Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-29


were fined there yesterday. is to be fol-
lowed to certain extent in the fight
against the Standard Oil. The inveSti-
cations made by Commissioner Garfield
have been taken as basis.
The new law modifying the old stat
ute on the subject of immunity has been
passed by Congress and now goes into
effect.
1t is the intention to institute stimuli
taneOus prosecutions at half dozen diff
ferent points. The El1ins act provides
Tor a fine of not more than $4,000 for
each offense. Each unlawful shipment
becomes a separate offense
The conferees on the railroad rate bill
have dealt serious blow 10 the Pull
man Car company by agreeing to sub
lect sleeping cars to regulation by the
interstate commerce commission.
More Suits in the West.
Proceedings may be brought against
the shoe and dry goods merchants of ST
Louis, Omaha, and Kansas CITY on q
charge of accepting rebates from rail.
ways, secured for them by George L.
Thomas, the New York freight broker
who, with his chief clerk, L. B. Taggart.
was in the federal court at Kansas CITY
yesterday, fined and given a peniten-
tiary sentence. These firms. NUMBERING
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Mcpherson in sentencing Thomas and
Iaggart. He declared that the rebate
taker was as guilty as the rebate-giyer.
The attorney general of Texas is pre-
pairing to begin suits against the Inter
national Harvester company of Chicago
for alleged infractiOn of the state anti
trust law.
Robert S. Waddel president of the
Buckeye Powder company, who has been
wagng war against the alleged powder
combine, expresses his qualification over
the action of the Senate in passing the
appropriation of S165,000 for the estab-
hshment OF government plant He
says this viii cut down trust revenues
S1,OOO,OO0.
Packers Case Not Dead, Either.
DIES MONIES, Ia, June o3-Con-
gresham j. Adam Bede of Minnesota,
who is in Des Moines. says that he be-
Heves the meat inspection bill to be IN
constitutional.
We have no more right to go into a
Chicago packing house." said he, land
tell Its managers how to run their bust
ness than we have. to waltz into the
kitchen of a Des Moines woman and tell
her how to boil her cabbage"
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, June 23.-Of
forty-nine samples of prepared meats
bought in the city market, H. e. Barn
ard, chemist of the state board of health
has found sixteen that did not contain
illegal chemicals. He found that sodium
sulphate was used mostly to give d red
beef color.
Circus and Macaroni Trusts.
ROCK ISLAND, Ill, June 23.-The
by which the heirs of the late James A.
Bailey sell TO Ringing Bros the Fore
paugh-Sells Bros shows. The result
probably will end the circus war. BY
an alliance with the Barnum & Bailey
interests, which also own Buffalo Bits
Wild West show, and with Wallace the
Rnghngs expect to have complete CON
troll of the ci.cus business in America
next season.
NEW YORK, June 23.-Despite the
tight money market, maCaroni trust
deal has been completed, to be the
Flour Products company, capital 81
100000. These companies are in the
combine: HotaIing Warner Co, SYRIA
cuse, y. Y; Cleveland Macaroni com
pany, FouIds Milling company, Cincin-
natl: National MacarOni company. Lib
ertyville. H.; Minnesota Macaroni Co,
St. Paul, Mimi: Crescent MacaToni and
Cracker company, Davenport, La; San
Antonio Paste works. San Antonio. Tex
The total capacity is 27,000000
pounds year.
No Gifts for Employees.
NEW YORK, June 23-The United
States Steel corporation has sent out
an order 10 its vast army of employees
forhidding any officer or emplOye of any
company owned or controlled by the
steel corporation, under pain of instant
dismissal. to accept any present coming
from any person or corporation doing
business with subsidiary companies of
the corporation or the corporation itself
This recalls the gifts of coal companies
to Pennsylvania railroad employees.