Show mm N ai LIW 4 CASE I 1 under 1 I 1 lailer 41 n I 1 erss state le isolation ll 11 discriminating RATE BATE swift given better terms than any one else on thair shipments I 1 special to THE ENQUIRER 1 CHICA CHICAGO GOMRY may I 1 11 I 1 the first case to 0 o be ba tried L under the amended anter mate commerce act is on the docket of 0 the united states destrie court for trial to d day y the defendant is ie george E springs general Frei freight glit agent of the new york chicago st louis road belter known as the and the case is ia one of absorbing interest to tu r if aci wt men and shippers shi throughout hout tlc alc v the trial has been post boned TOM roan time 1 10 because no ct dictions vict ions could be nader the 9 old id alt act t the witnesses invariably claim ing iu constitutional right to refuse to testify on an the ground that it would tend to criminate themselves the ia law 7 w was as therefore amended to tn meet this especial case witnesses are not only r rt leased from fr liability ty but b ut compelled t to testify end and are also held liable for P arf jary ia case they testify falsely rl re is a formidable rray atay of counsel couns el on oa I 1 oth sides HISTORY OP OF THE CABS general freight accent springs spriggs was indicted by the federal grand jury in november 1891 en cn the charge that in ill his capacity as an official of the railroad to ad he quoted less than schedule rates fo for r swift seii t a co and other big packers CU n provisions provi siona in transit between chicago and new york the amended in sets forth that the new york I 1 chicago st ft louis railroad hail road company published printed 01 reua for or the transportation of passengers and freight breight over its ita lines these stated the places between which vass passengers eDgers and freights hta would be carri carried edthe the clarification of freight and the terminal clay clauges cl arnea A copy of kuch fuch sebe schedule dule was deposited with wilh the inter corn com merce commission that the now new york chicago st louis railroad had entered into a construct con with other roads for the continuous carriage of passengers and freight between chicago and now new york ci city t thata that a joint tariff of rates was agre agreed 7 noon don between theeo Com companies pallies and that this was waa also published and a cop 7 filed with the commission alas rate for salted meats and Is lard rd in barrels barrel sl in car load lots was 30 acte per hundred pounds from chicago to new york continuing it says that george B SPAM Sp employed by the company and for it as agent did unlawfully sud willfully permit the transportation irom from chicago to new york ol oi r ronnda ands of salted baited meats and pounds of lard ra iu carr car load lots I 1 the property ol 01 swift A co at the rate oi of 27 cis per hundred pounds this the indictment charges was a lo 10 lower w or rate than the railroad demanded of other ship chilers errs of like goods from chicago to new york |