The Saint Paul globe., 1904-12-28

states hereinbefore described and in all
river, has been suppressed and the price
of all paper products greatly increased.
that of news print paper in the territory
aforesaid having been increased about
And that no dealers or newspapers or
other consumers in said territory, with
the exception OF certain newspapers pub
fishers in st. Louis and Chicago, can pur-
chase any paper except directly or indi-
rectly through the General Paper com
pany. and then only upon prices and
terms dictated by the latter.
In consideration whereof and inasmuch
as. ADEQUATE relief in the premises can
only be obtained in this court the United;
States Of America prays your honors to
order, adjudge and decree that the combi-
nation or conspiracy hereinbefore de-
scribed is unlawful and that all acts done
or to be done to carry it out are in deroga-
tion of the common rights of all the peo-s
pie of the United States, and in viola
tton of the act of congress of July 2, 1890,
entitled: n act to protect trade and COM
merce against unlawful restraints and mo-
nopolies. " and that the defendants and each
and every one of them, and their officers,
directors. stockholders. agents and serv-
ants, and each and every one of them,
act In pursuance Of or for the purpose of
carrying out the same, and, in addition
thereto. that the several defendants be
respectively enjOined as follows.
First. That the defendant the General
Paper company be enjoined from acting
as the sales agent and fixing the price at
which the news print, manila, fiber and
ether paper of the various defendant cor
porations shall be sold and the persons,
corporations and newspapers to which 1t
snail pc sold, and into what states it shall
Second. That each and every of
the other defendants be enjoined and re-
strained from continuing the said ar
rangenent with the said General Paper
coppany, and from making the said Gem
eral Paper company the exclusive selling
agent of the said defendants and each of
them, and from authorizing the said Gem
eral Paper company to restrict the output.
fix the price of and terms of sale of the
product of each of the defendants mills
and manufactures, or to dictate and de-
newspapers to which it shall be sold, and
the states into which the same shall be
shipped and sold.
The United States prays for such other
and further relief as the nature of the
case may require and the court may deem
proper in the premises.
10 the end, therefore, that the Unit
ed States of America may obtain the re-
lief to which it is justly entitled in the
premises, may it please your horors to
grant unto 1t writs of subpoena directed
pany, the ItaSca Paper company, Hen
nepin Paper company, Wolf River Paper
and and Fiber company Atlas Paper
riverside Fiber and Paper company,
-Wausau Paper Mills company, Centralia
Pulp and Water Power company, Com
and Pulp company, Grand Rapids Pulp
and Paper company, Menasha Paper COM
pany. the c. w. Howard company, the
Mekoosa y y Paper company, the Falls Manu-
company, the John Edwards Manufacture
ing company, the Wisconsin River Paper
and Pulp company, Tomahawk Pulp and
Paper company. the Petoskey Fiber Pa
per company, Northwest Paper company,
Consolidated Water Power and Paper
company Manufacturers Paper company.
each and every of them, commanding
them and each of them to appear herein
and answer (but not under oath, answer
under oath being hereby expressly waived
the allegations contained in the fore
going petition, and abide by and perform
such order or decree as the court may
make in the premises, and upon the final
hearing hereof to permanently enjoin the
defendants as hereinbefore prayed, and
pending the final hearing of this case to
cause temporary restraining order to
issue, enjoining the defendants and each
of them and each of their officers, agents
and servants, as hereinbefore prayed.
Attorney Generals Statement
WASHINGTON DC, Dec. PLAT
torney General Moody tonight gave out
the following official statement regard
ing the suit instituted at ST. Paul to-
day by the federal government against
the paper manufacturing companies:
"On the complaint of many news
paper publishers last spring that COM
bination in restraint of commerce ex-
listed among manufacturers of paper to
control the distribution and sale of
their products among the states of the
Union, the department Of justice began
an investigation of that subject, and to
further aid the department in that re-
spect the attorney general appointed
Frank B. Kellogg, Of the ST. Paul
(Minn.) bar and James M. Beck, of the
New York bar, as special attorneys to
collect the evidence and make a report
thereon.
These gentlemen, after an exhaust
i've examination of the matter, stimuli
taneously with that conducted by the
department Of justice, have reported to
the attorney general that in their opin-
ion the facts ascertained support the
complaint and justify in the public in
terests the filing of a petition to enjoin
the operations of the General Paper
company, corporation of Wisconsin,
which is the instrumentality through
which the alleged combination to con-
troll the prices and distribution of