The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-28
DECLARES S PRICES
WERE A DVANCEDI
Petition Alleges That Coin1pet5i''
& ton Has Been Restricted and
That G Combination Can and 4 4
Does Dictate Terms to
Consumer Bring De q
PENDANTS Into Court.

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glRY Annotated lPreas.,,

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All }, M N December - vi
torney- General Moody, for the l5nite ca. ed
through TINTED q 4 IL
st6rney Ia,ipt ind Frank l3 kcliltogg ana
Jnn1es NJ. Beck, specinl assis st;nt %attor-
Sneys- general of United States. la,cj ll1
@tl,Ls afternoon filed & q 1Tet ton IN the
III United states District Court. III which he
INA kes The General Paper Company prlnlsc1-; ls
v pul defendant. md lis constl tncnt GO IN "
& I,uncs parties defendant ina sui ts to en-
" toIll them and restrain them from doing
btisiness through the & eiicral I'apcr CoIil-
~. as tic lies t, IN viola Ion Of
$the provisions ofB sect ions Land 28o the
aci Of CON etss d proved jul Y 1881. en-
tillcd mn ..act to prot tect trade M l com
& 5nlcrce against unlawful restrailn n, nts and
4 IInOnODOlics. 5 it'll
Combined and Advanced Prices
Jie etitions;,llcgas that the eEdefendants ID,
III entered Into nm al q CON me ai1n q
control tl,e. aalcR protnct of the Sdin eremnt3 m
y Company. Iii \ hat tho 3G encrai 8 Paper. ST
Il Company y regulated prices ssll cs aud sil p
$nent and territory for the sale of the
N same. ana III ter ddducting operating t.'--
y lenses Of 4 llc General Paper Gotnpat ~,
divided the surplus among leT&1liciii bcIs
n or the corporal Ion. n s. .s{s
The petition rccitcs that the 4 General s, 7
Paper ls uhde' \, tlie
n ];u,SY OF Fsconsin May 22G;i 1850 with a
n CARL tal stock Of 500. 900, divided into
4 thousand sharea which were dist rll1utcd
EE among ana ara nov held by certain Q r
Il tl1a defendants naiucd. and IA that later
@thc5 others were d ake int tlic cotnhiIlaLI a
Al tioE. The petition ma mes
order In which they c1lt cred i liss con, q
U ntiti gorsa iii t1 al tate that thn General
& Pnper Company! became, the eSclusit W tfli tl ~ 4
ing agent fort the, DEFENDANTS nit II absO-9
.#Iiite mower TO control the output OF tho
1! Va rlous mills nx$ the pri cc of a. phpe
Il ssoll. and toSwlionl3sp and upon what arnls
8nl1d conditions the m per sllould be soiu
and Into what States and places ". shall
4 lie shipped 81 and what Gus tomcr Nj 2 nd
which mills each shall suppl ". 4 isi l.ss 35
r. The petition alleges hat !. In cor Sc 3.
3apence Of atic5combtnation, lll compcti-
ton IN the manufacture. sale and 8distr,
gbution@of paper. had been re- strictGd. and
the price of i'll paper duct great
q creased, particularly that Of news priInl s
paper, Z which has been increased 4 q bout
sfifty per- cent II further stat tes 8that no
{$ heaters OF ne wspapers OF other consunl-l
lcrs inStI1e territory Yves OF the NJ isis s.
4 sippl, with the nxEention#o #of the certain
4 newspapc publishers IN ST. Louis, and
Chicago. can purchase q nys pa per- cxcept
directly through, te General Paper Cons
pany, aud then only upon ternls dlctat tedS
the latter.
Askssfor injunction.
NJ Tho court Is asked III q eclilea hesss: AZ
legged combination unlawful, q nd also Sde-l g e..
anan1s tina the defendant ne pc erpet tiall
Il IN iolncd from doing any act In pursuanc ceI
38ofs tho same; thatasthe General lsai,fls
con,ranyta,e enjoincd from acting rs sales
Ii agent for$thcS thcr tlc PENDANTS ana l that
tho latter be cnjoined from continuing
sGtheir Il rrangemcnt IT'LL tllc8 General l'n per
compaily. . Tie court lsof asked 3 to g.
direct the defendants 70 come m nc 70 cpnil !,
& Ard \, ,,<e.ver III questions relating TO the
allegations OF The rctltlolisn may MAJ pc pc
4 necessary. s{ 5s I.