Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-03-06 | Page 2 | Packer Probe Waits for Court's Decision

PACKER PROBE WAITS FOB COURT'S DECiil t Adjournment Taken Pending Pend-ing Opinion on Securing Documentary Evidence. CHICAGO, March 5. After delying today to-day into correspondence relating' to the activities of A. K. Dericqles of Denver, a livestock man who. from an opponent of the big packers, developed into their advocate, ad-vocate, the federal trade commission's investigation into the packing house industry in-dustry adjourned for a few days. The next session, Francis J. Heney, counsel for the commission, announced, would be held after the United States circuit court of appeals had ruled on the ' appeal of Henry Veeder, counsel for Swift & Co., who is set-kin sr to prevent the commission from taking possession of papers and documents taken from a vault in nis private office under a search warrant. war-rant. Argument on the Vetvler appeal Is set for tomorrow. The correspondence introduced tolay consisted of leiters from, to and concerning con-cerning Mr. T'erieqies. In them were appeals for contributions to Bov Srouts of Denver; statements of the views of Mr. Dericq'es on the packing house si t-uation; t-uation; friendly recommendation of Mr. Dericqles by J. O. Armour to the National Na-tional City hank of New York, and a statement concerning the prosperity of the Denver man's livestock and loan business. busi-ness. The Derioqlc-s correspondence, Mr. i Heney s;tid, was introu i- el to throw , htrnt on the transformation of a packer's Opponent Into a packer's friend.