The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-28
UNCLE SAM GIVES REPLY ID GROCERS Says Their Answer Is Uncer-
 tain and Evasive COPIES ARE SENT OUT Within the Next Few Days the Court Will Re Asked to Appoint Exam
 fer to Take Testimony in
 Dissolution Suit

A brief and pointed replication by the of the Southern Wholesale Grocers' as- sociation to the federal dissolution suit was filed in the United States court yes terday by Oliver D. Street, United States district attorney.
 The filing of the reply of the govern ment to the grocers' association answer was expected to take up in detail a number of sections of the answer pre- viously fled but the government satis- fled itself with simply saying that the answer of the association was evasive, uncertain and insufficient in the law to be replied to by the government. The answer or replication was filed in the name of George W. Wckersham, attor- ney general of the United States; Will liam S. Kenyon, assistant to the attor- ney general and Orla E. Harrison, spe- cial assistant to the attorney general of the United States.
 The Governments Answer The answer in full follows:
 "In the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of nllcu DtdtcS Ol <aiiCiiNd NS the Southern Wholesale Grocers' As
 socation ct al.-No. 2o5-In equity.
 "Comes the United States by Oliver D. Street United States attorney, and sav- ing and reserving to themselves all man. ner of advantages of exception which may be had and taken to the manifold errors, uncertainties and insufficiencies of the answer of the defendants for replication thereto, and say that they do and will aver maintain and prove their said bill to be true, certain and suffi- cient in the law to be answered unto by the said defendants and that the an swer of the said defendants is very un- certain. evasive and insufficient in law to be replied unto by replicants; that all matters or things in said answer contained material or effectual in law to be replied unto are untrue; all of which matters and things this replicant is ready to aver, maintain and prove as this honorable court shall direct, and humbly pray as in and by said bill they have already prayed.
 70. D. STREET,
 United States Attorney for the North
 ern District of Alabama.
 GEORGE w. WICKERSHAM. Attorney General of the United States"
 "WM. S. KENYON,
 Assistant to the Attorney General.
 "ORLA E. HARRISON,
 Special Assistant to the Attorney Gen
 eral"
 Copies Sent to Defendants
 Copies of the answer of the govern ment were sent out yesterday to all of the defendants In the dissolution suit of the government, which includes a great many of the most prominent gro cery firms in the southern states.
 The court also ordered one forwarded to Gen. Luke E. Wright and Caruthers Ewing, attorneys for the defense
 MT. Street said that the case was now at an issue and an application would be made within the course of few days for the appointment of an examiner to take the testimony on the part of the government As soon as this step is taken the taking of evidence in the gro- cers' case will begin.
 The grocers' association will not make any reply to the replication of the gov ernment filed yesterday. They will await the appointment of an examiner and will be present when the testimony is en- tered into.