Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-01


to dissolve and Sedistribute its prop
erty.
1t has been in the air for some time
that this gigantic combine, despite the
triumphant acquittal last winter. OF 10
Of its directors on criminal charges
of conspiracy in restraint of trade
brought by the federal government.
would voluntarily dissolve rather than
risk a long, tedious and costly civil
suit by the United States government
for its dissolution.
The dissolution plans OF the trust
have been considered at many meetings
OF the directors ever since the close
Of the criminal trial. The offer of
yesterday came after many conferences
between the attorneys. of the trust and
Attorney General Wickersham, who
tentatively accepted the general plan
when it was submitted several weeks
ago.
MOVE TO OFFSET FEDERAL ACTION.
The trust attorneys since then, it
is said. have been working hard TO
finish the plans in time for submission
before the end of July. They were
moved TO this haste by the statement,
attributed to Attorney General Wicker
sham in June, that the government
would pursue the beef trust until it
was dissolved.
Soon after that 1t was announced
: that a civil suit for the dissolution of
the trust would be begun early in Au-
gust. The offer of yesterday is regard
ed as the answer 10 the federal plans
, for a civil suit
, The directors of the trust were Louis
, F. Swift. Edward F. Swift, Charles H.
! Swift. Francis A Fowler and Edward
Tilden, representing the Swift inter
/ ests; J. Ogden Armour, Arthur Meek
! er and Thomas j. Connors Of the Ar
mour group and Edward Morris and
> Louis II. Heyman of the Morris inter
. ests.
: The plan reveals the vast and intri-
! cate system by which the beef trust
r conducted its business and controlled
the beef trade of the country.
MEANS sI0O.OeO OaO DISSOLUTION.
The property involved in the dssolu.
ton Of this corporation is estimated
TO be worth from $GO.O00.0OO to $780,,
900 900. 1t embraces car lines refrig
orator cars from one end of the coun
try to the other. selling agencies and
: branch houses il hundreds of cities
besides merchandise. horses wagons
and property of almost every descrip
Y ton.
The redistribution plan gives 46 pei
h cent to Swift & Co. 40 per cent &c
e Armour & Co and II per cent to Nor
! Tis & Co. The Swifts are TO get II
Of the packing plants and &C brancl
( houses and selling agencies; Armour
u & Co. will receive II packing plants
u and branch houses and selling agencies
u in 20 cities, and Morris q Co. will take
over four plants and 80 branch houses
y The Hammond Beef company of Eng
: land, the only foreign plant mentioned
= in the redistributing plan. is to be TAX
: en- over by the Armours.
The complete redistribution propos
: ed by the trusts lawyers is as follows
n ARMOUR & co.
q PACKING PLANTS.
/: Anglo American Provision company
4. Stock Yards Warehouse company.
a. The Fowler Packing company, Kan
lie sas City.
d, Hammond Packing company. St Joe
ID Rudy Brothers Packing company.
E. The Colorado Packing and Provisio
Pr company, Denver.
X FOwlers Canadian company, Ltd
Hamilton
n New York Butchers Dressed Mea
ID company
E. North American Provision COMPANY
re Friedman Manufacturing compan!
Sc 10 per cent.
IN Fowler Brothers. Ltd
- Hamilton Stock Yards company.
~ International Packing company.
Hammond Beef company, Ltd, En-,
land.
BRANCHES AND SELLING AGEi
II CIES.
Jamaica. y. Y: Little Falls, ". Y
Grand Rapids. Mich; Manchester,
B. &C. A Allen company; New 10
don, Conn; Detroit, Mich. Detro
Beef company; Lansing, Mich. Cd
- troit Beef company; Passias, y. ]
- Portsmouth, y H; WoonsOcket, r.
~ Cortland. n. Y. cortland Beef COZ
"a panyJ Salem, Mass; Shamokin. Pa
:. Sunbury. Pa; JohnstOwn, y. Y; Ke
4, kuk Iowa; Springfield, H.; ChiCag
-, ILL., Hammond, South Water; Blu
~ field. W. Va; WelCh. ". Va, Wheele
90 y. Y; West Philadelphia, Pa; Green
or y. Y: North Delaware avenue, Phi
nj adelphia; Adams. GanesvoOrt, Ne
nv York; Washington, d. c.; Little Roc
Ith Ark; Birmingham. Ala; Quaker Cit
is Beef; Troy. y. Y: Baltimore, Nd
he Lowell Mass: Toledo, Ohio; Pitt
IN. burgh. Pa: Macon, Ga; Jacksonvil
aid Fla; Spokane. Wash. New OrleaE
Mt La. GTeenville. 5. c; I.ockhart, TeS
on Brentwood Tex: Dublin, Tex: 81
IRE Angelo. Tex: Marshall, Tex; Opelib
he Ala; Winston-Salem, y. c.; Crocke
he Tex; Nacordocehs. Tex; Carthas
uit Tex; Lufkin. Tex; Albany, Ga: Chi
he tancoga. Tenn; Pensacola, Fla; SPIT
ed tanburg, S. c; Wichita Falls, TeI
I've Atlus. Okla; Lawton. Okla; Beevil
liy, Tex. Greenville, Miss: Hugo. Okls