The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1910-12-01
AFTER THE SUGAR TRUST


one Of it's most important actions
against great corporations which are
said to have violated the Sherman
antitrust law. Henry A. Wise, United
States district attorney, fled in the
United States district court for the
southern district of New York a peti-
ton asking for the dissolution OF the
American Sugar Refining company
and twenty-nine other corporations,
which compose the so-called sugar
trust. The petition charges an illegal
combination in restraint of trade and
asks for court relief in whatever form
may be necessary, including a receiv-
ership, If deemed advisable.
The present suit, which, it is esti
mated, will be in the courts for two
years before a final adjudication is
reached, is the result of many weeks OF
preparation, and is expected to rank
in Importance with those OF the gov
eminent against the Standard Oil com
pany and the American Tobacco COM
pany, which are now pending In the
supreme court.
In general, the petition charges that
the defendants "for some time past
have been, and are now engaged in an
unlawful combination and cospiracy to
restrain trade and commerce among
and between the several states and ter
~ritories of the United States and with
foreign nations in raw sugar, sugar
beets, refined sugar, molasses syrups
and other byproducts of raw sugar and
sugar beets and to monopolize the
same The government petitions the
court to decree: "That the defend
ants have been engaged in unlawful
combination and conspiracy to restrain
and monopolize trade, and hat their
officers, directors, stockholders, agents
and employees be perpetually enJoined
from doing any act to carry out the
purpose OF such unlawful combination.
"That the court adJudge that the
American Sugar Refining company, the
National Sugar Refining company, OF
New Jersey, and the Western Sugar
Refining company is each in itself an
unlawful combination in restraint of
trade, and that each OF them be re-
strained from engaging in interstate
or foreign commerce.
"That the court adjudge that the
shares OF the capital stock OF each de-
PENDANT corporation heretofore ac-
quired by any other corporate defend
ant were unlawfully acquired and that
each such holder be enjoined from
continuing to hold such shares and that
the issuing corporations be enJoined
from permitting the exercise OF rights
incident to the holding of u shares
and that they be enJoined from pay
ing dividends to the holders.
"That the shares OF capital stock in
the National Sugar kehning company,
Utah-Idaho Sugar company, Great
Western Sugar company and Cont
mental Sugar company, formerly held
by the late ii o. havemeyer, were I'M
lawfully acquired by him and are NON
being ~unlawfully used by the execut-
ors and trustees under his will, who
are made defendants in the suit in
which the government asks that the
executors and trustees be enjoined
from further using the powers incident
to the shares SO neld by them as to
bring about cooperation between the
issuing companies and the other de-
PENDANT corporations.
"That the defendants be enjoined
from continuing to carry out the pur-
poses Of the unlawful combination and
conspiracy and be required to with
draw from all connection Herewith.
"That the court grant such general
relief as may be proper by way OF in
functions, receivership or otherwise
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