The Washington times., 1901-09-08

which cost less than $500 per ton to the
said Government of the United States for
the sum of $3.50 per ton"
1t is further charged that "the said
Carnegie Company, and the said Bethle-
hem Company, who combined and con-
spired to form the said Armor Plate
Trust, conspiracy, or combine, are now
combined in violation of the laws of the
United States into the hands of one COM
Dination. I'D they are the same combina-
ton whit>>Sow controls the United States
Steel Corporation, and that they are still
, monopolizing the trade and commerce in
armor plate, aud still charging the Gov
ernment the aforesaid eXorbitant prices
as result of their being able to monop-
lize the trade and commerce in armor
plate"
cial report for 1891, is given, quoting the
friendly understanding among armor
contractors both in Europe and America
as to the prices to be charged for arm
or. the agreement with each other as
to prices. and the division of the contracts
of tins Government between them, each
bidding lower than the other for one
half of the armor required at any time by
the Government. The acceptance of q
Russian contract for manufacturing arm
or for one ship at the very low price Of
S243 per ton. this armor to be both nickel
ed and Harveyed. and to be delivered in
! Russia, the company agreeing at the same
time to manufacture the armor for two
other ships, If required, at the same price,
afterward did require armor for the
other two ships. and taken altogether. the
armor for the three amounted to about
/ 400 tons.
ton to ''the aforesaid violators," John d.
Rockefeller and others. and the Standard
OH Company, among the managers. direc-
tors, and officers of which are John D.
Rockefeller. II. NJ. Flagler. II. II. Rogers.
John ID. Archbold. William Rockefeller
and others who have combined. contract
ed, and conspired together under the name
OF the Standard Oil Company. the Home
Oil Company. the National Transit Com
pany, and otherwise, to monopolize and
restrain trade and commerce in crude
and refined petroleum and its by-pro-
ducts: the anthracite coal combine and
its members. among whom are the afore-
said j. p. Morgan. William Rockefeller
and others. in anthracite coal: ]. p. Nor
gan q Co. the American agents of Roth
schild. John ID. Rockefeller and William
Rockefeller. also William X. Vanderbilt
James J. Hill, +. II. Hartman. George
J. Gould. Russell Sage. A. ]. Cassatt. and
owners, and their principal stockholders
| directors. and managers and officers, and
certain bankers. including the firm of J.
of New York. Kuhn. Loeb & Co, the
First National Bank of New York, and
the First National Bank of Chicago. and
others. to restrain and moEopolize the
railroad trade and commerce The opin-
ion handed down by Judge Hazel, sitting
in equity, in the case of the Lackawanna
Railroad against sixty-one ticket scalp
ers, Is quoted, in which case the petition
or the railroad company to restrain and
lnhibit the defendant ticket-scalpers
from dealing in Pan-American excursion
tickets. was thrown out of court; his de-
cfsion being that the company was not
entitled to the protection Of the laws. Ii
IS argued that this evidence produced in
Judge Hazers court is ample and sufi-
cient evidence and probable cause on
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proceedings under the statute.
The petitioners allege that numerous
other trusts exist than those mentioned: /:
that evidence of the existence of such
other trusts can be furnished II neces-
sary: that their existence is open and
notorious to the minds of the people OF
the United States; that this other evil
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