Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-06-05
FARM E SIS.
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us suddenly changes his opinion and be-
7ieves II is for his pecuniary interest for
the time being TO withdraw from asso-
loiating with us and declines 10 give us
amy information concerning what he is
doing or proposes TO do, leaving himself
free to go TO your customers and mine
and get the business for himself. regard
less of price, and simply for the purpose
sof filling his mill temporarily and seeur-
ing for himself a customer who has been
your customer or mine, then ! do not
hesitate TO say that so far as / am
concerned. I am perfectly willing TO let
him stand outside of the circle OF inter
course and friendly conversation and
open and above-hoard fair dealing and
frankness in expression but If / have
sufficient influence. it shall not in the
least affect the relations of all the rest
of us. ses
I'm my opinion 1t is highly important
for the long future that we continue our
relations of friendship and open and
frank expression with reference to what
we are doing Now, l do not know the
feeling of the rest of you; / do not know
what you are disposed to do. think that
so far as We are concerned we would be
largely Influenced by the action of the
others. and while insisting upon the po-
sitien from which i have never varied,
] would not under any circumstances
make any agreement, express or i'm
piled, direct or indirect. to maintain GER
tain prices. 10 keep away from customers,
TO divide territory. to restrict output or
TO make any agreement of any sort or
description, with you or any of you. be-
cause, al understand the law, | have
no right TO do it, yet at the same time,
] would do what / have always said ]
would do. / would tell you and each OF
you at any time exactly what We We're
doing; / would give YOU the name of our
customer; ! would tell you what prices
we were charging would give you any
information concerning our business,
concerning our mills concerning our
clients, concerning ourselves that YOU
wanted 10 have. 50 long as you have the
same disposition toward me. Si
t'On the other land, if it is YOUR
opinion that the time for cooperation
has gone BY or thas it should be sus-
pended then we ught To find that
out and we viii ali 60 our way, part
! ing as friends, but at the same time
separating entirely. which means that
/ ne will simply go upon our way, doing
orr own business in our own way
6 fshen, low and where we please.
''When demand vas great and the
capacity was insufficient. we have
prevented them from gong higher,
which is just as important as to pre-
Yent them from going too low. one
is just exactly important as the
other We have never stood for I'M
reasonably high prices any more than
VIC arc willing to have unreasonably
{ low prices What we advocate is sta
hility of prices. ke know our Gus
toners like that. we known ii is bet
ter for the mills, we know it is bet
for the employees in every way. That
is why i think it is of grea. ;mport-
! ance for each OF lis to know all the
trle what the rest are DOING
In discussing, at the Ouset of his
address, the Standard Oil decision.
lJedge Gary said that he disagreed
with the statements of some people to
the effect that the supreme court had
modified the sherman Law and had
read into that act the word ''unrea-
sonable." He said l,e was inclined to
thihF that even if that were true
tho adoption OF that view and con-
duet based upon ii might result in
very great harm to the business in
forests Of the country generally"
THE supreme court instead of say
Org that there may be reasonable re-
f.riciion of trade or reasonable mon
on9Iles ne believed. Intended to say