The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-10-19
A LUMBER TRUST ALLEGED NOW
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alleges and shows that of the total vol
ume of trade and commerce in lumber
in said Territory, said defendants own,
operate and control about ninety per
cent.
Twelfth. And your orator further
alleges and shows that as to said trade
and commerce in lumber in said Terri
tory, the said defendants, and each of
them, should, and but for the acts here
matter complained of, would be and re-
main in free and unrestrained COMPETE
ton with each other
Thirteenth. And your orator fur
Their alleges and shows that said de-
PENDANTS, and each of them in violation
of the privosions of an Act of Congress
of the United States approved July 2,
1890, entitled: "An Act to Protect Trade
and Commerce Against Unlawful Res
traints and MonQpolis,' and the further
acts of said Congress amendatory
thereof or supplementary thereto, and
in order to restrain and destroy COM
petition among themselves, and each of
them, which would otherwise exist, as
to the Importation, bringing into, hand
ling, dealing in, sale, shipment and de-
livery of lumbe in said Territory, and in
order to monopolize, and attempt to
monopOlize, and combine and conspire
to monopolize the trade and commerce
i'm said lumber i'm said Territory, have
engaged in, are now engaged in, and in
tend to continue to be engaged in, an
unlawful combination, trust and con-
spiracy among and between themselves
arbitrarily, from time to time, to raise,
lower, fix and maintain prices, and to
maintain arbitrary, high and oppressive
prices at which they will sell, directly,
or throughm their, and each of their,
respective agents, lumber to dealers
and consumers in said Territory; and
that in pursuance, of the said unlawful
combination, trust and conspiracy, the
said defendants and each of them, have
been able, and now are able and will
continue to be able, arbitrarily, to
raise, lower fix and main the prices at
which they, and eacvh of them, will
sell lumber, either directly or through
their respective agents, to dealers and
consumers in said Territory, and, in
pursuance theeof, have arbitrarily rails
ed, lowered, fixed and maintained, and
er, fix and maintain, the prices at which
they, and each of them, will sell lum-
Der either directly or through their res
pective agents, to dealers and con-
sumers in said Territory.
Fifteenth. And your orator further
alleges and shows that it was also
part of said agreement that the prices
to be charged dealers and consumers
i'm said Territory for the aforesaid lum-
Der should be fixed by said defendants
and should not be changed or altered
in any manner save by the consent of
said defendants and should not be
changed or altered in amy manner by
the condition of the market in said
Territory for lumber; and i'm this behalf
your orator further alleges and shows
that said prices, pursuant to and in
accordance with said agreement, have
i'm fact been, are now, and will here
after continue to be, fixed by said de-
PENDANTS as hereinafter more particu-
larly alleged. That the time at which
said agreement was entered into, your
orator is unable to set forth at this
time, but charges that the said agree
ment is still in existence, and has been
in existence and that the same was
entered into subsequent to the second
day of July A. d. 1890.
Twentieth And your orator further
alleges and shows that, in consequence
of said unlawful agreement, combina-
tion, trust and conspiracy so entered
into by said defendants as aforesaid
i'm restraint of the trade and commerce
i'm lumber in said Territory, many per-
sons, whose names are at present TO
your orator unknown, have suffered,
and will continue to suffer, great and
irreparable financial loss and losses, by
reason of the arbitrary, high and OPP
pressive prices at and to which lum-
Der has been raised, fixed and main
tanned by said defendants, and which
said persons, whose names are at pre-
sent to your orator unknown, have
been compelled to pay, in buying lum-
Der from said defendants, and that, i'm
number of instances persons engaged
in industries in which it is necessary
to use large quantities of lumber, have
been compelled to sell their plants, ape
planes and entire business, at great
financial loss, and have been compelled
ito retire from said industries and bust
nesses at a great financial loss.