Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1906-05-17
AFTER DRUG TRUST
ooveRMMsMr e.LEs SUIT IN IN.
DIANA COURT AGAINST A..
Leceo COMBINE.
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Charged That the sherman Antitrust
Law Has Seen Violated BY the Pro-
prietary Association o. America. the
Nations, Wholesale Druggists Asso.
eiation and the Matiensl Association

etAtton ana tno NASeo0ol AoooetaVt0n
81 Retail oruee,sts.
Washington, May 9.-The attorney
general has made public the following
statement ~
The government has died In the
circuit court OF the United States for
the district OF Indiana . petition for
an Injunction against certain xssocia-
tions. corporations and individuals
comprising what 10 commonly known
~ the drug trust. The parties defend
ant specifically named IL the bill have
voluntarily combined together to con
troll the prices 1t which proprietary
medicines and drugs shall be sold to
the consumer through the retail drug
gists In violation Of the sherman anti
trust law
The parties to the colonization In.
elude the Proprietary Association of
America the National Wholesale Drug
gtsts' association and the National
Association of Retail Druggists
The bill charges In substance that
thee asseciations. their cH:ccrs, deir-
gates and members are ali engaged la
common undertaking. to wit: the
business OF manufacturing buying uni
selling patent medicines and drugs aud
proprietary articles throughout the
United states. That thnse associa-
ttan. o,..l tho -A-A>.. HAa~one E... I,
eLtered into conspiracy to arbitrarily
fH and regulate the prtY at which
such a.ticles shall be sole to the cor
su.ner and that they have lestablish I'd
rules aud regulations 10 enforce such
an unlawful agreement bf restricting
tue purchase and sale VI such com
modittcs to those me0bers Ut the ses
eral associations who shall. live up tu
ana observe the rules and regulations
thus arbitrarily prescribed by the ve-
spective associations.
object 81 the Conspiracy.
"There 10 but one ultimate object
OF the conspiracy, namely To AZ the
price which shall be observed by all
retail druggists In selliDg to the con-
sumer the various commodities manu-
factured by the several members Of
the proprietary association. The plan
by which such object is Effected is in
brief as follows: No retail druggist
can obtain goods from Wholesale
druggist or manufacturer of pro
prietary medicine unless such retail
druggist becomes member of the
National Association Of Retail Drug
gists and In order to become such
member he must agree to observe the
established price at which such pro-
prietary medicine shall be sold to the
consumer
III such retail druggist after becom-
ing member OF the National Associa-
tion Of Retail Druggists, cuts prices In
the sale OF such articles to the con
sumer he Is Immediately placed upon
the list Of what Is known AZ aggres
sive cutters and thereafter such retail
druggist 10 unal lie to obtain from any
manufacturer who is member Of the
proprietary association OF from any
other Wholesale druggist who is =
member OF the Wholesale Druggists
association any of the commodities
which may be manufactured and sold
BY them or any Of them.
An Injunction is prayed for prohib
lting these associations from acting in
concert for the purpose Of maintaining
prices and the individuals firms and
corporations who are members Of the
respective associations from acting to-
gether for the purpose Of maintaining
uniform prices to the consumers
throughout the United States"