The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-12
KEEP TRUST FACTS
Attorney General Jackson Gets
Case for This Purpose.
Eight Cases Have Already Been
Placed on File.
BEGIN IN STANDARD.
Taking Evidence Will Be Re-
sumed in Few Days.
Case Is i'm the Nature of an
Custer Suit.
BEGIN IN STANDARD.

Attorney General b. S. Jackson has
purchased for his Office vertical FL
ing case consisting of twelve large
compartments. ss
what is it for2" was asked of the
attorney-generaI the other day.
"Te file papers and documents rela-
tive to our antitrust lawsuits, SAID
the attorney general. I'VE will devote
ono compartment to each case. ---e
Thus far there have been eight anti
trust. cases filed. There is room in
Mr.. Jackson's fling case for four more
cases, and Mr.. Jackson says the va
cancies will be filed, Hence the cues
fion arises. "Who are the victims 2"
one of the eight compartments will
he well filed with the voluminous doc
uments in the Standard Oil case. There
are also six big volumes of evidence
secured by the Encouragement OF the
United States which are too large TO
90 into the filing case. Another COM
partment will be devoted to the case
against the insurance trust; TWO
more will be needed for the prosecu-
lions of the International Harvester
company, one a civil case and the
other a criminal.
The lumber trust case will take the
fifth compartment. and the stockyards
prosecutions; will take two more, as
there are two organizations against
which actions have been brought The
eighth compartment will be used Ior
the suit against the millers' com b1ne.
which was settled by the millers con-
tossing Judgment. dissolving their or
ganization and allowing a permanent
Injunction to issue against any similar
organiza tons in the future.
Preparations are. being made to re-
sumo taking testimony in the Standard
n c-ai6 no hn at
general has opened up new vein OF
trouble for the Standard relative to
it's manipulations in Kansas oil fields.
The civil action against the har-
vester trust is in the nature of an
custer proceedings, to compel the COM
pany to cease doing business in Kan
sas This case is in the supreme
court, and the testimony has not all
been taken. A similar action against
the Harvester trust was won in Texas
and the International Harvester com
| pany has ceased to do business there.
A Texas corporation has been organ
| lied which it is claimed is entirely
| independent of the International. and
which acts as jobbing house for the
| trust products. This jobbing house
| buys everything fr9th the international
1 and sells it to Texas retailers. But
the International attorneys insist that
| there is nc. connection between the two
companies. If Kansas wins its custer
| suit, the International will probably
follow a similar plan in this state.
| Standard Oil Scheme.
| 1t is said that if the state wins
| its custer suit against the Standard Oil
company that company will adopt a
| similar plan. Its Kansas business will
be conducted through other COM
panies, which maintain an appearance
| of independence. The understanding
| is that several of the so-called lin
| dependent" oil ref1neries which have
started up in Kansas are really owned
| by the Standard, and held for just
| such an emergency.
| The criminal action against the
Harvester trust, in which a verdict
| for $4,000 was secured in the Shaw
nee county district court, was set for
| hearing at the last term Of the SUI
preme court, but postponed on appli-
cation of the attorneys for the In
ternational, on account of Chief JUS
| tice Johnston's sickness. a--'-
| The action against the lumber trust
is in "statu quo for the present,
waiting for certain evidence to be Sc
| cured in similar actions which are
pending in Texas, Missouri and Okla
hona. This evidence will be used in
the Kansas case.
The evidence in the stockyards cases
has not yet all been taken. and is be-
ing gathered up as rapidly as pos
sible. 9f..av
Indications are that the action
against the insurance rating bureau
may be allowed to drift along to see
what tho next session of the legis-
lature will do about establishing a
state board to fix fire insurance rates
If the state establishes such a board
it will put the present rating bureaus
out of business, and the object of the
state will have been accomplished
| without a lawsuit