| Show from the chicago To nov NOT 6 when alien commissioner garfield went to the chicago packers and naked asked permission to inspect their books the condition was made that no informs orpia tion he might obtain would to te used la in ourt court proceed proceedings inis against them mr air garfield gave tills this pledge it is stated instated and the packers allowed him to stud their business in all its ita details from the inside now it Is announce announced tle the results of ills his study have been turned over to the government department of justice to be ba employed in legal prosecution ol of the packers commissioner Gar flold would not have ventured to gle ghe the pledge that was demanded liy by the packers without instructions from froin washington Alis hington he pledged not hla his own woid but the gohei government ament a it Is not his good faith but the governments that la Is in ques uon now the journal To has no concern tor for the fiol 1 iii 4 except Q pa jas p a they are cit izonA of if it con bo be ed that they are guilty of engaging in a con in restraint of trade ought to be punished hed but their guilt if they are guilty roust must be fairly proved they must ce be given a square deal since the government has haa elevated its vision to such ouch a hight as to over the nest ol of defiant criminal trusts in new jorsey jersey almost within the bladow ot of the capitol dome in order to fasten itself a thousand thou band miles away upon chicago ChI calso the government go eminent and the cannot bo be too careful to avoid suspicion that they are more anxious to prosecute offend era than offenders in the east some of the methods already ero em lloyed la in this case hae baie not been par distinguished for decency when the government breaks into a man 3 house an kiil steals his bla private pa pera when it drags the wives of pack pach In ing ghouse house employed emp loyes into court and puts them under heavy bonds it la Is hardly dignified not to say honorable nor lor even respectable |
