Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1912 — WILL ACCEPT SCHEME [ARTICLE]

WILL ACCEPT SCHEME

BEEF TRUST’S PLAN TO DISSOLVE IS SATISFACTORY. Department of Justice Will Drop th* Prosecution Following Conclusion of Agreement. Washington, July 23.—The department of justice will accept the plan of voluntary dissolution submitted by the beef trust last Saturday and will drop further prosecutions. This much was practically admitted by Attorney General Wickersham on bis return from New York, where he has been for several days. “I know nothing of the plan of dissolution other than what I have read in the newspapers,” said the attorney general. "It looks as if the packers had at last decided to throw up the sponge and surrender.”

The newspaper articles which Attorney General Wickersham read included the statement issued by United States District Attorney Wilkerson of Chicago and the outline of the plan was official. It is understood that the only thing which can prevent an agreement between the department and the packers is for the complete plan of dissolution, to be submitted in a day or two, to differ from the outline already presented.' ‘Mr. Wilkerson and the other government attorneys who handled the matter are so familiar with the situation that I do not expect to do anything but approve their recommendations,” said the attorney general. In making public his statement Saturday. Dlstrfct Attorney Wilkerson said it "was up to Washington.” His recommendations will not be submitted until after the complete plan of dissolution has been presented by the attorneys for the packers.