtained from 1893 to
1898. Then there was some readjust-
ment to the amounts paid by the different
firms that got his report and whose repre-
tentatives met III the Nameless Associa-
tlor's office
The statements of the witness indicate
how thoroughly the Government .set out
TO make its case. Even if II was ad-
mitted the prices OF meat were controlled
by a pool at that time the offence would
be outlawed by the statue of limitations
The Government apparently is trying to
show that the same condition or one
similar existed up to 1907, which will
bring offences after that time within the
period Of the indictment returned in 1910
Being ask ed where he got his mail
Mr.. Veeder sad they had post Office
box for some mail. This box promises
10 become famous. Ii was No 247 and
probably hereafter will be designated as
such The Government made no effort
to ask about the regulation of prices
This subject will be brought up later.
At the opening Of the morning session
Albert Veeder occupied the stand for
half an hour The elder member Of the
firm Of trust builders testified he had
sought in his files for the dead cor
poratons and had failed to find the
papers Of the Kenwood Company, which
the Government will maintain was a
later name for the pool. Finally he
said he had located the papers and had
learned that the kenwood Company was
iaudated in 1905 and that the Swift
Wool Company then was organized. This
company. the Government is expected to
declare. was the continuation OF the old
association and the subsequent Kenwood
Company.
When court convened this morning the
question Of the admissibility of the Ken
wood Company's affairs was taken up,
Attorney Butler argued In it's favor. The
court reserved ruling, stating that the
question OF the KenwOOd COMPANY would