Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-08
individuals Indicted.

Among the individuals named in the in
dictment are William c. Geer. president
and George T.. Garner secretary treas
'rer, Abba Box and Paper Company.
New York; H. l.. Beverage. president
Beverage Paper Company, Indiana; f.
c. ROUGH, president Boehme E. Rauch
Company. Michigan: f. T. Newton presi-
dent Chemical Paper Company, Illinois:
Z. Fairbanks. vice president, and Fred
p wilson, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, Chicago
Coated Board Company: George W.
Downs, president George w Downs Com
pany, New Jersey: c. E. Frye, treasurer
Elkhart Bristol Board and Paper Com
pany. Indiana; G. A. Bisler president
E; rap1T P Ps COMPANY. Delaware:
& Sons. West Virginia.; Theodore Foster
treasurer Foster Box Board Company.
New York; George Little, treasurer and
general manager Franklin Board and
secretary. and I. N. Miller. agent, Koko-
mo Paper Company. Indiana: Thomas c.
Bauer. president La Fayette Box Board
and Paper Company, Indiana: E. A. Ly-
dali, secretary Lydal Foulds Paper
Company. Pennsylvania; Stanley Reed
secretary treasurer Manchester Paper
and Twine Company, Virginia; J. Wood
Wilson, president. and ]. j. Nc
Cullough, vice president, Marion Paper
Company. Indiana: R. D. McEwen presi-
dent, Arthur McEwen. treasurer, and
Frank McEwen. secretary. McEwen
Bros. New Jersey: Thomas Ross. gen
eral manager Ohio Box Board Company;
O. S. Jacobs. president Philadelphia Man
president Reynolds Boyle Company, New
Jersey: E. T. Gardner. treasurer Colin
Gardner Paper Company, Ohio; c. La
Boitaux, secretary kneer Board and Pa
Walsh. president Western strawboard
Company. Ohio: Sydney Mitchell presi-
dent United Box Board and Paper Com
pany, New Jersey; w. H. Holiday, presi-
dent United States Board and Paper
Company, Indiana; A. NJ Sheperd. presi-
dent Vincennes Paper Company, Indiana;
s. B. Stuphin, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Aenia
Paper Company, Ohio.
Bound by Rigid Rules.
Rigid were the rules that bound the
members OF the association to adhere to
prices agreed upon. according to the
wording of the indictment. 1t recites that
the association was organized in 1905, with
headquarters in New York, and that
prices were fixed at the quarterly meet
lnss. THESE prices were not to be
changed or departed from except by
unanimous vote of the membership. The
amount of trade each member was to en-
JOY was carefully apportioned. while a
liberal tax was levied to pay the ex-
penSeS or the association.
The members have adhered strictly to
the agreements mapped out, according
to the indictment. which has prevented,
eliminated and destroyed competition by
hiking arbitrary and non-competitive
prices These prices. it is further
charged, were greatly in excess of prices
that would have been fixed by natural
competition. thus levying IAN unlawful
tax upon the people of the United States,
amounting to S5.OO0.OOO annually"
It,
clude letters written by Parks to the
various officers of the association, the
reports of the treasurer and the price
committee and extracts from the minutes
of the quarterly meetings. The minutes
of the quarterly meeting held December
and D. 1907, include the following items:
Fix your selling price for the ensuing
quarter
Fix your pool contribution for the en-
suing quarter.
Fix the cost schedule for the ensuing
quarter.
Fix the sales allotment for the ensu-
ing quarter"
Organization Long Dissolved.
MARION, Ind, January Sd. L. McCul-
Tough. vice president of the Marion Paper
Company. who was indicted yesterday in
New York upon charges of violating the
antitrust laws. last night gave out the
following statement:
MANY of the paper boxboard manu-
facturers were formerly members of an
association that purported to be for
mutual cooperation. This association was
dissolved year ago. however and does
not now exist Indictments that have
been returned charge that this associa-
ton was organized and conducted in
violation of the antitrust law of New
York
The association was dissolved because
it was of no benefit to the members.
Hhe manufacturers could not agree upon
any proposition, and the association
passed out of existence without ac-
complishing anything.
The association certainly did not
violate the law. 1t was simply an
ordinary association, one that proved to
he OF no benefit to any one. There is now
no organization OF any kind. and there
has been none for more than year.