The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-28
PAPER TRUST IS ENJOINED Moody Files Important
 Suits. PAPERS MAKE COMPLAINT General Paper Company Con- trols Western Market. Special Attorneys of Department of Justice Conducted Investiga- ton and Found Alarming
 Condition in Middle
 states.
PAPERS MAKE COMPLAINT

St. Paul. Dec. 27.-Attorney General Moody, for the United States, through United States District Attorney Haup and Frank B. Kellogg and James M. Beck. Special Assistant Attorney Gen. erals of the United States. this after- noon filed a petition in the United States District Court in which he makes the General Paper Company as prin- cipal defendant and the Itasca Paper Company of Grand Rapids, Minn.; Hem nepin Paper Company of Little Falls. Minn.; Wolf River Paper and Fibre Company of New Richmond, Wis; Att las Paper Company of Appleton. Wis; Kimberly & Clark Company of Neenah. Wis. Riverside Fibre and Paper Com pany of Appleton, Wis; Wausau Pa per Mills Company of Brokaw. Wis., Centralia Pulp and Water Power Com pany of Centralia. Wis; Combined Locks Paper Company of Combined Locks Wis; Dells Paper and Pulp Company of Eau Claire. Wis; Grand Rapids Paper and Pulp Company of Grand Rapids, Wis; Menasha Paper Company of Menasha, Wis; Nekoosa Paper Company of Nekoosa, Wis; The Falls Mfg. Co.,. of Oconto Falls, Wis: Flambeau Paper Company of Park Falls, Wis: John Edwards Mfg. Co.,. of Port Edwards, Wis; c. w. Howard Company of Manasha. Wis; Wolfe Riv- CT Paper and Fibre Company of New Richmond, Wis; Wisconsin Fiber and Paper Company of Plover, Wis; Tom ahawk Pulp and Paper Company of Park Falls, Wis; Northwest Paper Com pany Of Cloquet, Minn.; Consolidated Waterpower and Paper Company of Grand Rapids. Wis; Manufacturers Paper Company. the Petoskey Fibre Pa per Company of Petoskey, Mich., and the Rhinelander Paper Company of Rhinelander, Wis, comprising what is known as the paper trust. party defend- ants fin a suit to enjoin them and re- sts~.s them from doing business through ths General Paper Company sisd the sales az sTrts. in vioiation opthe provisions of Sections l and of the act of Congress approved July 2, en- titled an act ITO protect trade and commerce against unlawful restraints and monopolies.'
 The petition alleges that the defend- ants entered into an agreement to conn bine and control the sale of the pro- duct of the defendant companies the General Paper Company, in that the General Paper Company regulated prices, sales and shipments and territory for the sale of the same and after deducting operating expenses of the General Paper Company, divided the surplus among the members of the 
 The petition, recites that the General Paper Company was organized under the laws of Wisconsin, May 26. 1900, with a capital stock of $100,000. divid- ed Into 1000 shares which were dis tributed among and are now held by
 
 that later the others were taken into the combine, naming them in the order in which they entered the trust and goes on to state and the General Pa- per Company became the exclusive sell ing agency for the defendants with ab- soIute power to control the output of the various mills. fix the prices of all paper sold and to whom and upon what terms and conditions the paper should be sold; and into what States and places 1t should be shipped and what publishers and other customers each mill shall supply.
 The petition alleges that, in conse- quence of the combination, all compe- tition In the manufacture, sale and distribution of paper had been re- stricted and the price of all paper pro- ducts greatly increased, particularly that of news print paper. which had been increased about 50 per cent. It further states that no dealers of news papers or other consumers in the ter ritory west of the Mississippi with tho exception of certain newspaper pub fishers in St. Louis and Chicago can purchase any paper except directly through the General Paper Company and then only upon terms dictated by the latter.
 The court Is asked to declare the alleged combination unlawful and that the defendants be perpetually enjoined from doing any act in pursuace of the same; that the General Paper CRm- pany be enjoined from acting as agent for the other defendants and that the latter be enjoined from continuing their arrangements with the General Paper Company. The court is also asked to direct the defendants to come into court and answer all questions re- lating to the allegations of the petit ton as may be necessary