The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-02-08

ing objected TO. The, court ruled IN
favor OF the defense a number OF
times. The prosecution had made
very little Roadway. with the witness
mp 10 the noon adjournment. He said
he was assistant manager OF the
Seamless Bathtub Co, of Detroit.
from 1906 10 1909, and later became
commissioner of an association or
bathtub manufacturers, some OF
whom, according 10 the government.
are members of the alleged bathtub
trust. Mr.. Watson got stiff opposi-
ton from Mfs-tfoneYmnn =tn-hiz-etE
forts 10 learn from the witness wheth-
er- certain ofIhe- defendants on trial
were connected with the association.
The witness admitted that several
were.
A Jury was secured late Wed.
nesday afternoon The Jurors ara;
George W. Barnes, livery bust
ness. Leonard; ID. r. Chestnut, fire
insurance, Hillsdale; Writ Cornwell,
retired paper manufactures. Ann Ar
Dor; John Doherty, farmer. Orchard
Lake; Henry Leonard, day Waterman,
North Lansing; John w. Plies, real
estate agent, Detroit; William j.
Ready. farmer Carrollton;- Fred
Reisig. vintner, Monroe; w. L. Robin
son, insurance, Detroit; Carl L. Rob
son, motorman, Ann Arbor; John
Stone, farmer. Washington; c. r.
Watson, farmer Inlay City.
Immediately after the completion
or the panel, Edwin. p. Grosvenor,
special assistant to the attorney-gen-
eral, began outlining the case for the
prosecution. AT the outset he pointed
out the sections OF the Sherman anti
trust law bearing on the prosecution.
Mr.. Grosvenor then told the jurors
tc get the conspiracy section al
ready mentioned firmly implanted
in their minds and have II ever before
them throughout the trial. The word
ing OF II was plain. there was nothing
confusing about IL, and they should
not let any OF the testimony confuse
them. He then went on to point out
the way the alleged trust was organic
ed. The 13 defendant corporations,
he said, according to the charge OF
the government, banded together for
the purpose OF raising prices and in
this way INSTRUCTED and restrained
trade in 80 states, TO the detriment
|of independent manufacturers, con-
trolling So per cent OF the enameled
ware business OF the country. The
government would try TO prove that
three things THAT there was a con-
spiracy; that 1t operated In restraint
of trade, and that the restraint OF
trade was interstate"
Mr.. Grosvenor said that the first
talk of the forming the alleged trust
Occurred in meeting of the Sanitary
Enameled Ware association, of which
Edward L. Wayman, formerly of De-
troit, was secretary. This was on
Feb. 1, 1915, in Pittsburgh. Wayman,
he alleged, wrote the manufacturers
in regard TO joining in plan to ar
range a license system, as cloak
for conspiracy. whereby prices could
be controlled. Later, in another meet
ing OF the manufacturers, In Chicago,
Wayman, the prosecution contends,
drew up tentative contract, provid-
ing for the fixing of prices by price
commission, to go into effect, April
10. 1910. After the meeting, Wayman
travelled about the country getting
the manufacturers to sign the con-
tract, Mr.. Grosvenor declared. There
were two contracts, according to the
prosecution, one for the manufactur-
ers themselves and one between man.
ufacturers and jobbers. Six of the
latter, In Detroit, signed, Mr.. Grosve-
nor said
Court adjourned before Mr.. Grosve-
nor got through with his address.
The Judge allowed some OF the de-
PENDANTS to return to their homes. as
they said they had pressing business
engagements. Mr.. Watson, for the
prosecution, requested that the rec
ord show that the defense asked for
the privilege, so that the matter could
not be charged against the prosecu-
ton at later date, should the de-
Tense so desire.
The jurors were allowed to go to
their homes for the night. but were
advised by the court not to talk about
tha-casa with anyone Or read any
thing about IL in the newspapers.