Show PACKERS MUST I PAY FINES BIO FINES Four Chicago Meat Companies Assessed Each RAILROADS RAILROADS- FINED ALSO ton Kail road l Pa S s for fur Giving Concessions sins it to Packers and amul all Latter r for fm Accepting Ian Kansas n CI City Mo 0 Juno 23 EIghty 23 Eighty Eighty- five thousand dollars dolar In fines were Im Imposed Jn- Jn un- un posed lit lir the lie federal court t to b lUIt today a by Ju Judge ge son McPherson upon corporations and amid persons found guilty gully of violating the thus antl rebato ant clause clauso of the time Elkins bill bi In addition two men were ere sentenced sentenced sentenced sent sent- to 0 jail jal respectively for Cor four and amid three months The penalties are aro as follows Coo s' Swift Co Cudahy Packing company compan The Tho Armour Pocking Packing company H 1 15 5 Nelson es n Morris Co Chicago o. o Burlington QuIncy rail rail- ral- ral wa way George e I I. I L. L Thomas of New York YorkI was as fluted fined and amid sentenced to four rO months In iii tho the I penitentiary L L. L U. U Taggart of oC New York was lined and sentenced to three months In Iii the penitentiary A 4 line of as assessed e sell against the lie Burlington covered all al four Com counts the lie te amount of the lie h In Inthe the tho lie seV seven n cases totaling I IJu Previous to pronouncing sentence Ju Judge se McPherson hearth heard motions for now trials and amid overruled them After ACel the they had hall been heen o overruled d Judge Spencer coun counsel el for fo tho ho Burlington DurIngton Bur Dur- lington Ington company made malle an appeal for mercy and referred to the lie disturbed condition of tho the public lUbliC mind and statements emanating from front the lie department do- do of Justice Judge J son semi in rea reading ln his sentence said sid no noone ono one hated a demagogue o ue more than he lie did dill and amid It Jt was wn his greatest desire to lo tobe tobe be absolutely just lie He pointed out that the testimony In Its the he Thomas and Taggart a galt cases cM showed that Kan Kansas s City firms received 8 In rebates In lii three or four years jears ears He lie le went over In detail dwelling particularly par par- each case casC great upon lon the lie manner manlier in iq if which rebates were wese paid In currency curi h by messenger messenger mes mes- or oi In iii plain envelopes and how unit firms receiving them did not enter them hem upon pon their books l all nI concerned ii by their secrecy practically confessing confess confess- ing lug thou their l knowledge or of deliberate guilt guilt vl bt b 11 the lIt J the O lie b mAUC ld COI t Ii tf one C In Iii t me flit the the lie for Cor appeal appeal ap ap- ap- ap pea peal could be bi completed Appeal bonds bond for the lie Burlington and amid each cacti of oC the he packers was fixed at at 10 and arid anti and for each Thomas Taggart 0 Rebate Itt Cases 1 The Tho appearance in Jut the tho Federal court hc here re today tOllay for or sentence of or the he representatives rehire rehire- of four foU meat packing com com- panics cs one railway and anti two tWi individual of oC vio violating io defendants recently i convicted con 10 hating lating the Elkins law ia marked tIme the end of the hue rebate cases to lo be he tried at t this isis term of oC court COUt One other case that o of the lie Chicago Chiago Alton Alon and amid two o of Its officers has been heen set re for Cor trial In Imi September The he indictments upon which the lie various defendants were tvete tried were returned In Kansas City by hy the grand jury on Dee Dec 13 1905 for tor the lie have been hocus handled The cases ha e government h by A A. S S. Van bur burgh h the lie district attorney and auth his assistant I Leslie esle Ino Lynos while th the lie de- de have beers been een represented by some sonic of oC tho he ablest st counsel In Iii the lie West Of tho Ito eleven cleven cases caes es brou brought hl u up imp at this term seven ono one defendant was acquitted an and three cases were cle dismissed sell cd George Georgo L L. Thomas of Now New York city a n freight broker find and his chief clerk I L. L B. B Taggart whoso whose case wo was the lie first to 0 ho bo tried were convicted of securing rebates from Crom railways on shipments from Crom New York to lo St St. Louis and amid Kam Kansas as CI City dry goods concerns At their trial ti-lal several prominent merchants mer nier- ther chants who admitted they lucy had signed contracts with wih Thomas Thoma testified lo to re receiving le- le me- me at al various limes trues sums of money moncy from mysterious sources sources- Maui Many lany thousands thousands ands aunis of oC dollars were tItus thus r received i an ansome and amid some of lie tho witnesses admitted the lie likelihood of or it I having come from Thomas The The penally i provided ed Is aline a alino line lino of not nol less les than unit 1000 nor more InC than 01 or imprisonment In imi the lie for not more moro than Luau two penitentiary years cars or both fn line and Imprisonment X Nothing ot hill l III t Cr Cro I George II I Crosby former fornier assistant freight traffic manager o of the time Chicago Burlington ton railroad who was charged ed with conspiring conspiring with Thomas an and amid Taggart lo to pay lY concessions was wa discharged by Judge McPherson The court sustained a demurrer presented by Judge O O. M. M II r. r Spencer of St St. Joseph solicitor of tho lie railway who general genell contended that thai no l e evidence ence had lund been presented to connect Crosby with th the lie alleged conspiracy The Tho Armour Packing company compan Swift Co Cudahy Co and the lie Nelson elson Morris ris Pack Packing I ug corn company compan pa flY were tried tid the tho lie charge chargo of ani amid convicted con on accepting concessions from frol the lie Burlington lur- lur Bur with connection lington railroad In wih InGton packing house the he connecting lines linos Inus on out products for export la Ia la Now ow York The Thu Burlington ton Railroad company was ivas convicted on omi four foul our counts o of grantIng gratIng grant grant- grat- grat Ing log concessions to the thc he packing companies companies com corn panics of Armour Swift Cudahy and amid Nelon- Nelon Nelson The Thc penal penally provided in iii the lie e case e of tho ho puckers packers and the Burlington Involves a line of from roust 1000 lo to OOOO on out each count but not miot Imprisonment Time Tho he cases of tho lie Chicago o Milwaukee eo St. St Paul and amid the lie Chicago Alton Alon Sf railway companies and H. H I D D. Kresl a fr freight brol broker r of Kan Kansas Kanas s 's CI City charged ed cit with conspiring to secure concessions conces conces- wih omit from these thele railways were WIC dismissed this dis ls- ls missed upon the lie suggestion of oC District Attorney Van ami who stated that lint ho lie believed ed bele the railroads hall had In lii this tills case caso been Imposed upon As the c ease case o against again Kresky Kresl was upon that against the railways It was useless to lo try ty him Sonic Some SOle IS CI-IS Cases Continued In tho hue caso of the Chicago Alton G Continued on eu 01 Pu Page c Two 1 0 I 1 PACKERS MUST i l 11 i PAY BIG FINES Continued tin Two TA and anil J. J N. N Hallway company Hal a F. F I A A. Its Is former vice president an and Us its former assistant manager man 01 Is conce concessions con con- ager agel charged with wih having given give I en cessions ce to the Sch Sul e- e berger Packing company the lie defend defendants ants set up Ul a plea of Immunity upon tho the some of thou their em em- loy ground s had testified before a a federal th the grand giand jury nt ot Chicago o concerning same tran transactions for which the they later Inter Intel were vei Indicted at al Kansas City Juc Judge McPherson ol sustained the go governments demurrer r emun-r to this plea but continued when the cases over o until next fall fhi foi unU the similar case casc at Chicago probably will vill have h been 1001 en disposed of This Alton Alon 1 lu e CM case is distinct from that In which concerned Kresky was Judge u Makes Statement ju Judge McPherson made male n a statement Je of or the cases before passing assing Judgment in tw which he lie reviewed the time various charges and amid evi evidence brought out fit nt tho time trial Jn tho the case of the thc four COlI n convicted of r- r ru- ru packing lacking companies concessions in accepting a rue rate of 23 3 cents a hundred pounds Hounds on export ex CX- lX port shipments shipment from rein the Burlington road to together ether with wih connecting lines between cn the Mississippi river rl er and amI Nov Nev York when the tIme published tariff was wasi 35 cents cent anti and nul the lie case of or the tho hurling Burling Burlington i ton railroad convicted of oC granting these concessions he said ahl r I state these facts In writing ling to totT statement statement state state- try and correct the lie tT Itis It Itis t ment that t these ce are arc rebate cases is not so o. o it Ills Is Is a case casc of unlawful concession con CoU- CoU cession after Au Aug 6 6 at a rate rte of or 12 1 cents less les than shown show shown h by the tariffs then on file me at Washington a n at nt t f nt nf 1 if 10 r to io 23 3 cents lh the v u then lieu lawful and antI dul duly established ra rate te He Hc continued When hen the lit Clover Clovel Leaf Loaf increased a the lie rate rale Aug C G to 35 cents cent the Lehigh Valley rte and oth other connecting lines lne Inthe Inthe in inthe that Isto isto Is Isto the East filed l concurrences Oe agreed to to say sy tho the eastern castern lines such Increase And In iii the tho trial of or time the packinghouse packinghouse packinghouse packing packing- the agreed statement of house cases facts recited that the Burlington company company com corn pany agreed to such increase In Jim the Burlington case It I refused to sign this luls statement So that like must be en en- man many other crimes two d. d Or 01 tt to state re it It I. I If Ir one Is guilty guly the thie other is Is If It J the tho carrier makes the concession concesion It I Is guilty an anIf and the time conc concession If it- the tho shipper accepts It is guJ guilty of 1 lj Is l And the only difference in the evidence evi evl- dence of tho lie cases cae Is s. s tho lie shippers agreed that lint the Burlington Is a a. 1 party parly to the time Increase of rates rales flIed filed by the time Aug 0 ii The Time truth Is that lint linthe the tho Burlington did dil not file a con concur concurrence ur- ur rence with iti the tho commission increasing the lie rate over O Cl the Cloverleaf and amid Hul eastern eastern east east- ern connections connecting with wih the Cloverleaf And as a t tg that lint contention the thu Burlington Is right But It Is a contention of oC no 10 possible Importance This is so fO because tin tim tJ the time same samne or 01 0 following day ay the hue Burlington filed 1 with wih ti the Interstate commerce commission com corn ml mission lon a rate of or 35 cents from the lie Mississippi river to New York And AmI on and after aCer that date no one of or orthe the lie public could coul ship slut from that river to New York for fO loss than 35 cents anti anil ant lit lt It was the time same whether the shIp shIp- i jn mt l went ll east cast from St. St StLouis Louls ouis ov over o CI i. i I It t t the lid J 0 or or northwest over O the time Burlington or I other points on the tIm on lines Jnes at al the Mississippi river Anti And the lie contention that lint tho the Burington Bur Bur- ington hington did not hot file a concurrence to tolie the lie new and amI Increased tariff rate of he the Is of no Importance for another reason roson namely Tho Burlington Bur lur- lur lington after Aug ug 6 6 did turn the freight prepaid over to the Cloverleaf an and in 11 tho the language of the law ia participated in an any rates so fe filed or published So that on and anc after Aug G C fi all al shippers of or like le products of or like Iko classification classi classi- were co compelled U f p pay 35 cents while tho the four fOUl packing houses got their goods gools through at 23 cents cents It I is my opinion the tle contract of or June Junc 17 was of or doubtful validity allty when made tumid and nd after A Aug ug 7 was vas a device device de vice within the meaning of or the law or Of so much of or th the tho case e I am an not Inthe in inthe inthe the slightest doubt douht Whether the statute covers export shipments js a more serious question queston Like man many other questions there Is no rio way of or concluding the question ex- ex decision lon of or the thc highest court courto cent cOlL by u 1 lan V o of the With Verdict lh paid mid that he lie wis was Judge T in-ft in In Inthe inthe Ml that lint the verdicts persuaded f f full ful hon house c cas cases and amid tho tile case the Ep he lie right ore nrc of the lie I nrC said ld W of assessed the ue hues against t nil all al at the same Rane sum There here t Jam ho he hC said Mid were nil all ni in this scheme chenie me with a ll all pUrPOSe of e. e the Ow Thomas rhomas tind In iii In sp peal Judge McPherson said m cases c u cs Judg evident had been ad adduced to toi that hn J A. A Barton Dalton for fou the Hie lie i that lint George Gcorge firm shuw Barl n Brothers wholesale of IK firm and dealers had received ell recel hoc all hal various various' lar large c Sums sums 0 of or money from rom lii defendant hf h the through r tJ continued time tho court Not on onlY so lw following named concerns but the received th the sums stated from rom time the railways l Money Went lt Barton Brothers 82 20 Robert nobert Keith larton Furniture company Kansas lamsus Bird Thayel Emery City Dry Dry Goods company Burnham Burn- Burn Goods coin coin- om Dry Hanna Munger ham 4 pan pany Dry Goods company I IO 0 nAR F. F P. P hlen Shoe company 1 1000 ono I So that lint al ns as aM can an ho withered with galt- ath- ath nearly nurl defendants defend defend- ered fr from ni time the evidence the tIl erel their services ser sei- cr- cr ants after deducting for CO own on o n railways rail rall- received from flom vices Ices from mon money rai- rai ways paid to the tIme concerns named within four Cour years as RR rebates the thC enormous enor enor- sum suni of oC And the tIme evidence evi evl- deuce dence mOls fairly shows hero thero ther were ere le other rebates paid and by themI them hem I assume nil all nI these concerns wl will willbe willbe for tor receiving be proceeded led these unlawful rebates which can bedone bo be boone done one either by Indictment or Information mation as ns the thc last vestige of the he plea pica of Immunity for fOJ corporations has been wiped l out h by the decision of the lie Su Su- Su promo premo court o of tho the United States of or March 12 12 1906 In Iii the lie case of or Hale Hales vs s |