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Hcfcroclio. Independent SEPTEMBER 71905 r TRUST JMERS SAID TO BE AQ ORGANIZATION At Butchers, Hotel and Restau ' yit Keepers Planning to Build .Packing. Houses in all Large Cities of the Country. ; Chicago, 111., Sept. 5. While the packers of the "beef trust" are ward ing off the attacks of the government ' attorneys as to combination and the - 'conduct of their business, and of the Interstate commerce comission as to private car lines, the wholesale butch ers, hotel men and restauranteurs of the country, as well as other large "con sumers of meat, are secretly organiz , ing Jwith the avowed intention of put ting the big packers put of business, , , i" it is possible. - Already the '.'indepen dents," as they have styled themselves, . have , completed the organization of ,.two big. companies, both of which will open plants In Chicago shortly. ' A ' Organization ,of the two, Chicago companies has been going on in secret for the last six months and when these " plants are in operation it is planned to start the organization' of other plants at points throughout the United States where the "trust" is en trenched. The scenes of the new activ ities of the independents will include Omaha, Kansas City, St. Louis Sioux City and a Texas point not yet de ' cided on; When completed the Chi cago plants will represent an outlay of more than $500,000 each and they will be thoroughly up-to-date in every particular. Railroads are Co-operating The men interested in the nef con cerns say the railroads have privately . given assurances that they will aid the . independents in almost any extent, as they have tired of what they term the packers' manipulation and sometimes , treachery. The two Chicago plants will bel ocated in the stockyards district and are rapidly nearing completion. As ff an indication of how secretly the pro - moters have worked when the new companies the Independent " Packing , -.. v company and the Western Packing and Provision company were formed and the sites for the plants purchased, it , was. given, out that the new industries . . , , were to be, on ;the. manufacturing or der, and the real purpose o fthe ven tures only developed this week Coupled with the announcement of the plans of the Independents comes the statement that a third plant will be erected in . the spring at an outlay of approximately $500,000. The company which is to build it, it is stated, is " ready " to obtain its charter, but will ----- defer action until actual, work on the plant begins. East and West in the Deal It is. further more stated hy the. men i . , . behind the , project that, the far . east , and the far west, is working in conjunction- with the middle' west and that wholesale butchers and hotel and res taurant men in those sections are or ganizing and are prepared to build big . plants similar to those under construe tion . in ' Chicago.' In this K particular it is stated negotiations have been near ly completed for two plants ' in New WT 1 . 1 f. - i 1 ' . 1 X urn, one iu oan r raucisco, ai a cost. .- - of $1,500,000, and ultimately in -every - city in the United . States having , population of more than 150,000. If this plan Is carried out it readily will be : seen what a boon it will be to the stock raisers in Nebraska and the west and south, for it is neddless to say ' ' that the big packers are not going to lie . down and die without a struggle - and the battle that will.be waged will probably be bitter. The" plan in general is to gather into THOUSANDS OF f AIR W0MERI E OF PE-RU-Wfli Catarrh and Catarrhal Diseases Make In valids of More Women Than v All Other Ailments Com bined. hekaliq) ma W0- Suffered Long With Catarrh. Miss Clara Case, 115 9th street, N. W., Washington, D. C, writes: "I can think of no event in my life that fills me with more' gratitude and at the same time a sense of future security, as a cure after long suffering from catarrh,1 brought about by; using Peruna as directed. ' It has completely cured me." Clara Case. ' : Entire System Toned by Pe-rn-na. Miss Mary Bennett, 1619 Addison Aye., Chicago, 111., writes : "A few months ago I contracted a cold by getting my feet wet, and although I used the usual remedies I could not hake it off. ; : : I finally took Peruna. In a week I was better. After several weeks I suc ceeded in ridding myself of any trace of a. cold, and beside the medicine- had toned - tip ? mr system bo'." that I felt splendid." Mary Bennett. Physicians Had Given Dp the Case Now Entirely "WelJ. - Miss Gtertrude Linf ojd, Vice President Par kside Whist Cluh and; teacher - of Whist, 221 Niagara street, Buff alo, N.Y.; writes; ' ' J :;. ' ".."J "Peruna has effectually cured; me after physicians had practically given up my case. '" ? ty-''.---' "For a long time I suffered with ca tarrh of the kidneys, ; had a weakness and pain in the back, lost flesh rapidly, my feet were swollen, my face was puffed under the eyes and I had a waxy sallowness of the skin. . I took Peruna for some time and am entirely well. " I cannot endorse Peruna too strongly." Gertrude Linford. you suffer from catarrh la any form, do not delay. Take Peruna at oace. ' Delays are dangerous: ' f ' Miss Nalley's Story Short, But Inter ' ; esting to Every Woman. Miss Addie Galley, 137 D street, S. Washington, D. C, writes: ' "A cough, the grip, catarrh of the meanest kind all' sorts of remedies, home, patent and prescribed by doctors, and." no relief, that: tells my story, a story of suffering and distress that lasted four years. Thenthre bottles of Peruna catarrh gone, appetite and strength re turneda Happyifwoman, and none m'oite grateful for - the blessing of' health that is what Peruna has done for me." Addie N alley. A reward of $10,000 has been deposited in the Market Exchange Bank, Colum bus, Ohio,' as a guarantee that the above testimonials are genuine ; that we hold & in our possession, authentic letters cer tifying to the same. During many years adrer Using we hare never used a single spnriou testimonial. : a compact organization all of the big customers of the packers? . I That plans are being made to com pete with the big packers on an equal basis is to be found in the fact that the new packing plants are being erected on a gigantic scale and on the same lines as the plants of the trust. Zachary T. 1 Davis, formerly employed by the Armours, is the" architect who has designed most of the buildings so far projected, and the style he has fol lowed is almost an 'exact replica of the model plant of the big packing com panies' in western cities. .The inde pendents, by following this plan will be able ' to ' convert ; all -by-products, lem, aside from railroad rates, which has hitherto confronted them in their attempt to wriggle - out of . the grasp of the combined " packers and ,to com pete with- them. For, the first time, it has occurred . to . the , independent company thath ? they . may . also . manu facture by-products, and in this way be on exactly the . same economical footing for production as the big packers. , V It is expected that many suits at law and legal operation will be involved to stay the independents' use of many modern machines But the independ ent's are planning to fight with the same weapons.: The situation also, it is expected, will affect the labor situa tion, for the high-grade experienced . workmen will be in demand by the independents. . f Teddy," of Course thereby solving their ; one - great prob Please Mentiort'TE JNDEPENbENT When You Write to Advertisers. , Colonel William Verbeck, . of St John's school, at Manlius, N. Y., tells the following story of the closing ex ercises at a Syracuse school: A little girl was asked, Who is the head of our government? 4$fY Roosevelt,t' she replied prompt-; tThat' is right said the tcachefX "but what is hi official title?" "Teddy!" responded the little miss; ' proudly.