The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1911-11-17
MISSOURI GUSTS
HARVESTER TRUST
Company Must Quit State or
Remodel Its Business.
is ALSO FINED $4,000
State Supreme Court Declares IL an
Illegal Combination In Violation of
Sherman Antitrust Law.

The supreme court of the state Of
Missouri, at Jefferson City, in an opin-
ion by Justice Graves sustained the
decision of the special commissioner,
Theodore Brace, In his finding for the
custer of the International Harvester
Company of America.
The court not only ousted the COM
pany from its right to do business in
Missouri, but imposed a fine of $780,
900, conditioned that, if the company
paid the fine, separated itself from the
International Harvester Company OF
New Jersey, filed a statement of Its
business and showed to the court that
it would obey the laws in the future,
1t would be permitted to continue to
do business in the state. 1t has sixty
days to comply with the order.
Judges Lamm, Brown, Ferris and
Woodson concurred in the opinion.
Chief Justice Valiant wrote an opin-
ion which was concurred In by Judges
Lamm, Brown and Ferris. 1t left the
amount of the fine to be fixed by the
court after the company made show
ing that it would comply with the
law. Judge Graves sustained the po'
sition of Special Commissioner Brace
IN every contention.
The opinion found that competition
was lessened and that practically all
of the harvester business was done
by the respondent company in the
state. IL held that 1t was contrary
to the laws of the state of Missouri
for one company to conduct the bust
ness of another, as in this case
Judge Graves in his opinion says:
The respondent was a part and
parcel of this gigantic and nefarious
scheme For some years 1t has been
the mere sales agent of the Interna-
;ional Harvester company. the New
Jersey company. Ii was licensed in
this state TO sell its own goods, but
It is now selling the goods of an
other"
1t became known to the court that
Wall street had been informed of the
decision before the court had con-
vened Where this information came
from the judges all professed not to
%now, but all were equally determined
In announcing that the leak" would
become the subject for immediate and
thorough investigation.
The judges were indignant to learn
hat so important decision had been
made public long before 1t was hand
ed down and used possibly by power
iul financial interests in New York
and other markets to reap fortunes.
The international Harvester COM
pany in September. 1910. was found
guilty of violating the Missouri anti
trust laws by commissioner APP
pointed by the state supreme court
rhe case was submitted to the SUI
preme court for affirmation last April
The International Harvester COM
pany was crganized in 1902 1t alb.
sorbed successfully the Mccormick,
Deering. Warder. Bushnell & Gless-
ner. Plane, Milwaukee. Keystone. Min
ME, Altman & Miller, Buckeye com
pany and the d NJ, Osborne company
The In. irrational Harvester com.
pany, Commissioner Brace declared in
his report by reason of its enormous
capital. $l20000,000. could not obtain
4 license In Missouri, so the Inter
national Harvester Company of Amer
lea, a Selling agent, was organized
and obtained license This concern,
Judge Brace said, was organized sim.
ply to eyade the laws of Missouri