The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-28
Attorney General Of United
States Causes Suit in Federal
Court at st. Paul.
FACTORIES IN NORTHWEST.
Enioinder Asked on Ground OF
Violation of Law Prohibiting
Combinations in Unlawful
Restraint Of Trade.

&; Paul. Nir.n.. Dec. c7.-Att"rncy Cen
eraI Moody Cor tae United States. through
District ATTORNEY Haupt and Frank B.
Kellogg and :. IGrs NJ. Eech, Special As
sistant Attorney General of the United
States. lats tai, afternoon FLED q petition
in the Unitad states District Court in
which ho makes tho General Papcr Com
pany a. priu cipaI defendant and the Itas-
q Paper Company of Grand Rapids.
MINI HsnnarEn Parer Company OF Little
Falls. MIuu.: nolf River Paper and FnI-ar
Company OF New Richmond. WIS. Atlas
Paper Company Of Appleton. Wis: Kim
bcrly & Clark Company Of Nccuau. Wis.
riverside Fiber ana IaTer Company of
Appleton. Wis: WaLsiu Paper Mills Com
pzny Of Brokaw. wis. CsHtrslig Pulp and
Water Power Company Of Ceutrllia. Wis:
Combined Locks Paper Company Of Com
6ined Locks. Wis; Dalis and Pulp Com
pany OF Eau Claire. Wis: Grand Rapids
Paper and Pulp Company Of Grand Rap
ids, Wis. MCrasha Paper Company -:
Acnss ha. Wis Nekoosa Payer onpany
or Nesocsa. Wis: the Falls Manufactur
inG Company OF pcouto Falls. Wis: Flam-
beau Paper Company OF Park Falls. wis:
John Edwards Manufacturing Company OF
Port Edwards. Wis: e. W. Howard Com
psny of Menasba. Wis: Wolf River Pa
n,ond, Wis: Wisconsin River Pulp and
Paper Company of Plover. Wis; rorna-
hawk Pulp and Paper Company Of PARK
Falls. Wis: Northwest Paper Company
Of cIoauet Nuln.: Consolidated Water
Power and Parst Company Of Grand Rap
ids, Wis: Manufacturers Paper Company
The Petoskey Fiber and Paper Company
of Petoskry. Mich. and the Rhinelander
Papef Company of Rhlnclandcr. Wis par
~ defendants iE 4 suit II eaiOIn them and
restrain thern fl'cm doing business through
fI. .pHsw
agent In violation OF the provisions of sec
tions 1 and 2 OF the act of Congress an
proved July 2. entitled An act 10 protect
straints and nfCropolios.''
THE AGREEMENT.
Tho petition alleges that the defendants
entered into an agreement to combine and
control the sale OF the product of the diff
fer'ent companies through the General Pa
per tompan' In that the General Paper
Compan. regulated prices. sale and shin
lnent and territory for thu sale o< the
same and after dcduct;ns operating ex-
penseS of the General parar to-nr,f,1r al
ttdec The surplus among the members OF
the corporation.
The petition recites that the General Pa
per Company was organized unde, The
laws OF Wisconsin. May 2S. 1900 with n
capital stock of tl0n 90 divided into noJ
shares- which were distributed among and
ere now held by certain Of the Cinfendants
named, and that later the others wee.
taken into the combine. naming them In
the order in which they entered the trust
and goes on to stat.. that the General Pa
per Company became the exclusive selling
agent for the defendants with absolute
rower 10 control the output of the various
mills fix the prices OF ali paper sold and
TO whom and upon what terms. and c,ondi-
tions the paper should be sold: ana into
what States and Places it shall bn shippe6
and what publishers and other Gus; oIriers
each mill shall supply.
The petition alleges that in consequence
nf the combination all competition in the
manufacture, sale and distribution OF ma
per has been restricted. and the price of
ell paper products greatly increased. par
ticuiarly that Of print PAPER which
has been increased about - per cent
II further states that no dealers or news
fapers or other consumers In the territory
west of the Mississippi with tho excep-
ton of certain newspaper publishers in
st. Louis and Chicago can purcha se 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, ari that the de-
fendants be pe-petually enioined from do
ing any act In pursuance OF the same: that
the General Paper Company be enjo'ned
from acting az sales agent for the other
defendants. and that the latter be erjoined
from continuing their arrangement with
the General Paper Company. The court IS
Riso asked to direct the defendants to
come into court. and answer nll questions
relating TO allegations of the petition as
may be necessary.