The Washington times., 1902-05-11

less tnan IL would bring in the regular
way OF trade II such combination and con.
spiracy were not so engaged in and con.
tinued; and have been and are now from
time to time through their said agents Sc
fraudulently bidding UP the prices Of such
stock, and will. unless restrained by this
honorable court. continue to do so: which
SAID combination and conspiracy last
! aforesaid Is also one in restraint of trade
and commerce among the several States
and Territories of the said United States
and the District OF Columbia and with
/ foreign countries.
Prices Arbitrarily Fixed.
Eighth-That the said defendants in vim
iation of the provisions of the act of Con-
gress of the said United States, approved
July 2. 1890, entitled IAN act to protect
trade and commerce against unlawful re-
straints and monopoIies. land in order to
restrain and destroy competition among
themselves as to such trade and commerce
and monopolize such trade and commerce,
nave engaged in and intend to continue
an unlawful combination and conspiracy
TO arbitrarily from time to time raise
lower. and fix prices, and to maintain
uniform prices at which they will sell.
directly or through their respective
agents, such fresh meats to dealers and
consumers throughout the said States and
Territories, and the District of Column
bia and foreign countries; and that the
arbitrary raising, lowering and fixing, and
maintaining of such prices in pursuance
OF the said combination and conspiracy
is being and is to be effected through
the action of divers of their agents and
attorneys to your petitioner unknown, in
secretly holding periodical meetings at
some place or places to your petitioner
unknown, and there agreeing upon the
prices TO be adopted by the said defend
ants, respectively, in such trade and COM
merce TO be enforced by them until at a
subsequent meeting, the same may be
changed which said prices are notified by
letters and kilograms in plain language,
and various codes and ciphers; and they
have been and are maintained by said
defendants by adhering to the same in
their sales made directly and in other
ways. by collusively restricting and cur
failing the quantities OF such meats ship
ped by them In such trade and commerce
to the markets aforesaid, whenever nee
essary or conducive to the maintaining of
the prices so fixed.
Penalties and a BLACKLIST"
By imposing against each other divers
PENALTIES for any and all deviations by
The said defendants or any of them from
the prices so fixed. by establishing a uni
form rule for the giving of credits to
dealers throughout the said States and
Territories ard District of Columbia and
foreign countries. and for the conduct Of
the business of such dealers, with penal
ties as between the said defendants for
violation thereof; bv notifying each other
of The delinquencies of the said dealers,
and keeping what is commonly known as
blacklist" of such delinquents, and
refusing to sell such meats TO any of such
delinquents; which said combination and
conspiracy above set forth is enc in re-
straint and monopoly of commerce among
the several States and Territories OF the
aid United States and the District Of
Columbia and with foreign countries.
Ninth. And the said defendants. in vio-
lation Of the provisions of the said act |
OF Congress approved July 2. 1890. have |
engaged in and intend to continue an un-
lawful combination and conspiracy to di- !
rect and require their respective agents /
at and near many of the markets for such
fresh meats throughout the said several
States and Territories and the District of I
Columbia to arbitrarily make and impose
uniform charges for carriage for the de-
livery. upon making sales to dealers and
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
nf the same, when no such charges have
been or are customary in such trade and
commerce. or would be made. but for said
and conspiracy. thereby in
,reasing the charges for such meats to
'aid dealers and consumers in such mar
tets, and preventing the purchase OF the
'ame hy those who are unable or unwill-
ng 10 pay more than the price of the
meats themselves without such additional
harge. which said combination is also in
estraint of such trade and commerce .