Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-08-03
GOVERNMENT MAY
BLOCK POSSIBLE
PUBLICITY
TRUST
Petition for Dissolution Of
Western Newspaper Union
and American Press Asso-
citation Filed at Chicago.
DECREE DESIRED TO END
LONG STANDING RIVALRY
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! Chicago, Aus. with the nling
of am agreed decree iu a cNll ante
| trust suit against the Western Ncvs-
! paper Union ana the American Press
Association, the fcdcrm government
! today took an advanced step under
I the Shurman law Co prevent what the
! department ul Justice regarded as tho
| possibility of "a combination tu I'M
I iluencc tte thought OF 10000. 1000 OF
| readers uf tural newspapers.
I The proceedings jn this antitrust
suit were terminated in record time.
! United States District Judge Kcpo-
saw Lands outcriag the agreed de-
I cree Immediately following the filing
ut the governments petition ana the
ausWer uf the dctcndauts Tho suit
WAS directed against the following
corporate and individual defend
lants
Central West Publishing company.
thr holding company ot the Western
Newspaper Union, Central West
Newspaper company. Western News
paper Union ot Sew York. George A.
I july ~ NN HfitNWNAtH ANANHa NAANh y
Cramcr Milwaukee; a. ". Fish.
Omaha; M. ID. McMillen, Chicago;
American press Association organized
| ia New York, American Press assoc
citation. organized in West virginia;
| Cortland smith, ". q, Brogan. and
Maurice T. Gcrmond
The dcrror is designated to end
! bitter trade war between these cor
puratious which furnish boiler plate
and ready plate To- thousands of ouun.
TRY newspapers
Pointing out that an attempt was
made iu 1903 tu bring about CON
Hulidution of these interests the gov
crnmcnt pottiun Says;
''Ihc expectation Was ihHt in vipv
LOT the great power thus acquired in
disseminating Information tho united
property could bee disposed uf at
great prefit Co tnosc Interested in in
sulling certain economic ideas in the
minds of the public and that 10 was
the design that such a disposition of
Il should hc made
THE circulation from week tn
week of Information and ot articles
dealing with questions uf public ina
portancc is OF itscit Interstate com
mcrcc and for one concern to acquire
the power tu distribute an such i'm
formation aud 10 deceive ;ho public
by H. pcrNcrSiuu is itscll serious
and substantial restraint upon and
mu i0polizing of Interstate trad" and
commerce. Such u restraint aud
monopoly viii result unless defend
ants he restrained from carrying on
their warfare against each other.
"lf an plate ANA ready print were
supplied by one concern" the petit
tion adds, "thcu the news thus dis
trlbuted aud the discussion of rcouu-
mics and other important questions
thus supplied. would ail hc designed
to mold the sentiments nf the readers
tu one particular vicN and that pre-
sontatiUn Ot diverse views and tull
ana Tree discussion oi important
questions from different stuudpuiuts
which is essential to their proper un-
dcrstanding ana hence necessary to
thCs best public interests, would be-
prevented
William r ChaulHuJ. special ass
sistant a. tho attorney general In
vcstigatcd and developed the govern
mcuts cuso. James A. Fowler. us-
sistant to the attorney general. CON
WNfflW lUN UfHfflANAlhiN " lifW
brought about friendly settlement
The petition in equity also b.
signed los Attorney General wicker
sham uud James ~. Wilkcrson,
United States attorney at Chicago.
William Mulnolland rugged,
strong. hard man uf the old cngi-
ncorlng school, formerly city engineer
of Los Angeles. has been In command
uf the army of from 5000 to 1000
men engaged IN tho work
Mr.. Wilkcrson explained tho dee
PENDANTS had agreed $40 the decree on
being shown copies ot the govern
ment's petition before the appearance
In court.
The answer to the governments
petition as presented b, the American
Press Association throdgh lts attor-
ney. Charles A. Brodek ~ New York,
was an admission Of an the allcgi-
tions concerning the Western NeNs-
paper Union. and q denial of all the
allegations against the American
Press Association.
CHARLES n Harding counsel for
the Western Newspaper Union, also
submitted an answer denying AN the
allegations against thar orgnni1a-
lioR, but admitting the allegations
salnst the American Press Associa-
ton