Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-15
HENEY WILL DISCLOSE,
SECRETS OF PACKERS
Refused to Divulge Contents Of Veeder Vault Until
Placed Under Oath, and Senate Agrees to
Give Him the Right

WAsHINGToN. January la--sccro:
transactions Of the big five" meat
TO the Senate Committee on Agricui
ture tomorrow by Francis !. lleney
who conducted the Federal Trade Com
mission investigation of the packers
last fail
Disclosures OF a sensational nature
IT Is expected will be made when
Honey. under oath. is asked to tell the
contents of the vault in the Office OF
lienry Nccder, counsel for the packers
in Chicago. This vault was seized by
iiency during the investigation. but lie
was denied possession of the papers by
an order OF the Federal Court in Chi
caEo. issued at Ncedcr's request
notwithstanding the court order,
Honey had an opportunity before IL
was issued to examine all the papers
ana docunients in the vault, it is SAID
ana he will be asked by The committee
TO tel all he knows about their con-
tents INC court order prevented him
from utilizing the information in the
com'ni,iGe's investigation. bu, it will
Earding their contents A witness
before the Senate committee.
MANY IEGISLATORS ARE
SAID TO BE INVOLVED
!; is understood that the informa-
the committee involves many prom :
incnt cGiSlators. politicians aifd other
persons OF influence to whom the pack
"rs made gifts of money and property
IN return FOR services in aid OF the
packers interests.
Two members of the present Con-
gross are said TO be implicated in the
documentary evidence which IIency
obtained by his inspection Of the vault
iieney told the committee to-day
now an agent of the packers had
hrih"d the man he had employed to
watch the vault while the wraup 10
over the possession Of the papers Was
bribc consisted OF Il package con,a;n
ing bottle OF whisky. "A bottle Of
nr :rna an and hoN Of cigars.
me contents of the vault when he was
asked the question to-day was tina;
ne APPEARED as voluntary witness
ic!t enJotncd from disclosing the ma
iurc or the papers by reason OF the
restrictions imposed by the Federal
Trade Commission.
SENATOR NORRIS PROMISES.
TO ADMINISTER OATH
:. Very we'll, then responded Senator
Norris. of Nebraska. who presided
We VIII put You under oath to-mor-
me country ought to have it,"
feney'S brozd smile indicated that
ne ne, Wou ia, not be unwilling to make
using the Nccdcr documents lie LEFT
inc Committee room for the Office of
tne Federal Trade Commission, where
~ is understood he had filed a memo
randum OF the contents of the vault
licncy, In his statement before the
committee to-day. went over the his
tory OF the packers control of III.
slockyardS ana the devious method =
adopted to conceal their ownersbin
from the public. He characterized In
organization Of the New Jersey co...
porat!on and the Maine corporatio,
which succeeded il. as the most com
plete swindling schemc in the history
pi The continent"
ne declared that the management
OF the meat industry by Joseph r. Co..
Ton, VINO was appointed by Food Ad
mlhistrator Hoover. as chief Of the
meat DIVISION, was n joke.
MADE SCANDALoUS
PROFITS, TESTIFIEs HENEY
me packers made more money I'M
oef C0tton's management than they
ever did before" he said, and cot.
ton himself described TO me their
pFohts as being simply scandalous."
cotton was connected with the law
hrm OF Paul n. Cravath continued
iency and CraVath was attorney for
Suizberger. who was forced out NJ
business by Armour. Swift. Wilson
HdahN and Morris. Furthermore
henfy said. Cotton left Cravath 10 be.
c"hne associated with former Senator
Spooner who resigned from the Sen
are to become attorney for Il. II. Uar-
rlmah' lie made this explanation In
support or his statement that Co,ton's
d"'hihis'ration of the meat industrv
hhfiGS the wa: was q jokr