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Show CHICAGO PACKERS IftL ADJOURNS CP7ICAGO, Dec. 2. Counsel for tho ton Chicago meat packers charged with combining to control the price of meats In violation. of the Sherman law conclude 1 their 'opening statements state-ments to the Jury today, and United States District Judge George A. Carpenter Car-penter adjourned court until next Tuesday morning. At that time the first witness for the government will take the stand Tho government will present Its case in chronological order. The first witnesses will toll the story of the old packers' pool, which, It is charged, was in existence prior to the organization organ-ization of the National Packing company com-pany In 1902, and which held weekly meetings, at which, the government charges, prices were fixed Later conditions, which led to the formation of the National Packing company will bo detailed, and in concluding con-cluding the case tho government will ondeavor to prove that tho National Packing company was the instrument , the packers used to continue the old pooling arrangement. Throe hundred witnesses will be called by the government, and it is believed that it will take several months to present their testimony. In addition to this a mass cf documentary evidence will be offered by the pros, cutlon. The jury will be closely guarded through the adjournment of court, and the talesmen, all of whom are married, will be obliged to eat their Christmas dinner at a downtown hotel. |