The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-11
DON'T SHOOT! WE
WILL COME DOWN.
General Paper Company People
Bow to Mandate Of the
Court.
Papers and Pleadings Withdrawn
and Fines Paid by
!. Defendants.
The paper trust has thrown up the

The paper trust has thrown mp the
sponge.
government in the long. litigation to-
day, and the General Paper company
is put out of business. It's counsel APP
peared before Judge Walter a.. SAM
born and withdrew the answer made
by the defendant companies.
This amounted to admitting. every
fact alleged In the governments Gem
plant, and ended the case. Frank B.
| Kellogg, appearing for the govern
ment, at once moved For Judgment.
Judge sanborn granted an order on
| entitled to the relief prayed for, and
grants everything asked for In the Pc
tition.
sf.'23" for the Twenty-threes
The agreement Of the twenty-thres
paper mills with the General Paper
company as selling agent Is declared
an unlawful combination in restraint
Of trade, and is brought to an end by
q perpetual injunction. The m1unc-
ton also restraints the defendants from
any continuance Of their practices.
The exact terms Of the decree will
! be fixed June 10, when the defendants
may be heard as to its form: The case
is ended, however, by the action today.
Having admitted everything, there 10
4 no ground for an appeal.
/ Controlled the West.
| The General Paper company CON-
trolled all territory west of Chicago,
and after its organization in 1900
raised the price of print paper about
so per cent. Already, as a result of
j the suit, print paper has declined
] greatly in price. It was 1926 to $2.35
i duced to 1.S5. Competition will now
i be restored between the mills, and
sIevery newspaper and printing establish
ment in the west will reap the benefit.
i, -# Witnesses Paid Fines.
4 A feature of the hearing today was
the appearance Of the three witnesses,
IC. T. McNair Of the Northwest Paper
company, Cloquet, Mimi; 3. E. Nelson
neapois, and A. G. Bossard Of the ltas-
lea Paper company, Grand Rapids,
Mimi. These three refused to answer
fcertain questions put by Mr.. Kellogg,
on advice of their counsel. Judge Van
derventer ordered them to answer and
refused to allow an appeal. They still
refused, and he fined each 800 for con-
| i
taken on writ Of error to the supreme
court Of the United States. The case
was argued Jan. Q and March IL the
decision was fled, affirming. the lower
court The case was practically won
| by that decision. When the supreme
court mandate was fled, the counsel
for the trust announced their Wiling
ness to quit. Messrs. McNsif, Nelson
and Bossard appeared today before
Judge Sanborn. He said he was un-
able to relieve them from the 5udg-
ment for contempt, so each paid the
800 fine. The defense also pays the
!, heavy cost Of taking the testimony
/ which fills several books.
r Mr.. Kellogg might have pressed the
8 witnesses for answers to the questions
: ants withdrew their answers, and
4 merely moved for Judgment.
$ The order fled by Judge Sanhorn Il
8 as follows:
Judge sanborn's Order.
1This cause came on to be heard at
q general term Of the circuit court Of
the United States for the DISTRICT or
CITY Of ST. Paul, Mimi, on the 18th
day Of May, 1905. The defendants APP
peared by their solicitors, James G..
Flanders and William Brace, and with.
drew their answers in said cause and
permitted default therein. Thereupon
the complainant, the United States Of
America, by it's Special Assistant Attor,
James NJ. Beck, moved the court for O
decree for the United States upon the
bill Of complaint and proofs. It APP
pearing to the court that the defendants
were in default and that the allegations
Of the bill of complaint are true, that
the United States Of America, the com
plainant in said action, is entitled to q
decree against the defendants for the
g relief demanded in the bill of complaint,
S as more fully shown by the allegations
r of said bill and proofs. 1t is, therefore
e .sOrdered, That decree be rem
e dered in favor of the United States
/ of America against the defendants
I General Paper company, the ltasca
8 pany, Wolf River Paper and Fiber
It company, Atlas Paper company, Kim,
e berly & Clark company, Riverside
q Fiber and Paper company, Wausau
Paper Mills company, Centralia Pulp
and Waterpower company, Combined
Locks Paper company, Dells Paper and
Pulp company, Grand Rapids Pulp and
= Paper company, Menasha Paper com
= Nekooso Paper company, the Falls
Manufacturing company, Flambeau
Paper company, the John Edwards
Manufacturing company, the Wiscon
s sin River Paper and Pulp company
lg Tomahawk Pulp and Paper company
ne Northwest Paper company, CONSOLE
vi dated Waterpower and Paper company
~ the Petoskey Fiber Paper company
n Rhinelander Paper company, and eacl
Of them, for the relief demanded il
the bill of complaint, as more fully
shown by the allegations of said bill
and the proofs, and for the costs ant
- disbursements to be taxed and al
as lowed by the clerk. That on motion
BE of the parties this case stands ad
Drt ;o,rnad until tha 18th day of Time
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