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Show FIFTY TELEGRAMS mm recoro CHICAGO, Feb. .. Fifty telegrams sent by Swift & Co. to their representatives representa-tives In eastern cities giving Instructions regarding shipments and mnrglns which the government declares tend to show that prices were fixed at the Chicago offices, wero read in the packers' trials today. .Many of the messages were In code and had to be deciphered by L.oe. M. Lester, manager of the beef department, depart-ment, who was on the stand all day. Defendant counsel objected to the telegrams, but Judge Carpenter allowed tho gocrnmcnt to put all of them in evidence, evi-dence, One bore the typewritten slgnaluro of Charles II. Swift, vice president of Swift & Co., a defendant. Jt read. 'Chicago, "-$. 11. No. 1 Boston. For your Information expect show about plus 0 beef Philadelphia this week. Small plus New York and prospects improved bcof business and results next weckt Very much disappointed Indications noK-ton noK-ton minus HO to 70. Some cars aircody closed minus SO to 00. Have reduced Boston shipments to 600 cattle, other points throughout country showing improved im-proved volume right at plus margins. Have you any suggestions?" "No. 1" was code for "beef department." depart-ment." Another telegram sent to New l'ork and Philadelphia representatives of the company in July, IP 10, read: "Any house In your jurisdiction not getting cost for beef get after them. Get results asked. No- 1." The defense succeeded In having the name of Charles Tl.. Swift stricken from the telegram after it had been Introduced, Intro-duced, because there was no evidence that the typewritten signature was authorized. au-thorized. Many of the messages were signed or approved by Francis M. Fowler, head of the beef department of Swift &. Co., also a defendant. |