Show MAGNATES S OF BEEF TRUST True Bills Returned Against Ten Ter High Officials of Swift Armour and Morris Concerns JURY AFTER INDIVIDUALS Defendant I Char etl With IVi tir 1 In lit Combination In iii of id Interstate r talO Chicago Sept 12 The federal grand Jury JUT which lias iia moan been ChI packer ickers late lat today returned turned Indictment against 10 high officials omelah ot of ottile tile the Armour anti and Morris con COli concern earns cern There Thern are mere three Indictments against ouch combination com conspiracy and Illegal monopoly The rune Ih men indicted in niro a L F 1 pro ld of or r Swift 4 6 f Co Edward Swift vice president of ot Swift Swirl A Son Charles Charise II H Swift director or Swift 6 Co to o Iran A Fowler director of ot 6 Co c o and Ward Tilden proal prel dent lent of or the th National Packing atkin company J Ogden Armour president pre of ot Armour 6 Co Arthur Arlhur ker genera genora mun men eger glOr Armour Co Thomas J Con ants nou superintendent nl of or Armour Co Cor i Rdward r Morris president of at Morris Ci C nod Louis Loule H 11 manager r of or Morris Co IX IN 1 The Tho Indictment In charges alt nh with engagIng In combine Ion lion In re of Interstate trade Irnee In resh treah melt meats The second charge con The Thu third charges the defendants wIth rith monopolizing the trade trad In fresh tresh nests by b unlawful mean That the tho purpose t of ot thIs the grand Jury vas was tIne the Indictment of or th the individuals Individual than the packing corporation 1111 shown chawn when Judge Landis fa fin famous lions moul for or the standard Oil One Inc launched the Investigation It sometimes happens that thaI a 1 per pol peron polson son on Ion about to violate tho tim law takes take n a lame thun his hll own oln said aid Judice Judge andla In hi bin hll charge Charon to the tile jury John hones Jone ones undertaking to 10 counterfeit gold hollers outrages changes his hIli name noma to John smith or tho the Metals com corn f iny and under name flame does noes th the hint forbidden by law If Ir your our Investigation such auch a L case ORSA do rio not Indict u 11 mere alias but bUI follow ollow then the th trail wherever It IL may lead lend until you have havn located Identified and nail minted out the tho real offenders offender The Investigation wee wall the second cond by b Ju within tho ear On Jan Jn 20 0 he ha ordered h a grand Brand Jur ury Inquiry which on March 20 re rc oiled In the Indictment of tho the Na Nn Packing Pack company om Ill n and Rne 10 sub Id l In ry concerns Attorney for th the 5 lied a do d huner On June 23 Judge Landis sue u the demurrer killing the tle KOV gov case against t the packing n At AI the same time Ume h he issUed In 1111 order for tor or a specIal grand crand Jury Jur yen ven en Irl re ret of ot 76 75 B men for July Jul 14 INCI The es who were summoned Included of the Chicago com corn l anle small p New Nt York wholesale whole ale anti and aile ro re loll all meat m nt dealers ana one packers front from as asir fir ir weal an as Denver DniTA A T J tice Ico president of ut the tho National company C C Ci i ow secretary and Rn ann treasurer end and Ar Arhur r hur treasurer worn Wert flung imong the tine witnesses and were cull uld bus hus tn to have obtained Immunity Moses Monica JI II J I Joseph secretary of or the thew ow w York a ns relation was sas nil an witness Ho old Did under protest how the Chicago Chico Rot got control of or an un Independent concern founded bv by b the tine butchers to 10 tol gilt l ht ZOO witness half of or them train from mt ut of town were examined Tho The grand Jury Its work r about it ii month when on era AUK AUIt 11 II th he lA first limitation irma sprung Thom Thomi Thomp a i p O G 1 I l Iee e manager of ot the beef beet of Armour ft Co was In tried lifted for The grand Jury also aleo turned n a sensational report 1111 UK IA Alfred R Ii Urton chief counsel for tb h 1 i y and attn president of the th Chi ChiRI hl RI go board bourd of af education and anel three Armour employers employee with stenographic Monographic de Ie untied by b the th ln InquIsItorial body bod Tho The man appeared In court anti lifter after hearing several days dB 95 ennui Landi dIsmissed lIne Ihn lie charge against of thin the per pcr perJury perrry Jury ary rry case cleo was wall net nel for tor Sept 19 PRICES ICES In the Lee 1 PerjurY perjur indictment It II Wet was Purged that weekly are held hel 1 In e P fl M ea I 0 4 In n Chicago ut tit which the tho packers fl II and decide l how hOl ow much shall hall be bo darien dono by tech each company the tho he week TIe rue grand Jury Jur practically ended It II inquIry a week cuk ago Since that tIm attorneys have spent thel their time ime ilme in Jn conferences nt nl which Indict ments ment were prepared The Tho federal grand Jury ration of ot tile tho began March h 2 I WK GO 05 GOOn On July 1 1909 1900 were re ri returnee turned 19 Individuals arid and II fly v corporations corporal corpora lions ions lionsOn ionsOn On December D 13 U IMS 1205 tho th only trial of ot tire the packers began This along niong until July Tuly uly 1 1906 1206 whon Judg Ra Ja gave his hIe famous It ity ty bath to 10 all nil indIviduals Individual on urn trio trial iii H n declared the defendants had been ioe compelled to furnish testimony whIch resulted In their Indictment and thaI thu he tle c ses a them should Ac fa io ills In December r 1908 1009 another fedora I grand Jury Inquiry benan legan This Thi on until April AI 1003 when It II I I Iwas was aj dropped with no iii Indictments ami am amino I no reasons WHAT INDICTMENT I DICT The Indictment charging tho the 10 J i l nook rIck log Ing ii R company with engaging In Ir Ira Ina ina a combination In restraint re of ot trade tie ibe 1 dares lares the object of ot tho ho agreement in intire l llie III tire tho lie elimination of ot competition between tile IhA IIA Swift and und Morris Morrill group ol of defendants In the purchase of ot live cat cattie tie lie le sheep ah p nd inI hogs ROd and also In the tho th sale of or fresh meats throughout the United States The Indictment declares tho the method adopted for or so an o doing was isa first to re refrain retraIn traIn frain from binding bidding up tho the prices ol or livestock second to caret a It uni uniform uniform form fonn system of or figuring the cost coit co l of at monte meats sent enl to branch houses which resulted d In nn an cost coat being placed pincer upon tho the merchandise The next step says the Indictment wan nr I to force managers of branch houses hOU to obtain this price IC H any an margin less le than the price per permitted permitted it WH was one ono agreed upon by hy nil the defendants Next It Is I charged the National Packing licking company was ens u used ed to obtain Information in nil all markets HH RH to what branch house hou managers were ivere we doing dol nit salt said Information being Lein sent I nl to the Chi Chicago Chicago cago offices ome of elf It tho thu th National company tach week There It was wan bl to the directors director of the th company re reports ports mite It II la ha charged were used hy by nil all clithe the concerns as hR the tine of tIC orders for forthe th the ho next weeks business The Tue Indictment alto alpo charges charged that thai the tho Armour maid and Morris Interests told hold stock In iti tho Iho th National Packing company In inn proportion oqual to the proportion of business dono Iono by tho the three houses Tho The second Indictment Is I practIcally the Ih sumo lIam as tho the first that th t con aI Instead of or n p a combination In re Fe of trade Is charged The third Indictment charges that thai the lh pat kern have monopolized the thu trade tralle In fresh meats by the thren th following means Ily lIy II a n combination eliminating compe competition In the tho purchase of or cattle and In Inthe Inthe the he sale lIle of meat mean Ily IW conducting the tho of or the National Packing company com pan itself In harmony with wilh the tIne business of or the Swirl Swift Armour and nd Morris MorrIa Interest Ily II removing the tho New Kow Butchers Butcher tail and Dressed led Meat from the th of ot competition by b tock stock In ii that concern from Limo to time until of or It was secured STATEMENT HY UY J Ogden Armour head of or Armour Annoura A Ao o a one oae of ot the packers Indicted Issued tho ho statement hours bou aCter tho the Indictment Indictments were cro returned I r Deeply regret tho of or these for tor the charges are arn un on unFounded Founded as al a will be shown hown when the oses 1150 come corne to 10 trial The rho true truo facts will lien then be made mada known Ing and prejudices have been the tho basis or if f these The charges Involve four packing out of gOO that are in n a Interstate packing business In then the th United States Intes Thin defendants do only bout about of ot tine the packing business In n In tho the United Untied States The Tho defendants do donly onlY about of or then tho packing I l U of or tine tho entire country Tl Their cr entire profits are not nOl over cent or f C their total busIness This Thill margin of or I Iii less lens than that made mad by any other liner kind o of manufacturing tn n i the world Yet ct wo We are attacked att ked and nt itt ill 1111 II time and arid from nil quarters Quarter When heni hh his small margin of or profit can bo he boundo undo nude only by the tho ho strictest economy In he the utilization of every possible by b product I feel that thai our business ought to 0 In be fostered anti and encouraged by the tho rather than bo be constant constanty Iy y fact that the tho business has be been n conducted with the th very smallest mallet mar marin marm m in of or profit Is I Itself a dem demonstration thaI lint no combination to tn depress d the coat cost or if C live stock or to Increase the tho price of ot realm resh meats meala mea could rouM have been b en possible PreJudice has hall arisen arten In the th mInI minds of or on account of ot th then higher cost to tome he the me consumer r of or pork and hoof beef prod u 1 tR 15 t These higher r prices are wholly je ue e to tho the higher cost coit of or lIve tock stock hie the th growers of tho the country know lInow luring During the th period of ot these thee higher prices th h packers have been even lethan let less I IthAn thAn hart the SH 2 t per Ier c cent nt margin to 10 which I II I huyo already jJ |