The evening world., 1913-03-01
US, SUES TOEND
$S0,0OO,0OO TRUST
IN CORN PRODUCTS
Big Starch and Glucose Conf
t,ination Now the Object of
the Governments Attack.
OWNED BY OIL TRUST.
Ec!ion Is a Civil One, Alleging
Restraint of Trade and
Competition.
OWNED BY OIL TRUST.

by the Federal oovsrnrnsr' In civh
anti-trust suit fIcS here to-day. charg.
ing the ~. 900 90 comb m ttnr With enter.
ing ccnspiracies and contrscts u de-
stroy competition IN violation Of the
Sherman law.
II In alleged 70 havs ksp, he prices OF
corn products ut unr~Asonshly low ns-
ures to HARMS and discourage indepen-
deaf ma nufantursrs.
Controlling es per cent q tie entire
American production &C starch and S'u-
cose and 80 ps~ csnt Of the interstate
trsAe IN mixed syr,ps. Us alleged trust
is r'Arg~5 with nxins r~~sds prics;
t'tr manufacturing c'~ap grsds candy
Il unr~asonAbly lou p-,css IN rctalia-
ION against confer uop~rs who buy
.iaroh and glucose WOW independents;
With pre- nAioaIly suppr~ss'ng N. private
quoting )o~ pv.csc op !ts own ayrups.
% destroy ocmpstfuoo.
AsAe from dtsDuauatou. tho Oovern-
msnt asks fsv an ins~nct,ou pIUhse,rins
the aEgA rssasains os rsd% Tho suft
ecaIls ths tnns drawn opi dsht hssw>,sn
:hs D.psreassp os Agriculture ant The
Corn PrSdnts Reclining compsny c~ss
the braJld.ng Of itp ooSs SYRUP
The folicwia0 corporations. ofhossu
IND dlrsosn,A ars nAnse - dssspdAnts;
CORPORATIONS INCLUDED IN
ooveRNMkkr suir.
Com Produce tlaanins Cnnps ~ New
Jersey. Nationaj ata~Gb Company ose~
Jersey: ~ 1oasis a0pvp and b~eas~vtne
Company tMiSourO: Novelty CsAdy
Company Nov .Issne,): paniak and
Ford. Limited fLouisiAna): pdvsrd r.
bedford. william J. ltaAhsson. Fr~is~,ck
-. Bedford. A. n Ree~Aman. s~~,snck
=. Fisher. c. u. xslssy. George y. Ara.
h-na. George NJ N~1stt. william II.
Nichols. A. A. smtsh. JAinss Bpsvsr. p.
Beverly Walden. c. ~. wsrn~r. L. s.
Yurns and A. NJ wst,dns.s al of New
Hork City: Thomas p. xinxatord. os.
veSo. ". "; c. IL loren, anil Louis
russ. ST. Louis; y. A Iohmeysr. G.. W.
I.ohmeyer aad Edward r. bedford End
81 Jersey City. n. j.; PsnjA,nin Schnee-
WIND. Chicago. and William q. Psnick
Jr. and James r. rnvi. New Orleans
The bill Is nied hy United States At
tsrnsy Henry A. Wise. - signed by At
torney General wicharsham and James
a. Fowler, Jesse g Adkins and Will
lam II. Miller. his assistants.
The Corn Products Refining Company
10 well known In Wall street ~ a
standard OIL concern" Il was incor-
porated In February. 1906. az y reor-
ganisstion and consolidation OF the
Corn Products Company. organized In
ia1, the Now York Glucose Company
and other concerns engaged In the
manufacture OF corn syrup tglucoss).
starch and kindred products. v. 7.
Bedford, director Of the STANDARD OIL
Company Of New Jersey. In President.
ard several other Standard Oh men. IN
cluding &. NJ. Pratt and tho late James
A. AofYet. are named among Its direc.
iora Its headquarters until recently
were In the Same bsiildinE a. those OF
the Standard OIL Company At No. ?,
broadway.
ALLEGED ACTS IN VIOLATION
OF THE shERMAN LAW.
IT In alleged that the trust din
mantled many Of the starch an,
glucose factories It absorbed. ssllin,
urnnsrsias In unnst an
no, onv.n.n,s ,ha, IN. Ian, o,n,,.r..
Sh.,,,. - or M, %. tow. 80,
80. ~. ,..d Il, ,o,n..,,n, MT,
~, .n,,,.o,,r. n, .,,,,I.r nr,,a,,n,.
,, .'. go a.. ,.
srom officers ana directors Of csrtaiI
absorbed companies not TO engage Il
'"e
"heh t"e noy"' pa"s
So'npahy ACQUIRE" .o".''' ="
American MaiAe rrouue" ,o"pah,
tHe oeie""an' oo''p'"".o"' a.
!een' throa.ened 10 ensa*e Va
making OF oakihs p""uer' roSui''h
In an agreement whereby the Ms'z
Company sold to the defendant III
SURPLUS product not consumed by IN
baking powder company To suppress
.omne,ition thu combination in nj
80, ~ nav. .mn,ov.a ,hs Arm a.
go u,,.s "a Cornanv an zoos an