oath taking in india in certain parts ol 01 india tigers and lizards skins take the place of the bible of christian countries and the penalty of breaking the oath Is that in one case the witness will become the prey of a tiger and in the other that his body will be covered with scales like a lizard arom from the chicago journal nov 6 1905 when commissioner garfield went to the chicago packers and asya aske permission to inapt c t the condition was 1314 mag je that no informs forina in az abiri obtain would be used in court Broce proceedings edings against them mr garfield gave this pledge it Is stated and the packers Lers allowed him to study their business in all Us its de tails from the inside now it Is announced the results of his study have been turned over to the government department of justice to be employed in legal prosecution of the packers commissioner garf garfield beld would rould not have ventured to give ghe the pledge that was demanded by the packers without instructions from washington Washing top he pledged not his own word but the government s it is not his good faith but the government governments s that is in clues ques tion now the journal has no concern for the packers except as they are citizens of chicago if it can be proved that they are guilty of engaging in a con in restraint of trade they ought to be punished but their guilt it if they are guilty must be fairly proved they must be given a square deal since the government has elevated its vision to such a height as to over look the nest of defiant criminal trusts in III new jersey almost within the shadow of the capitol dome in order to fasten itself a thousand miles away upon chicago the government overn ment and the president cannot be too careful to avoid suspicion that they are more anxious to prosecute western offend ers than offenders in the east borne some of the Ineth methods already em aloyed in this case have not been par ticul arly distinguished for decency when the government breaks into a man s house and steals his private pa pers when it drags the wives of pack ing house employed emp loyes into court and puts theta under heavy bonds it la to hardly dignified not to say honorable nor even respectable