The age-herald., 1902-05-11

near many of the markets for such fresh meats throughout the said several states and territories and the District of Co., lumbia to arbitrarily make and impose uniform charges of carriage for the deliv- cry upon making sales to dealers and consumers in those markets of the meats shipped to them through the said agents by the said defendants, respectively, from their said several points of preparation of the same, when no such charges have been or are customary in such trade and commerce or would be made but for said combination and conspiracy, thereby increasing the charges for such meats to said dealers and consum CTS in such mar kets and preventing the purchase of the same by those who are unable or unwill- ing to pay more than the price of the meats themselves without such addition al charge which said combination Is also in restraint of such trade and commerce aforesaid.
 Tenth-That notwithstanding the com mon cal r!ers by railroads subject to the provlsoins of the laws of the United States for the regulation of commerce have established and published, and dc now and will establish and publish, re- spectively, the schedules of rates, fares and charges for the transportation of live stock to the places of it's conversion
 
 transportation of such meats as afore- said and notwithstanding such rates were, and are, and will be the only lawful rates for the transportation as aforesaid of such articles the said defendants in- teIldlng thereby to monopolize and at temr. to monopolize the commerce afore- said and prevent com petition therein, have all and each engaged in and will continue arrangements and agreements with divers officers and agents of such common carriers, whereby said defend- ants were to receive and have received, and will continue to receive by means of rebates and other devices unlawful rates for such transportation much less than the said lawful rates and were to ex- cIusively enjoy and share said unlawful advantage to the exclusion of competitions and would be competitors and the general public and have accordingly so enjoyed and shared them, and will. unless re- strained by this honorable court, continue to do so. and by force of the consaquent inability of competit DTS and would De competitors to engage or continue Tn such commerce without ruinous loss, have monopolized and are monopolising anu VIII continue to monopolize the said com m cree and have attempted and are at' tempting, and will attempt to monopolize such commerce in the live stock and fresh meats among the states and territories and the District of Columbia and with foreign countries; which scheme to mon opolize is also a combination and con- spiracy in restraint of trade and com merce among the states and territories and the District of Columbia and with foreign countries.
 Combine With Railroads.
 Eleyenth-That the said defendants now are, and for years past have been, in combination and conspiracy with each other and with the railroad companies and others, to complainant unknown, to obtain monopoly of the supply and dis tributisn of fresh meats throughout the United States and it's territories and shipments thereof to foreign countries.
 To that end the defendants do and will artifcially restrain such commerce and put in force abnormal. unreasonable and arbitrary regulations for the conduct Of their own and each others business ar fecting the same from the shipment of the live stock from the plains to the final distribution of the meats to the con- surner, all to the manifest injury of the people of the United States and in def- ance of law.
 Wherefore, may 1t please your honors to forthwith grant a writ of injunction directed to the said defendants, their agents, attorneys and all other persons acting or claiming or assuming to act, under their authority, or that of any Of them. perpetually enJoining them, and each of them, and each of their agents, attorneys and the other persons afore- said from continuing each and any of the unlawful proceedings aforesaid. and from attemptirg to monopolize, in the manner aforesaid or in any other manner, and by any other means and devices, the commerce aforesaid, or any part thereof, or any part of the trade or commerce amohg the states and territories and the District of Columbia, and with foreign nations, and especially from refraining and instructing their respective purchas- ing agents to refrain from bidding against each other except perfunctorily and with out good faith in making purchases of live stock, and from inducing each other to so refrain, and from engaging in any combination or conspiracy, understanding or arrangement for the purpose of bring ing about such refraining from competi- tive bidding, and from bidding up the prices of live stock at the stock yards and open markets higher than the state of the trade will warrant, and from ar bitrarily raising. lowering, fixing and maintaining prices of their and each oth-