Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-12-13
II Contains Many Features Fa-
miliar in the Salt Lake
Situation.
CHARGES BY THE STATE.
They Nrc Tho Same 20. Tl,.r Vrc.
Hero aud Dcr.r-e D. Conducted
Ou similar Lines.

Salt Lake s Recently Interested 600 tE
prosecution of thn neu,r- F0a1 .r
by Attoruoy-Geuor W. u UI..n
and This s for fhr .c. uI ..'ra. t1a
Toe Retail M.r.rHu. rbu.r. Dig saI
Lake ia but counterpart or Dro Ngr
chants Index published Ht D,n,e. aau
both are cfi-Ial organs OBJ. comb. as
which are linked with other combines r
an the principal American cities.
Tho news items of tho Retail N.f-
chant IN salt Lake formed tbp basis
for the STIR made here against t1r
grocors aud butchers resulting 3n3uy
in grand jury action. Thc ncVs items
Of the Merchants Index formed thc
basis FOR definite charges On Denver
and an application foi au Injunction
dissolving tho trust. instead of au lu-
Ncstigauon to determine whether one
exists
Hero is the tou tale "caution" print
cd IN the Index. which uov forms the
basis for the case iu court.
Push the goods protected hy Hgroe-
ments. Cut out as flr Hs possible. uIl
goods demoralizod boy pr.co-cuttcrs."
a LOCAL PARALLEL.
nv iiiANi.N IH HNi .ItIIlIAf 10 N|If one
Lorenzo Jensen defended here to Poe
porters during the first few weeks of
interviews with him. ana similar to hIs
work against price cutting to maxi,
leaders as hc explained &c.
Tho "pricc committee" Of The Dem
vcr combine came in for extensive and
sarcastic treatment iu Denver ANA the
defense for 80 was the same as chat adj
vanced here Zoo uublic-iust that, DO WAS
a social committee TO spread iutDrma-
ton. and not fix prices.
Tho argument of tho Colorado attoh-
general hy which DE sought Co
convince the court that there existed
trust. contains tho following para
graphs.
IL viii convince tho court said DEE,
"that there exists a. combine such as SIS
charged iu the complaint and prayer
for Injunction And . win show 90
from facts CLEANED from the ahidavits
OF these respondents. First I viii say
that the retail groccrs OF Colorado are
members of the Denver Grocers' assoc
citation OF of one or the other siXty-siX
local associations iu Colorado. second
that the Retail GroCors' association rs
made up of the siXty-scveu local
bodies through the fact that the presi-
dent and secretary of each are meme
bers third, that the Denver local as
ISOLATION publishes "a rating book with
"a list OF protected articles, fourth, that
the said list of protected articles is
furnished by the Denver local assOcia-
ton 90 The publication committee OF
the state association. NTH, that the
state association publishes the sChcd-
uie of prices iu a journal known as the
Merchants Index; sixth, that the said
protected prices are maintained by the
retail dealers. seventh, that II the price
Is not maintained the retail dealer can
not purchase any more articles. eighth,
that the articles purchased by the re-
tell dealer are bought through the
wholesale dealer or the iobber, and II
IS the latter who refuse 10 sell unless
prices are maintained
These eight facts disclose the exist
elce OF "a combination. We have ON file
= j Beckwith's affidavit setting out
t-at George Simonsou sends out cards
regulating the retail trade on sugar. but
pleading in defense that IL Is a fair rate.
HIGH PRICES FOR ALL.
4 have here a copy OF the Merchants