Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-25
THAT COTTON SEED TRUST
THAT ArroRNEy-cr crl-
nERsoN SAYS EXISTS,


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waco Sept. 2f.--The injunction grant
ed by judge Scott in the suit nied nv
Attorney General culberaon TO dissolve
the alleged cotton seed trust has no,
yet oeen served on any OF the defend
ants The latter are so numerous that
~ was resolved to cause copies of tho
citation to be printed for service on
.ne defendants. There was no change
IN the price OF cotton seed last week
lhe price remaining at $500 per ton.
Today, however, $500 has been or.roa
me local cotton seed mill men say that
'here has never been any trust and thar
even the recommendation OF 500 per
ION by the Galveston meeting has new
er oeen carried out. The suit Is STYLED
state OF Texas VS., the Brueeynla cot.
Ton seed oil Co, ct al. The nat,,ior
reeltes the defendants 10 be The Tayas
Cotton Seed Crushers association
inisa'ory legal nondescrIpt whose prln-
eipai otlee and place OF business is IN
'ne city OF Waco OF which d. pabnev
OF fannin county is president. and ths
toHowing compose the executive com
nittee' IL. L. Scales. Navarro connt,,.
~ II. Council. Erath county, @
Dugy' BeXar county; f.. NJ. Talnferro
iarfis county; J, S. Heard, Collin coun-
~ Also named as defendants are the
eish'y private corporations chartered
uhuer the laws OF the state OF Toxins
SITUATED In and doing business In VA.
rious cities and towns In Toxins ais, ,ha
consumers Cotton on Co = fn,.t,,,
e,5ylporHtion whose principal Office ma
pave OF doing business is Waco NJ
bslnr ~, county, Texas, Ed c. Tally
tionsi IN piInclpal agent, and the Ma
Will VI CO., foreign corporation
whose principal office Is Houston H.
~ county, Texas G. II, Street ~ tin,,,
vi peing Its principal agent. eacb o,
nani iorsisn corporations doing busi.
,ivss IN me state OF Texas, bv virt,c a.
u,Taloii'y from said state OF Texas
ne petition Is very lengthy The
principal allegations ana nbrs.ns ,''e
ing as shown by the following excsrn,.
haue from the petition Itself NOV, ~,
service. Ve printed Tor
Plaintiff alleges and charges tho,
each ana all OF the the persons nnd
corporations named herein defendnnts
Sns tuGether and with each other.
Doth IN personal and IN a representa-,
i've capacity. by their own personai
eHefuon and through their agents. en-.
Ployes, etc, have formed an unIau,ftI
ana powerful trust. pool and copspira.
cy' Tor the purpose OF absolutely ia
stroying and prohibiting compeiitlnn
III the purchase and sale OF cotton seed
aha cotton seed products In the state.
and for the purpose OF greatly rcduc-
lnE the marker nFlaa ~ 4
the state below the actual value thcre-
OF, and thereby greatly depressing the
toiling thousands for the purpose OF i'm
mense profits and gains and great spec.
ulation for the defendants.
Plaintin further alleges that said
trust, combination, pool aud conspiracy
Is In all things being executed and
carried out and its vast magnitude
covers every portion OF the state
Thc SAID Texas Cotton Seed Crushing
organisation was organized by the de-
PENDANT corporation on or about the
10th of May. 1894, in the city OF Waco,
AT which time more than sixty corpora
tors subscribed TO the constitution and
bylaws, and the other Defendants sub
scribed soon AFTER.
Premises "a Het forth In the petition |
being considered, the state OF Texas |
brings tho suit to perpetually enioin, |
restrain and prohibit the defendants /
ana caeh OF tnem ana their oiiieors' |
Stc'' from enforcing ana uphpidins or
III any inuhnef carrying out lhe unlaw-
ful ends, aims, objects, etc, Of the |
trust, company and combination alleg-
ca 70 nave peeh formed
aihun also Nlletes mat me COR
iot.'''',iia ia "a, n .'iis
gluse' ,lin,u as go,gins eleh 1harter
ron 'he SUI i, o. l ,,S nave ~ un-
iawiul ne's heteln alleseu Bfpss,y Nl9-
latcd the Jaws OF the stale. ana tnelr
eharter Ism mn prier, ,, ~ ~ at'1 ~, ne
has been and OF right ought to be for
feited, nnnulled ara cuncalicd anu the