The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-24
SCORES ON
POWDER TRUST
Government Gets in Telling
Evidence
THE WORKING AGREEMENT
Introdueed-This in Spite of Efforts of
the Defense-The Hartman Inquiry
Is Soon to Open in New
York.
THE WORKING AGREEMENT

New York, Oct. PA sheaf OF valua-
BILE documents belonging TO the Hazard
Powder company, member Of the so.
called powder trust. was carried off by
X. S. Naddell when he left the employ
Of the trust six years ago. These papers
form the most important exhibits by
which the~Boyernmcnt expects to prove
that the Du Pont de Ncmours Powder
company Is operating in violation Of the
sherman antitrust law A number Of
the documents were introduced as evi.
dence Thursday at the hearing OF the
governments case before Special Exam.
liner William Mahaffey in the custom
house, this city. Immediately upon their
introduction tho staff Of lawyers repre-
senting the trust made an attack on the
yeracity of MFR. Waddell, the govern.
ment's star witness They sought 10
show that he appropriated documents
which were not his own, and that by
taking possession Of the records OF his
employer he sought to fortify himself
against competition when he started an
Independent powder company OF his own.
They sought to show also that Mr.. Wad-
dell, failing TO attain the end for which
he sought, carried ohe documents TO the
department of justice as material for
the present attack on the powder trust.
But, in spite Of the attempts OF the
trust lawyers to discredit the govern
ment's witness, ex.Judge Scarlett, who
is leading the governments attack, sue
eeeded in having introduced in the rec
ord document known as the "Compen.
i g ~ IL ! Il.
Of the powder trust operated for many
years. These rules, the government ar
CUES, are fundamentally the same as ex
isted under the old Gunpowder Trade
Association of a generation ago al
though they have been changed as con
ditions warranted until they have reach
ed the form OF the exhibit which was
introduced thursday. The Compendium
Of Rules introduced Thursday was under
date of 1902 There were other docu
meuts entered with it by which the
government seeks to prove that the
gunpowder trade was divided up among
the members of the so-ealled trust; that
customers were divided among the mem
bers OF the pool powder companies, and
that prices We're established and still are
established by board which governs the
sales Of all the companies in the trade
agreement.
Earlier in the day Mr. Waddell testi
fed that in 1902 the amount Of blasting
powder sold in the United States was
100000 kegs, and that Of this number
the trust sold 100000 and the indie.
pendents 100000. lie told Of the trusts
fight against the Indiana Powder com.
pany Men were sent by the trust To
stir up between the Miners association
and the Operators association to create
sentiment against the Independent Pow
der company. The fight was short and
sharp Then the Indiana company sold
out to the pool There was a fight also
against the Southern Powder company
I'VE fixed ii so they could not get out,
said Mr.. Waddell Eve got freight
rates systematized on all the railroads
out Of Birmingham. We fixed these
rates 50 that powder never could net
more than seventy cents key, very
close to, or less, than cost, and then We
waited developments In a year the
southern company died.