The Mena weekly star., 1907-05-16
IH[ [DRUG TRUST ENDOWED
Perpetual Decree Entered in the United States Circuit Court at
 Indianapolis.
THE DEFENDANTS ARE 92 IN NUMBER
The National Association of Retail Druggists, National Wholesale Druggists Association, Tri-Partite Proprietors and Others Perpetuslly Enjoined From Combining.

Indianapolis, May f0.-The so-caiied drug trust was perpetually enjoined Thursday from continuing its opera tions by the entering of decree In the United States circuit court for the district of Indiana on the complaint ot the United States government, filed by Joseph B. Healing, United tates district attorney.
 The defendants, 92 in number, who are the members, officers, directors, agents, and attorneys of the National Association of Retail Druggists, the National Wholesale Druggists associa' tion, Fri partite proprietors, black list manufacturers, Direct Contract Proprietors, Wholesale Contract Pro prietors." and Charles c. Bombaugh, are perpetually enjoined from com bining and conspiring to restrain trade in drugs, fix prices by agreement, black list retailers who cut prices, or to refuse to sell to any retailer on equal terms. All publication of black lists is forbidden and all contracts and agreements covered by the charges are declared void.
 The direct contract serial number plan is prohibited as well as the SC curing of the adoption of schedules for the sale of drugs.
 Charles c. Bombaugh was charged in the bill of complaint with being en gagged in printing and circulating lists called black lists which contained the names of druggists throughout the country who sold proprietary articles and medicines at prices less than those which the alleged combination ordered. As charged, he would send list each month to every retail and wholesale druggist in the United States who belonged to the associa ton of those accused of cutting prices and as result of this these "aggres sive cutters" as they were called could not buy goods.
 It was further charged that those accused of cutting prices on proprie. tary medicines were unable to pur, chase any kind of drugs from the members of the several associations All such practices are perpetually en- joined
 The decree entered Thursday was dictated by the government attorneys and agreed to by the defendants. With the entering of the decree the litiga. ton came to an end with complete victory for the government.
 The Direct Contract Proprietors,' B are enjoined from continuing the di- rect contract serial plan and from co. operating with any of the other de fendants In carrying out such plan. They are enjoined from requiring any dealer to enter into a contract re straining trade in the articles of their manufacture and from placing serial numbers on the retail packages for the purpose of keeping records of and tracing sales and from requiring the yendee to keep records of and report sales by serial numbers. All acts tend. ing to restrict the free purchase of the articles of their manufacture are forbidden
 Ihe same prohibitions are ordered against the Wholesale Contract Pro prietors" and they are further enioin. cd from securing the adoption of schedules for the sale of the articles Of their manufacture and of other ar. ticles in any market.