The Saint Paul globe., 1904-12-28

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company. Park Falls. Wis: Consolidated
Water Power and Paper company, Grand
Rapids Wis; Rhinelander Paper COM
pany, Rhinelander, Wis.
That each Of the following named COR
pora tions. defendants herein, was, during
all the times hereinafter stated. and still
is a corporation duly created and or
J ganized under and by virtue of the laws
Of the state Of Minnesota, with its prln,,
cipal Office and place of business in said
| state, as hereinafter stated after. the name
of each corporation, to-wit:
The ltasca Paper company, Grand Rap
ids. Mimi. Hennepin Paper company, Lit
1 tle Falls. Mimi: Northwest Paper con1-
! pany, Cloquet. MINI.
That the defendant. the Petoskey Fiber
Paper company, is. and during all the
| times hereinafter stated was. q corpora
| tion duly created and organized under
| the laws of the state of Michigan, with its
| principal office and place of business al
That the corporations named in the
paragraph next preceding are. and our
| ing all times hereinafter stated were, en-
gagged in manufacturing news print, ma
| nilla, fiber and other papers, at mills sit
uated at their respective principal places
OF business in the states. aforesaid tine
mills at Kimberly. Wis. and Qainnesec,
Mich.). and in selling and shipping the
| products aforesaid to dealers and own
ers and managers Of newspapers pap. aas ana
| to-wit. the states of Illinois, Wisconsin,
! Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota. South
| Dakota, Montana, Utah. Colorado, Kan
| sas,. Nebraska. Missouri and other states
west OF the Mississippi river.
III.
That prior to the year 1900, and. more
particularly prior to about the month OF
May, 1900, when the defendant. the Cen
eral Paper company, was ais organlzissd, a as
| porations. which comprise. substantially
all of the manufacturers of paper in the
| territory defined in the paragraph next
| and with the defendant the Manufactur-
ers Paper company in the sale and ship
| ment of news print MANILA, fiber and 9TH
, er papers, in and throughout that terri
tory.
That In or about the month of May IN
the year 1900, the defendants, Klmperiy
& Clark Co., Atlas Paper company, Com
bined Locks Paper e9mpan9gbi .pn 9Sbn the EdGWards G
Manufacturing company, the Nekoosay Saya "a "a
| per company, Centralia Pulp and Water
Power company, Grand Rapids Pulp ana
Paper company, the Wisconsin River IA
! per and Pulp company, Wausau Paper
Mills company, Tomahawk Paper and
Pulp company, Dells Paper and Pulp COM
pany. the Falls Manufacturing company
and the Hennepin Paper company, In
| violation of the provisions of sections l
and 2, respectively, OF an act OF congress-
| approved July 2. 1890. entitled, An act
| to protect trade and commerce. against
| unlawful restraints and monopolies t26
Stats. 209), entered into an agreement,
combination and conspiracy with eacn
other to restrain the trade and commerce
among the several states, and to control,
regulate and monopolize said trade and
commerce and thereby, In conjunction and
alliance with defendants who subsequent
I fy inino1 in the aforesaid agreement,
combination and conspiracy as set 1ortn
| in the paragraph next succeeding, DO now
control, regulate and monopolize ana re-
strain the trade and commerce not only In
the manufacture Of news print, manila,
| fiber and other papers, but also the dls,
| tribution, sale and shipment Thereon
| among and throughout the states OF the
Union aforesaid and all states west OF
| the Mississippi river by means and IN
| the manner following, to-Wlt: On or
about the. 26th day of May, 1900, the de-
| PENDANTS last above named caused to be
organized, under the laws Of the state OF
| Wisconsin, corporation styled the Cen
eral Paper company, with capital stock
Of 100000, divided into 1,0oG shares, which
were distributed among, and are now
owned and held by the said last named
| defendants and the defendants that sub
sequently joined in the aforesaid COM
| bination and conspiracy, as hereinafter
set forth, In proportions based, as your
petitioner is informed, upon the average
daily output Of the mills Of each defend fsa'as
| OF Incorporation is authorized to become,
| as its principal business. the sales agent
for any and all kinds of paper and paper
| products, and any and all merchandise
manufactured from paper or paper prod
| ucts by mills in the state of Wisconsin or
| elsewhere; and thereupon, in pursuance
each and all of the aforesaid defendants
entered into a contract and agreement
with the General Paper company making
] it the exclusive selling agent for. their
/ II r1or or
upon 1t absolute power to control and re-
strict the output of their mills, fix the
| price Of all papers sold throughout the
| states aforesaid, and determine to whom
and the terms and conditions upon which
paper shall be sold, and into what states
and places it shall be shipped, and what
| publishers and other customers each mill
shall supply.
That at different times thereafter the
remaining defendants engaged in the
manufacture and sale of paper in the ter
ritory aforesaid, namely, the Northwest
Paper company, the Consolidated Water
Power and Paper company the Itasca Pa
per company. the Petoskey Fiber Paper
company, the Menasha Paper company,
the Rhinelander Paper company, the
River Paper and Fiber company, entered
into and became parties to the aforesaid
agreement, combination and conspiracy:
that is to say, they each and all entered
into a contract and agreement with the
said General Paper company, making 1t
the exclusive selling agent for their papers
and paper products, and comforting upon
it absolute power to control and restrict
the output of their mills, fix the price of
al. paper sold throughout the states afore-
said and determine to whom and the
terms and conditions upon which paper
shall be sold and into what states and
places it shall be shipped, and what pub
| fishers and other customers each mill
shall supply; and in turn the defendants
last above named became stockholders in
the said General Paper company on the
basis described in the last preceding par
agraph
That each of the said defendant COM
panies for which the General Paper COM
pany became, in the manner aforemen-
| toned ard is now, the general selling
agent, agreed to and does pay to the said
| General Paper company, for acting as it's
selling agent, a certain percentage upon
| all sales of paper manufactured by 1t, and
| that out of the amount received from this
source the said General Paper company
agreed to- and does, deduct its annual
| expenses for the sale of the product, and
the balance is divided between the said
defendant companies as stockholders of
| the said General Paper company.
Vii.
That during all the times herein stated
the Manufacturers Paper company has
been and now is a corporation duly Gre
| ated and organized under and by virtue of
| the laws of the state of New York, with
| its principal place of business in the city
of Chicago in the state of Illinois, and