Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-05-03
HARVESTER SUIT is FILED
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT
At ST. PAUL.
Six Corporations and fifteen 'ndivid'
uals are Named as
Dependents.

st. Paul, May 1.-The government
filed in St. Paul it's suit asking for the
dissolution of the International Har-
vester company on the alleged ground
that 1t is in violation of the Sherman
antitrust act.
The government charges the har.
vester company. $l40,0O0,0O0 con.
Germ, with being combination In re-
straint of trade, nonopolizing or at.
tempting to monopolize the manufac-
ture and sale of harvesting machinery.
1t alleges that the company has adj
vanced the prices of these articles ito
the grave injury of the farmer and the
general public" and is extending its
business into all lines of agricultural
implements with the purpose of mo-
nopolistic control.
To accomplish the disintegration OF
the so-called trust, the government
asks the court to issue injunctions to
bar from interstate commerce the pro-
ducts of the International Harvester
company or the International Harvest
er company Of America, its selling
agency. The appointment of receivers
10 take charge of the property and
wind up the business, IF the court
should be of the opinion that the pub
lie interests will be better served
thereby" is suggested.
The petition was filed by ]. Mark
Dickey, assistant district attorney.
Mr.. Dickey appeared in the absence
of District Attorney Houpt, who has
been in Washington comforting with
the department of justice concerning
the suit.
Another petition was filed asking
Judge Willard to order the issuance Of
subpoenas for all defendants not re-
siding in this district, the subpoenas
to be returnable May 6, when the cor
porations and individuals are to enter
their appearance.
The defendants, Mr.. Dickey an
nounced, would have until June 3 to
enter. their pleadings. Mr.. Dickey also
stated the trials probably would be
set for the October term OF court.
The following corporations and in
dividuals are mentioned as defendants
In the petitions:
International Harvester company.
International Harvester company Of
America.
International Flax Irvine company.
The Wisconsin Lumber company.
Illinois Northern Railway company.
The Chicago, West Pullman and
Southern Railroad company.
Cyrus P. Mccormick
Charles Deering.
James Deering.
John J. Glessner.
William H. Jones.
Harold F. Mccormick.
Richard F. Howe.
Edgar A. Bancroft.
George F. Baker.
William ]. Lounderback.
Ebert H. Gary.
Thomas B. Jones.
John P. Wilson.
William l.. Saunders.
George w. Perkins.
The government alleges that the
harvester company controls at least
80 per cent of the trade in the United
States harvesters or grain binders, Is
per cent of mowers and more than
80 per cent of the binder Irvine. There
are only three or four manufacturers
of the harvesting machinery in the
United States other than the Interna-
tional Harvester company, the petition
says. These, it is added, are compare
lively small, and as their business
does not embrace the entire United
States, in many sections of the coun-
try the International Harvester COM
pany has a complete monopoly of
harvesting machinery.
Considering agricultural implements
of every kind, other than harvesting
lines, the petition declares that the
output of the alleged trust amounts to
over 80 per cent of whole.
The government contends that the
corporation has been eliminating COM
petition by securing control of great
majority of the retail implement deal
ers in the United States who are made
their exclusive selling sales agents.
The government charges that the
defendants have absorbed competing
companies, but concealed their owner
ship. permitting them to be advertised
as wholly independent and without
connection with them, intending
thereby to mislead. deceive and de-
fraud the public and more effectually
cripple existing competitors
The International Harvester CON-
pany was organized in New Jersey in
1908. Prior to that time, the govern
ment declares, there were 10 or IL es-
Establishments for the manufacture and
sale of harvesting implements in ac-
tive competitor with each other The
alleged trust was formed through the
combination Of the Mccormick Har-
vesting Machine company Of Illinois,
the Deering company OF Illinois, the
Plano Manufacturing company Of ILL
nois, Warder, Bushnell & Glessner
company of Ohio and the Milwaukee
Harvester company.