The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-21
|ND|CT VIRGINIA
PAPER COMPANY.
Bedford Concern Included in List
Of Twcnty-Thrcc Convicted
ON Pooling Charge.

Information has been received here
of tho Indictment In tho United States
Court in New York OF twenty three
paper manufacturing companies for
alleged violations of the Sherman anti
trust law. Among them Is the Bedford
Pulp and Paper Company, whose plant
Is ut Big Island. In Bedford county, Va,
and home Office OF which is in Rich-
mond. Mr.. Gustavus Millhiser is pres
ident, and Mr.. Milton Il. Marcusc, vice.
president and general manager Of the
company When seen last night Mr..
Marcuso said that he was aware OF
the Indictment >ngainst his company,
though lie had not heard fully from
his attorneys, and was therefore not
In Il position t discuss tho subject
further than to say that no did not
look upon the matter as serious one.
In other words, lie did not seem To
think that tho government would re-
gard the action against his company
as fragrant violation OF the law.
Impose Sentence TO-Morrow.
A plea OF guilty was entered by SOL
ONION NJ. Stroock. counsel for tho Fibre
and Manila Association, for twenty
three wrapping paper companies Sen
tence Will be imposed tomorrow. John
II. Parks and twenty-five companies,
comprising the association which he
organized in 1906. were named In the
Indictment. Two months ago the Fed
eral grand jury began its investiga-
ton as d result of the agitation on
the part Of the Newspaper Publishers
Association for reduction of the price
of print paper. but until Friday the
Indictment was kept sealed by request
OF United States Attorney Grim.
Mr.. Stroock said that the wrapping
M
years ago to combine to avert bank
ruptcy because of the methods of the
agents of consumers; that the associa-
ton represented only 23 per cent. of
the manufacturers, and that the output
of one outside mill was more than
that OF all the mills in the association.
He said the capital invested in the in
dustry was s27S,0OO,0o0 and the total
annual output but s1sS,ooo,ooo, so that
1t really took 50 of capital to pro-
duce dollars worth of paper.
Admitting that since the Fibre and
Manila Association was formed the
price OF wrapping paper had gone up,
Mr.. Stroock explained that this was
due to natural causes. one being that
stumpage previously used in the maxi
ing of pulp is now more profitable as
timber, and another that the pricc Of
labor had increased.
List OF Defendants.
Mr.. Stroock said lie did not rep
resent the Allen Brothers Company,
of Sandy Hill, N. Y, which has gone
out Of business, or the Petosky Fibre
Paper Co., OF Petosky, Mich, both of
which are named in the Indictment.
Mr.. Parks. who was secretary of the
! Fibre and Manila Association, with
| offices at No. 1 West Thirty-fourth
| Street, is in Europe. The companies
| for which a plea Of guilty was en-
| tered are:
Analomink Paper Company. North
| Water Gap, Pa; Bayless Pulp and Pa
per Company. Austin. Pa. Bedford
Pulp and Paper Company. Big Island.
Va; Brownville. Paper Company.
Brownyille: y; " Champion Paper pc
per Company, Muskegon. Mich; Con-
tinental Paper Bag Company, Water
town, ~ y; Do Grasse Paper Com
4 pany. Pyrites. n. "; The Dexter Sui
phite Pulp and Paper Company, DeX-
ter, N. Y; Detroit Sulphite Pulp and
Paper Company. Detroit, Mich; Fletch-
Gould Paper Company, Lyons Falls. N.
Y; Hartje Paper Manufacturing Com
pany, Steubenville, Ohio; Island Paper
4 Company, Carthage. n. Y: Island Pa
per Company, Manasha, Wis; Jeffer-
son Paper Company, Black River N
u; Newton Falls Paper Company
| Newton Falls. y. T.; orono Pulp and
Pulp and Paper Company, Parsons, w
Va; Racquette River Paper Company
Potsdam, n. y: York Haven Paper
Company. York Haven. Pa; Meyer an6
Pratt Lyons Falls, n. Y; MunisinE
: Paper Company (Ltd). Munising, Mich