New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-11-17
|A|L FOR BREAKERS
Of ANTITRUST LAW
lines Not Sufficient to Satisfy
the Department o.
Justice.
WICKERSHAM INDIGN mt
sovs Federal Court at P1ttsfurg
Was Too Lenient with Glass
Trust - Reported
Cut in Wages.

z7-oe1-7rgrar7 NOV 1G.-The Depart
-,e-- n Justice issued a statement To-
-.sr- crfticising tho action Of the Fed
~ Court at Pittsburg in imposing
small fines on the window glass trust
.n5 its officers and directors AMI init
mating that in future the department
would. N similar cases. insist on JaA
sentences. rather than fines
The statement was based on 4 dispatch
from Ffttsburs saying that the corpora
SONS combined in the trust had served
notice on their employees that q reduc-
ZION 81 So per cent in wages was the
onlv condition under which the factories
could continue 10 work The dispatch
added that the corporations attributed
this ultimatam directly u the success
fl prosecution Of the combination and
he imposition of fines. Attorney Gen
eral Wicbersham expressed Indignation
al the statement and . strong doubt OF
It's truth.
The department in outlining its view
q The case said that the reported &C
lion Of the corporations. if substantiated
b. the facts. would indicate a very mis-
yaken Ieriency on the part Of the court
which il Is hoped would not be followed
o. any other similar occasion.
hot Statement from Department.
The statement q TIE department is as
follows
The evidence obtained BY the department
- II
company was ORGANIZED II AuTll 1Ar-- I
manufactured n glass, pU- was purely Z
selling aseHct buying III entire output q
---t o- more manufacturers c1 window
Glass Z some len different states In-
agreement between II and the manufa ctl:r-
etS IRON which u bought provided that no
gas should he sold tg the latter excep1
I 1he Imperial Window Glass Companv
-he SJo9- az t1- Imperial company was
divided among the rlsn-fa cturers. i was
---- t----- me conn any t-G1 E-GUZlt into
corn7--latle1 WITH = under such contra cts,
1-laI-ia -lfeIS Dt 9 tCL- - per cent OF the
eni-re hand blown window glass manu-
1EclL-@G II Ir- Irl-ez States that Il was
determined TO begin business. L began
business -E January 1919 ~ October I
lslG prices had been advanced o Per cent
ever VIA T1@N were in April. 1919. The
eFlGelle S10H-C that in the first three
months g- rs operation the Imperial com
IanE earned ne profits equal 10 its entire
capita 500 4 Iue largest advance in
prices Wa ~ubSeouen L. this initial Pc
-1oC- and --e evidence showed that duriLss
ihe Ter months Of is business the CoIHbIna-
r01 cleared about s. .'ssl or 900 per cent
on lis capital STOCK It leased fifteen fac
Ig-leS az nigh rentals for the sole purpose
q kseginE them cl@Se6 eaG removing their
product from the market Its expenses
or-i1E Tie IeIiod were Sl5S@55 Tor one year
Tor leases and Ha-ChC1en II these closed
Gown Il tories Indictments were found
Ggs-ls- T-- -frHaI directors and officers Of
11s company. each one Of whom was either
President or - prominent officer Of one Of
the companies who had entered into agree
mems u sell their produce only 70 the
-n7erial COMPANY DemurrerS 10 me in
C-cfErurS EaGr 0VeTTuleG. and the case
vas SCI for trial II Pirt=hurs on Monday.
November ! : few DAYS previous TO this
cate a-er-gr-s were made 10 the Attorney
General On behalf of the defendants sug-
ges,-ng hat they would plead mole con
te15-e--h= substantial eluivs lent II . plea
G guilty. provided the Attorney General
would agree 10 recommend 70 the court
t-st ONLY -nes 5e inflicted