The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-04-29

voster Company and rcorganized it urdrr
the name Of tho International Harvester
Company of America. This company had
n capitalization of only sI,ooUOO0 and did
not therefore come under the ban Of the
state laws, Tho International Harvesier
Company il will be charged circunvented
these state laws 10y Using this company as
q selling agency for disposing of all the
output of the trust.
The Government will charge that tho
fret stop f the International harvester
Company of America to secure control of
the harvester machine field was {, tie
up all the agents of the country with con-
tracts to handle their machines eSclu-
sively. During the years 1893, 1901 and
1913 the company. it will be contended,
secured contracts with a great majority of
tho agents throughout the country to
hhudlr their harvestcrs and granted them
exclusive salcs rights for the machines on
condition that they handle only farm
inrlo mCnts made by the trust.
Tho Government will be prepared TO
show that the sales agent could not exist
without selling the machines Of the llar-
Ncs'cr trust and that tho trust with this
control established was able to compel
tho agents TO sell other lines Of farm
imrlemcnts made by them under almost
any tcrnla.
WhIl" tho company pushed it's control
over the agents il sought bv various
means. 20 In" Government will contend
TO drive competing harvesting machine
manufacturers out Of business The
Federal Government it u understood.
har hn, p, l,cn In pta cd
to unfair trade methods. have initiated
and made false aud untrue statements
concerning rival machines or concerning
the credit of competitors. have rade false
representations to the agents of competi.
tors and also FOR the purpose Of destroy
ing competition have reduced the prices
of their machines in certain localities be-
low the cost ot production
1t IL understood further that the Gov
ernment will contend that when public
opinion became aroused against the trust
it turned this very agitation 20 liz profit.
IL is contended that the trust forced com
petitors 10 sell out and then. hiding the
truth of the changed ownership from the
public. would market the machines of
the newly acquired company as mot
made by Il trust.
The Federal Government ia prepared
to site the o.%,e Of u. NJ Osborne n Co.
LOT wears VIC nlpAI 1O'I'1llu'l' wv ~ w NV
Information HprVester Company in
manufacturing harvester machines IL
will be contcnded that tn" trust bought
out vi" Osborne company, hired Osborne
as n salarlei manager ot his former bli-i-
moss. retained the outward for-l oi an in
depedent company for the clients. had
their ownership Of the concern and
pushed tnc sal" of the Oeborn" machines
for years a. tn" product Of an inde-
pendent company thuSganInC through
the very SYM athy that osborn" had
aroused IN fighting thcm.
Agents in thc small towns. II VII be
che rcei. were also kept in comuet ion
with each other, while all Of them IN 'eality
were selling machines made 10y the IN
ternatioua, Conpany. IN" purchaser.
il will bc charged. would he relieve! ot
his suspiCior IF a monopoly by TINS ap-
parent come, .. ion botv cen these various
makes Of machines. a! OF which were con-
trollei Nv the trust.
The Govc"n'ner, is prepared to show
that the so-Cdil"d trG~t has also gone INTO
the sale OF tiilaE. implements. seeding
implements. ihres,hing maCnlne wagons,
casolcne engine, automotil"s, cream
separaiors. ri.ltlvators. driiI~, ~ Tact
into all th,. linn- of machinery AMI impl y
ments in general usc by farmers and Is
seeking to secure monopoly o! these
various branches Of the business.
The Government, II i understood
will contend that III" benefits of pref
erential ire g'it rates have eSo b"en
secured II the trust. Tue railroad. IN
VOWED are tHe Chicago. Nest Pullman and
Southern and IA" ininois and Northern.
two snort nee wurh dld principally a
swtt hing business III the vicinity OF some
Of the trI.t.' plants,
A good 0oai ot comment was caused
yestorti,; IN financial circles by the
kro"lrry" tuat "a" ucgOt !atlon- "lth the
Dnsar,,o-l.t uf j . ic' for the Vo.'nti iry
dissoiutiou Cl iic harvester trust have
fallen t:ioug.,. inc-r neg, !atlo;l' have
been a., ~. "srge of srcC"~. tui Cors,inl-
ination "n -nyer"l occasions. nut have
been u,iu.F"d when the pcorusIt tlon was
laid hrf" tnr bi. stockholders oI tn"
Corpor,, ...I
Ii :" ra. we'd that the recent strength
show ... .. Roosevelt in his candidacy
for Il e. initial domination may have
had -ru..t ,.n [ to do With The final deter
lninai in.. . ..a Internal ional Harvester
peopl- g.. Ind n >,t1. II" fact nat the
hoCt",'. 'tI'Ilni-trdt ion had one" turned
down ,runo-ition to bring an action
acaIns. .." company under the Nh'"'ndii
antl-tl... i5V may uJr' "n"o' ragged
them - ii.a; court Ir.r '1nEa h' tA"
Irssour tlmuistCat,ort winch n5W sha~
less th, = ear - ran. u was said.