Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-12-03
TWO MILLER BROTHERS
PLACED UNDER ARREST
Atlantic Coast Line, seaboard Air Line
end Merchants & Miners Trsnspor-
taticn Company and philadelphia
Concern Accused Of Destroying Com
perition in Freight.
CBy Associated Press,

SAVANNAH. GA Dec. AFTER
hearing testimony since Monday the
federal grand jury of the United
states Court for the southern districs
of Georgia handed down Indictments
today charging an infringement OF the
antitrust laws or the part OF three
large corporations and two individuals.
The Atlantic Coast Line and the Sea-
board Air Line were each jointly In
dicted with the Merchants & Miners
Transportation Company i,r specific
violations of the Sherman ANTITRUST
and Elkins laws. while Harvie Miller
ana Morris Miller. grain mere lanss
and members OF the Arm OF L. II. afil-
Ter & Sons, OF Philadelphia, were ths
individuals 10 feel the wrath OF the
government.
Company indicted Three Times.
The Merchant & Miners Transpor-
atiou Company was indicted three
, times-once as a sole offender and
twice in connection with the Seaboard
| Air Line and Atlantic Coast Lane ra1i-
way. Morris and Haryie Mile. were
arrested and placed under honda Oh
| $4,000 each.
| In each indictment specific nliegar
lions are made OF the facts which con-
stitute the alleged infrac'ions OF the
trust laws.
Dates are given when the defend
+; ants are alleged to have made ship
Imenss over the lines named at rates
! less than those on file with the Inter-
/ state Commerce Commission. II is al
| legged that from Western points 10
| Philadelphia the Millers secured ex-
| port rates where the law demanded
| they should be shipped under domes-
| tic rates.
This saved them frem I t. . cents
upon every 100 pounds OF gram
| shipped.
The Miller brothers put themselves
in the jurisdiction of the United states
Court Cor the southern district OF Geor-
gia through their shipments into this
district over the lines Of the three cor
poraticns indicated.
Destroyed Competition.
| The beginning OF the Investigation
I against the defendants arose from
complaints registered with the Inter-
I state Commerce Commission during
the sI.gmer to the effect that the MI
Ter firm had effectively destroyed CON-
petition In grain shipments over an
enormous territory embracing points
along the Mississippi and Ohio rivers
and in he South Atlantic states Pro-
ceedings were held before Commits
sicnsr Clements In Philadelphia dur
| ing July. and the revelations were
sufficient to cause the government TO
institute proceedings against not only
| the Miller firm, but also the interme-
diaries.
The first ccnnec; ION OF the railrosds
and the Nillers arose during the hear
/ ing before Commissioner Clements. IA
which II developed that the Pennsyi-
vania system bad sold It's Phiiadelphfa
elevator to The Keystone Elevator
Company l. r. Miller & Sons cen
trolled The iatef company end were
responsible for shipments to the South
over both the railroads indicsfcd and
upon vessels of the steamship com
/ pany al rates much less thar those on
/ ile with the commission
In addition to this infraction OF the
law. IL was found ths; grain shipped
frcm western TO Eastern points en-
joyed the export rates instead Of DO
| nestle and saving OF from 70
cents on each ZOE pounds was erected
,. the Philadelphia firm.