Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1893-05-27
WHISKY TRUST.
The Status di the Case in the
Chicago Court.
PROCEEDINGS PREss CONGRESS

Chicago, May %. Tho petition upor
which To days proceedings in the whisk,
trust litigation 10 based eets forth tha,
the corporation has no existence undel
the laws OF the state. II gives The HE
tory VI the organization ot the conoern
showing that II has been operated Ia
such manner that 70 has sysded the
law sod usurped powers not legally oon.
ferred upon IL. The petitioner alleges
that the concorr EXERCISES such power Of
con,rol over the output OF d,stillery pro-
ducts and over dealers 10 10 destroy oil
competition In their manufacture and
sale. That IL has exceeded its tranchis,
10 acquiring the whole property and right
ot certain distilleries and closing them,
thus destroying all divcrsity Of compe
htion between them aud the dist,leries
operated by the trust. by means Of u
rebate system II 10 alleged the COMPANY
10 enabled to bring under its control
every dealer who becomes u patron VI II
snd thus force him TO give the com psny
his exclusive trade, thus enabling II TO
dictate prices to consumers at pleasure.
The trust was organized In this city May
lO 1887, and was composed OF the follow
ing firms and liquor dealers: The Chi
eagp Dlstllling company, with . capital
Of $1,000; the Woolnsr Broe.' Distilline
company of Peoria, with u capital OF
tED,OOO; the Great Western DistiIling
company OF Peoria, with a capital ot
tl0l,DO; the Monarch Distilllng COM
pany of Peoria. with q capital Of ESQ 600;
the Peoria Distillirg company, capital,
elOO,OO0, Mil Greek DiStiluns company
Of Cinc,nnsti, tue Ma III, Hobart 4 c..
Of Cincinnati, George X. Duck worth
company Of Cincianati, aud the Mound
CITY D'stilling company of 81. Louis. by
agreement the trust thus created was
vested in trustees: William A. Hobart,
George X. Duck kworth, Lewis n. Green,
Peter j. Hsnpessy, Alfred Bevis, John B.
Gr~enhut, Warren II. Corning. Adoplh
". Woolner and John II. Francis. Ger.
hhcates were ,ssued 10 sl,ow the interest
|oi each Ia the trust. Each subscriber
transferred absolutely To the trustees oil
the stock he held IN the above corpora.
hons. One year after the trust Was OF.
|ssnlzsd It had absorbed 81 additional
|eOmpsnies. The petitioner alleges that
|sbe trust has secured tho ownership or
control OF every distillery 10 the United
States north Of line run IN the latitude
|of the Ohio river, and that 1t produces or
foontrols o5 per cent Of the entire product.
Thai since the company was organized
has been the same ss that followed by
Phs DIstlllers' aud Cattle Feeders trust,
Hhlch was the original form of the or.
faniz,tion before Il vas Incorporated un.
Jet the laws OF Illinois. The system OF
s6ste ls explained In the petition to
|hov the court its pernicious effect.
When a purchase 10 made OF the company
voucher accompanies the bill on which |
las purchaser can obtain rebate of sev.
70 cents q gallon, provided he dssls With |
|hs company for the next six months, At
DO end Of which time the rebate will 10
Paad over. II, however. he buys from
oms one Uoiaide the trust, the rebate is
ss. Ia his petition the attorney gen.
ral se,s forth As specific sotx Of violation
the franchises Of the company the
oslug Of the following distillsriee: The |
Prm' 'ngham, the Milisr, the National,
ps Y. II. RICE, the Chicago Northwestern,
lnd the Ph@uix. BY closing thses con-
sfns II has violated the Law OF the state,
It operates as prevention snd de-
'ruct'op OF competition. The unlawful
surpation Of power by the company In
be malntAinauce OF monopoly 10 the
rcducIion and sale Of distilisry produ ste
a. 1t Is alleged, worked an injury 10 the
sople OF Cox county, the state OF Illi-
o's, and OF the United States.