The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-10-24
TRUST
HIT NOW

| AhN Nfhittu VI <hHtTlCA MMM
begun its expected suit against the
Beef Trust of Hawaii" District At
torney Breckons filed the suit yesterday
morning. All the big ranchmen and
branching corporations of the Territory
are among the defendants, including
President Isenberg of the Senate and
Speaker Knudsen of the House of
Representatives. Here Is the list:
Metropolitan Meat Co.. Limited; Will
liam c. Achi; American Sugar Co..
Limited; Henry p. Baldwin; Henry p.
Beckley; Crlstel Bolte; John Broad:
Arthur NJ. Brown; Jacob f. Brown;
Alfred w. Carter; Elmer Il. Conant;
John Cullen Samuel NJ. Damon; WAL
ter f. Dillingham;; Dowsett Company
Limited; The Waterhouse Trust Com
pany. executors of the Estate OF w. II.
| Cornwell, deceased; Estate of John II.
Limited: Charles Gay; Francis Gay;
Francis Gay. A. Robinson, ]. II. Gay.
II. Robinson and Mrs. Alice Robinson
co-partners doing business under the
firm name and style of Gay & Robin
son; A. Comes; Mrs. A. c. Greenwell;
Haleakala Ranch Company; Hawaiian
AGRICULTURAL Company: Robert r. Hind:
Harvey r. Hitchcock George Holt:
Robert w. Holt Robert Horner; AL
bert Horner; Humuula Sheep Station;
w. G. Irwin a Company, Limited; ID.
p. r. Isenberg; James II. Raymond and
Phoebe X. Raymond, his wife; Chris
tian Conrad; John Doe Kay; Kaneohe
Ranch Company. Limited; Eric A.
Knudsen; Eben p. Low; John S. Low;
John A. Magoon: John A. Mcguire;
Makee Sugar Co. Limited; McBryde
Sugar Company, Limited; Lincoln L.
McCandless; John Doe McDougall; Jo-
seph p. Mendonca; Otto Meyer; A. A.
Meyer; H. X. Never; II. p. Meyer;
Julian Monsarrat; T.. M. Nakuina; Ca
hu Railway & Land Company, Limit
ed; John d. Paris; Annie T. X. Parker,
n minor, by her guardian, Alfred w.
Carter; Samuel Parker; Antoine Perry;
Puakea; Aubrey Robinson: M. p. Rob-
inson. Richard C. Searle; Robert w.
Single; William II. Shipman; Francis
NJ. Swanzy: Lorrin A. Thurston; Mary
NJ. Won Holt; Louis Won Tempsky; GIL
bert J. Waller; Waterhouse Trust COM
pany. Limited; John Wright; Albert s.
Wilcox; George Wilcox.
Some of the allegations are as fol-
lows: That the various defendants are
engaged I'm the business of raising and
marketing cattle and that the Metro
politan Meat Co. is engaged in the
business of selling It at retail, in Ho-
nolulu, and that more than seventy
five per cent. of the stock of the Metro
politan Meat Company is owned and
controlled by the other defendants, al
SO that all OF the meat company's Of
Ill L.. A.
other defendants.
That about 1861, 405 pounds weight of
beef cattle. of the value of $347 1925,
In lawful money of the United States,
are used and consumed annually by the
inhabitants and people of said city of
Honolulu, and Of the Territory of Ha-
wall; and that about ninety per cent.
of said large quantity of beef so used
and consumed annually as aforesaid by
said inhabitants and people, has been,
is now, and will hereafter continue to
be, dealt in. raised, produced, sold.
shipped and delivered by said defend
ants.
That the above-named defendants
comprise nearly all of the wholesale
dealers in said Territory, who raise.
produce, handle, deal in, sell, ship or
deliver beef cattle and fresh beef in
said Territory for sale to consumers
and dealers therein, and that by rea-
son thereof, the said defendants. II
combined together, can, and do, abso-
Ilutely control the prices charged for
fresh beef raised and produced In said
| Territory.
That said defendants, in violation of
"An Act to Protect Trade and Com
merce Against Unlawful Restraints and
Monopolies" and it's amendments, and
| In order to restrain and destroy COM
petition In the raising and selling of
beef cattle and fresh beef, are now en-
gagged In, and intend to continue to be
| engaged in, an unlawful combination,
trust and conspiracy among and be-
tween themselves arbitrarily, from time
/ to time to raise lower fix and MAIN
! tain prices, and to maintain arbitrary,
high and oppressive prices at which
they will SELL directly, or through their.
and each of their respective agents,
beef cattle and fresh beef to dealers and
| consumers in said Territory; and that,
| in pursuance of the said unlawful COM
bnation. 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 maintain the prices at
which they, and each Of them, will sell
beef cattle and fresh beef. either d.
rectly or through their respective
| agents. to dealers and consumers In
said Territory, and, in pursuance there
of, have arbitrarily raised, lowered, fix
ed and maintained, and will continue
arbitrarily to raise, lower, fix and MAIN
tain the prices at which they, and each
of them, will sell beef cattle and fresh
beef, either directly or. through their re-
spective agents, to dealers and consum-
ers in said Territory
That 1t was part of said agreement
that the price to be paid for cattle and
beef to each defendant should not be
changed without the consent of the
other defendants, nor changed by the
demand for fresh beef in the localities
supplied by the Metropolitan Meat Co.
That in consequence of said agree
ment many persons have suffered, and
will continue to suffer. great and ir-