The Beef Trust

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Feb 8, 1906

THE beef trust is in the position of a criminal who escapes punishment because under the provisions of the law in this country he can not be compelled to testify against himself. The whole plea of the beef packers now is that they were promised immunity from prosecution by Commissioner of Corporations Garfield, and that on the strength of this assurance they gave him access to the secrets of their business, and that the evidence so secured is the basis upon which the government is now proceeding against them. This, of course, is a clear admission that there is a trust in the beef business, which has been proceeding in violation of the federal law. The trust apparently cares little about the admission of its guilt if it can escape the penalty of the law.