The Minneapolis journal., 1906-05-11
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1905, at 10 o'clock am. of said day, at
which time the court will settle, allow
and formally enter the decree herein.
V-Walter II. Sanborn,
sCircuit Judge =
Kellogg Congratulated.
Frank B. Kellogg of st. Paul and
James NJ. Beck Of New York conducted
the case for the government, and Mr..
Kellogg was flooded with congratula-
tions today. He declined to discuss
the outcome for publication.
The case was brought by the de-
partment of Justice - said Mr.. Kellogg,
'sand it would not be proper for me to
discuss it., Any statement made. on be-
half Of the government should come
from the attorney general. :
History of Trust.
The paper trust was organized in
May, 1900, under the name of the Gen
eral Paper company. Wisconsin cor
poration. It's 100000 capital stock was
taken by twenty three paper mill COM
panies in Wisconsin, Minnesota and
upper Michigan. Each mill took stock
in proportion to its average daily out
put. Lucy oil mdue lueHClCd1 CouCldcGo
with the General Paper companya in
panies named thereby went out Of the
business of selling paper and made the
General Paper company it's exclusive
selling agent. ..#
These contracts were secured and put
in evidence by the government. They
gave the General Paper company abso-
Lutte right to control and restrict the
output and fix the price Of all paper
sold, to fix the terms and conditions
for its sale. into what states and places
each mill should ship and what pub
fishers and customers each mill should
supply. .a>- '..s *
Only One Place to Buy.
"Newspapers and other consumers OF
paper soon found that they could buy
only thru the General Paper company
and prices rapidly advanced Complaint
was made and the federal government
made an investigation, resulting, in the
suit. The petition was filed in st. Pau
Dec. 81, 1904. It recited the facts. al
legged, and prayed that the court; ad
tion or conspiracy hereinbefore de
scribed is unlawful, and that all acts
done or to be done to carry 1t out are
in derogation Of the common rights Of
the people of the United States, ant
lr violation of an act Of congress ~o1
| July q, 1890, entitled Ean act to pro
tect. trade and commerce against .un
| lawful restraints and monopolies, ant
| that the defendants and each and ev
cry one Of them, and their officers, di
rectors, stockholders, agents and serv
ants be perpetually enjoined from doing
any act in pursuance Of or for the pur
pose Of carrying out the same. - zz55xs<
Asked Injunction. ...->-
It also asked an injunction agains
the General Paper company from act
ing as the sales agent and fixing tn
fibre and,-other paper Of the variou
defendant corporations shall be sole
and the persons, corporations and news
papers to which, It shall be sold, an
into what statessit shall be, shipped an,
sold. 'N Also sasns in juncti onS was Saske
against all the other defendants, re
lstraining them from continuing the al
I rangement with the General Paper con
pany. - ~ 5..=Ss II - ,ss5ss n
I '-.<s.s Hearings Begun / (,
| Robert s. Taylor was appointed ?
special examiner to take testimony an
submit it to the court. Hearings be
gan in Milwaukee in May, 1905, an
lasted there two months. Then tn
government struck a snag. Four wit
nesses, L. NJ. Alexander, George A
Whiting, William z. Stewart and E.. !
Harmon, refused to, answer question
business, and to produce certain Of thei
books. @'
/ The defense argued that the question
were discriminating and violated tn
constitutional rights Of the witnesses
and also claimed they were immateria
On application Of the government
counsel, Judge Seaman ordered the wit
nesses to answer. The defense az
pealed from that order. Tho the go7
not appealable, Judge Seaman allowe
the appeal to the supreme. court: 49,
Refused to Answer. ..
Testimony was then taken in s
Paul, and there the witnesses, McNai
Nelson and Bossard, refused. to answt
the same questions. Judge Vandevente
was applied to and made the order r.
quiring them to answer. He refused t
, allow an appeal from the order, an
| when the witnesses persisted in the r
fusal imposed the fines From this a
tion the appeal was taken to the 81
preme court, which decided that II
! questions were material and that tt
! witnesses must answer. The appe
from Judge Seaman's order was di
missed. :..+-. r. .. III
, The next scene was enacted. toda
when the defense gave in and admitte
:. every fact alleged by the governmen
The Manufacturers Paper company, q
!, eastern corporation named in the fir
petition, is not included in the orde
! Proceedings against it were dismisse
!, !, on motion Of the government counse
who found that it was not part Of tt
, trust, but was really competitor
territory it was able to serve.
The trust representatives admittt
today that the trust was .ebusted'' /
far as trust features were concernt
i and that the General Paper compa1
!, must go out Of business as result
\ the case. "a - -.