The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-01-22
rs NOT A TRUST OR COMBINE.
The Virginia. Carolina Company
Denies the Jurisdiction of the
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The VirgintasC Carolina Company
Denies the Jurisdiction of the
Court.
The complaint Of the Attorney Gen
eral against the Virginia. Carolina Chem.
icsl Company has been filed and pub
lished, and In wer thereto the
defendant company has stated lis side
of the question involved, claiming that
they have invested money in this State
IN good faith and now ask protection
under the laws of the State.
1t is c%ontendod that the is
not q trust or combination, nor is 1t
against the policy Of the State that
prices on manufactured and crude ma.
terial have not been raised by the COM.
pany, and that there is nothing prejudi
cial to the best interests of the State or
It's people in the company.
The answer Is short and sets forth
fully the contention Of the Virginia
Carolina Company. 1t reads as follows:
The defendant. the Virginia. al olir
Chemical Company, most respectfully
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Of the petition and bond for removal
herein, been du y removed to tho United
States Circuit Court for the Eastern dis.
trict Of South Carolina, and tina this
Honorable Cour has no further iurisdic.
ton thereof; and this defendant in no
wise admitting the jurisdiction Of this
Honorable Court, but protesting against
the same n answering herein because
OF the proper respect due to this Honor.
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said protest, a judgo that it has jurisdic.
ton of this action, and order that the
ame proceed herein nov this defend
ant, for answer to the complaint and
amended complaint herein alleges
L 1t admits the allegations of the First
Article of the said complaint.
2 1t admits the allegations Of the Sec.
ond Article Of the complaint - saving
and exec Ting it shows and alleges that
under aud in pursuance uf lnu public
laws of the State of South Carolina. ii
located and carried on business within
the State Of South Carolina, as to such
part of its business as was properly to b.
transacted therein long prior to the I'd
day % January 1900 and further alleges
that under its charter and the laws OF
the State of New jersey it is empowered
to purchase, acquire, and hold stock
in other corporations, domestic and
foreign.
The answer proceeds to "admit the
allegations of the Third, Fourth, Fifth
n Sixth Articles of said complaint
z. 1t is informed and believes the
allegations OF the Seventh Article to bt
true.
8 1t Is informed and believes III,
allegations of the Eighth Article To b,
true.
8 1t admits tho allegations Of the
Ninth Article OF tho complaint.
10. In answer to the allegations oftbt
tenth article Of the complaint his dc
ehdant admits the passage by the Gen
eral Assembly Of the State of ScuLl
Carolina OF the Acts therein referred To
but shows that tho same are but partly
in said article set forth and alleged, ant
prays reference by this honorable Court
to the said Acts in full for their pro,
visions.
II, 1t admits go much Of Article ii OF
said complaint as may be held to al ego
that all the defendants in the said com
plant were anterior to the time and
date of tho sale and transfer of tho
respective properties thcI chatter men
toned engaged in the manufacture and
sale Of fertiliZ rs in south Carolina, and
denies all Other allegations in the said
article set forth.
II 1t denies each and every allegation
contained in the twelfth article of the
said complaint.
ID. 1t denies each and every allegation
contained in the thirteenth article OF
said complaint, a and excepting that
this defendant admits the TO
1t upon the respective dates mentioned
in the said thirteenth article of the
property and plant Of the said several
respective fertilizer companies lherein
mentioned for the considerations therein
set forth.
Ia. 1t denies each and every allegation
contained in the fourteenth article of the
said complaint.
10. 1t denies the allegations Of the
fifteenth article of the said complaint,
save that this defendant admits that for
the purpose of supplying necessary raw
materials, to wit, phosphate deposits
containing a sufficient quantity of bone
phosphate of lime, 1t has acquired and
OWLS a certain amount of land phos
phate territory In the y ate Of South Caro-.
lima, but no more Of the same than is
reasonably proper and sufficient to sup
ply the necessary properties OF this dc
PENDANT in the manufacture and output
OF its fertilizers. This defendant ad
mits further that for the purpose of
securing and supplying TO this defendant
or That ingredient in the manufacturing
of complete fertilizers known as nitro
gen.. which Is the most necessary and
essential ingredient therein, it acquired
a large amount Of the capital stock OF
the Southern Cotton Oil Company that
the said Southern Cotton Oil Company
Is not a competitor in any way of this
defendant in the manufacture and sale
of fertilizers. but is simply the purchaser
of cotton seed, wberefrom 1t manufac
lures cotton seed oil and cotton seed oil
products, as well as the cotton seed meal
from which the ingredient of nitrogen
as furnished Is auxi larry and assistant to
the manufacture and sale of complete
fertilizers. and that the procuring OF
said cotton seed meal in like manner az
the procuring OF phosphate rock de
posts Is simply auxiliary and assistant
In the manufacture Uf complete ferti
lizers.
is. This defendant denies the allepa
lions of the sixteen h article of the saio
complaint.
IL. This defendant in answer to the
allegations of Article l7.h of the said
complaint denies the same, except and
save that this defendant admits that
after its creation al d organization, and
the purchase ly ~ vi the plant and pro
perry OF vari us fert,lizur companies
which we're Ly the owners ana ~, OK
holders thereof ,ffered to 1t to pu,caas,
one OF the clements which were so of
fered to be sold to 1t was what is kno WI