The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-05-29

hors in the vicinity had told him
The point IL that the prosecution
claims that the sign vent up after
the expose of The aiicgcd trust. and
thai Erickson had pat up the sisa
10 mtsicad the authorities.
Mr. NahdeFveer also asked EFiek.
son II he remenlb eYcd the time he
had come "a his dairy With A L
Wit. oae az his drivers. and talked
about haYlns : milk route
Erickson denied that he had ever
seen Mr.. Vandervc~r bsfnrr he had
come a. the court house
+n.dnt you say that you woald
cell uie a milk route and agree IA
protect me IN q scent price. asked
No. sir. did not persisted The
Stiffness.
+ u. KaIberg. one Of the defend
ants and proprietor Of the indie
pendent Dairy % 90 a month ago
tnid 81 attending the mcctings last
September and October.
Becomes Confused.
He snia that A. kristoferson. an
saasnendent milk dealer. had sold
MILK for 10 cents . quart before
October /. ard became rather enn
fused when reminded af the fact
that Mr. krsssoferson had testified
81 the stand yesterday afternoon
that N had sold his miik For II
eeuta = quart during that time. G
Johnson. another one OF the defend
ants. who says he has been In the
dairy business for 10 years. tesii
lied that there had been no Re-
organization ~ the Seattle MIA
Exchange. ard that no officers had
been elected
What we're you doing Al tho
meetlnEF asked Vanderveer.
we bad a glass 81 beer. some
wine and cigars"
why aid you 60 down 10 those
meetings at the Erickson dairy
4 thought there was w0ing 10 be
some goings on"
Never dreamed that they were
going 10 tab about the price Of
milk
40. sir
Talked 81 Price Of MIX.
after you got there they did
talk about the price Of milk
Yes. sir
You didn't 20. then. Jus, TO look
az the dairy
not exactly. no
sYoa sere in favor Of raising the
price Of milk
Yes. str
did any one object to raising the
prizes q miikr
No. sir.
still yoa had no written agree
ment 70 Faiae the price Of mills =
NO. SIR
The state does not have 70 prove
that the milk men had written
agree uenf TO raise the price of milk
Al that Il has 20 prove to win its
case is that the milk uscn bad some
sort Of an understanding between
each other that prices should go up
This has been practically admit.
ted D. ali the Witnesses. who SAT
gaat the raise was necessary on
account 81 the threatened raise b.
the ranehers.
Much Testimony.
Numerous witnesses testified In
the alleged milk conspiracy case
before Judge A w Frater IN the
superior court yesterday afternoon
that tho price OF milk had been
raised October Of last year. civ
luR as the reason for II that the
ranehera we're threatening 10 raise
their prices.
Drivers for a. Y. Erickson. the
man on trial and president OF the
Seattle MIX Exchange. testified
thar they had been given instFuc
tlous 70 follow the prices on the
printed schedules and not TO accept
dissatisfied customers OF other
dalrYmen.
Il was admitted BY r 7. Patton.
OF the Pure MIX Dairy. that two
DAYS after the prosecution started
against the alleged milk trust the
price Of milk dropped.
Just Social Gatherings.
Mr.. Erickson and Secretary =
". Anderson. Of the milk exchange
testified that the exchange went
ont Of existence In April. 1906
They claimed that the meetings
Just prior 20 october last year were
Informal affairs. largely social. at
which a case 81 beer had been
opened. Several dairymeu told Of
having been present Of some Of
these meetings
Il e Potter. proprietor of the
Sterling Dairy ~ 1902 Madison
who has been IN the milk business
for two years. said that he had
been present Of meeting 10 Sep
temher. 1907