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Federal suit filed to break meat packers monopoly
Attorney General Knox and District Attorney Bethea file a Sherman anti trust injunction in Chicago to dissolve a alleged giant conspiracy among Swift Cudahy Armour Hammond and related firms. The party seeks to restrain bidding practices price fixing and rebates in livestock and fresh meats trade across multiple states and territories. A temporary injunction hearing is set for May 20 before Judge Gressup.
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Chicago
PP. C. Knox
H. Bethea
Federal Circuit Court
United States
Bethea
Gresscup
United States of America
C. H. _ Bethea
Illinois
Philander C. Knox
Swift & Co
Cudahy Packing Company
Hammond Packing Company
Armour & Co
Armour Packing Company
G. H. Hammond Packing Company
Schwartzchild & Sulzberger
New Jersey
Michigan
New York
Nelson Morris
Edward Morris & Co
Ing
Chicago, Ill
East St. Louis
South St. Joseph
J. Ogden Armour
Patrice A. Valentine
Calvin M. Favorite
Arthur Meeker
Thomas J. Connors
Charles F. Langdon
Michael Cudahy
Edward A. Cudahy
Patrick Cudahy
Alfred F. Borchert
Gustavus F. Swift
Louis F. Swift
Lawrence Carton
D. Edwin Hartwell
Jesse P. Lyman
Frank E. Vogel
Louis Pfaelzer
William Russell
Albert H. Veeder
Henry Veeder
Edward C. Swift
Massachusetts
Boston
Ferdinand Sulzberger
W. H. Noyes
District of Columbia
Congress
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