The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-01-13
HEARING BEGUN IN
TOBACCO CASES
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Dany, ne co1asealal Tobaeep gora.
Dany an1 the Consolidated Tobaeco
eoupang we're merged into tbs present
Ameflean Tobae1o Company.
n IL alleged that ID addition ~ ta3s
organization. no American eomDanles
IN 1901 entered into . eoBGacf Win =
British eomDanY. The ImDeria9 10
baeeo eoupanY. whereby fise American
companies vefs limited ~ their bBsl.
nsss - hmeFiea and ihe British u
Great Britain. ezcept that the latter
eguia buy ieaf tobaceo lH the United
states n Was alleged tbsi the British
American Tobaeo1 company vas ~
Ranlzea ~ laks oyer tie exD0ft bUsl
nsss n both The British anA the amer
ieaB companies
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that the defendants produced 10 pei
cent ~ the smoking tobaceg uade Fl
this county ~ per cent ~ the eig
afetfes Z per cent " fhe plug ald
tuisf tgbaeeo. 81 per cent ~ the 6na
cat b9baceo; 10 per cent of tho little
eigas. ~ pcf cent II the snag Is
per cent of the lieodoe paste 75 pr
cent n lhe tiu fgll and most " TIC
tobaeeo extracts bonas and contain
efs
Three ~ ne four Judges oH lhe cir
eult bench united 81 . decree This
decree dismissed the petition as u
the Imperial company and the British
American company and The United
Stores company. which vas claimed n
b. the retail branch of the ofRaulza
tlon This action formed one u the
grounds for appeal By the govern
ment ~ the supreme court
The decree adiudged the other de-
PENDANTS - be parties - an unlawful
combination. bat said nothing about
the monopolizing charges This fail
ure furnished another ground for aD
peal by the government. The Amed
can Tobacco company. the American
SNUFF company. the American ClgaI
company, y. Lorillard company, X. J
Reynolds Tobacco company Black
Wells Durham Tobacco company and
The Conley Foil company were adludg
cd 70 hold shares Ia number oi
specified tobacco corporations aud en-
joined them from acquiring the plants
or business or voting the shares oI
aud from exercising control over these
subsidiary companies The govern
mcnt was dissatisfied because the
holding companies were not enJolnet
from collecting dividends from the
subsidiary companies.
The defendants appealed 10 the su
preme court because the petition d