The Ordway new era., 1907-12-27
eRocERs' TRUST ENJolNEp.
Judge George w. Allen at Denver Is.
suts Temporary Injunction.

sues Temporary Injunction.
Denver.--Judge George w. Allen of
the District Court Thursday granted |
temporary injunction against the l
srocers' trust upon the afiidavits and ,
arguments Of the attorney general Of
Colorado.
In announcing his decision Judge |
Allen said that "if the retail grocers
Of the state have no more moral cour
ige In conducting their business than
o be made the catspaw for raking the
chestnuts from the fire for the manu-.
-acturers of food products by combin'
Ing to maintain uniform prices. and
at public expense. the courts would
do them service to put them out OF
business"
With no Intention of prcjudging the
defendants. he stated that in his opin'
ion Colorado. held in the tolls of 81.
gantic food trust. needed some aid
from her untrammeled courts of good
conscience" Exceptions were made
10 the courts findings on behalf OF all
the defendants.
The judge went on to say:
In the great commercial centers OF
the country there have been estab.
lished manufactures and there have
been established producers and ven
doris OF the various manufactured ana
produced articles of the country. and
they involve the necessities OF life,
and II has come 20 be that each OF
those great manufactures or prOduc
ing Institutions, sometimes by them
selves. and sometimes by similar
combination. as this. among them
selves They manufacture the goods.
they produce the article. and at that
commercial center. in their own office
they establish the price that the pub
lie shall pay for the article they man.
nfacture and produce, and II appears
and nothing more clearly demonstrates
IL than the evidence in this case, that
they practically accomplish their pur'
pose. tO-wit. to fix "A price upon the
manufactured article. irrespective oi
the question of supply and demand
and on basis simply Of profit &c
them: and II appears. as is demon
strated by the testimony in this case.
that they succeed In sending their
manufactured and produced articles
throughout the country, among the
people and counsel the people to pur
chase their commodities and pay the
price which they arbitrarily fix at these
great commercial CcnteTs. And how
is II done? By and through the com.
binaIlUns. the associations OF these in
nOccnt groCcrs in the city of Denver
and other commercial ccnters OF the
state of Colorado. and every other
commercial center throughout the
United States. combining together and
serving as the agencies of these great
trusts. as the people term them and
condemn thcm--as the purchasing
agents. the selling agents, the middle
men between the manufacturers and
the producers who fix the price, and
the people who are obliged to purchase
the articlcs-thc necessities OF life
and pay the price which the manu-
facturer or the producer fixes upon
the same.
Hence. say. these defendants dc
not realize the part that they perform
in building up this great trust in this
country; that 1t affects all the pco
pie Of this country. and which all the
people. without exception. criticlsc
and condemn. when transactinG bust
ness in such way as to do an In
justice to the innocent. unofiiciatins
and non-part-taking public"
There Is sufficient in this case. ap
pearing from the evidence. to justify
this court In granting this temporary
injunction. generally. as prayed for In
this complaint. II understand the
prayer. There are possibly some In
dividuals made defendants in the case
that may not aprear to have done such
things that would entitle the pla!ntifi
TO the writ against them: but the
court is satisfied that the members
of these associations ought to be en-
Joined from transacting the business
in the manner admitted as appears
from the testimony in this CASE