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Show national trad and commerce. I desire to lmpreaa upon vo t(jRt )f ,H not within the romprtoncv of congress, nor does thp act atlempt to deal with trade or commerce which Js wholly Interstate." After enlarging upon the f.ict Ut congress cannot Interfere wiih commerce com-merce within a state, tho court continued: con-tinued: "Yon will pereer Intent In the pence of ibis offense .hat 1b to say, there must be b conscious purpose on t ho part of the accused to tbrottlo competition by co-oprntlon to that end. Tho law does no concern Itself wlih mere colnrldelce of conduct in the absence of such intent." ) I ACTION ON TRUST CASEXONTINUED Chicago, Jan 4. Judge Kcuesaw M. Landls of the United StateB district dis-trict court, In his charge to the federal fed-eral grand jury assembled today to Investigate In-vestigate the methods of the so-called "beef trust," declared that It was through Informal ion furnished by him that the present proceeding started Judge Jjindis also said that after he had notltled the United States dls-trlct dls-trlct attorney In Chicago, on January 20. he was surprised to see, on January Janu-ary 22, notices in the newspapers, coming ostensibly from Washington, that the government officials there had ordered the Investigation. It was announced, howeer. that action on the "bef trust", invpstlgation would be postponed for a few days until some docket cas8 had been considered consid-ered It was explained that the present Investigation w.ir of such Importance that it would be better If the Jary were given a lltle time In which to familiarize fa-miliarize Itself with the routine of grand jury' procedure before considering consider-ing the evidence to b submitted in the packers' esse.- "Having in mind the duty of the district attorney," said Judge Landls, "I notified thut office on the 20th of the present molth that on your assembling assem-bling here today the court would direct di-rect your attention to the subect of the present investigation. "it is a source of profound regret Mm two days liter there began widespread wide-spread newspaper publication of mat-tor mat-tor purporting to come from Washington, Washing-ton, and expressing the intention and determination of certain government functionaries there, as to those proceedings pro-ceedings and alleging In that connection connec-tion their purpose with respect to certain Individuals residing in thh district. dis-trict. "Without assuming here officially that there Is anything behind the publications pub-lications except journalistic enterprise, I caution you to pay no nttentlon whntever to them, as It will be your dutv conscientiously to refrain from making any disclosures of matters tiansplring in your juryroom. "This Is so for two reasons in the first place, if an Individual Is Indicted, he ought to have the right of trial by a jury taken from an atmosphere that has not ben surcharged with feeling ! against him, and in the second place, i if he Ir not Indicted. It Is not right that It should be published from time to time that evidence showing him guilty of criminal conduct had been preuented to the grand jury. "Various reports of alleged circumstances circum-stances and conditions in connection with moat Industry hsve come to me. While the representations set forth In these complaints, even if true, do not necessarily Imply violation of federal alw, they are of such character a to clearlv showp setaol shrdlu cmfwypb clearly Impose upon the court the duty of directing your attention to them, to the end that the subject may have at your hands the Investigation and consideration Its Importance requires. re-quires. - "The statute declares every contract, con-tract, combination In the form of trusts or otherwise, or conspiracy In restraint of trade or commerce among the several states or with foreign nations, na-tions, to bo illegal, and it is provided that every person who shnll make any such contract or engage In any such combination or conspiracy rr who shall monopolize, or combine or conspire with any other person or persons per-sons to monopolize, any part of suca trade or commerce, shall be declared guilty o a misdemeanor. "While you will observe that by this enactment congress has prescribed the rule of free competition among those engaged In interstate and Inter- |