Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-06-02
PerpetuaIIy Eniolned From ViOIat-
Ing Provisions Of Federal
Antitrust Law.
COURT RETAINS JURISDICTION
Decree Affords Government M Relief
To Which II is Entitled tn
der Law.

Washington June ATTY. Gen
Moody today being asked concerning
the significance of the action Of the
defendants On conserving TO decree IN
favor Of the government IN what IS
known as the case against the OTIS
Elevator company Il al against which
the department recently instituted
proceedings Tor violation Of the federal
ANTITRUST laws, ssids
'The circuit court OF the United
States for the Northern district NJ cali
fornil Yesterday entered a decree IN
the case recently instituted by the gov
eminent against the otis Elevator
company and certain other corpora
lions Tor violation ~ the federal anti
trust laws The decree grants per-
rejual Injunction a. prayed Tor DO the
hin enjoiuing each and an Of tine de-
PENDANTS from violating any OF the
provisions OF the sherman antitrust
act and particularly from contracting
cor agreeing together On any manner
either expressly or implIedly as TO the
trade and commerce lu elevators IN
the United States The defendant COR
poratous and thir respective Officers
and agents are also perpetually en-
Joined from entering into any agree
ment or understanding az e. the price
20 Doe charged for installing elevators
or as TO The territory On which any or
AN OF them shall do business. BY the
terms OF the decree the court retains
jurisdiction Of the suit 10 make any
further on additional decree OF 10
modify or enlarge the present decree
from time % time as the equities OF
the case may demand.
The bill Of complaint in this case
was filed IN the circuit court on the
1th day OF March 1906, against the
following defendants.
The Otis Elevator company Electrl-
c"l Engineering company Fraser Elec-
,rical Elevator company Cahill and
Hin Elevator company. A. j. McNlcoll
Elevator company, Crane Elevator
company. Standard Elevator d Manu-
featuring company, Elton q Prince Ele
Nator company. Smith-Hll Elevator
company, Whittier Machine company.
stokes a Peters ELEVATOR company.
Morse Williams d Co. McAdams &
Cartwright Elevator company, Graves
Elevator company. Plunger Elevator
company. SpragGe Elevator company.
Bleemsburg Elevator q Machine COM
pany, and Sulber-VOgel Machine COM
Iany, Central Iron Works company.
Moon Elevator company. Warner EIe-
yator company. ". j. O'Donnen & CO.,
Gardner Elevator company, H0ugnton
Elevator company. Gciger. Fiske &
Koop. National Electrical Elevator
company. Burdette d Rowntroe Manu-
featuring company. Moline Elevator
company Samuel Burger. W. d. Maid
win. C. e.. Comsi0ck y. n. Darrin
company and Eikuon Manufacturing
company
i, was alleged an the bin that these
defendants made and sold al least 10
per cent Of an the eleyatfIs used west
OF the Rocky mountains an charged
that they had entered into conspiracy
among themselves 20 control and en-
nance the prices no which such elcva-
tors should DO sold and that the object
Of such conspiracy had been effected by
ond through the OTIS Elevator company
and its officers. Tho BIN also charged
that IN order 10 sim further destroy
competition with respect % the sale "
elevators whenever any independent
company secured a contract fictitious
suits were instituted against such CONF
pany by tho Otis Elevator company for
infringement Of !ts patents. hut that
such suits were really and .u FACT lnsti-
tutcd for the purpose ~ h8rassiug and
injurlng such Independent company.
The decree which has been entered az
forts the government AN the relief 10
which 10 is entitled under the law"