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Show MEAT PACKERS TO FACE JURY Ten Leaders in Chicago Meat Packing Industry to Appear in Price Investigation. MAY BE PROSECUTIONS Federal Action Will Be Taken If Evidence Proves Conspiracy Con-spiracy to Raise Prices. Chicago. Aug. 18. Ten leaders In Mi- Chicago meat packing industry Will be subpoenaed today to appear before the federal grand jury investigating inves-tigating the rect ni Im reases In meat prices Tlie subpoenaes were placed in the hands or marshals this morning and the witnesses probably will appear ap-pear tomorrow, District Attorney James H Will; erson said today that from evident e Obtained It appeared to him thai 8 Conspiracy had been planned among packers and others and that n it is substantiated bj sufficient additional evidence criminal prosecutions will be ordered. From what I have learned so far it appears to me that when the war started the packers had three weeks' supply of meats In their coolers and that they advised farmers and shippers ship-pers to hold their products for a time," said Mr Wilkerson "If that were actually done, It was a conspir acy, without any question, to advance the prices without due cause. With that supply on hand there was no danger the packers would find a Bhortened supply and if they really told farmers to hang on to their cattle, cat-tle, It can be shown that it was nothing noth-ing more nor less than a plan to increase in-crease prices on the pretext that the war had struck a blow on this country." |