The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-18

and IN, being used MS an instru-
mcht to cripple others in the to-
bncco business with the purpOHe
Of driving them out and keeping
out others In L the tobacco BUSH
ness. For such purposes and un-
der agreement it has been, and is,
selling certain brands mnnufnc-
tureI by It mt less than the cost
of production In competition with
independent manufacturers and dis
trihutcrs, and to aid 1T In crush
Ing such competitors sums Of
money are loaned 1t by the Ancri-
Gun Tobacco Company"
Called 1t /, Prctcnse.
The governments agents seem to
have at one time and another had ac-
cess to the books Of the RIA Pat
terson Company, and the allegation
claims that the governmental experts
discovered information that much OF
the stock Of that company Is owned
| by men who are large holders OF the
stock Of both the American Tobacco
Company and the Continental Tobacco
| Company, and are presumably holding
1 the Same In the interest of the trust.
lin that connection the allegation pro-
ceeds to declare that in 1906 the out
4 put Of the r. A. Patterson Tobacco
Company was 5,s96,o00 pounds, and
| its leaf purchases that year ng-
4 gregated In excess Of 6,s90;0Oo pounds.
| The allegation further charges that
4 the vice. president of the Patterson
Company, Mr.. John Lnndstreet, has
been the president and the moving
spirit OF a nassociation Of so-calledt
4 independents. which has been making
a feint of fight against the trust
i In the courts and before the Inter-
state Commerce Commission, and It
Ills alleged that this fight was merely
q pretense. "
7, The allegation, taken fronl4 begin
. ming to end. y bristling with start
{ Ling accusations and some of them will
make sensational reading matter when
i they come to be probed before the
| proper tribunal.
i What Officials Say.
J Times Dispatch writert#yesterda
afternoon called at the office Of the
r. A. Patterson Tobacco Company and
;. found Mr. Patterson. tbs president Of
the company, and Mr.. John, Landstreet,
I the vice. president, at their desks.
!. In RESPONSE to the Inquiries Of the
q newspaper man. Mr.. Patterson said
+ 1.-THE United States Marshal {, had hon
orea him with q call and served the
Illegal papers which made the Patter-!
son Company parties to the suit IN
II.
notified that his presence would be
required at the proper time3as @ Wit
ness in the case.
/ Mr.. Patterson smiled as he added:
being thus placed5in the dual capn-
d city ofthe defendant and witness IN q
q case that will necessarily attract a.
great deal o attention itfis Improper
for me to say anything outside Of
& courts. And with that remark he
p became as mum as an oyster, sEs
Being shown the extracts from the
governments allegation, quoted above.
n Mr.. Patterson said 1t would he an easy
4 matter to prove the most Of that un-
: Itrue He declared emphatically that
!, the r. A. Patterson Company Is and
! has been controlled absolutely by Its
? managers, who are citizens Of Rich
!, n.ond, and Is to-day as strictly !nde-
!, pendent as it was the day the business
: was launched, fifty years ago. He adj
. mitted that some Of the stock, but not
: La controlling interest, had been ac-
2 quired by men who do not reside In
I. Richmond but they do nothing In the
. way Of controlling the policy OF the
:. company; in fact, have nothing to dc
! with It's management. their only busi-
ness being to receipt for their divi-
]. dends, The president and the vice
: president both ridiculed tho charge thai
w
B at n loss
Emphatic Denial.
In this connection Mr.. Landstreet
: lproduced some samples and some ad-
k "ertislng literature to show that the
4 American Tobacco Company has recent,
4 ~ put out a special brand Of smoking
a tobacco to compate With one Of the
3 best sellers the Patterson Company ha:
. on the market.
III ~.
= With the Independent Tobacco Manufac.
. turers' Association and It's fight agalns
IN the American Tobacco Company, Mr.
. Landstreet said:
!, : Yes, was the president Of thai
9 association, and, In fact, was the or
: ganiser Of It., and ] put up the best
= fight could. When became the head
:. OF the association I was with the
! United States Tobacco Company. blu,
= my term of office did not expire until
. after I had become member of the
Patterson COMPANY"
Mr., Landstreet denied with emphasi,
that his fight against the trust. Will,
president Of the association, was ii
any sense feint or a fake.
Both Of these gentlemen We're yer.
retcont, net that they We're not abl
to fell anything but they thought tina
In view of the fact that they were nov
:. both witnesses ana defendants In
case at law 1t were better that the,
say but little until they shall be- Gala
Z tc the witness-stand. or required t
make answer to tho allegation Of tn
government.
y lAl5i. Is f. x
l. Professionalism.
W MI Frank W Field and Miss Maud
: Courtland We're y.itrried at the residence
the brides parents. No 227 South Pin
20 street, yesterday morning at $50 o'eloc
10 Mr., Field Is q popular business man, ar
HIS bride Ia one OF the most accompiishs
young ladies' In her community They al
nounce that they Will be at home to the
friends, No. II Linden Street, after July .
Mr. noMden's Condition Unchanged.
The condition OF Justice of Pea
n George n. Bowden, who Is critically .
9, at his residence on North Twentie,
NJ, Street, was unchangedsat a late hol