The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-07-12
Sensational Charges by R. B.
Swift, Former Head of Nc
Cormick Company
ILLINOIS CENTRAL ONE
OF THE GUILTY ROADS
TELLS HOW TRUST WAS ORGAN
lied AND OF AGREEMENT
AS TO MANAGEMENT OF
SAME MADE MA
CHIMES FOR s57,
SOLD FOR sto5

Chicago. July 1l.-Another attack
was made this afternoon on the Inter-
national Harvester Company by Rod
ney b. Swift, formerly head of the
experime tai department of the Nc
Cormick branch of the Harvester Com
pany Swifts) connection with the
company was severed some months
ago, and suit was commenced against
him by the company off cials who al
legged that he had defrauded them in
the sale of patent.
In his bill Swift said that as a stock
holder he demands an accounting from
the company and demands that the
court force the company to cease TAX
ing rebates from railroad companies
and also to compel the company 70
return to railroads money said by
Swift to have been illegally exacted
from railroads in the past
The following railroads are also
made parties to the suit: The Chica-
go. West Pullman ana Southern. Him
OILS Northern. Milwaukee, Northwest
ern, Illinois Central Burlington. Sapta
Fe. Rock Island, Chicago and Altan,
Great Western and Wisconsin Central
Rebates Over q Million.
Two Of these railroads. The Chicago,
West Pullman and Southern and Illi-
nois Northern arc described III the
Swift bill as being concerns by which
tribute was. according to Swift, exact
cd from the larger roads in favor Of
the Harvester Company The Two
roads, Swift asserts, consists pr!ncip.
ally Of switch tracks.
Swift declares that up to September
30, 1909. the Mccormick branch of the
Harvester Company alone forced the
railroads to pay it. through rebates
and the operation OF the Illinois North
ern road over $3,0000o0 up to the same
date money received iii rebates by the
Plano branch Of the Harvester Com
pany through the agency OF the Chica.
20, West Pullman and Southern rail.
road Amounted to 100000 Since Sep
tember 30, 1902. 1t is declared that all
other railway companies have been
paying rebates to the Harvester Com
pany under the guise of alleged divs
ion of freight rates with the Illinois
Northern Swift asserts that the al
legged Illegal rebates made to the In
ternational Company since 1902 ex
coed $1,00o,000.
Organization of the Trust.
Swift goes into the details of thu
organization Of the Information Har
vester Company declaring that short
ly after its formation an arrangement
was made between President Cyrul
III, Mccormick, Chas Deering, Georg,
w Perkins and William G. Lane, tha
all stock of the International Compan,
be put In charge Of the first names
three men as trustees for voting pur
poses until 1912 Swift demands tina
the voting agreement be terminate,
by the court
Immense Profits.
II Is declared in the bill that th
business of the Harvester Company !
of an extremely impressable character
He asserts that harvesting machine
can be produced and delivered by tn
company for $57.
The, company receives -s95 for ther
from agents who In turn sell them 70
$125. Its Is stated that the compan
officers have taken the position the
the only persons having a right n
examine the books Of thg Company al
the trustees of thesstod% Perkins, Nj,
Cormick and Deering.
Swift says that all his demands 10
examination of the company's book
have been refused. 1t is further d,
clared that the unlawful course of tn
directors OF the corporation has dan
aged the Harvester Company 10 tll
extent of $5,000,000, which amour
Swift demands that the directors II
pay tosthe company.
The injunction demanded by Swi
asks the court to prevent the purchas
by the company Of any manufacturin
plants when the purpose Of the pu
chase Is the suppression of compei
tion. the use OF any money or proper,
by the Harvester Company for the d
feat or enactment Of any lazy by an
legislative body in the United Stat'
or elsewhere, or for corruptly inf
encing elections, or the work OF Ia
ing bodies in combination with Il
Plymouth Cordage Company for
monopoly OF the binder twlne trade
the United States.
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