The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-17
One of Vice Presidents of Trust Testifies About
 Merger
E.. H. GARY INVITED
 JONES TO NEW YORK
In Consequence Plant Was Sold to the Harvester Company-Clarence s. Funk Tells of Subsidiary
 Companies

Chicago, September 1e.-William H. Jones of Tester. cal, one of the vice presidents of the International Harves- ter company. testified today in the gov ernment's suit for the dissolution of that corporation under the sherman anti-trust law, that in July, 1902, he went to New York in response to telegram from President Ebert H. Gary. of the Steel corporation. and in consequence of that visit the Piano Manufacturing company was sold to the Harvester company. That was the year in which the govern ment charges the Harvester company formed trust in restraint of trade. MT. Jones was president of the Plano com pany, capitalized at S500,000.
 His testimony was taken before Special Examiner Robert s. Taylor, with Edwin P. GroseYener. special assistant to the attorney general appearing for the gov efnment
 Introduced to Perkins
 When I received Mir Gary's telegram, said MT. Jones' T went to New York He took me to the office of j. P. Morgan & Co, where he introduced me to George W. Perkins. MT. Perkins asked me whether l wanted to sell out. 1 told him I would on fair basis. l didn't know to wh6n he wished me to sell, but the end of the month I was told to whom and l agreed to accept stock in the new company for the Plano company. l knew Mir. Perkins was trying to get other companies. He said he already had an option on Milwaukee plant
 Why did you sell to one man instead of to the new company" asked Mir. Grosevenpr.
 That was matter the lawyers ar ranged.
 Did you ever attend any of the stock holders meetings of the Harvester com pany?"
 No; my stock was held for ten years by Mir Perkins. Charles Deering and Cyrus H. Mccormick, the voting trus- tees"
 Funk on the Stand
 Clarence $. Funk, general manager of the Harvester company. testified the com pany owned all the stock in the following companies:
 International Flax Twine company, St. Paul
 Wisconsin Steel company, of which H. F. Perkins, the president, is also di- vision manager In the Harvester com pany.
 Wisconsin Lumber company, of which H. F. Perkins is president.
 Illinois Northern Railroad company, of which r B. Montgomery. the president Is head of the traffic department of the Harvester company.
 Mr. Funk declared the Harvester com pany bought the products of plants of companies other than those in which it held stock He said he often was called upon to act as umpire to determine tie prices at which the International Har- vester company of America. the selling company was to pay for the products of the International Harvester company of New Jersey, the producing company 'We aim to buy from the New Jersey company at the same price at which we would buy from any other company. But 1t is fact that the American com pany has paid no dividends.''
 It was announced tonight that George w. Perkins, Cyrus Mccormick. Charles Deering. and other men, interested in the formation of the alleged trust would not be called to the witness stand in the present suit
 The announcement was made by Joseph Darling. special agent of the department of justice, who said that none of the big men would be called because if they testified in the civil suit they would be immune from criminal prosecution
 This is an action similar to that brought against the beef trust, said Mir. Darling Heads of the beef industry obtained an immunity bath after they had testified in the civil suit.
 Mir Darling refused to say what of ficials will be called to the stand.