New-York tribune., 1906-05-12

pany; A. c. BOssard. Of the Itasca Paper COM
Company-paid the 500 fine assessed against
them for contempt in refusing TO answer Ques-
tiOns at former hearing.
Washington. May 11.-Attorney General Moody.
questioned concerning the significance OF the de-
fendants action in Withdrawing their answers TO
the governments bill, said:
Frank B. kellogg. of ST. Paul, special assistant to
Attorney General telegraphed the department.
this morning that defendants in the Paper Trust
leave to withdraw their answer in that case. Inc
Immediately Gn SiS moved for decree Injunction
against each Of the defendants as prayed 6 ICr t m
government were requested to prepare the decree
sttuent Companies Of the Paper trust termnates
the litigation by the entry Of judgment for an tte
government demanded in its bill. and tS cOlnpAete
victory for the United States, -. s,.oo4,o, 90
the Attornev 6eneTai in the tinted States Circuit
Court for the district Of Minnesota against S InS
independent paper manufacturing companies ~ me
IaSSa Paper Sar sr the snd er Emny
the Atlas Paper COmPa4y the kiP0eI1y Gsny q SasI
the Wausau Paper Mills Company. the CenGTall2
Pulp and Water Power Company tne SOLHP1IG1 ION PT
Company, the Grand Rapids Pulp and Paper Com IE
Howard dc company, the NekOOsa PAPER Company,
the Falls Manufacturing Company the Eiam6eag
Company the Wisconsin River Pal PaPsF a9a 9ao coup Fp
pany, the Northwest Paper Company. the COnsQl-
dated Water Power and Paper Company. the
Manufacturers Paper Company the FetOskey
Fiber Paper Company and the Rhlneander Paper
The bill alleges that they had combined. confed-
Grated and agreed together to restrain trade ana
commerce in the manufacture and sale OF paper IN
violation of the Sherman Anti act ana thaL
they had organized the General Paper Company as
the exclusive selling agent of each and all OF the
several defendant companies. The manufacturing
companies above named the owners OF plants
situated In the states OF Wisconsin, Minnesota and
Michigan and they manufacture substantially me
sole supply of news print and fibre paper for the
district west Of Chicago and east of the Rocky
Mountains
limnary to the beginning of this suit the Attorney
General retained special counsel for the govern
ment Frank B. Kellogg, of st. Paul, and James NJ.
brought to a successful termination carried
by such special counsel through the supreme Court
Of the United States.
During the summer and autumn Of 1905 large
amount of testimony was taken which tended to
show the existence of the illegal combination as
charged In the bill. During the taking OF testimony
exhibit their books and answer questions on the
ground that such evidence was inmaterial and that
Il would tend to incriminate them Proceedings
cult Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
and in the United States Circuit Court for the Dis
trict Of Minnesota to punish for contempt for re-
These cases argued in the supreme Court OF
the United States January 2, 1906, with the case
Of Hale 9gt Henkel; cTmmony 6noWn ;o,oa as an t1e
involved in the Paper Trust case that were In
voved in the Tobacco Trust case. and the decisions
of the Supreme Court in the two cases We're rem
disposed of the defence in the Paper Trust case
and resulted in the proceedings in the Circuit Court
at st. Paul this morning, by which final Judgment
has been ordered In favor OF the governTnen ent
1t is stated on reliable authority that since the
institution of this suit against the Paper Trust the
price Of paper to the consumer has been reduced
IT.