Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-01-04
Paper TRUST IS
MADE Defendant
ATTORNEY GENERAL MOODY
ASKS COURT TO DECLARE
CoHBINE UNLAWFUL.
SEVERAL COMPANIES s.: -
INVOLVED IN SUIT:

Petition Filed at st. Paul on Behalf Of
government Asking That Corpor-
alton Be Restrained from C3ntin-
uing Business.
st. Paul, Mimi, Dec. 29.-Attorney
General Moody late Tuesday afternoon
began suit by petition in the United
States district court here on behalf of
the United States against the Genera.
Paper company and other paper and pulp
companies comprising what is known as
the paper trust, under an act of congress
approved July 2, 1890, entitled an act to
protect trade and commerce against un-
lawful restraints and monopolies. The
petition asks that the defendants be en-
joined from continuing the trust
Many Companies Involved.
The General Paper company is made
the principal defendant, and party de-
PENDANTS are made of the following CON-
panies:
ltasca Paper company, of Grand Rap
Ids, Mimi; Hennepin Paper company,
of Little Falls, Mimi; Wolf River Paper
& Fiber company, of New Richmond, t
Wis; Atlas Paper company, of Apple
ton, Wis; Kimberly &, Clark company,
Of Neenah, Wis; Riverside Fiber & Pa
per company, of Appleton, Wis; Wau-
sau Paper Mills company, Of Brokaw,
Wis; Centralia Pulp & Water Powe.
company, of Centralla, Wis; Com ined
Locks Paper company, of Combined
Locks. Wis; Dells & Pulp company. of
Eau Claire, Wis; Grand Rapids Paper
& Pulp company, of Grand Rapids, Wis;
Menasha Paper company, of Menasha,
Wis; Nekoosa Paper company. of Ne
koosa, Wis; the Falls Manufacturing
company, Of Oconto Falls, Wis; Flam-
beau Paper company. Of Park Falls
Wis.,. John Edwards Manufacturing
company, of Port Edwards, Wis; CIV.
Howard Co., of Menasha, Wis; Wis
consin River & Paper company.
of Plover, Wis; Tomahawk Pulp
& Paper company, of Park Falls,
Wis; Northwest Paper company.
of Cloquet, Mimi: Consolidated Water
Power & Paper company, of Grand Rap
Ids, Wis; Manufacturers Paper COM
pany; Petoskey Fiber Paper company. of
Petoskey. Mich, and the Rhinelander
Paper company. of Rhinelander. Wis.
Charges Unlawful Combine.
The suit is to enjoin and restrain the
above-named companies from doing
business through the General Paper COM
pany as the sales agent, in violation of
the provisions of sections one and two
of the act of congress approved July 2.
entitled an "Act' to protect trade and
commerce against unlawful restraints
and monopolies.'
The petition alleges that the defend
ants entered into an agreement to co3:,-
blne and control the sale of the product
OF the different companies through the
General Paper company in that the Cen
eral Paper company regulated prices,
sales and shipment ard territory for the
sale OF the same and after deductine on
Grating expenses of the General Paper
company, divided the surplus among the
members of the corporation.
The petition rec;tes that the General
Paper company was organized under
the laws of Wisconsin May 26. 1900,
with capital stock of 500, 900, divi6-
ed into 1000 shares. which were dis
trlbuted among, and are now held bv
certain of the defendants named. and
that later the others were taken into
the Notwithstanding them in the
order in which they entered the trust
and goes on to state that the General
Paper company became the exclusive
selling agent for the defendants, with
absolute power to control the output
OF the various mills, fix the price of all
paper sold and to whom and upon
what terms and conditions the paper
should be sold, and into what states
and places it. should be shipped, and
what publishers and other customers
each mill should supply.
The petition alleges that, IN conse-
quence of the combination, all compe-
tition in the manufacture, sale and dis
tribution of paper had been restricted
and the price of all paper products
greatly increased, particularly that of
news print paper, which has been in
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states that no dealers of newspapers or
other consumers in the territory west
of the Mississippi, with the exception
of certain newspaper publishers in St.
Louis and Chicago, can purchase any
paper except diredly through the Gen.
eral Paper company. and then only
upon terms dictated by the latter.
Court Asked to Act.
The court is asked to declare the al
legged combination unlawful, and that
the defendants be perpetually enjoiaed
from doing any act in pursuance of the
same; that the General Paper company
be enjoined from acting as sales agent
for the other defendants, and that the
latter be enjoined from continuing
their arrangement with the General
Paper company. The court Is also
asked to direct the defendants 20 come
into court and answer all questions re-
lating to the allegations of tie petit
ton as may be necessary.
Boy Sufocated in Fire.
Richmond, Ind, Dec. ga brick
house occupied by John Shannon and
Charles Droste was destroyed By fire
Wednesday morning and Raymond